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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1921)
PAGE 2 T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published W eekly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD HALL, Superintendent Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class Mail M atter A large number of our students are anxious to know the outcome of the Willamette-Chemawa game which will be played here this week. Finals, real final finals, in less than a m outh’ What are we saying, seniors? “ I wish it would rain so I could stay inside and stu d y ,” says the little F rosh.” “ Rain or no rain, we stu d y ,” say the “ studious” seniors. L IT E R A R Y SOCIETIES SU BSC R IPTIO N - - 25C ts P E R A N N U M OUR CH APEL SERVICE Non pareil The Nonpareil Literary Society held a meeting April 22. After business the following program was rendered: Song by the society; a prophecy was read by Ida Brown; song by sixth grade girls; Margaret Chamberlin recited; a quartet sang; reading by Eleanor Hank; original jokes by Victoria Sansaver; Nancy Mathison gave a guitar solo; book review by Erm a LaClair. Our official visitor of the evening, Mr. Iliff, favored the society with an interesting and helpful talk, fol lowed by other visitors, Mr. Bent and Mr. Beebe. The society adjourned after a song was sung. During chapel exercises last Sunday evening the orchestra played “ The Dervishes” by Cohen, on re quest George Barrett played as a ’cello solo the “ Song of India” by Rimsky-Korsakoff, William Frazier gave a recitation, a quartet of brass instrum entalists, Mr. Bent, Frank Peratrovich, Dewey Sampson, and Cruz McDaniels, gave a number, the choir sang “ Go and Find the W anderer” by Ogden, and Supt. Hall gave an exceedingly interesting and able talk to those as sembled. Not single one of the talks by the Superin tendent during the entire year are to be discounted. Excelsior They are all of such a practical character and portray The Excelsior Literary Society held its usual meet life in its successes and failures so vividly that we be lieve that our students will remember them and profit ing on Friday evening, April 22, with President Eder by them more and more as the years go by. It was a* presiding. After roll call, to which each member re sponded to with a quotation, business was suspended good chapel service. and the evening was devoted to a live voluntary pro gram which was as follows: Vocal duet, Dick Beaslev, SE N IO R NOTES Roy Corville; recitation, John Chya; Russian songs, A short story and a botany composition are worry Nick Stepetin, George Lekanoff; recitation,Roy Cor ing the seniors a little. ville. Our visitor, Mr. James, gave a very able and Opal Pearson and Mabel Blodgett made a hurry-up inspiring talk which was much appreciated by the business trip to Salem last week. society. The society adjourned after hearing the Mrs. Canfield is making the drafting of patterns report of our advisor and giving the society songs and very interesting work for the girls. yells. Clarence Edwards, with highest honors for the class, W inona will be our valedictorian, and Opal Pearson, with President Frazier, being delayed, the Winona L iter second honors, will be our salutatorian. Elizabeth Beall demonstrated her domestic science ary Society opened with Vice-president Annie Miller in the chair on Friday evening in the auditorium. The ability by giving us a table-spread recently. meeting was a program of numbers taken from the Mr. Bent came around the senior table the other best work of each of the three program divisions of the day with some very deep algebra problems. We heard year. Edna W illette gave instrum ental solos and ac that H arriet Cain mastered them all. companied Maudie Craig in her songs; Virginia Bric- The class of ’21 is busy, indeed, completing subjects kell, Carrie Anderson and Annie Miller gave pleasing and reviewing them, and with preparing to present recitations; Frances Fitzpatrick and Anna LaRance the annual operetta for which they are sponsors. furnished some humor; Maude Heay, Clara Hamilton, Busy every m inute—day or night! Mabel Bremner and Mary Songrey sang some songs, Six of the class of ’21 were together in their fresh and Julia Gromoff and Emma Carlson sang to guitar man year. It was interesting to look over a few days accompaniment. There were some songs by the ago our “ finals” for the close of the year 1917. We society and the routine of business. Mr. Turney, were all wishing we could make as good averages for official visitor, gave a talk which the W inonas appreci this year. ated very much. Adjournment followed.
