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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1920)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PA G E 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lis h e d W e e k ly a t t h e S a le m I n d i a n T r a in i n g S c h o o l C h e m a w a , O re g o n , H A K V y OOD H A L L , S u p e r in te n d e n t A d d re s s a ll c o m m u n ic a tio n s to R u th y n T u rn ey , M an a g e r E n te r e d a t th e C h e m a w a , O re g o n , P o s to flic e C la ss M a il M a t t e r S U B S C R IP T IO N - - - as S econd- 2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M L I T E R A R Y S O C IE T IE S R eliance T h e in itial m eeting of the R eliance L iterary Society was held on F rid ay n ig h t T h ere was much good sp irit m anifested. T h e m eeting was devoted p rin ci pally to the election of officers. As the officers wore elected they responded w ith a sh o rt, en co u rag in g talk . T h e old R eliance yells and songs were given. Miss McDowell is our advisor; W illiam K ennedy, presi dent; A llan S hepard, vice-president; C harles Ell, sec reta ry ; A lbert Spearson, treasu rer; A lex W illiam s, sergean t-at-arm s; E lm er T h e rria u lt, yell leader and C harles B uchert assistant yell leader. M rs. Brickell was official visitor. W e expect great th in g s th is year fiotn our society. W inona T he W . L. S. held th eir first m eeting th is term in the usual room . T h e fact that the lig h ts were sh u t off for a tim e did not bother them for they used the tim e for sin g in g the school song and practicing up on a few W inona “ Ja z z ” songs. A lte r the business m eetin g a lively volunteer p ro gram took place. R ecitatio n s by Lucy S e x to n , Carrie A nderson and H attie M artin w ere m uch enjoyed, as were the vocal solos and funny stories given by other m em bers of th e society. Probably the most am using feature of the evening was the “ U nfinished S to ry .” T h is was started by C ath erin e Reed, e v e n one who took part in telling the story show ed much originality and a good sense of hum or. T h e pleasant evening was ended by sin g in g some of th e old songs and g iv ing some of the old cheers. T h e room had been d ec orated by a volunteer com m ittee and looked very pretty w hen th e lig h ts suddenly catne on. Y . M . A N D Y . W . C. A . N O T E S T h e Y. W . C. A. has in itiated its w in te r’s work w ith several very attractiv e program s. L ast Sunday the m eeting was led by M illie B ennett, and a most in terestin g report was given by Ola F airw eath er and C arrie A nderson, of the Y . W . C. A . Sum m er C on ference at M cCreadie S prings, to w hich th ey were sent as delegates. T h e girls reported a fine time and b ro u g h t back m any splendid suggestions for program s, parties and com m ittee w ork. An eth u siastic new o rg an izatio n on th e cam pus is a branch of the Y . M. C. A, com posed of the younger boys, know n as the I. T . C. O nly those fortunate enough to belong u n d erstan d these m ystic letters. T h e boys enjoyed a visit from M r. W . P. W alters, M arion C ounty Y. M. C. A. secretary , last T uesday n ig h t, at w hich tim e he presented a fourfold program for the w in ter, w hich is social, educational, athletic and religious in its n atu re . T he boys are beginning w ork on this program at once. T he officers of the new o rg an izatio n are A lton W ilder, president; C lif ford K in g , v ice-president; John L aw rence, secretary; E u g en e B oudrv, treasu rer; and Jim T hom as, se r g ean t-at-arm s. On S u n d ay last, the P rotestan t S unday S chool, w ith more than 300 stu d e n ts enrolled, was divided into th irteen graded classes, w ith a full corps of teachers com posed of 1 oth em ployees and stu d e n ts. In a d d i tion to these Sunday classes, tw o teacher train in g classes are m aintained th ro u g h the week for the s tu dent teachers, at w hich tim es a stan d ard T eacher T ra in ing C ourse is studied and from lim e to tin e ex a m in atio n s are given over the w ork covered. On n ext S atu rd ay and S u n d ay , A lex W illiam s and Law rence M erculief will be delegates from th e C he mawa Y .M .C .A . to a H i-“ Y ” C onference, composed of the H igh School Y. M. C. A .s c f M arion C ounty. T h is conference is held at W oodburn and will have such men on th e program as T racy S trong, boys’ stc- retaTv from S eattle, and Jim P alm er, general se c re ta ry , from P o rtlan d , as w ell as several other strong speakers. V A C A T IO N D A Y S T he vacation days just ended have indeed bet n busy ones at Chem aw a. T h e three h u n d red or m ere boys and g irls, whom we term the backbone of the school for 1921, m ost cheerfully and effectively p er formed th e necessary work in connection w ith the raisin g , g ath erin g , canning, preserving and d ry in g the various crops of fru its and vegetables, for the con sum ption by the stu d en t body th ro u g h o u t the year. In d eed , this was no small task w hen it is understood th at th o u san d s of gallons of fruit and vegetables were canned. In addition the hay and grain crops were very large, there being about 3,000 bushels of oats and 200 tons of hay and 4C0 bushels of w heat, to w inch was added the corn crop, w hich is in the silo. T he th resh in g was done, hay hailed, pru n es dried as well. T h e stu d e n ts were divided into two sections, one section w orking at the school, w hile th e other w orked in the fruit aim on the n eighboring ranches, rotating every o th e r day. T h o u san d s of d ollars were earned by the stu d e n ts. I t was not all w ork, how ever, as each evening some diversion was given in th e shape cf m eetings in the g \m , picnics at intervals on the bank of the W illam ette. A ltogether a profitable su m mer was t-njoxed, made possible by the fine spirit show n by our vacation boys and girls. S E N IO R N O T E S T h e Seniors, to the num ber of ten, and m ore com ing, have started out well this year. T h e pennant is up , the ciass songs are being su n g , and there have been several very in terestin g business sessions T h e class now entering upon its final year at C he mawa is bearing a m otto selected by tl cm in the sixth grade. “ P ersev eran ce” has led them thus far and they hope to see it on the platform at the n e x t g ra d uation exercises.
