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
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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;
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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 .