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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-
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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.