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T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAGE 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lish ed W eekly a t th e Salem In d ia n T ra in in g School Chem awa, Oregon, H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e rin te n d e n t A ddress all com m unications to R u th y n T urney, M anager E ntered a t th e C hem aw a, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class M ail M a tte r S U B S C R IP T IO N - - 25C ts P E R A N N U M N O N P A R E IL O P E N S E S S IO N T he an n u al N onpareil Society public en tertain m en t was given last F rid ay n ig h t. Is was h an dled on the order of a reg u lar m eeting w ith P resid en t E leanor H au k , and secretary, N ancy M athison, o ccu p y in g th eir custom ary seats on th e platform and th e you n g lady m em bers of the society grouped in fro n t of th e stage. T h e various num bers w ere well delivered, h a v in g had careful d rillin g . It w as a very enjoyable event. F ollow ing is the program : Society Song - - - - . M em bers D eclam ation—W h at th e L iterary Society does for us - - - - - L a u ra W au n S ax o p h o n e Solo—L u llab y T im e - - C oncert R ec ita tio n —T h e P h o to g rap h P iano Solo Pen P ictu res Jolly Up - - - - - - - - - - - Q u a rte t—Jap an ese L ullaby U in tah K irk - - - - M usical S electio n —T h a t N au g h ty W altz . . O live Beebe M arg aret Lew is - R ec ita tio n —T h e h appy C rip p le O riginal D ialogue M illie B en n ett M aude P o tts - - - H a rrie t Cain . N an cy M athison M aude P o tts L au ra W aun R ebecca C arp en ter - E le a n o r H au k E liz a b e th C h u rch ill K a th e rin e Loftus - D uet— Isle of G olden D ream s - D ialogue—T h e G h o st of An Idea - M ary D am on V ictoria S an sav er - Io n a H e n ry E th e l H e n ry - - . COM M ENT “ I th in k i t ’s so n ic e ,” said a new g irl, “ to begin to get ready for C hristm as so long before hand. It gets you all stirred u p w ith the C hristm as s p ir it.” T w o sm all g irls were talk in g : “ I bet th is school is nicer th an that other school you w ent to; it w asn ’t as b ig .” “ I bet it was; it was b ig g e r.” “ You d id n ’t have as good a p p le s.” “ I did, to o —b e tte r.” “ You d idn’t have as much fu n .” “ B etcha— had m ore. H ad ev ery th in g b e tte r .” “ I know som ething you d id n 't have. You d id n ’t have any w reck on the ra ilro a d .” T h a t settled it in C hem aw a’s lavor. M ary E m ily H auser had been at school a day w hen she said to Miss O rr: “ I have a b rother, but he d o esn ’t know m uch; h e ’s never been to sc h o o l.” Y. M. A N D Y. W . C. A. NO TES T h e Ju n io r Y . W . C. A. is already begin n in g w ork on a C hristm as program . T hese program s are a source of much d elight to th e little g irls and are alw ays e n joyed by the em ployees who are th e ir guests on these occasions. W . P. W alters, S ecretary of the M arion C ounty Y. M. C. A ., was a visitor at the C hem aw a S unday School, last S unday m o rn in g , in th e interest of the W illam ette V alley O lder B oys’ Conference, w hich m eets in Salem th e last of this week. A bout 400 boys are expected as delegates at th is m eeting, and C hem aw a, th ro u g h its Sunday School and Y. M. C. A ., is entitled to six representatives. T h e Y .W .C .A . w as especially favored S unday a fte r noon w ith a talk by M rs. B rickell. A room ful of girls listened atten tiv ely as M rs. Brickell spoke to them of th eir responsibilities in th eir hom e com m unities, in show ing to th eir friends and relatives th a t th eir e d u cation has really been w orth w hile. M rs. Brickell then m entioned some of the m any op p o rtu n ities th at C hem aw a affords its g irls for developing responsibili ty , happiness, cheerfulness, prom ptness and honesty. A g u ita r solo by N ancy M athison added to th e pleas ure of the afternoon. O U R C H A P E L S E R V IC E D uring chapel exercises last Sunday evening the o rchestra p liy e d a “ C aprice” by K line, M aude C raig sang “ S m ilin ’ T h ro u g h ” by P enn, G eorge B arrett gave as a ’cellosolo “ P asto rale” by W etzel, the choir saug “ O utside th e D oor” by P ark s, and S u p t. H all gave a m ost valuable talk to those essetnbled, p artic u larly to stu d e n ts, in w hich he set forth certain phases of school life. H e spoke of tendencies, good and bad, and pointed out m any pitfalls and rocks th a t beset the pathw ay w hich y o u th m ust travel on th e road to success. H e gave a splendid lesson. W inona T h e W inona L iterary Society adjourned to the open session of the N onpareil Society. It good program and th e W inonas w ere glad “ H a il, H ail, th e N onpareils; th e y ’re the girls th in g s w e ll.” atte n d was a to sing who do
