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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1920)
PA G E 2 T H E CHEM AW A AM ERICAN The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School Ohemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD HALL, Superintendent Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager Entered at the Ohemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class Mail Matter SUBSCRIPTION - - 2fiCts PER ANNUM LITERARY SOCIETIES Reliance A t the reg u lar m eeting of th e R eliance L iterary S o ciety held on F rid ay evening, N ovem ber 5th, th e fol low ing program was rendered: O pening address, W il liam F razier; recitation, C larence E dw ards; D ebate, Resolved, T h a t steam engines are of m ore benefit th an gas e n g in e s.” T h e affirm ative side was taken up by Roy N uckolls and Joseph R acine and the negative side by E d w in L iljegren and A lbert Spearson. T h e judges decided in favor of the negative side. Songs and yells were given in closing. E xcelsior T he reg u lar m eeting of the E xcelsiors was held in room 7 of the academ ic building on F rid ay , w ith P re s ident F an n in the chair. A fter old and new business was discussed th e follow ing program was rendered: R ecitations by O rton and Merculieff; debate, “ R esolv ed, T h a t th e U nited S tates should adopt the L eague of N a tio n s.” G eorge B arrett and N ic k S te p ita n rep rese n t ed the affirm ative side and F ran k Corbett and W allace Beebe the negative. Miss R oberts, official visitor, gave us some valuable advice, as did o u r advisory m em ber. Miss H en d rix . T he society ad jo u rn ed w ith society songs and yells. N onpareil T h e reg u lar m eeting of the N onpareil Society o p en ed F rid ay ev en in g w ith V ice-president C ham berlin in the ch air. Some im p o rtan t business was transacted after w hich the society opened th e p ro g ra m . V ictoria Sansaver gave a v o lu n tary reading, M aude P o tts and E lizabeth C hurchill san g a nice d u et. Several am u sin g charades were presented by a trio of o u r g irls E thel and Ione H en ry sang “ T h e T um ble Down S h a c k .” A n im prom ptu talk was given by Jeff Davis. Irm a L eC lair gave a read in g entitled “ T h e B ravest Battle th a t E v er was F o u g h t.” T h e debate, “ Resolved, T h a t y o ung ladies should not reso rt to artificial aids in b eau tify in g th em selv es,” was decided in favor of the affirm ative. T h e advisory m em ber presented her rep o rt and th e society adjourned w ith the society song and yells. W inona A n arm istice program was given in th e au d ito riu m by th e C arnation D ivision of th e W inona L iterary S o ciety on F rid a y last. T he m eeting was opened by’ a very in sp irin g and helpful talk by the president, Julia G rom off. I his was followed by songs and cheers by all. Josephine C orbett gave a piano solo; Lucy Sexton recited “ L est W e F o rg e t” by K ipling; a q u a rte t com posed of Ju lia G rom off, Mabie B lodgett, Josephine Corbett and E m m a Carlson sang songs popular d u rin g th e w ar; C lara M orris gave pen pictures; E d n a W il- lette played a piano solo, and E d n a H ill read local jokes; A gnes B elgarde. M artha Ivanoff and M ary Songrey san g several songs. An in terestin g arm istice essay was read by Mabel B lodgett; E m m a Carlson then played a few w artim e tu n es on her m outh h arp . T h e C arnation girls dressed as soldiers, sailors, Red Cross nurses, etc ., concluded th e ir program w ith a “ Parade of the A llie s.” A fter th e busi ness m eeting, Mrs. B rickell, o u r welcome visitor, gave a pleasing little talk. W ith a few w ords from our advisory m em ber, M rs. R isser, and a few m ore songs we ad journed. A MEMORABLE MEETING S unday afternoon, in the large assem bly room o f M cBride H all a g ro u p of th irty -o n e g irls were re ceived in to th e m em bership o f the Y .W .C .A . w ith a very beautiful in stallation service, w hich was conducted by the president, Ola F airw eath er, and th e chairm an of th e m em bership com m ittee, Josephine C orbett. A fter th e installatio n service, M rs. H all gave a splendid ta lk to th e girls. H er ta lk ,“ A H an d fu l of G old N u g g e ts ,” w as full of excellent suggestions for character build in g , and w as m uch enjoyed by the girls. Mrs. H all expressed herself as being well pleased w ith the large association this year, and especially w ith the serious purpose w hich th e girls are show ing in th eir w ork. SENIOR NOTES T h e “ floor” com m ittee of senior boys did a good job of oiling last S atu rd ay . W hy does T acom a S nyder w ear “ l ” on her cap w hen all her classm ates w ear “ 21?” A t the stu d e n t body election for this year C larence E d w ards, ’21, was elected secretary and K ath erin e L oftus, ’21, serg ean t-at-arm s. L ast week the old senior girls sp ru n g a surprise on the four new senior girls by in itia tin g them in to the real sp irit of th e ir class. A fter lig h t refreshm ents, followed by g host stories, all retired. A t the sen io rs’ class m eeting F rid ay the follow ing program was rendered: “ E x c e lsio r,” by O pal P ear son: jokes, C lara M orais; violin solo, K ath erin e L oftus; yells, led by E llen Beall; C hem aw a school songs. T h e senior girls served a most delicious d in n e r in th e dom estic science S u nday. Ola F airw eath er, N a n cy M athison, H a rrie t C ain, Beulah W hite and O pal Pearson prepared th e meal and served it to the m any guests.
