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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1922)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PA G E 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b li s h e d W e e k ly a t th e S a le m I n d i a n T r a in in g S c h o o l C h e in 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 t e n d e n t A d d r e s s a ll c o m m u n ic a tio n s to R u t h 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 ff ic e a s S e c o n d - C la ss M a il M a tt e r S U B S C R IP T IO N - - - 5 0 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 R eliance T he Reliance L iterary Society held its reg u lar m e e t ing on F rid av , O ctober 20. P resident L iljegren called the house to order and the reg u lar business session followed, after th is a short and snappy program was rendered. O il’’ official visitors both spoke well of our society and after a few w ords from our critic we adjourned w ith the usual songs and yells. W inona T he W inonas held their tn ie tin ; in Roo n 9. O c to ber 20, 1922. A fter the installation of officers, the chair was given to the new president, Rose G ray . A program given by the C arnation Division opened w ith a song bv the m em bers; then followed a recita tion. a couple of songs, a dialogue ami a violin solo. T he debate “ Resolved: T h at w o n e n should wear knee-len g th s k ir ts ,” was the feature of the evening. Both the negative and affirm ative gave th eir p u t s so well it took some tim e f >r the iudges to decide, but finally the victory was given to the negative. Mrs. S herm an and Mrs. C onnolly were visitors and both gave in terestin g talks to th e girls. A fter a sh o rt session of business the society ad jo u rn ed . E xcelsior T h e E xcelsiors held th eir m eetin g in Room 7 in the academ ic b u ild in g w ith everybody present. N ex t in order was the program w hich was rendered as follows: O pening song . . . Members Speech - - - Irv in g Shepard Pen P ictu res - - - F ra n k Johnson R ecitation - Jam es Brooks Song - - - - - ■ - Isaac M edicine, Irv in g S hepard, Roy C ourville W hy I like my line of work - John Petellin A fter the program a short and profitable business discussion was held. T here w ere helpful w ords from our advisor, and o u r visitors, M r. Dow nie and Mr. T u rn e r. N onpareil T h e N onpareil Society met as usual in room S an d after business was transacted the follow ing program was rendered: O pening Song - - - - - Society A d d re ss—O p p o rtu n ity - - - V ice-P resident Song - - - - E va M artin and Cora Black R ecitation - - - . M argaret F ran k D ialogue - - O ka P auline, M innie Pataw a O riginal Story . . . P antom im e— A m erica . . Im p ro m p tu - . . . C oncert R ecitation - - Effie S tory of a G reat W om an - Violin Solo . . . Jolly-U p - - - - O ur visitors for the evening M rs. Downie and Mr. S anders. T heresa ECschalt . Ferol P orter Sadie N apoleon E lliot, L avina K ross - M amie T hom as - F lora D exter . E rm a L aC laire were Miss Stanley, A C A D E M IC N O T E S In assem bly last week M r. G riffiths held th e close atten tio n of the B division w ith a discussion of th e q u estio n , ’’H ave You an E ducated H ea rt?” T eachers as well as pupils enjoyed his five-m inute talk . T h e reg ret seemed to be that since this is M r. G riffiths second talk in assem bly this year it would hard ly be fair to m ake an im m ediate dem and for a th ird . Mrs. R isser gave a splendid talk to the A division in the alternoon assem bly. She did not announce her topic but aroused keen interest by pro d u cin g a glass ja r co n tain in g w hat the pupils guessed to be m arbles and perform ed “ m agic” to the delight of the children. It was not u n til some little w hite beans came forth from the m ysterious bag and spread them selves over the big black “ m arbles” so com pletely th a t it took several hard jolts to bring the m arbles to th e top th a t we guessed M rs. Risser was giving us a m eaty lecture in this little slight-of-hand perform ance and th a t her topic m ight be, “ H ard Jolts B ring Big T h in g s to th e T o p .” A nother th o u g h t th a t we gathered from th e clever illu stratio n is, big th in g s will rise even th o u g h held dow n by the little and insignificant things. R E A D I N G C IR C L E T h e em ployees assem bled at th e library O ctober 18, at the request of S upt. H all, to organize and form ulate plans for th e reading course authorized by the Chief S upervisor of E ducation A second m eeting will be called w hen the books are received and em ployees have had an o p p o rtu n ity to read th e chapters assigned for discussion. Mrs. Baker was appointed to lead the discussion of ch ap ter 1, and M r. Bent to lead the discussion of chap ter 2. A g e n eral discussion of each chap ter will follow A decision was leached th at the m eeting would be held the first M onday of each m o n th , from 6:30 to 7:30, for the purpose of discussing the chapters a ssig n ed for the stu d y . T he com m ittee appointed to arran g e the y e a r’s program suggested th at the book, A m erican Social P roblem s, be studied first. T his suggestion was accepted by the em ployees assem bled. D O M E S T IC S C IE N C E N O T E S Mr. Coon, our supervisor, is sto p p in g w ith us for a while. 'l'lie Domestic Science has ju s t bought new utensils for the six individual kitchens. O u r new stoves are now in use and we are anxiously w aiting for the plum bers to begin th eir w ork, so w e ’ll have our new sinks. T h e carpenters are building a new b u tle r’s p an try from the new addition to the d in in g room T h is will h elp th e g ir ls w h ile seiving th eir m eals.
