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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN PAGE 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lis h e d W e e k ly a t th e S a le m I n d ia n T r a in in g S c h o o l C h e m a w a , O re g o n , H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e r in te n d e n t A d d re s s a ll c o m m u n ic a tio n s to R u th y n T u r n e y , M a n a g e r E n te r e d a t t h e C h e m a w a , O re g o n , P o s to ffic e a s S e c o n d - C la ss M a il M a tte r S U B S C R IP T IO N - - - 2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M L I T E R A R Y S O C IE T IE S W inona Som ebody m ust have passed the word th a t societies would m eet on F rid a y evening for w iien th e girls ‘‘cam e up th e stairs to num b er n in e ” they found the old room all decorated w ith pink and w hite. A nna H olst w as in th e ch air tem porarily and she called F ra n ces T h o rp e to act as secretary. Susan C ain, C arrie A nderson and V irginia Brickell gave recitations; A nna Stone and F ran ces T h o rp e told some vacation e x periences, and C h arlo tte B rem ner and M arie Orsen sang a p retty duet. T h e m ost fun was w hen A nnabel W oods acted as cheer leader and about a dozen of th e old songs rang out w ith th e tru e W inona sp irit. T h e reg u lar sem ester election was announced for O ctober fo u rteen th . Mrs. B rickell, official visitor, gave a good talk and the first m eeting of the W i nona L iterary Society for the year 1921-22 was adjou rn ed . LOCAL A lbert G ouley is now actin g as chief en g in eer. A car-load of fat hogs are now ready for th e m ark et. E d n a C lark is th e new est m em ber of th e choir and is an acquisition. Joe B ettles is h an d lin g th e truck th is year. Joe is a livew ire and one of our m ost w illing w orkers. O ur big steam pum ps w ill soon be replaced w ith cen trifu g al pum ps to be operated by electrical power. T h e new girls are being fitted out w ith w hite u n i form s and sport jack ets th is week in th e sew ing room Mrs. Canfield has th e 6th, 7th and 8th grades in tu rn for class and d em o nstratio n w ork d u rin g th is de tail of ten weeks. T acom a S nider and F rances F itzp a trick are the fam ily cooks for th e ten th grade and Irm a L aC lair and M argaret Jackson for the n in th grade. T h e m ason detail com m enced m a n u factu rin g the form s for a concrete porch at th e rear of the s tu d e n ts ’ k itc h en . I t will be of considerable dim ension. M iss F ee conducted classes d u rin g the vacation m onths, th u s en ab lin g th irty or more pupils to make up w ork in order th a t they may continue th eir grades. N ellie Marcell spent the last w eek-end w ith Mrs. L ow ry in P o rtlan d . M rs. Low ry was a m issionary in A1 •; ■»?»..- several years and brought N ellie to Che- max- a f v.- weeks ago to finish her education. T h e school dining-room w ith its 110 d in in g tables is now p retty well filled. T h e average age of the stu d e n ts is older th is year than heretofore. An effort has been m ade to elim inate all those u n d er 12 years of age. T h e n in th and ten th grades are in th e dom estic science for the first ten weeks of this year. T here is a full class in each grad e— b rig h t, happy, w ide-aw ake, earnest g irls. S plendid resu lts m ay be expected from these classes. A t the stu d e n t body m eeting on M onday n ig h t m uch enth u siasm prevailed. School songs were su n g , yells practiced, and th e H aw aiians as well as the school band discoursed m usic. M r. D ow nie, as usual, put a lot of pep into the affair. T h e sew ing-room s have been reorganized, by w hich Mrs. C anfield, D om estic A rt teacher, will give lectures and class w ork, besides fancy needle w ork, m illinery, and d em o n stratio n s. C o n stru ctin g for the school is under M rs. K irk and M rs. Jam es, seam stresses. Mr. and M rs. E . P . C lark, old friends of M r. and Mrs. H all, w ere th eir guests for a few days th is sum m er. M r. C lark is th e editor of th e R iverside Daily P ress, at R iverside, C alifornia. M r. and Mrs. Clark had n o th in g but w ords of praise for C hem aw a. If you like to observe busy d ep artm en ts pay a visit to the m achine shops, autom obile d ep a rtm en ts, an d the b lack sm ith room s, all quartered in th e big brick stru c tu re on th e west of the ath letic field. T h e fifteen or tw enty y o u n g m en detailed, under th eir several in s tru c tors, are se cu rin g valuable experience herein. Chem aw a m ig h t well be proud of her girls who took advantage of th e O u tin g System and accepted positions for the sum m er m onths. T h e g reater num ber w orked in P ortland and in nearly every instance n o th in g but praise was heard from the em ployers. Over 10,000 ja rs of fru it and vegetables have been canned at C hem aw a th is sum m er under th e su p e r vision of Mrs. Brew er T h is departm ent also filled many barrels w ith p ru n e b u tte r, pickles and sa u e r k ra u t. Besides this a large quan ity of fruit and vegetables w ere put up by the dom estic science d epartm ent and the hospital. A m ong th e visitors at Chem aw a d u rin g th e sum m er w ere: M r. and Mrs. J.V . G eary, m issionaries at Nom e, A laska. M rs. G eary was connected w ith the Indian work am ong th e M odocs in the Indian T e rrito ry in th e late ’80s. M r. H all knew hei at the tim e. M r. E ric Jo h nson, U .S . M arshall from N om e, A laska, and M r. E lm er Reed, D eputy U .S . M arshall, also of Nom e, were in terested visitors at the school. T he w riter of these lines has seen the Lew is and Clark F air, the opening of the Panam a C anal, has seen New Y ork City and the fashion c ity — Paris; and a l so saw th e S tate F air in Salem . T he Chem aw a e x hibits at this last-m entioned S tate F a ir very favorably com pare, of course on a sm aller scale, with any of the larger ex h ib its m entioned above. T h is fact evidently show s th a t Chem aw a T ra in in g School is of a high order and speaks very m uch in favor of its S u p e rin te n d en t and th e staff of instructors connected with C h em aw a.” W e thank F ath e r G all for *hese w ords of praise.
