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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
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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.