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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1919)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAG E 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lish ed W eek ly a t th e Salem In d ia n T ra in in g School C hem aw a, Oregon, H A R W O O D H A L L . S u p e rin te n d en t A ddress all com m unications to R u th y n T urney, M anager E n tered a t th e Chem aw a, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class M ail M a tte r H all. T he subject, “ G irls’ Love for th e B e a u tifu l,” w as discussed under the leadership of A nn S exton. M rs. H all gave a very in terestin g and helpful talk on the subject. W e adjourned by singing our closing song, “ Blest Be th e T ie T h a t B in d s,” and repeating o u r w atchw ord. A Song Service was held on S unday afternoon by the Y. W . C. A. Roll call was answ ered by Bible verses and several girls read about the in tro d u ctio n of different hym ns. M arina Nelson was leader. B A SK E T SOCIAL S U B S C R IP T IO N - - - 25C ts P E R A N N U M L IT E R A R Y SO C IE T IE S R eliance T he R eliance L iterary Society m et on F rid a y , N o vem ber 14, w ith v ice-P resident S hepard in the ch air d u rin g the absence of P resid en t N uckolls. A fter a w ell-prepared and in te re stin g program was rendered, M rs. Loos, the official visitor, gave the boys a helpful and e n c o u ra g in g ta lk . Miss M cDowell, advisor, also gave a talk. D u rin g the evening G us G artiez was officially adm itted to th e Society. N onpareil T h e N onpareil L iterary Society held its regular m eeting in room seven on F rid a y , N ovem ber 14th. T h e business session w as carried on w ith m uch e n th u s iasm , after w hich followed a w ell-prepared program consisting of recitations, original literary essavs and m usic. T he society has been having debates every m eeting and much im provem ent is noted in these d e bates. A challenge was received and accepted from the E xcelsiors to debate. O ur official visitor was Mrs. Iliff. W inona An In d ian program w as p resen ted by the “ Rose G ro u p ” of the W inona Society at th eir m eeting on F riday evening. A nn Sexton was in charge. Mabie Blodgett told an In d ian Legend, Ju lia G rom off gave pen pictures of Mrs. Brewer, Mr. Bent, M iss P eters and Princess T schinina; M arina N elson recited selec tions from H iaw atha w hich Beulah W hile, in In d ian dress, pantom im ed; th e Rose Choir sang Ju a n ita ;L o u ise G ardipe, Rose F ischer and C harlotte Brem m er sang; C arrie A nderson and M arina N elson sang In d ian L u l laby w hich was pantom ined by th ree girls in costum e. Tw o girls gave a little p u p p et show w hich caused m uch m errim ent. A nn S exton read an account of the Life of P ocahontas an d M arina N elson and F red a Liljegren gave a g u ita r and m andolin du et. Mr. K irk and Miss U in tah each spoke en co u rag ingly to the society. Mrs. S herm an was the official visitor. A very in terestin g business m eeting was opened by the report of the p en n a n t com m ittee. T h e report was very satisfactory, as it w as a beautiful new p en n an t. W inona adjourned at 8:30 to the rally in the a u d i to riu m . Y. W . C. A. On N ovem ber 9th the Y. W . C. A. w ith an u n u su a l ly large atten d an ce held th eir m eeting in M cBride O ne of the principal social events of the year and w hich is alw ays looked forw ard to by th e stu d e n ts is th e annual basket social, w hich is held for the purpose of raisin g funds w ith w hich to purchase C hristm as gifts for the sm aller pupils and older ones also when funds perm it. T h e girls prepare the baskets and the boys buy them and share th e good th in g s w ith the girls. T he one held last S aturday evening eclipsed all form er ones, in th a t more m oney was raised and more general interest m anifested. It was an evening of pleasure and profit. S E N IO R N O TES T he highest in d u strial average was m ade by A nna M iller this m onth— 99 percent. L ouise S ilverthorne surprised us all by b rin g in g in a score of 100 percent on her entom ology notebook. B etter news for th e Seniors! Seven have honor grades this period. T he race is on now for graduation honors. T h ere is some rivalry between the g irls’ quartet and the boys’ q u artet in the class program s and as a resu lt we have some good songs. T h e question-box gets ra th e r personal som etim es, but we obey th e law. Each question m ust be answered by the one to whom it is addressed. All m em bers were present at the weekly class m eet in g , the football heroes having recovered from various bruises, breaks and “ ch arley -h o rses.” LOCAL It requires about three team s to haul coal from the cars and to keep the cinders pile reduced. A n nual E stim ate supplies have ju st begun to arrive, the first being shoes for girls, and badly needed they are, too. M r. Daly has already added q u ite a strip of land to th e new field near the cem etery. It is intended to have the en tire tract across the slough in cultivation n e x t spring. T h e M cM innville College football team , w hich d e feated our second team on S aturday last, were e n te r tain ed in th e S tudent-body d in in g room for their m eals w hile here. L ouis V an Pelt, C harles K ipp and two new boys arrived on S aturday last. Louis Van Pelt has ju st been discharged from the arm y. C hem aw a m ust have at least tw enty-five retu rn ed soldiers and sailors on its stu d e n t body list. T h e coal strik e did not affect C hem aw a as we had a fairly good stock on hand and the coal, w hile five or six cars were held up in P o rtlan d for a w eek, came in prom ptly thereafter, th u s causing th e school no incoti^ venience. W e consum e about a carload per day.
