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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 an ag er
E n tered a t th e Chem aw a, O regon, Postoffice as Second-
Class M ail M a tte r
S U B S C R IP T IO N
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2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M
L IT E R A R Y SOCIETIES
R eliance
T h e Reliance Society m et on Ja n u a ry 27th an d after
m uch business was discussed the follow ing program
was rendered: Song by m em bers; recitatio n , Jam es
Songrey; Im p ro m p tu , R oderick H ill, Jo h n M ichell;
jokes, Lloyd C lem ents; cu rren t events, G eorge T h o m
as. Mrs. Iliff was a visitor and gave a sh o rt talk .
T h e advisory m em ber also gave a sh o rt talk . A fter
a few yells the society adjourned.
W inona
C arrie A nderson had charge of the program on F ri
day evening and h er en tertain ers w ere a credit to her.
E llen Beall gave a recitatio n , a g ro u p of g irls sang,
F rances F itzp atrick and May Spencer each gave well
selected jokes and riddles; th ere were some song
parodies by another g ro u p of girls; K atie Cleveland
and Stella G rim es gave a com edy dialogue, K ath erin e
Reed gave an im prom ptu, six girls appeared in a m ost
lau g h ab le stu n t and several new m em bers w ere in itia t
ed. T h ere was a lively business session followed by
adjo u rn m en t.
E xcelsior
T h e E x celsio r Society m et on F rid ay evening, Ja n
uary 28th. A fter th e roll call, to w hich the m em bers
responded w ith q u o tatio n s, the follow ing program
w as rendered: Society song by th e m em bers; q u artet,
L aurence M erculief, N ick S tep itin , N ew m an Rock
and G eorge Lekanoff; recitatio n , Jo h n Malacare; trio ,
L aurence M erculief, N ick S tep itin and N ew m an Rock;
recitation by Miss Ju d d . A fter th e program th e open
session program was discussed. S ix honor m em bers
are to be decorated at th e open session. T h is is to be
m ade an an n u al affair. A fter songs and yells and a
rep o rt from th e advisory m em ber th e society ad jo u rn ed .
Y. M. A N D Y. W . 0. A. NOTES
L ast M onday evening 12 new m em bers w ere in sta ll
ed in th e L. L- L. C h ap ter of th e Y . W . C. A .
T h is is a m ost en th u siastic organization of in te rm e d i
ate g irls and is d o in g som e splendid w ork.
T h e girls of the Y. W . C. A. w ere very happy to
have as th e ir g u est and speaker last S unday Mrs.
E rail H au se r. H e r topic was, “ T h e O p p o rtu n ities at
C h em aw a,” and she spoke of th e obligation to m ake
good th a t rests upon every girl who has th e ad v a n
tages of education and other o p p o rtu n ities th a t C h e
m awa affords its g irls. Mrs. H a u s e r’s talk was very
tim ely and helpful and was m uch appreciated by the
g irls who heard her.
M r. G eorge Irv in g , of N ew Y ork C ity, m em ber of
th e In te rn a tio n a l C om m ittee of the Y .M .C .A ., was a
visitor at C hem aw a last T h u rsd ay . T h ro u g h the
k in d n ess of W . P. W alters, C ounty Y S ecretary, we
w ere able to secure this visit from M r. Irv in g . H e
addressed th e en tire stu d e n t body of boys in the a u d i
tor ium at four o ’clock in a brief b u t very pointed talk
on “ M aking E x c u s e s .” It was indeed a privilege
for our boys to m eet M r. Irv in g and to hear him
speak.
T h e Y .M .C .A . m et in th e M itchell H all parlor on
Ja n u a ry 30th for a discussional m eeting. T h e topic
was, “ H ow a boy can be a C h ristian a t C h em aw a.”
T h e leader for th e evening w as F ra n k C orbett. F o l
low ing is the program : Song service, M embers;
p ray er, F ra n k C orbett; song, m em bers; discussion of
topic, “ H ow a boy can be a C hristian: In th e class
room , W illiam F razier; In his friendship, A rth u r
Jo h n so n ; In his relation to the sm aller boys, M. E .
R oberts; In athletics, C harles B uchert; In his speech,
L ogan F au n ; In his a ttitu d e tow ard S u n d ay school
and th e Y .M .C .A ., G eorge Lekanoff.
F re d W ilder, L ogan F an n and Cl irence A dam s
w ere th e official delegates of th e C hem aw a Y . M C.
A. at the In tersta te Y . M. C. A . C onvention w hich
m et in Salem last w eek-end. T h e program for this
convention included a num ber of speakers of national
rep u ta tio n , am ong them being D r. Jo h n Brow n, J r .,
w ho was for four years th e d irector of th e Y. M. C. A.
for th e en tire C anadian arm y, and Mr. G eorge Irv in g
of th e In tern atio n al C om m ittee. On S unday afternoon
a tru ck load of boys w ent to Salem for two Big B oys’
Rallies in connection w ith this convention.
T h e carp en ters have placed th e cem ent floors and
foundation for th e new garage and will soon have the
b u ild in g up, provided the w eather co n d itio n s p erm it.
T h ey have also p u t in a new floor and porch at th e
old office b u ild in g , w hich is now ready for plasterin g .
T h e m achine shop is progressing nicely now . T h e
m achinery has all been placed in th e shop and M r.
E d w ard M uller is in charge of erectin g and the opera
tion of sam e. As soon as we get th e m otor set and
the m achines placed we will be ready to p u t th e place
in to operation.