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
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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.