Image provided by: Library of Congress; Washington, DC
About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1920)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAG E 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published W eekly at th e Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD H ALL, Superintendent Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second Class Mail M atter A party of tw’en ty g irls, chaperoned by Miss H edrick, accom panied th e team and did some good, snappy yell ing and sin g in g , but could not m ake the necessary p oints from th e sideline to win the gam e; how ever they gave the S ilvertoners some pointers in singing and yell ing w hich th e spectators applauded vigorously. S upt. and Mrs. H all, M r. and Mrs. Bradley w’ent along to w itness th e gam e and also assisted in tak in g some of the players over in th e ir cars. L IT E R A R Y SOCIETIES N onpareil SU BSC R IPTIO N - - 25Cts P E R A N N U M E N T E R T A IN M E N T BY BOYS’ SOCIETY T h e E xcelsiors e n tertain e d at th e ir an n u al open session on T h u rsd ay ev ening last. All four societies besides num erous o th er guests were present. T h e featu re was a farce, “ Coon T ow n T h irteen C lu b ,” in w hich th e boys p ortrayed th e an tics of a colored club at a banquet. T h e cast wTas well m ade up and carried on in a sem i-professional m an n er, and so wrell acted th a t the large audience was convulsed th ro u g h o u t. T h e o th e r num bers on the program were good and showed careful p rep aratio n . In fact the en tire e n te r tain m en t reflected cred it on th e individual actors as well as th e societv. T h e follow ing is the program in full: Address of Welcome . . . . Elwood Towner Opening Song . . . . . . . Society Vocal Solo—I Gathered a Rose (Lee) - Charles Williams Cornet Solo—The Charmer (Boos) - Mr. George W. Bent S e l e c t i o n ....................................................... The Bolshevikis Dialogue—The Rival Speakers - Robert Chamberlin and Dick Beasley FARCE Coon Town Thirteen Club CAST O. Worthington Butts (President of the Club;—Irving Shepard J. Dishwasher Black (Janitor, waiter, etc.)—George T. Barrett Alonzo H i g h t i e ..............................................Joseph Bettles Percy L o w s h o e s ..................................... Reginald G. Downie Harold Innbadd . . . . . Elwood Towner Chester Gravy Dubbs . . . . Percy Minesinger Hannibal Treadmore Tacks . . . Stanley Sutton William Horace Turnover . . . Charles Williams Isben Beaneater . . . . J. Murphy Mynuk Julius Seemore Knot . . . . Alfred Gurtler C. Swanson Wheatcakes . . . . Charles Eder Patrick O'Toole - - - - . George Lekanoff Charles Lusty Overfed . . . . Wallace Beebe Kennelworth Redear - - - - - Fred Johnson GIRLS LOSE TO SILVERTON In a “ nip and tu c k ” gam e our girls lost to the fast Silverton high school team on th e Silverton floor last F riday evening 16 to 14. T h e court was like ice and n eith er team could play up to form for all speed was checked and team wrork was m ade im possible by th e slickness of th e floor. N evertheless some very accurate basket shooting was displayed by both, Johnson and C ram er sta rrin g for S ilverton w ith 8 points each w hile M arrion W asson was high point girl for Chem aw a w ith 11 points. A retu rn gam e w ill be plaved on th e home floor F eb ru a ry 28 when our girls prom ise to give a good account of them selves. On F riday evening th e girls of the N onpareil L ite r ary Society w ho did not accom pany th e basketball team to S ilverton, held a snappy business m eeting. E xcelsior T h e E xcelsior L iterary Society m et in th e academ ic building on F rid ay evening, Feb. 13. T h e chief event of the evening was the election of the follow ing officers: E . A . T ow ner, president; G . T . B arrett, vice-president; L . S. F a n n , secretary; C. J. E der, treasu rer; C. M cDaniels, sergeant-at-arm s, and C. A. W illiam s, reporter. A fter th e election of officers F ran cis Davis favored th e society w’ith a violin solo. T h is wras followred by a q u arte t num ber. Mr. G rey- earth , who wras v isitin g th e society, gave a very in te r estin g and helpful talk on co-operation and unity in w ork. Mr. B arrett, wdio was the critic for the evening, gave some good advice and th e society adjourned. W inona A lthough a num ber of th e W inona m em bers a tte n d ed o u r gam e at Silverton on F rid ay evening a very creditable program was given by those who rem ained at hom e. It was a L eap-Y ear V alentine program and the roll call was answ’ered by each girl giving a p ro posal; m any original fu n n y form s were used. T h e newly elected president, Ju lia Grom off, gave a good a d dress; M adeline W ilder had a w’ell-prepared V alentine recitation; V iola Byers read a them e on the S ta rt of St. V alentine; C atherine M adsen recited and M arian and C h arlotte Brem ner and A nna Belgarde sang T h e V alentine P ostm an. As th ree of th e four debaters were absent, the one m em ber present challenged any vol u n teers; V iola Beyers accepted th e challenge and a r gued th a t “ W om en have as m uch rig h t to propose as men h a v e .” E d n a H ill spoke for the negative, but the ju d g es gave the decision to th e affirm ative. T he house was th ro w n open for general debate and some sp irited w ork followed. V eltha F razier, a retu rn ed m em ber, w7as called upon and gave a splendid talk on C hem aw a’s o p p o rlu n ities. T here were several volunteer num bers and the society adjourned w’ith th e color song. DOMESTIC SCIENCE NOTES T h e four Senior girls who w ork in th e Domestic Science prepared and served a d in n e r for the g irls ’ basketball team before they left for Silverton. T h e experience gained by the dom estic science girls caterin g for the N onpareil party was of real profit for th e girls, especially for A nna M iller, who has am bi tions of becoming a specialist in F ren ch p astry.
