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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN PAGE 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lish ed W eekly a t th e Salem In d ia n T ra in in g School Chem 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 ddress all com m unications to R u th y n T urney, M anager E n tered a t th e C hem aw a, O regon, Postoffice as Second- C lass M ail M a tte r S U B S C R IP T IO N - - - 25C t8 P E R A N N U M B A N D CONCERT A t one o 'clock n e x t S u n d ay aftern o o n th e band, directed by Mr. Loos, will play a concert at w hich tim e the follow ing program will be rendered: M arch—D aw n of Peace - - - H ughes A m erican Patrol - - - - - . - M eacham D uet for C ornets - - . . . - M essrs. Loos an d B ent (a ) I ’d L ik e to be a S oldier Boy in Blue - - a rr. Afford (b ) D i x i e l a n d ...................................................................... H ain es S ong—P lease T ouch My D a d d y ’s G old S ta r A gain an d C hange I t Back to B l u e ........................................ B randon C h arles W illiam s P atrio tic S election - - - - - - - - F in a le S E N IO R NO TES T he Seniors appeared in new caps on M onday— all dolled up for com m encem ent! Louise S ilv erth o rn e has been m issing reh earsals for a few days, b u t is rep o rted to be ready for d u ty again. H earts are b eatin g a little m ore stead ily . All signs indicate th a t th e class of ’20, as a whole, will receive diplom as. A class m eeting was held on F rid ay evening. R u mor says it concerned th e disposal of the unused w ealth of the class. I t w asn ’t a long m eeting. G u s G artiez w ent to Salem recen tly to see him self in the p roduction of “ A S oldier of F o rtu n e . ” H is troop was used in film ing a p art of this p ictu re. M rs. Brickell ended h er year w ith th e seniors by e n te rta in in g them at th e em p lo y es’ club at S u n d ay d in ner. Rose Goff, R uby W h ite, A nnie M iller an d M ar guerite C ham berlin w ere th e fo rtu n a te guests. In v itatio n s were received recently by the m em bers of the g rad u atin g class to a tte n d a p arty at Miss E a k in ’s in Salem on T u esd ay , May 25th. Miss E a k in ’s p arty to the Seniors is alw ays a d elig h tfu l event. M arina N elson, Effie Davis, A nn S exton and H a ttie M artin , w ho have so faith fu lly helped to relieve our teacher sh o rtag e th is year, are h av in g a busy tim e “ b e in g ” seniors and also co n d u ctin g ex am in atio n s for th e ir classes. HI n s N ex t F rid a y n ig h t is class night for the ’20s. T h is is one of the final cerem onies of g rad u atio n tim e w hich does not appear on the official program . It is alw ays of a local ch aracter and is m eant for the hom e folks— all C hem aw a folks. T heodore F ayas and C harles W illiam s claim ed to have had severe attack s of heart failure when th e m ath grades were announced. T heodore m ade a nice little 100 percent on his final exam and C harles fol lowed closely w ith 98 percent. A S S IS T A N T C O M M IS S IO N E R V IS IT S C H E M A W A C hem aw a was favored w ith a visit on S aturday last by H onorable E . B. M eritt, A ssistant C om m issioner of In d ian Affairs, and w hile he was here lor only a day he m ade an inspection of th e entire school, in clu d in g every d ep a rtm en t thereof as well as th e farm , garden, orchards, d airy. In fact, from the tim e of his arrival u n til his d ep a rtu re he was on th e go. N ot only did he visit all parts of the plant, but m et every stu d e n t in th eir room s and dorm itories and had a pleasant w ord for each one. H e also visited the student body d in in g hall at the d in n er h o u r and there he delivered a sh o rt, telling address to th e 620 stu d en ts assem bled, and they became so en th u sed th a t they gave th ree vociferous cheers spontaneously at the close of his ta lk . M r. M e ritt’s visit here was an inspiration to both stu d e n ts and em ployes. D E N T A L COLLEGE W IN S Last S atu rd ay o u r baseball team met defeat for th e th ird tim e this season w hen we lost to the N orth P a cific D ental College of P o rtlan d 4 to 3. T h e d e n tists have a long strin g of victories to th e ir credit and have won ten o u t of eleven gam es and lost th a t one to C hem aw a two weeks ago at P ortland. B ettles stru ck o u t eig h t men for C hem aw a and a l lowed seven h its w hile Q uizzenberry for th e D ental College stru ck o u t seven men and allow ed five hits. Score by innings: C hem aw a N. P. D. C. 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 LOCAL A new cro p of about fifty little pigs are on hand w ith an ex p ectan cy of fifty more. Mr. C. V. Peel, Special A gent in charge of the C u sh m an In d ian School, was recently operated on for a p p en d icitis. It is said th at he is doing well. Mr. T u rn e y , director of the orchestra, and M rs. T u rn e y , m usic teacher, are responsible for th e sp len did m usical program s given each Sunday evening at chapel service. W ith th e orchestral num bers added to th e vocal solos, as well as the choir, glee club an d octette, w hich are trained by M rs. T u rn e y , we have a treat each week. Indeed, Chem aw a could hardly get along w ith o u t the “ T u rn e y s .”
