THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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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
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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
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H ughes
A m erican Patrol
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M eacham
D uet for C ornets
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M essrs. Loos an d B ent
(a ) I ’d L ik e to be a S oldier Boy in Blue
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(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
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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 .”