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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1921)
PA G E 2 T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N l í e CHEMA WA AMERICAN P u b lis h e d W e e k ly a t t h e S a le m I n d ia n T r a in in g S c h o o l C h e m a w a , O re g o n , H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e r in te n d e n t A d d re s s a ll c o m m u n ic a tio n s to R u th y n T u r n e y , M a n a g e r E n te r e d a t t h e C h e m a w a , O re g o n , P o s to ffic e a s S e c o n d - C la ss M a il M a tte r S U B S C R IP T IO N - - - 2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M L I T E R A R Y S O C IE T IE S W inona T he W . L. S. m et F rid ay evening and enjoyed an in terestin g p ro g ram . F o u r of the girls from th e 7th year, L ena Cleveland, A m anda L adderoute, A n geline W alker and E sth er B lodgett, appeared for the first tim e as debaters and all show ed excellent preparation. T h ere were songs, recitatio n s, and pen pictures; th e n business and ad jo u rn m en t. E xcelsiors T he E xcelsiors enjoyed a very in terestin g program on F riday evening in th e au d ito riu m . F ollow ing is the program rendered: R ecitation, R obert C ham berlin; dialogue, Joe B onner and Roy Sansaver; cornet solo, F ran k C orbett; recitatio n , Lodi C allahan; do as you are told, by th e m em bers; the question, “ Resolved, T h at ail Japanese should be excluded from th e U nited S ta te s ,” was debated by Cruz M cDaniels for the af firm ative and C harles E d er for the negative. T h e jud g es decided in favor of the affirm ative Follow ing the program a sh o rt business m eeting was held, after w hich o u r advisory m em ber, Miss H en d rix , gave us a talk on loyalty. A lter reh earsin g some new yells th e society ad jo u rn ed . N onpareils E n tertain T h e N onpareils were hostesses in the gym nasium on S atu rd ay n ig h t and lived up to th e ir well know n re p u ta tio n as splendid en tertain ers. L ong stream ers of of p u rp le and gold w ith dozens of p en n an ts of all kinds m ade th e old room look very festive. A program con sistin g of a piano solo by U intah K irk , an edition of th e society paper, th e “ Jo lly -U p ,” read by Effie Davis, and several songs by the Peerless N . L. S. Q u artet, w as exceedingly well received. T hen followed various gam es and some lively m usic by an o rchestra com posed of local talen t. A bounteous three-course lu n c h eon was served by th e y o u n g er girls of th e society and before any of the guests realized it th e happy evening w as ended and it was tim e for good n ig h ts to be said. T h e N onpareil g irls an d Miss W hite, their advisor, deserve all of th e m any com plim ents w hich were o v er heard as the g u ests w ere ta k in g th eir leave. Reliance T h e R eliance L iterary Society m et on Ja n u ary 21st as usual. As there was not m uch business to tran sact A llan S hepard presented a few yells and songs. L ou- lin Brewer was a visitor and gave a very good talk to the m em bers. Follow ing is the program th a t was rendered: Song, m em bers; My trip to Chem aw a, D aniel Law rence; reading, L aurence Davis; pen p ictu res, Lloyd Clem ents; My favorite stu d y , P eter Lloyd; L oyalty to Society, F ra n k P eratrovich; W hat the society has done for me, F rtd W ilder. T h e advis ory m em ber then gave a few rem arks and th e society ad jo u rn ed . Y. M. A N D Y. W . 0. A. N O TES T he Y .M .C .A . met in th e M itchell H all reading room on the evening of th e 23rd for th e purpose of electing cabinet officers lor th e follow ing year. T h e elections were as follows: P resident, Fred W ilder; vice-president, Cruz M cDaniels; secretary, W illiam F razier; treasu rer, A rth u r Johnson; sergeant-at arm s, Irv in g H en d rix ; reporter, L ogan S. F a n n . T h e fol low ing were elected chairm en of com m ittees: M is sio n ary , F ra n k C orbett; program , Logan F ann; social, E dw in L iljegren; music, G eorge Lekanoff; visiting, C larence A dam s. N ew m an Rock was elected song leader and Clarence A dam s o rganist. T hese officers take their seats the first m eeting in F eb ru ary . A fter sin g in g a few songs and rep eatin g the w atchw ork th e association adjourned. T h e girls of th e Y . W . C. A. were delightfully s u r prised w hen the m em bers of the Y . M. C. A. cabinet w alked into th eir m eeting Sunday afternoon as visitors. T h ere has been some rivalry between these two o r ganizations as to w hich one rendered the better d is cussion m eetings, and S unday, after the program , the boys rem arked that “ you have to hand it to the girls for having a well prepared, interestin g m e e tin g .’ ' T h e topic of the afternoon was “ A G irl’s R e lig io n ,” led by A nna H olst, and the follow ing topics were care fully prepared and well given: Ideals of character for a Christian girl, E sth er P au l; T ru th as a ideal, Millie B ennett; Obedience as an ideal, E d n a H ill; U nselfish ness as an ideal, Mabie B lodgett; Is it necessary to have a creed? M aude P otts; Does religion m ake any difference in a g ir l’s life? V eltha F razier; W hat is the Place of the C hurch in a G irl’s R eligion, N ancy M atheson. A selection by the Y . W . chorus and a duet by M aude P o tts and E m m a Carlson were the special m usical num bers for the afternoon. T h e P ro testan t Sunday School has contributed $12.- 37 for th e A rm enian R elief F u n d . It is hoped th a t th is may reach the $20.00 m ark before it is forw arded to headquarters.
