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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1920)
PAG E 2 T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lish e d W eekly a t th e Salem In d ia n T rain in g School C hem aw a, Oregon, H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e rin te n d en t A d dress all com m unications to R u th y n T urney, M anager E n te red a t th e C hem 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 SO C IE T IE S R eliance T h e Reliance L ite ra ry Society held its reg u lar m eet ing F rid ay , A pril 2nd, w ith P resid en t S hepard in the ch air. A fter a short b u sin ess session a good program was rendered. M rs. B rickell, th e official visitor, gave a helpful and en co u rag in g talk, w hich was followed by suggestions by the advisory m em ber. N onpareil T h e N onpareil L ite ra ry Society held its m eeting F r i day evening at th e reg u lar h o u r. A fter m uch business was dispensed th e follow ing program was rendered: Society song by m em bers; recitatio n , V ictoria San- saver; vocal d u et, D o rcasM in th o rn and Louise Joshua; sto ry , Rose Goff; vocal duet, E va D ubray and H attie C ayton. T h e N . L. S. Jo lly -U p was read by Sadie K now les, after w hich an open house debate was given on the q u e s tio n ,“ Resolved, T h a t G irls U n d er E ighteen Y ears of A ge Should W ear T h e ir H air in B ra id s.” T h e affirm atives won. E xcelsior T h e m eeting of the E x celsio r Society on F rid ay evening was full of in terest from b eg in n in g to end. T h e g reater p art of th e evening was used in electing officers for the last term of th e year. Several capable candidates ran for the P re sid e n t’s chair, b u t were d e feated by a shadow . T h e resu lts of th e election are as follows: P resident, Irv in g S hepard; vice-president, F ra n k C orbett; secretary, G eorge B arrett; treasu rer, L ogan F an n ; serg ean t-at-arm s, W allace Beebe; cheer leader, Elw ood T ow ner; rep o rter, A ndrew W hite. A fter election the society proceeded w ith business d is cussions after w hich a short, snappy program was rendered . Irv in g H e n d rix gave an opening address w hich was followed by jokes by Dick Beasley. T h e q u arte t sang a h u m o ro u s song. D r. W edge gave a splendid talk on p arlia m en tary rules and th e value of leadership. T h e society adjo u rn ed after a sh o rt talk by our advisor, Miss H e n d rix . W inona T h e W inonas m et on F rid ay evening and enjoyed a good program . T h ey w ere especially pleased to have Miss F reeland talk to them and to hear V irginia Brickell recite “ Bill S a y s.” M adeline W ilder gave a b rig h t little recitation very nicely and M yrtle M uree read an E aster them e. L ena C leveland am used all by a num ber of w ell-w ritten pen pictures. A sp irited debate betw een Louise S ilverthorne and E d n a H ill, affirm ative, and R uby W hite and C lara M orais, n eg a tive, was decided in favor of th e negatives. T he question was, “ Resolved, T h a t th ere should be sep arate schools for In d ian boys and In d ian G irls .” A nna H o lst published a snappy num ber of the W ar-W hoop, the a d v e rtisin g section being particu larly attractive. M adrona M a n n ’s “ P rophecy of Som e of th e W inona G irls ” w as in te re stin g and full of original fu tu res. T here were several other num bers given, several songs su n g , and a few yells and ad jo u rn m en t. Y . M. A N D Y. W . C. A. N O TES Rev. B oudinot Seeley, chairm an of the H om e M is sion C om m ittee for th e Synod of O regon was a C he m awa v isitor S u n d ay . H e m ade a splendid E aster ta lk to the Sunday school and spoke before the Y . M. C . A . in th e evening. T h e B oys’ S unday School T ra in in g Class has ju st finished a course in Child P sychology and the P rin cip les of T each in g . T h e boys who are tak in g th is course have done very creditable w ork and d u r in g th e rest of th e school y ear will stu d y “ T h e S unday School T eacher and H is T e x t B o o k .” M embers of th e class are L ogan F a n n , C harles W illiam s, Jacob M ynuk and F red W ilder. T h e Y. W . C. A . had an u nusually good program on S u n day. Special E aster m usic was given by N ancy M atheson and by the Y. W . chorus. T h e m ain fea tu re of the program was an address by Rev. B oudinot Seeley of P o rtlan d , on the subject of C onsecrated A m b itio n . M r. Seeley’s talk w as very practical and m uch ap preciated by the girls. T he room s were beautifully decorated for the occasion w ith O regon g rap e, wild lilies and h yacinths. Mrs. W edge, M rs. H all and M rs. S h erm an w ere visitors. T h e Y. W . C. A. cabinet was d elightfully entertained at a house p arty in Salem recently. An air of m ystery su rro u n d e d the in v itatio n and not u n til the cabinet g irls were m et by M iss E ak in and escorted by a c ir cu ito u s ro u te to th e hom e of Miss J u d d , w ere they q u ite su re of th e ir d estin atio n . U n tan g lin g a spider web of strin g to find A pril fool jokes was one of the diversions of the evening. G am es, eats, sleep, b u t not too m uch of it, and then m ore eats concluded th e p arty . F or fu rth e r inform ation see E lizabeth M ont gom ery, Effie Davis, Louise S ilverthorne, Ola F air- w eather, H attie M artin and Josephine C orbett.
