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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1920)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAGE 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN th a t was m uch appreciated by the m em bers. A fter th e usual ch eerin g and sin g in g th e house adjourned. P u b lish ed W eek ly a t th e Salem In d ia n T ra in in g School Chem aw a, 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 an ag er Sophom ores and freshies have new and individual te x t books to use and are m aking good use of them . U nusually w ell-cooked meals are being prepared th is week by Jessie C leveland and Rebecca C arpenter. T h e dom estic science w ork is new to m ost of our g irls, but all are g ettin g along nicely and enjoying th e w ork. E dna W illette and L ena C leveland, freshies, are new m em bers of our sophom ore fam ily. T hey are ta k in g th e practical w ork w ith the eig h th grad e and the class wTork w ith th e ir owm class. E n tered a t th e C hem aw a, Oregon, P ostoffice 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 L IT E R A R Y S O C IE T IE S O w ing to th e late h o u r th at th e N onpareil rep o rt reached us we w ere unable to find space for it. H o w ever, th is w ide-aw ake society had an in te re stin g program well seasoned w ith “ p e p .” E x celsio r Society T he E x celsio r L iterary Society met in th eir hall F rid a y evening and listened to a w ell-prepared p ro gram . F ollow ing is th e program : Society song by m em bers: recitatio n , Jo h n M ilitaire; read in g . L aw rence M erculief; clarinet solo, Dick Beasley; original jokes, F ra n k C orbett: “ My experience in the n a v y ,” C larence A dam s; pen pictures, R obert C ham berlin; vocal solo, G eorge Lekanoff. A fter our school song our advisory m em ber, Miss H e n d rix , gave h er rep o rt and th e society a d jo u rn e d . T h e E xcelsior is well represented in the various school activities, such as band, ath letics, o rchestra and th e p rin tin g force, for all of w hich th e society is p ro u d . R eliance Society On Decem ber ten th th e society assembled as usu al. A ll business w’as om itted for election of officers. T h e follow ing w ere chosen and elected: P resid en t, C la r ence E dw ards; vice-president, W illiam F razier; secre ta ry , Jones Spencer; treasu rer, G eorge T hom as; serg ean t-at-arm s. C harles Moon; yell leader, A llan S h ep ard ; assistant yell leader, Louis Colby. T h e officers took their ch airs and after h earty applause re sponded w ith sh o rt talk s. A fter a few rem arks from our advisory m em ber the house ad jo u rn ed w ith yells and songs. W inona In spite of th e how ling w ind and d ren ch in g rain , not to m ention a few flying fir boughs and shingles, th e W inonas gath ered on F rid a y n ig h t as usual and an in terestin g urogram was enjoyed. T h e opening num ber was a song by Jo sep h in e Sha- k an . Lucy Sexton th en recited a poem, E sth e r P aul read a few jokes, E m m a Carlson and C arrie A nderson gave a m andolin d u et, H attie M artin told a short story, C lara H am ilto n . A nna B elgarde and C ath erin e L am bert sang several popular songs, E d n a H ill read an in terestin g “ C hristm as L eg e n d ,” A nna P erry recited an am u sin g poem . T h is was followed by th e m ost enjoyable featu re of th e program , an open house d e bate on one of th e lead in g questions of th e day ta k e n from th e “ H in ts on B e a u ty ” colum n. T h is was wTon by th e negatives. Miss R oberts gave a cheerful talk D O M ESTIC S C IE N C E N O TES A C A D E M IC N O TES T h e Ju n io rs have prospects of a good g irls ’ basket- bail team th is season. 'Fhe new library has been opened and th e stu d e n ts are all p atro n izin g it. H en rietta C ham berlin su b stitu ted in one of the classroom s last week. F ra n k Sookutn is ta k in g all th e credit for w o rk in g equations in chem istry th is wreek. L ater on in the year th e n u rse g irls plan to have a set ies of dem on stratio n s and will welcome all wrho wish to come. S u n d ay afternoon the football m en and other athletes of Chentaw’a m et and organized a club w hich is to p ro m ote g reater athletics for our school. JFlie basketball team is rapidly g ettin g in to shape u n d er th e able coaching of M r. H au ser. T h ere are tw en ty men out for practice each evening. T h e Ju n io rs held an in te re stin g class m eeting last w eek. T h e m ain topic of discussion w as a debate on the relative values of E g y p tia n and A ssyrian civili zation. M A T R O N ’S D E P A R T M E N T Miss Ju lia F ra tis spent T uesday and W ednesday shopping in P o rtlan d . T h e M cBride girls w ish to th a n k S u p t. h aving th e piano tu n ed . H all for T h e lau n d ry force is busy w ith M cBride and W inona H all uniform s this week. T h e m atron has som e very p retty dresses for sale in her office. construction Mrs. Cox was called to P o rtlan d last week on account of the illness of her d a u g h te r. M rs. E aton will leave S unday m orning for Idaho to spend the holidays w ith her d au g h ter. M rs. Cox has not forgotten th a t C hristm as is near. E ach day, w’ith her house girls, she is m aking b ea u tiful roses and w reathes. T he kitchen girls are busy m aking m ince m eat and apple b u tter for the holidays. T h ey have m ade one h u n dred gallons of m ince m eat already. T h e M cBride H all g irls are very th a n k fu l to the p ain ter force for p a in tin g th e ir beds w hite. I t adds m uch to the in te rio r appearance of th e building.
