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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1921)
PA G E 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 H ALL, Superintendent Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class Mail M atter SU BSC R IPTIO N - - 25Ctg P E R A N N U M L IT E R A R Y SOCIETIES R eliance O ur business session was devoted w holly to a d is cussion of plans for o u r open session. A sh o rt b u t well delivered program followed. H elp fu l ta lk s were given by o u r critic, Miss Canfield and «everal o th er visitors. In closing we found th a t, in sp ite of a great change in the m em bership, the R eliance L iterary So ciety still possessed the ability to raise the roof w hen it yelled. N onpareil T he N otipariel L iterary Society held th eir usual m eeting in room 7. Roll was called and th e m inutes of the previous m eeting w ere read by the secretary . T h en the follow ing program was rendered: Society Song, M embers; recitatio n , Cora Black; im prom ptu, E lizabeth P oitrus; vocal duet, Rebecca C ar penter, L aura W auu; jokes, A nna Lee Thom as; song, L illian H olst, L ucy E aton; pen p ictu re, U in tah K irk ; three-m in u te talk , H ild a O pein. Songs and yells were given w ith “ N onpareil p e p .” W e had m any welcome visitors and in terestin g , h elp ful talks were given by M r. Sw oboda, M rs. Sw oboda, Miss S tew artson, Miss A hrens, Miss T y rrell, M rs. P eratrovich and M rs. Canfield. T h e Society th en a d jou rn ed to meet n e x t F rid ay . E xcelsior T h e E xcelsior L iterary Society held a m ost in te re st ing m eeting w ith its new officers on F rid ay evening. T h e follow ing were chosen to head the society: P re si den t, Dewey Sam pson; vice-president, Daniel O rton; secretary, Cruz M cDaniels; serg ean t-at-arm s, F ran k Corbett; rep o rter, Law rence M erculief; yell leader, Roy CorviHe. A t th e m eeting a v o luntary program was rendered, to w hich th e m em bers responded w ith m uch interest and en th u siasm . A t the close of th e pro g ram , o u r advisor, Miss M cDowell, gave an in terestin g talk . M uch in terest was taken by o u r official visitors. W e th an k Miss Ju d d and M r. Beebe. F o r the com ing F rid ay th e E xcelsiors have planned to in itiate new m em bers. Y ou are all w elcome to atten d if you intend to be an E x celsio r. W inona E ach W in o n a answ ered to roll call w ith th e year of her b irth . Some dated back to ages B .C . and a few are y et to come. A fter th e color song C arrie A nderson gave some m andolin m usic, Lucy S exton read a very am u s in g prophecy, A nnabel W oods and K atie Cleveland sang, R ose G ray presented som e well-selected jokes and riddles, Josephine C orbett read several pen -p ic tures, th e one of “ Old S am pson” being hardest to guess. C arrie A nderson, K atie C leveland and Lucy S exton sang; A nna H olst and E d n a H ill each told of visits to A m erican scenery; V irginia Brickell recited and a very am ateurish Jazz-B and rendered a M other Goose song. T h e cheer leader then took charge and the girls san g ten of th eir society songs in rapid succession. M rs. Jam es, a visitor, claim ed to be “ spacheless,” b u t introduced Mr. T u rn e r, who, she said, would m ake a good speech, and he did. T he girls enjoyed his talk about his school days very m uch. T h e R eliance b rothers surprised us w ith a cheer for “ W in ona” beneath o u r w indow s. W e retu rn ed the favor and adjourned to our usual home song— “ W i-uo- n o -n o -no-na!” SE N IO R NOTES T w o dozen and one are in th e class now! A re n ’t we proud? Naom i C raw ford is th e only new student to m ake senior this year. W e are glad to welcome her. A senior boy reciting his m em ory work on the “ Seven A ges” gave his audience q u ite a shock by saying: “ F irst the in fan t, full of stran g e o a th !” T h e senior girls enjoy the “ m ake-believe” course d inners, w here the service is perform ed w ith em pty dishes. Good practice, b u t my! it m akes them h u n g ry . Miss McDowell took the class on a scientific o b servation trip over the cam pus last w eek. A ccording to one test plants in general are iu a healthy condition. T h e beautiful elm w hich has been shading the corner of the club building had to be felled a few days ago and we found it an in terestin g specim en for bot any stu d y . O ur latest m em ber to report for d u ty , G eorge T hom as, w ears a worried look. T h ey say h e ’s afraid h e ’ll have to give up his title, “ Java K in g ,” because of the new dem erit ru lin g . T h e Senior election for the first sem ester occurred on F rid ay m orning. T h ere were some very close vic tories and the resu lt was: P resident, Dewey Sam pson; vice president, F rances T horpe; secretary, Rose G ray; treasu rer, W allace M organ; sergeant, W ilfred E vans; reporter, C harles E ll; cheer leader, A lbert Spearson. W EDDED A t noon on W ednesday iu th e presence of relatives and a few friends, Miss R uth Brewer and Ellw ood D en ny were m arried at th e b rid e ’s hom e at Chem aw a. Both Mr. and Mrs. D enny are O regon A g ricu ltu ral college people, Mrs. D enny hav in g graduated w ith the class of 1920. Mr. D en n y ’s hom e is in U nity, Baker co u n ty, and the young couple left soon after the w edding for th a t place, w here they will spend a few days. T hey will m ake th eir hom e on the D enny farm near C ald well, Id a. Mrs. D enny is th e d a u g h te r of M rs. K . L. Brew er of Chem aw a. She is a m em ber of Om icron N u, hom e econom ics honor sorority at th e college, and held o th er responsible positions w hile a stu d e n t there. M rs. E . R. M ason, sister of the bride, was her a tte n d an t and M r. Mason attended Mr. D ennv.
