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T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAGE 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lish ed W eekly a t th e Salem In d ia n T rain in g School Chem awa, Oregon, H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e rin te n d e n 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 S U B S C R IP T IO N - - - 2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M L IT E R A R Y S O C IE T IE S E xcelsior T h e E xcelsior L iterary Society held its reg u lar m eeting in room 8 w ith V ice-P resident Beyers in th e chair on F rid ay evening, Jan u ary 2nd. T he follow ing new officers were elected: P resid en t, John Beyers; vice-president, Logan F a n n ; secretary , C harles E der: trea su re r, G eorge B arrett; serg ean t-at-arm s, Percy M in en n g er; rep o rter, D uane K im ball; yell leader, J a cob My link. A fter discussion of business we ad journed until F rid ay , Jan u ary 9 th , w hen we discussed th e p a r ty and other business and th e follow ing program was rendered: In stru m en ta l d u e t, F ra n cis Davis, W allace Beebe; dialogue, F red Jo h n so n , Jo h n D ehart; story, “ H ow 1 Spent My V acation L ast S u m m e r,” Logan F an n ; and the question box, w hich aroused much m errim ent. A fter a few encouraging rem arks by the critic we adjourned. W inona T h e W inona Society w as entertain ed on F rid ay evening by the Rose G ro u p , A nn Sexton in charge. A debate on the ed ucational value of the cu rren t m agazines as com pared w ith th a t of the movies was th e feature of th e evening. Mabel Blodget and Beulah W h ite won for th e m agazines, defeatin g M arina N el son and C arrie A nderson. Ju lia Gromoff sang very p leasan tly and M innie C u rran played a g u ita r solo. L illie Dixon gave pen p ictu res, Rose Fischer a story, an d A nn S exton a recitation and A nna P eratrovich read a them e. T h e m eeting closed w ith th e usual songs and yells, after a little talk by M rs. E ato n , the official visitor. R eliance T h e reg u lar m eeting o f th e R eliance Society held on F riday evening was devoted to rehearsing num bers for the special program on F rid ay , Jan u ary 16th. S E N IO R N O TES T h e Seniors are w earing some d ain ty little class pins. All pull for those first sem ester averages. Come on. L e t’s go. T h e colossal blue bird, sacred em blem of the class, has strayed. F irst S tu d en t —“ H ello, m oving?” S en io r— “ N o— th is is not a tr u n k — i t ’s my new te x t b o o k .’ ’ T h a t question box yielded a rare lot of questions on F rid a y . T h e Senior boys found out it is really leap year. T h e girls took ad vantage and proposed. Som e were accepted on the spot. T he three Senior girls who have occasionally helped o u t at teaching w hen a teacher w a sa b se n t— Rose Goff, M arguerite C ham berlin and A nnie M iller— were e n te rta in e d at d in n er on Sunday by Mr. Devol. S u p e rin te n d e n t and M rs. H all invited the cast of th e “ V arsity C o a ch ,” together w ith the orchestra and the “ sta g e-h an d s” over to T h e H ouse after the play. All enjoyed the o p p o rtu n ity to talk it all over as they ate the cake and drank the p u n ch . A brief volunteer program was given at “ Class P e rio d ” on F rid ay . A nnie M iller read a C hristm as them e, an original story; C harles W illiam s sang “ Pal O ’ M in e;” G us G artiez told a d arkey soldier story; M arina N elson gave a g u ita r solo, and Ruby W hite gave every one a h earty laugh w ith her L ittle F ly ” recitation. T h e class of ’20 were most loud in th e ir praise of the N ew Y ear d in n er ex tended to them by th e class of ’21. T h e decorative schem e of bluebirds, the m usic, th e “ Senior New Y ear R eso lu tio n s” (as interpreted by th e Ju n io rs), and the happy sp irit of the entertainers, m ade a perfect se ttin g for the excellent repast. No w onder the Seniors sang “ R ah, R ah, the Junior Class, T h e y ’re th e ones who do th in g s— R ig h t!” A N N U A L E X C E L S IO R P A R T Y T h e E xcelsiors never gave a better party than th a t given on S aturday eve last in the gym . T he decora tions w ere superb and n o th in g w as left undone th at the boys th o u g h t w ould add to the pleasure of th e ir g u ests. A bountiful repast was served at tables seat ing 115 persons. M rs. Brickell and her class in do m estic science prepared and served the dainty and palatable refreshm ents. R eggie Dow nie acted as toastm aster and called on a num ber of those present for inform al talks. A d elig h tfu l evening was spent in social intercourse. Miss H en d rix is th e advisor for th is society. M r. C lark S tew art, of Salem , entered on du ty as assistan t farm er last w eek. H e will occupy the farm e r ’s cottage. D r. Roy H . Baker, field d en tist, arrived at Chem aw a y esterd ay for an indefinite stay to exam ine and care for the s tu d e n ts ’ teeth.
