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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
P u b lish ed W eek ly 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 u rn ey , M an ag er
E n tered a t th e Chem aw a, Oregon, Postoffice a s Second-
Class M ail M a tte r
S U B S C R IP T IO N
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em phasized the fact th a t all have w ithin them a
wee voice w hich alw ays “ points the w a y ” and is a
m o n itor w o rth y of a hearing. It w as a good ta lk .
D u rin g the evening th e o rchestra played “ K u ia w ia k ”
by W ieniaw ski, on request Ju lia Grom off gave “ T h e
A m ericans C om e” by F o ster, th e O ctette G irls sang
“ T h e F lag W ith o u t a S ta in ” by W h ite, and G eorge
Lekanoff and th e choir sang “ T h e H aven of L ife ” by
B ristow . T h e exercises were in every way m ost
pleasing.
2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M
H IG H SCHOOL NO TES
E X C E L S IO R S E N T E R T A IN
Last F rid a y evening th e m em bers of th e E xcelsior
L iterary Society en tertain ed the various m em bers of
the faculty and stu d e n t body w ith a program of m ore
than o rd in ary m erit. P relim in ary to the playlet given
the boys pulled off a n um ber of stu n ts w hich were
both am u sin g and clever. T h e decoration of the so
ciety ’s heroes w as a scream , especially w here Mr.
B e n t,h o n o rary m em ber, was declared a K n ig h t of the
O rder of O nion and rap tu ro u sly kissed on both cheeks
by G eorge B arrett, him self a k n ig h t of royal blood.
“ T h e M ascot” was th e title of th e play given and
those who assum ed the role of th e v ario u s ch aracters
called for in th e cast acq u itted them selves m ost c re d
itably.
All th ro u g h th e evening th ere was m usic by the E x
celsior band u n d er th e d n ec tio n of Cruz M cD aniels,
w ho proved him self a conductor deserving recognition.
T h e band was good and the m usic w as m ost pleasing,
as it was capably ren d ered .
All in all, it was an evening to be rem em bered for
some tim e an d cred it is due to both th e E xcelsior
Society and advisor, Miss H e n d rix . Such e n te rta in
m ents m ean a lot of w ork.
V. M . C. A.
T h e Y . M. C. A. m et in M itchell H all on the
evening of th e 13th of F eb ru ary . T h e leader for the
evening was A rth u r Jo h n so n . T h e topic w as “ T he
S incerity of Jesus C h rist” taken from the “ M anhood
of th e M a ste r.” T h e follow ing program w as re n d e r
ed: Song by m em bers; W h at is a hyp o crite, F red
W ilder; E x p lan atio n of co n trad ictio n in M att. 5:16
and M att. 6:1, F ra n k C orbett; W h a t h ab its of in sin
cere speech do we fall into, C ruz M cD aniels. S h o rt
talk s w ere also given by A llan S h ep ard , R obert
D ow nie and others.
O U R C H A P E L S E R V IC E
D u rin g chapel service last S u n d ay ev en in g S u p t.
H a ll gave a stro n g talk in w hich he appealed to the
s tu d e n ts to obey th e ir best in stin cts in all th in g s. H e
Irv in g S hepard com pleted his required senior credits
in th e Salem H ig h School last w eek.
It is rep o rted th a t th e h igh school stu d e n ts al
received good grades in th e ir sem ester exam s.
Irv in g S h ep ard , C larence A dam s, G eorge Lekanoff,
L ogan F an n and C harles E d er took p art in th e E x
celsior play last w eek.
T h e u n iv ersity , business college and high school
stu d e n ts are glad to see the ju n io r g irls back in th e
dom estic science, for tliey certain ly p u t up app etizin g
lunches.
T h e hig h school stu d e n ts enjoyed a few d a y s’ vaca
tion last w eek. T h u rsd a y and F rid a y w ere given
them in w hich to reg ister for th e new sem ester. T h e
u n iv ersity and business college stu d en ts w ere not so
fo rtu n ate and had to w ork as usual.
W e are pleased again to hear th e rep o rts of F ra n k
P eratro v ich and C larence A dam s in th e ir recent com
m ercial law te st at th e C apital B usiness College.
F ra n k received 9 9 percen t and C larence 9 0 . T h is
goes to show th a t o u r stu d e n ts are stu d y in g hard.
S E N IO R N O TES
W ith the aid of the m icroscope the seniors are find
ing botany an in te re stin g subject.
T h e m ain topic in algebra is G eographical R e p re
sen tation. T h e seniors are finding it q u ite in te re stin g .
T h e Senior Jazz O rchestra has been d o in g some
stiff p racticin g of late. T h ey will m ake th e ir deb u t
in th e near fu tu re .
Busy tim es are ahead for the seniors, p rep arin g
the declam ation contest. S ix co n testan ts are now
th e field and all are try in g to be one of th e fo u r to
present the class. W e have several com petitors
form er contests.
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A t a m eeting recently held by th e seniors th e fol
low ing officers w ere elected to fill offices for th e
balance of the year:
E dw in L iljegren, president;
L ouis Colby, vice-president; C lara M orais, secretary;
C larence E d w ard s, treasu rer; Mabel B lodgett, sergeant-
at-arm s; W illiam F ra zie r, reporter; Roy N uckolls, yell
leader.