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PAGE 2 T H E C H EM A WA AMERICAN The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lish e d W e e k ly a t th e S a le m In d ia n T ra in in g S c h o o l C hem aw a, O regon, H A R W O O D H A L L . S u p e rin te n d e n t A d d ress a ll c o m m u n ic a tio n s to R u th y n T u rn ey, M a n a g er E n tered a t th e C hem aw a, O regon. P o sto ffic e a s S eco n d - C lass M ail M atter S U B S C R I P T IO N - - - 2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M L IT E R A R Y S O C IE T IE S E xcelsior T h e reg u la r m eeting of the E xcelsior L iterary So ciety was held in th e academ ic b u ilding in room 7, w ith P resid en t L ogan F an n in the chair. A com m ittee of three were appointed, w ith F ra n k C orbett as c h a ir m an. to revise the co n stitu tio n . A fter th e old b u si ness was transacted th e follow ing program was re n dered: O pening address, President F a u n ; jokes, Roy Sansaver; reading. W illie S teptin; c u rre n t events, Irv in g H e n d rix . A fter the program o u r critic, Miss H en d rix , m ade a few rem arks. A fter a few society songs and yells the society adjourned. W inona L ast F riday evening the W inona L iterary Society held th e ir first election of officers in th e usual W inona m eetin g room . School songs and cheers were given to get in practice for the rooting the g irls expected to do on th e ball field the n ex t day. T h e program for th e evening had been om itted to give place to the election of officers w hich took place w ith the follow ing results: P resident, Julia Gromoff; vice p resid en t, B eulah W h ite; secretary an d treasu rer, Mabel Blod g e tt; rep o rter, H attie M artin; cheer leader, Jo se ph in e C orbett; serg ean t-at-arm s, E d n a W illette and Jessie Cleveland. T h e election was followed by the v o tin g in of new m em bers. T h e busy ev ening was finished by in te re stin g and beneficial talk s by o u r of ficial v isitors, M r. Devol and M r. K irk . T h ese talk s w ere m uch appreciated by all. R eliance F rid a y evening, O ctober 15th, the R eliance L iterary Society m et as usual. A fter discussion of business th e follow ing program was rendered: Society song by th e m em bers; o p en in g address, Roy N uckolls; h a r m onica solo, Lloyd Clem ents; recitatio n , A rth u r Jo h n son; song by society q u artet, A llan S hepard, E lm er T h e rria u lt, C larence E dw ards and A rth u r Johnson; c u rre n t events, F red W ilder. M rs. E ato n , official visitor, Miss M cDowell, advisory m em ber, each gave helpfu l talk s. A fter few sougs and yells th e society ad jo u rn ed . Y . M. A N D Y . W . C. A . N O T E S L ast T h u rsd ay n ig h t the m em bers of the Y .W .C .A . en tertain ed for the new g irls w ith a party in the g y m nasium . More than a hun d red girls w ere present. T h e en te rta in m e n t was in th e n a tu re of a “ k id ” p arty and many clever and am u sin g costum es were seen . A delig h tfu l evening was spent playing such old-fashioned gam es as 'L o n d o n B rid g e ,” “ T h ree D ee p ,” “ Ruth, and Ja co b ” and the like, after w hich dainty lunches, packed in bags, w ere served to all present. T he Chem aw a Y .M .C .A . called a m eeting on O ctober 17th for the purpose of electing cabinet officers for the follow ing year. T he officers elected are as follows: P resid en t, F ra n k C orbett; vice- p re sid e n t, G eorge Lekanoff; secretary, F red W ilder; treasu rer, A rth u r W . Johnson; m usic, Cruz M cDaniels;’ reporter, L ogan S. F an n ; chairm an religious m eeting com m ittee, Roy N uckolls; chairm an social com m ittee, E lw ood T ow ner; chairm an mission com m ittee, Logan F a n n ; serg ean t-at-arm s, A lex W illiam s. Miss E leanor H olgate of Seattle, Y. W . C. A. s tu d en t secretary for the n o rth w estern states, w as a v is itor at C hem aw a on S unday. Miss H olgate addressed a jo in t m eeting of th e S enior Y . W . C. A. and the L. L. L. ch ap ter, Sunday afternoon in M cBride H all, at w hich tim e she spoke of the w ork of the g irls ’ clubs in A m erica and in foreign countries, and also outlined some of th e plans for the sum m er conference for n ex t year. Siltcoos L ake, dow n on th e O regon coast near Florence, has been chosen as the place for the confer ence this year, and the C hem aw a association is already an ticip atin g a good delegation at this conference. Miss H o lg a te ’s visit was m uch appreciated by the girls and we hope she will come to Chem aw a again d u rin g th is school year. S E N IO R N O T E S T he dom estic science g irls are all busy canning th is week. Beulah W hite has been prom oted and is w ith her reg u lar class again. T heresa G ua, E dw in L illjg ren , W’illiam F razier, form er stu d en ts, have retu rn ed as seniors. Seventeen lunches are prepared every m orning at th e dom estic science dep artm en t for the high school and college stu d en ts. T h ere being tw elve senior girls in th e dom estic sci ence d ep artm en t th e class is divided into tw o divisions. T he cook prepares for seven. E llen an d E lizabeth Belle, H arriet Cain and Opal Pearson w ere transferred on W ednesday to th e kitchen to prepare apples for can n in g . T h e seniors have been striving hard for th e past m onth an d have been w aiting for the arrival of m ore stu d e n ts before th eir election day, w hich was O ctober 15th. T h e follow ing class officers w ere elected: C lar ence E d w ards, president; N ancy M atheson, vice- president; H arriet Cain, secretary; Roy N uckolls, treasurer; K ath erin e L oftus, rep orter; Mabel B lodgett, serg ean t-at-arm s; Roy N uckolls and Louis Colby,’ program com m ittee; E llen Belle, yell leader; Edw in L illjg ren , K a th e rin e L oftus and C larence E dw ards, cabinet m em bers.
