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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published W eekly at th e Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon, HARW OOD H A LL, Superintendent
Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager
Entered at th e Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second-
Class Mail M atter
F red had ru n over tim e m ore th an a m inute, hut he
had been too interested to w atch the tim e.
A p ictu re of H ouston T eehee, a Cherokee In d ian
w ho recently-.resigned from th e Office of R egister of
th e U . S. T re a su ry , has attracted m uch atten tio n on
o u r bulletin board. W e looked at all th e paper
m oney we could find and saw his name on each bill.
It fs notable th a t M r. T eehee succeeded G abe P ark er,
w h o .is also, an In d ian .
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25C ts P E R A N N U M
L IT E R A R Y SOCIETIES
E xcelsior
T h e E x celsio r L ite ra ry Society held th eir reg u lar
m eeting on N ovem ber 21st. A fter a sh o rt business
session a very com plete program was rendered.
N onpareil
T h e N onpareil Society m et on N ovem ber 21st in
room 7. A fter a short business session, a program
consisting of songs, recitatio n s, im prom ptu speeches
and m usic w as given. T h e debate for the evening
was “ R esolved, T h a t A eroplanes are m ore useful
th a n au to m o b iles,” th e affirm ative being rep resen ted by
Effie Davis and Louise Dem acon and th e negative side
of the question upheld by K ath erin e L o ftu s an d Mary
W are. V isitors for the evening w ere Miss Scholder
and Mr. Sanders.
W in o n a
T he W inona society had a brief program on F rid a y
evening in the gy m n asiu m . M ost of th e tim e was
devoted to p rep aratio n for th e an n u al party w hich was
to be given the follow ing evening.
V elth a F razier, ’19, cam e from P o rtlan d for the W i
nona p arty .
Josephine C orbett en tertain ed her b ro th er from
W ash in g to n S tate College over th e w eek-end and
made him a guest at the W inona p arty .
W inona show ed tw o b eautiful new p en n an ts at her
party.
SE N IO R NOTES
A T h an k sg iv in g program is posted on th e bu lletin
board for n ex t F rid ay .
Louise S ilverthorne presented the senior room w ith
a pretty blue and w hite 1920 calender all are read y
for th e new year.
T he debate was the feature of the F rid ay class
m eeting. Both sides presented good arg u m en ts and
th e reb u tta ls w ere spirited.
I n a th ree-m in u te speech in the oral com position class,
F re d W ild er gave an excellent discussion of
T arzan
of the A p e s.” W hen he finished th e tim ekeeper found
T h e girls of th e W inona L iterary Society e n te r
tained in th e gym nasium last S a tu rd a y evening and
the host of invited g u ests certainly felt them selves
fo rtu n ate to be in atten d an ce. T h e large room was
beau tifully decorated w ith cherry blossom effect.
T h ere w ere stream ers in th e society colors and p e n
n an ts— in fact, everything was in perfect taste.
T h e opening feature cf the evening was w hat m ight
have been called “ G irls’ Day at C hem aw a.” It proved
a clever bit of dialogue and song hits in w hich various
people w ere given “ special m ention
and in w hich
th e en tire society p articip ated . It was m ost o riginal
and pleasing. A fter this followed a period of m usic,
conversation an d gam es rook and a special guessing
gam e pred o m in atin g . At a suitable hour m ost te m p t
ing refreshm ents were served.
Mrs. Risser is the critic of th is society and her
su g g estions and assistance in various w ays prove
of great value on an occasion of this k in d . All of
th e m any invited guests voice th a n k s to the \ \ inonas
and th e ir advisor for a m ost delightful evening of e n
tertain m en t.
LOCAL
M rs. V an d ag rift spent last w eek-end in P ortland
v isitin g relatives and friends.
O ur Salem high school students as well as gram m ar
school pupils are ta k in g a vacation this week on ac
co u n t of th e te ach e rs’ in stitu te being held in Salem .
W h at does this mean? T he follow ing was clipped
from the Spokane Review of N ovem ber 23: Che-m a-
w a council N o. 37, D egree of P ocahontas, at its
m eeting at Red M en’s hall, W 305 R iverside avenue,
T u esd ay n ig h t, N ovem ber 25, will act on several a p
plications for m em bership. N om inations of officers
for th e com ing term will be m ade.
Professor Della C row der-M iller, head of th e d ra m a
tic art dep artm en t at W illam ette College, is g iving a
series of R iley plays of her own com position th is week.
V irg inia B rickell, of Chem aw a, little d au g h ter of M rs.
B rickell, one of Mrs. M iller’s pupils, is ta k in g p art in
th e play. T h e first program of the series took place
last evening and was attended by several of our school
people.