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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1920)
PAGE 2 T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N The CHEMA WA AMERICAN Published W eekly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARW OOD H A LL, Superintendent Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager T h e class period program was good and the business session snappy on F rid a y . Daniel O rton had charge of th e M itchell H all bat- tall ion on W ednesday evening. T h e Seniors thin k th a t H a rrie t Cain adds m uch of both m usic and grace to th e orchestra pit. Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class Mail M atter Roy N uckolls, who recited so well and also rep re sented the A rrow Collar on th e Y program on T h u rs day, is a Senior. SU BSC RIPTIO N W hat S enior boy w as it w ho carefully placed his books on the hook in the hall and carried his cap into th e schoolroom ? - - - 25C ts P E R A N N U M L IT E R A R Y SOCIETIES R eliance A t the reg u lar m eeting of the R eliance Society on F riday evening the follow ing program was rendered: Song, society; accordion solo, G eorge N ix; reading, Jam es G reeley; jokes , E lm er T h e rria u lt; steel g u ita r solo, O liver H u n te r; songs and yells. M em bers. A fter our advisory m em ber, Miss M cDowell, gave her rep o rt we ad jo u rn ed . E xcelsior T h e reg u lar m eeting of th e E xcelsior society opened F riday evening w ith P re sid en t F an n in th e ch air. Some im p o rtan t business was tran sacted , after w hich th e society opened th e program . P eter R asm ussen gave a recitation and R eginald Dow nie a stu m p speech. G eorge Eekanoff and G eorge B arrett rendered a vocal duet, after which we had a debate, “ Resolved, T h at all Boys Should S tu d y Domestic Science. ” Lloyd T illotson and Joseph Bonner represented the affirm a tive side and G eorge C hya and Jesse M organ the negative. Miss H en d rix , advisory m em ber, presented her report and th e society ad journed w ith society songs and yells. W inona An opening song by C ath erin e L am b ert, M aude H eay, Ram ona T rip p and A nna Belgarde was so well done th at the g irls were forced to respond to an encore. Jessie C leveland’s recitation was well chosen and L illian G au th ier and Rose G ray gave a b rig h t little com edy. T h e hum o r-sto ries were supplied by Am elia L adderoute: A nnabelle W oods and H en rietta C ham berlin sang some popular ballads and H attie M attin gave a talk in an original way. V eltha F razier had the im prom ptu speech. A prophecy by A n n a H o st was one of th e best num bers of th e evening. A fter a quick business m eeting and a song session th e society adjourned. SE N IO R NOTES I t is rum ored th at in a recent try -o u t Tacom a S nyder was a cham pion speller. A ’21 cap has w andered aw ay. I t was last seen at the g irls ’ gym class. It is understood the Physical D irector is looking for it. T h e g irls of ’21 are becom ing very faithful to gym class. T h e reason is: No gym , no credit; no credit, no g ra d u a te — so it is said. T h e C lass of ’21 gave W illiam F razier a small e n graved medal as an appreciation of the honor he won for th e class last year in declam ation. The second sem ester is not far off! W e know , for w e’ve com pleted our physiology and are beginning review , and th a t m eans sem ester exam s. T h e Senior cheer-leader has been overw orked so th a t she had to have th ro at treatm en t last w eek, but she is expected to be back in fine voice by n ex t m eet in g . T h is week the girls who have had such a splendid term in th e dom estic science are beginning work in th e dom estic arts. T hey are looking for a splendid period in sew ing also. DOMESTIC SCIENCE NOTES T acom a S nyder is cook th is wreek and is serving som e very appetizing m eals. T h e h ig h school lunches are prepared by Ellen Beall, w ho is ta k in g m uch in terest in th e ir preparation. B eulah W hite, Ola F airw eath er, Mabel Blodgett an d E llen Beall w ere honor stu d e n ts in th e dom estic science last sem ester. W e wish to th a n k th e boys and g irls who attended the d in n ers at the dom estic science, thereby helping to m ake im provem ents in th a t departm ent. T he fol low ing m enu was served: T om ato soup, salted w afers, steak , mashed potatoes, gravy, strin g beans, fru it salad, salted nu ts, chow chow , tom ato relish, straw berry preserves, straw b erry sundae, and cake. L ucy C raig arrived from C ordova, A laska, to attend school here. She is a half sister of A nna M iller. C ath erin e G oodlite also arrived from C hitina, A laska.
