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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
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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.