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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
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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.