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T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAG E 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lish e d W e e k ly a t th e S a lem In d ia n T ra in in g S c h o o l C hem aw a, O regon, H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e rin te n d e n t A d d ress a ll c o m m u n ic a tio n s to R u th y n T u rn ey, M an ager E n tered at th e C hem aw a, O regon, P o sto ffic e a s S eco n d - C lass M ail M a tter S U B S C R IP T IO N - - - 2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M L IT E R A R Y S O C IE T IE S W inona An official visitor at th e W inona society on F rid ay evening was very com plim entary to the g irls on th eir m anagem ent of the necessary business of the sem ester election. T h e event had been advertised for two weeks and the girls seemed to have m ade up th eir m inds very definitely, consequently the n o m in atin g and balloting moved rapidly and w ith no errors. T h e resu lt was: P resid en t, C arrie A nderson; vice-president, Rose G ray; secretary -treasu rer, Josephine C orbett; re p o rter, A n n a H olst; sergeants, Lucy Sexton and Stella G rim s; cheer leader, A nnabel W oods. E xcelsior T h e E xcelsior L iterary Society held a m ost in te re st ing m eeting last F rid ay , for th e benefit of the new m em bers. W ith chairm an Sam pson presiding m uch business was quickly disposed of and a well rendered program followed: Society songs and yells, m em bers; jokes, John C hya; speech, W allace Beebe; in stru m e n tal m usic, Jacob M ynuk, W allace Beebe and L au ren ce M erculief; speech, Dewey Sam pson. M r. Illif m arked th e evening w ith m ost splendid and advisable in stru ctio n . W e ex ten d our th a n k s to the visitors. T h e c ritic ’s report was m uch appreciated by th e m em bers. Some fifteen new m em bers w ere in itiated . All re ported well pleased and the evening m ost enjoyable. R eliance T h e R eliance L iterary Society opened its m eeting of O ctober 14th w ith a room full of m em bers and visitors. Several new m em bers were adm itted. T he m ajor p art of th e evening was, as usual, covered by business. A call for old business failed to arouse any response, b u t new business poured fo rth in such large q u an titie s th a t it was only th ro u g h th e un u su al p ro cedure of calling for a m otion th a t the presiding officer, W allace M organ, was enabled to squeeze the follow ing program into the evening: A ddress, W a l lace M organ; A story of my vacation tim e, P ercy W oodcock; reading, Lloyd Clem ents; dialogue, R o d erick H ill ami Law rence Davis; jokes, John M ichell; * songs and yells, society. S u p erin ten d e n t H all and M r.Ja q u in s, visitors, both gave in te re stin g and in stru c tiv e talks. N onpareil T h e N onpareil L iterary Society m et O ctober 15 and after a sp irited business m eeting the follow ing program was rendered: O pening address by the president, Joyce Sim m ons, followed by tw o rep o rts on, “ My favorite A u th o r an d W h y ,” by E lizabeth C hurchill and T acom a S nyder. T h e A u th o rs chosen were W illiam Shakespeare and H en ry W . Longfellow7. N ext cam e a Scotch story by M am ie T hom as. T h en a recitation from R obert B urns, by M aude P otts. M rs. R. Downie and Miss H ank then favored us w ith a m usical selection, w hich was followed by a song given by four girls. A dialogue was n ex t on th e program . T h e secretary then read a few item s of local interest from o u r society paper. T hen followed ou r society song and C ritic ’s report. O u r guests were Miss T errill and M r. Bent, who gave very in terestin g talks. A fter a few songs and yells the society adjo u rn ed until next F rid ay . Y . M . A N D Y . W . C. A . N O T E S “ S tan d in g Room O n ly ” was certainly tru e at the “ Y ” room S unday afternoon w hen th e girls of th e Y . W . C. A. gathered for their first m eeting follow ing their m em bership co n test. M rs. H all was the sp eak er for the afternoon, and she was given an en th u sia s tic welcome by nearly one h u n d red girls. M rs. H all gave a splendid talk to the girls, em phasizing th e im portance of th e Y. W . C. A . in helping to develop th e highest type of Christian ch aracter. She spoke o f th e assistance the P ortland Y . W . C. A . had rendered th e C hem aw a girls who were w orking in th a t city last sum m er and brou g h t out the fact th at th e Blue- T rian g le sisterhood is a w orld wide g ro u p . In clos in g , M rs. H all held up to the girls some ideals of ch aracter w hich she asked them to strive for th is year. F ollow ing th is talk M rs. Brickell spoke a few words of encouragem ent to the girls and the m eeting adjourned w ith each one feeling th at the afternoon had been very profitably spent. T h e various Y .M . and Y .W . o rganizations on th e cam pus, are very happy over th e g ift of a beautiful o r gan for the “ Y ” room. T h is g ift comes from M r. H a rry Caldw ell, and M rs. A . E . W atson of Salem . By the term s of the will of Mrs. Caldwell to whom the organ belonged, it w as to be used in mission w ork, and M r. Caldwell and M rs. W atson feel th a t it will accom plish this purpose at Chem aw a, and so have made this generous gift to us. It is an organ of beautiful tone and laige volum e and will add m uch to the singing in the religious m eetings. T he Y .M .C .A . had an especially fine program last S unday evening, developed around the subject of of leadership. Dan Ol ton spoke on the qualities of leadership, A llan S hepherd on how to develop leader ship, E dw in L iljegreen on th e leadership of Moses, and F red W ilder on the leadership of Jesus. F ollow in g these talks by the boys, M r. Iliff spoke on the re sponsibilities of leadership. W hile the older stu d en ts w ere having th eir social in th e gym last S aturday n ig h t, th e 1 ittle g irls of the Junior Y .M .C .A . had a p arty of th e ir own in th e “ Y ” room .
