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4 T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAGE 2 The CHEMA WA AMERICAN Published W eekly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARW OOD H ALL, Superintendent Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoifice as Second- Class Mail M atter SU BSC R IPTIO N - - 25C ts P E R A N N U M SE N IO R NOTES A Salem visitor at “ M r. B ob’’ ex p ressed m uch pleasure in the play and p articu larly enjoyed the class songs. Some of th e ladies on the cam pus are try in g to e n gage “ J e n k in s’’ as bu tler for th eir n ex t “ classy ” so cial function. T h e seniors find it hard to beat C larence E d u a rd s in period averages. H e leads his class, followed by E lizabeth Beall and Opal P earson. H eard on the cam pus: “ T h ere was less d istu rb an ce g ettin g up the senior play th a n about any e n te rta in m ent I ’ve ever seen at C h em aw a.” T heresa G ua received the h ig h est grade in her d o m estic a rt class. Mabel B lodgett. K a th e rin e L oftus and Clara M orais m issed it by one point. T h e class o f ’21 presented “ Mr. B ob” D ecem ber 17. C ast of ch aracters: Je n k in s, w ho objects - - W illiam F razier Rebecca L uke, who befriends cats - Mabel B lodgett P a tty , w ith stage am bition - - B eulah W h ite K ath erin e R ogers, who loves M r. Bob K ath e rin e L o ftu s P h ilip Rovson, who likes M arion - C larence E d w ard s M arion B ryant, K a th e rin e ’s friend - Lizzie Beall M r. Brow n, who cam e dow n - - L ouis Colby M r. Bob cause of it all - - - - ? ? ? ? Scene— B reakfast room at Miss L u k e s’. A ct 1, m orning; A ct 2, aftern o o n . A n ad v ertisin g stu n t for th is play took place in the d in in g room . E dw in L iljegren and Roy N uckolls h ad a q u a rre l—others nearby believing they were in earnest. Mr. Dow nie in terfered an d found it was all about the senior play, “ M r. B o b .” OUR CH APEL SERVICE D uring chapel exercises on S u n d ay ev ening the o rch estra played ‘ La C in q u a n ta in e ” by L ack , th e O ctette G irls sang “ Cast T hy Bread on the W a te rs ,” C ruz M cDaniels gave as a b arito n e solo “ W hen Y ou are M in e” by Lee, th e Choir san g th e “ W onderful S tory of L o v e” by D river. M r. Paul C orbett, w ho was here from K am iah , Id ah o , was on the platform w ith S u p t. H all an d was in v ited to address those assem bled. H e m ade a good talk to th e stu d en ts, e n co u rag in g them to tak e advantage of their o p p o rtu n i ties here in every way possible. H e had only words of praise for our g reat school and its m anagem ent, th u s paying a deserved com plim ent to S upt. H all. BASK ETBALL A com plete schedule will be published soon. T h e first gam e on ou r schedule will be played about Ja n u ary seventh. A s usual the g irls will be given a chance to show th eir wares. A rrangem ents are being made to play th e ir first gam e here shortly after th e holidays. T h e prospects for a w in n in g team are u n u su ally bright A larg er num ber of girls turned out for practice this season th a n in any tw o years previous, and they all have the knack of playing, loo. LOCAL T h e W inonas adjourned to attend th e senior play. I t is said some carried th eir spelling books w ith them — th e inter-society contest is alm ost here. M rs. H all gave a reception to the Sigm a girls the o th er ev en in g in honor of the new m em bers as well as v isitin g m em bers. M r. Paul Corbett was also presen t. S u p t. and M rs. H all m otored to P ortlan d on M on day to attend m a tte rs of business in connection w ith o u r C hristm as, as well as inspecting supplies for the In d ian Service. O rd er of D ivine Service on C hristm as Day for all C atholic children: F irst mass and com m union at five o ’clock w ith e x tra m usic. Second m ass at eight o 'clo ck. T en o ’clock mass and benediction. “ Mr. B o b ,” the play given last T h u rsd ay evening by th e Senior class, was under the direction of Mrs. R isser and was splen d id ly acted in its every d etail— a cred it to all. Lack of space prevents extended m ention, but let it suffice to say th e patronage was good and th e Seniors are ahead $83. T h e first big, pre-C hristm as pop corn party was held M onday evening in the s tu d e n ts’ kitchen by sev eral m em bers of th e faculty. It w as a real enjoyable evening and several large baskets of corn were popped and sent to the dom estic science dep artm en t w here it will be m ade into nice big balls for stu d e n ts. Y. M. A N D Y. W. 0. A. NOTES On S unday aftern o o n P ro te sta n t p re a ch in g service was con d u cted by R ev. T h o m as A clieson, p asto r of th e Jaso n Lee M em orial c h u rc h of S alem . H is serm on w as a C h ristm as m essage, in k e e p in g w ith th e C h ristin as sp irit w hich p rev ails on th e cam p u s, an d was m uch en jo y ed by all who a tte n d e d . Special Music for th e aftern o o n was fu rn ish e d by th e Y .W .C .A . ch o ru s. On M onday ev en in g , th e L. L. L. c h a p te r of th e Y .W .C .A . held th e ir C h ristm as p ro g ram , w ith th e p re sid en t, M audie C raig, p re sid in g . T h e pro g ram consisted of songs an d re c ita tio n s bv th e m em b ers a n d th e te llin g of V an D y k e ’s story, “ T h e O th er W ise M a n .’’ A n u m b er of th e m em b ers of th is c h a p te r have ju s t received beautiful little b o o k m ark s for th e ir new Bibles, as a rew ard for le a rn in g th e n am es of all th e books of th e Bible. T h e Y. W . C. A. had an e x ce lle n t C h ristm as p ro g ram on S u n d ay a ftern o o n . T h e m e etin g was led by A nnie M iller, an d th e p ro g ram was as follow s: C h ristm as song, Y . W . C horus; T h e prophecy of C h ristm as, H a rrie t Cain; th e story of th e S h e p h e rd s, R ebecca C arp en te r; T h e M agic C h ristm as T ree, C arrie A n derson; “ H oly N ig h t,’’ Y. W. C horus; th e story of th e W ise M en, Ju lia G rom off; W hat C h ristm as R eally M eans, E le a n o r H a u k ; R ead in g , “ C hristm as E v e ry w h e re ,’ ’ H a ttie M artin .
