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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1920)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAGE 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN T h e season is approaching w hen energies will be directed tow ard screens to keep o u t flies and m os q u ito es and ice boxes to keep the cold in. Published W eekly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD H ALL, Superintendent Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager T h e tailors have added m uch to the appearance of the boys w’ith th e new uniform s. Now’ they are in terested in th e g rad u ates and are sure to m ake friends W’ith those w ho w ear and those w ho see the suits they shall m ake. Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class Mail Matter SU B SC R IPT IO N - - 25C ts P E R A N N U M L IT E R A R Y SOCIETIES R eliance T h is was purely a business m eeting as well as th e election of officers for the next term , viz: A llan S hepard, president; F red W ilder, vice-president; E d w in L jljegren, secretary; A rth u r Jo h n so n , treasu ier; W illiam F razier, sergeant-at-arm s; Roy N uckolls, yell leader; G us G artiez, Louis Colby and Jam es C hoate, executive com m ittee. N onpareil T h e m eeting was held in the au d ito riu m . A fter th e ro u tin e of parliam en tary procedure and business tran sacted , the program was rendered by live of th e senior class, who very cleverly en tertain ed the society w ith a vocal solo by M ary W are; w hich was followed by a play, “ College D a y s,” M argaret C ham berlin, E lizabeth M ontgom ery, Rose Goff and Effie Davis c a rry in g out the various p arts. It was in two acts. W e feel th a t our society is doing good work and th at all m em bers are tak in g com m endable in terest. W inona T h e reg u lar m eeting of the W inona L iterary Society on F rid a y evening opened w ith the color song. T his w as followed by a recitation by Ruby W h ite. E dna H ill read several newT jokes and proposed some hard riddles. L ena Cleveland and M adrona M ann gave a hum orous dialogue; V iola Byers gave some very new’ and in te re stin g item s, in clu d in g rep o rts of three m ar riages of old C hem aw a stu d en ts. Louise S ilverthorne played th e m andolin and A gnes and A nnie Belgarde sang a d u e t. H en rietta C ham berlin reported a c u r rent event; Jessie C leveland told an In d ian story from her trib e and M yrtle Muree talked on “ W h a t My So ciety M eans to M e.” A fter some cheers for tw’o W i nonas who had taken part in the declam ation contest, th e society w ent in to business session. IN D U S T R IA L ITEMS T h e farm er reports w ork in orchard c a u g h t up and ready for th e n ex t th in g . and garden T h e carp en ters are busy w ith rep airs of all kinds and have provided a neat little chicken house for the baker. T h e p ain ters are prep arin g to paint the root house, se ttin g glass and replacing m uch broken glass. If th e stu d e n ts w’ill bear in m ind th at glass is expensive and not play ball close to the buildings, there will be less glass broken in the window’s. T h e blacksm iths are tem porarily out of coal and have been helping w ith th e athletic field and track, p u ttin g them in readiness for the sp rin g m eet. T hey have several w agons to repair and a num ber of plow’ p arts to get ready for the sp rin g season, as well as gen eral w ork planned w hich w’ill keep th e e n tire force busy for several m onths. SE N IO R NOTES T h e Seniors are w earing the green today. M uch atten tio n is being given to plans for the 1920 an n u al. M arina N elso n ’s “ sacred cap of ’20” is far, far too sm all. She says it got into the laundry by accident and sh ru n k . A friendly classm ate suggests another reason. A senior and a sophom ore who w’e re on th e contest T h u rsd a y n ig h t w’ere slow g e ttin g ready and got locked in M cBride H all. A passer-by heard th e ir cries or th e ju d g es m ight have had tw’o less to choose fro m . A t the class m eeting on F rid ay , P resident W ilder gave a brief talk on some of the class duties. W illiam K ennedy recited a funny poem, the g irls ’ q u arte t sang and th e program com m ittee introduced a little novelty in a “ D o-as-you-are-told” exercise. E ach m em ber of th e class received a small folded paper w hich gave a s tu n t to be perform ed. Some of th e perform ances created m uch am usem ent. SEW IN G ROOM NOTES T h e vocational classes w’ere very m uch interested in th eir lesson on dyes. Most of th e dresses for th e sp rin g d em onstration are ready for g rad in g . M rs. Canfield has her han d s full helping the girls w’ith th eir ex h ib it dresses. T h e first and second year vocationals are busy w’ith th e ir construction dresses. A num ber of the vocational girls have tu rn ed out some very beautiful em broidery pieces. T h e sew’ing room girls th in k the hours seem sh o rt in th at d ep a rtm en t. T hey are alw ays busy and are very m uch in terested in th eir w ork. E v ery F rid a y em broidery w ork is taken up in the sew ing room . T h is gives the girls a chance to learn to em broider as well as to do plain sew ing. T h e g ingham dresses for C om pany C have been started by th e 1st year vocationals. T he percale dresses have b te n finished for all three com panies.
