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PAGE 2 T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N The CHEMAWA AMERICAN 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 Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class Mail M atter SU BSC R IPTIO N - - - 25Cts P E R A N N U M SE N IO R NOTES T h e Senior boys out-shone the girls on St. P a tric k ’s Day; those b rig h t green collars made a sta rtlin g show . M uch of th e usual class period was used on last F rid ay for try -o u ts for th e com m encem ent activities. Several Seniors have been h elping out on th e te a c h ing, as C hem aw a is suffering constantly from the universal dearth of pedagogues. T h e dom estic science seniors en tertain ed the o th er m em bers of the class and the teach er at a five-course d in n e r on th e evening of St. P a tric k ’s Day. T h e d in n e r room w as b eautifullv decorated w ith the green and salads and deserts bore touches of the Irish tin t. T i e four girls w ho en tertain ed did not stop at the ex cellen t food, b u t at intervals d u rin g th e feast they sang th e p retty Irish ballads. A fter th e d in n e r sev eral of th e g uests w ere called upon to en tertain . C harles W illiam s and M arina Nelson each san g and G us G artiez recited his “ W o p ” selection so well th at a second one was necessary. Rose Goff, A n n a M iller, M arg u erite C ham berlin and R uby W h ite were the hostesses, w ith Mrs. Brickell as sponsor. It was a most d elig h tfu l en tertain m en t. W IN O N A H A LL NOTES T h e girls of W inona H all are drillin g now . R uby Stevens left today for her hom e in C alifornia on account of being ill. T h e girls of W inona H all are ta k in g interest in keeping th eir building clean, try in g to win th e prize for th e th ird year. M iss M ichell, th e “ b arb er” of W inona H all, was real busy on M onday afternoon. D o n ’t some of the sm all girls prove her w ork good? T h e th ree -L chapter of the Y. W . C. A. are doing fine w ith th eir m eetings. T hey hope to im prove rig h t along. N ex t wreek several of o u r m em bers are going to sign the pledge card. M cBRIDE H A LL NOTES T h e M cBride girls are sorry to have Louise D em acon leave. M rs. C o x ’ son, who has been ill for som e tim e w ith th e pneum onia, has gone to C alifornia for his h ealth . M arina N elson, w-ho has been sick in th e hospital for several days, is im proving and will be w ith us in a few days. T h e M cB ride g irls are all grieved over th e d e p a rtu re of Miss F lorence G ensaw . W e hope th a t she may be able to re tu rn soon. T h e M cBride girls are being en tertain ed th is week by the sweet H aw aiian m usic w hich d rifts w ith the breezes from th e hospital. T h e h an g in g baskets w hich were presented by Mrs. H all to the M cBride girls are greatly appreciated by them as it adds attra c tio n to the front hall. L IT E R A R Y SOCIETIES W inona T he W inona society had a brief program on F riday evening consisting of songs by A nna B elgarde, C h a r lotte B rem ner and Louise G ardipe, and by A nn S ex ton and Irene M att. C arrie A nderson and N ellie Braden gave recitations; Lily D ixon furnished local news and F ran ces F itzp a trick read some local jokes. Rose F ish er told about S t. P atrick and Ju lia Grom off gave an interesting In d ian legend. Mr. K irk was th e official visitor and offered some very helpful su g g es tions in his talk to th e society. A sh o rt business m eeting closed th e session. E xcelsior T he E xcelsior L iterary Society m et in their usual m eeting place last F rid ay evening. An opening ad dress w as given by the P resid en t: C ruse M cD aniels gave a tiom bone solo; F ra n k C orbett told some up to- date jokes; W illiam H oopen gave some riddles, w hich were follow ed by a song by the Society. A n open h o m e debate was then held, a good m any of th e m em bers p u ttin g up some good aig u m en ts. T h e m eeting was closed w ith rem ark s by the advisor. N onpareil (N o rep o rt) R eliance ( N o rep o rt) Y. M. A N D Y. W. C. A. NOTES T he Senior Y . W . C. A. girls have been co nducting a very in terestin g poster cam paign d u rin g th e past week in M cBride H all. T hey have featured a series of posters on “ C orrect S h o es,” “ H ow to S ta n d ” and “ H ow to W a lk .” T he L. L. L . ch a p ter of the Y. W . C. A. now has 46 m em bers, T h e girls were delighted last M onday n ig h t w ith the g ift of th irty new Bibles from S u p e rin te n d en t H all. T hey have recently ordered fifty new song books wffiich will m ake th eir m eetin g s very attractive. T h e Y. M. C. A . M ission S tudy Class has ju st com pleted th e te x t b o o k ,“ A ncient Peoples at N ew T a s k s .” T h is has been a discussion of th e in d u stria l problem s of S outh A m erica, Ja p an , C h in a, and In d ia, aud th eir relation to the m issionary program of the ch u rch . T h e m em bers of the class will give a review of this book n ext S unday n ig h t at Y. M. C. A. m eeting. Rev. H arold F . H u m b ert, G eneral Secretary of the O regon Sunday School A ssociation, gave a splendid talk before a jo in t m eeting of th e Y . M. and Y. W . C. A .s last S u n d ay evening. H e spoke on “ T h e Story of th e B ib le .” M r. H u m b ert is a g reat favorite w ith Chem aw a stu d e n ts, and he says they are the most in terestin g audience he has in th e state.
