The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
P ublished W eekly a t th e Salem In d ia n T ra in in g School
Chemawa, 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 anager
E ntered a t th e Chem aw a, Oregon, Postoffice as Second-
Class M ail M a tte r
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 CHURCH ORGANIZED
L IT E R A R Y S O C IE T IE S
N onpareil
T he reg u lar m eeting of the N onpareil L ite ra ry S o
ciety opened F rid a y evening w ith P resident L oftus in
th e chair. Old and new business for the evening was
transacted after w hich the follow ing program was
rendered: Song by th e m em bers; opening address,
P resident L oftus; vocal solo, Ida Brown; recitation,
L ydia Davis; d u et, L illian D esm ond and E liza B ernard;
local jokes, E rm a L aC lair; q u a rte tte by four m em bers;
sto ry > J ° ari of A rc, M arion W asson; comical songs,
D o rris M ann. A fter the program the critic gave a r e
port and o u r official visitor, M r. Jam es, gave th e so
ciety a very helpful talk . A fter songs and yells th e
society ad jo u rn e d u n til A pril 1st.
Significance was given E aster S unday at C hem aw a
by the o rg an izatio n of a P ro te sta n t ch u rch w ith a
m em bership of 260. A m ost im pressive service ac
E xcelsior
com panied th e o rg an izatio n of th e ch u rch , w hich is
I he E xcelsior Society had th e ir reg u lar m eeting on
in terd en o m in atio n al and w hich is to be know n as the
F rid ay , M arch 25th. E ach m em ber responded w ith
P ro testan t C h u rch of C hem aw a.
Miss G ertru d e E a k in , P ro te sta n t m issionary w orker q u o tations to th e roll call. A fter a live business
from Salem, was th e prim e m over in th e establishm ent session a good program was rendered as follows: Im -
of the new ch u rch , w hich is th e resu lt of several years p o .n p tu speech, P resid en t G eorg? B irre tt; society
song by m em bers; original sto ry , W ilfred E vans; C or
devoted w ork on h er p art. U ntil the arrival of Miss
n et solo, F ra n k C orbett; reading, Daniel O rton; E x
E akin at Chem aw a th ere w as no real and tru e P ro te st celsior Q u artette, R obert Lee D ow nie, Irv in g S hepard,
ant organization here an d necessarily m any of o u r N ick S tepitiu and G eorge Lekanoff; jokes, D allas
stu d en ts were w ith o u t relig io u s privileges. T h e es T aylor. Debate: “ Resolved, T h a t the U. S. N avy
tab lish m en t of th e ch u rch here is a m ost effective should be reduced in the sam e porportion as the A rm y. ”
T h e affirm ative side w as represented by L ogan F a n n
testim onial to th e ch aracter of the w ork she has carried
and G eorge Lekanoff, w hile C larence A dam s and
on in her religious in stru ctio n .
F ra n k C orbett upheld th e negative. T h e ju d g es de
cided in favor of the affirm ative side. O ur visitor,
Rev. B oudinot Seeley of the H om e M ission Com
m ittee of the Synod of O regon was present and assist M r. Iliff, gave an in sp irin g talk w hich the society ap
preciated. A fter hearing the report from our advisory
ed in th e estab lish m en t of our new ch u rch . Rev.
m em ber and singing th e society song th e house a d
Seeley is a big m an in ch u rch circles and his qualifi jo u rn ed .
cations of heart and m ind are m ost ap p aren t in all he
does. H e will alw ays have a warm welcome at
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Chem aw a.
W alter Iliff, as sophom ore in high school, received
T h e chapel was b eautifully decorated for the occa
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sion w ith q u an tities of ferns, O regon grape and lovely
E aster lilies. A double q u a rte tte of stu d en ts sang an
Elw ood T ow ner is out to win his “ W ” this year in
E aster an th em by G ab riel, and Miss Judd sang “ In
baseball at W illam ette U niversity.
the E n d of the S a b b a th ” by Oley Speaks.
G eorge Lekanoff also received good grades at the
Salem H ig h , especially in m athem atics.
OUR CHAPEL SERVICE
U intah K irk has m ade a rem arkable record in her
Last Sunday being E aster the m usic for our ev en school work this year. Ju st recently she received 1 in
ing chapel service was of a c h a ra c te r fittin g to the algebra and 1 in civics.
occasion and was m ost pleasing. T h e o rch estra p lay
T h e high school stu d e n ts have ju s t com pleted their
ed
W oodland C h im es’’ by S m ith , a m ixed se x tette
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-w ee k s’ test. It is reported th a t our stu d e n ts
sang C hrist A rose” by L ow ry, G eorge B arrett p lay
received satisfactory grades.
ed as a ’cello solo the “ M editation From T h ais “ by
M assenet, and the choir san g “ H e is R isen ” by S im It Ju lia Grom off and E leanor H a u k were the two
per. P ains had been tak en to have all of the stu d e n ts
E n glish G en iu ses” d u rin g the last six-w eek s’ w ork.
particip ate in a few special songs and they acquitted
Both were exem pt from the final te st in E nglish.
them selves m ost creditably.
Rev. Seeley, w ho was a
T h a t the In d ian stu d e n t has especialy talen t in th e
visitor, on in v itatio n from S u p t. H all, m ade a nice
line of public speaking is show n again in the case of
talk, choosing as his subject m atter “ A m eric a,” and
Paul G . W apato who has won first place in oratory
he gave briefly and ably a discourse w hich proved of
at W illam ette. H e represented his university at the
both value and in te re st to all. A ltogether we enjoyed
state
oratorical contest at E ugene and received h o nora
a most pleasing service .
ble m ention.