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T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
P u b lish ed W eekly a t th e S alem 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 en 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, Oregon, Postoffice as Second-
Class M ail M a tte r
O ldsm obile A utom obile C om pany in Salem . A s soon
as he catches up w ith th e firm ’s w7ork, he will con
tin u e his business course and g rad u ate in Ju n e.
O ur college stu d en ts attended th e S ym phony
O rch estra C oncert in Salem last w eek. F ra n k
P eratrovich, a cornet artist, is a m em ber of th e orches
tra. H e is one of our stu d en ts in the C apital B usiness
College.
D E C L A M A TIO N CONTEST
S U B S C R IP T IO N
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25C ts P E R A N N U M
A T H L E T IC NOTES
T h is com ing S atu rd ay afternoon our baseball c a n d i
dates will be given th e first try -o u t of the season here
against the Salem h igh school team .
E ast week M r. Swoboda an d his force of shoem akers
rep aired our baseball shoes and p u t new cleats on
every shoe. An excellent job was done, not only th a t
but shoes come high and they saved the association a
lot of m oney. T hey also repaired our m asks.
T h e little girls organized th eir baseball team at the
beg in n in g of the good w eather and have already p lay
ed a num ber of gam es back of W inona H all. W e
know they are real live, ex citin g gam es and th a t they
have a large num ber of spectators, because we can
hear them .
T h e near fu tu re will see th e b eg inning of the third
baseball league at C hem aw a since th e su n n y w eather
began. T h is league will be composed of boys from
th e Small B oys’ H om e. T h e m em bers of the I.T .C .
w ill be represented w ith a team ; the other th ree team s
w ill be m ade u p from boys in “ D ” com pany.
T h e K at L eague has b ro u g h t into th e lim elight a
large num ber of players who are d o in g exceptionally
well w ith the bat and on th e diam ond, w hich has al
m ost doubled th e am ount of m aterial on hand a t the
beginning of the season. A num ber of these, how
ever, will be weeded o u t by th e latter p art of the week
and only the most prospective ones will be given a
chance to show th eir real w orth ag ain st the high school.
H IG H SCHOOL N O TES
T he class in T ennyson read “ T h e Lady of S h a lo tt.”
G eorge Lekanoff, one of o u r h ig h school stu d en ts,
is ta k in g vocal lessons under Dr. Jo h n R. Sites
D r.
Sites says G eorge has real talen t and should become a
g reat singer.
E leanor H au k and H attie M artin were seen w ear
ing w ide sm iles on th eir faces th e past w eek. E leanor
took first prize in th e prelim inary dram atic contest for
th e Seniors and H a ttie took first prize for the Juniors.
C harles E d er, a stu d e n t at the C apital B usiness
College, has accepted a position as bookkeeper for the
T h e declam ation contest held in our auditorium last
F rid ay evening was of a hig h er character in every re
spect than any of th e previous contests. E very one
of th e fifteen p articip an ts did well and represented
th eir classes w ith credit. T h e vocational grades were
represented.
M iss M acleay, Miss D avenport and
Miss T hom pson, of the E n g lish dep artm en t, Salem
H ig h School, acted as judges. C arrie A nderson of
the second year vocationals was chosen as th e w inner
of the contest and will receive th e first prize; E lm er
T h e rria u lt, third year, took second place; L ouis Colby,
senior, th ird .
T h ere were so m any excellent speakers th a t the
audience seemed to be divided as to th e ir choice of
prize w inners. T h ey w ere all so good th a t it was a
difficult m atter to decide.
T h e stage decorations and th e general arran g em en t
for th e evening lent dignity and im portance to th e
occasion.
M rs. Iliff, actin g principal, sat on th e
stage w ith the speakers and presented each one in tu rn .
W e desire to co n g ratu late the vocational teachers on
th e ir good w ork in the persons of M rs. R isser, Miss
W hite and M iss H e n d rix . Indeed, we feel th at no
public exhibition yet given at C hem aw a has had such
literary value as th e contest on F rid a y evening.
T H E IR F O U R T H A N N IV E R S A R Y
T h e Sigm a P h i Delta Society celebrated its fo u rth
an n iv ersary on F rid ay last w ith a din n er in w hich
about th irty or m ore m em bers p articip ated . T h is r e
past was given in the dom estic science d ep artm en t.
Mrs. H all, know n to the m em bers as Sigm a “ M o th e r,”
and founder of the g irls’ organization, was th e toast
m istress for th e occasion. She took occasion to give
a resum e of various historical facts in connection w ith
th e founding and w ork of the society as well as call
ing on various young ladies for toasts.
In addition to the resident m em bers C atherine W ilder
and Rose Goff of P ortland were p tesen t. I t was a
happy reunion of the girls who w’ere bubbling over
w ith happiness, proud of the honor of belonging to
th e Sigm a and sincere in th eir desire to live up to the
h ig h stan d ard required. Chem aw a is proud of the
Sigm a girls, for they represent the higher ideals.