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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
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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.