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
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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.