T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published W eekly at the Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD HALL, Superintendent
Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager
Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second-
Class Mail Matter
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AT TH E L IB R A R Y
Book circulation for Septem ber, boys, 202; g irls,
251; for O ctober, boys, 358; girls, 321.
N ew Books
T he Covered W agon, by E m erson H ough. A story
of the clean air of th e G reat W est, when every p ath
led the ad v en tu ro u s to new horizons.
A ntoine of O regon, by Jam es O tis. A sto ry of th e
O regon T ra il.
S h aw n ee’s W a rn in g , by U L ange. A n o th er story
of the O regon T rail in 1843. w hen a th o u san d men
and women w ent all th e wav from the M issouri to the
W illam ette valley. T h e book abounds in stirrin g
episodes, and presents a tone p ictu re of life at th a t
tim e on the plains and in the m ountains.
R u n n in g E agle, by Jam es W illard S ch u ltz. T h e
heroine of th is story is a m aiden w arrior of th e B lack
foot tribe. T h e a u th o r, who is him self a Blackfoot by
adoptio n , has produced some of th e best In d ian stories
th at have been w ritten in recent years. O ther books
by Mr. Schultz to be found in the library are: “ Sino-
pah, th e In d ian B oy;” “ T h e Q uest of th e F ish-D og
S k in ” and “ Bird W o m an ” — Sacajaw ea— the brave
and resourceful In d ian wom an who guided Lewis and
C lark across th e Rocky M o untains and accom panied
th e expedition to th e Pacific coast. It is a stirrin g
tru e tale of loyalty and ad v en tu re th at will be enjoyed
alike by young and old.
CHEM AW A BOY SCOUTS OF AM ERICA
It m ay be of in te re st to form er pupils and p a te n ts of
boys a tten d in g o u r school to know th a t we have a real
live organization of the Boy Scouts of A m erica. W e
are registered at th e N atio n al H ead q u arters 125 stro n g
and are affiliated w ith th e Salem Council.
M eetings are held weekly and the four tro o p s th a t
m eet can tell you th a t th e re is n o th in g slow about it.
W e have a period d u rin g th e m eeting for S cout gam es.
R em em bering th a t old sa v in g , “ All w ork an d no play
makes Jack a dull b o y ,” not only do we play, b u t we
have tests to pass before we can be a real T en d erfo o t,
Second Class, and F irst C lass S couts.
W e study n atu re , sig n alin g , “ F irst A id ” for the i n
ju red , m aking fires, fire p revention, anim als and th eir
hab its, life saving. All these th in g s th at the Scout
has to stu d y gives him som eth in g to do.
T h is is th e second year for th is organization at
Chem aw a. T h e aim of th e Boy Scout M ovem ent is to
m ake better boys and b etter men for the fu tu re . It
has proven itself a help to our boys here. W e took in
th irty boys at th e last m eeting. Boys betw een th e
ages of 12 and 18 years old are invited to jo in . It will
be th e m aking of you.
M r. G riffith has been chosen Scoutm aster of T roop
3 S coutm aster H enderson has been cond u ctin g th e
test for th e scouts.
H ALLO W E’E N P A R T Y
T h e first em ployees’ p a rty of th e season was given
on F rid ay evening last in the D om estic Science parlors.
T he hostesses w ere M rs. S h erm an , Mrs. Canfield, M rs.
E ato n , Miss E arlo u g h er and Miss G u n n . T h e
H allow een m otif was cleverly carried out in decorations
and refreshm ents. N early fifty guests were present.
Mrs. Dow nie and M r. M ason received th e high point
prizes for the evening, w hile M rs. G okey and M iss
Stanley secured the consolation g ifts. T he hostesses
had planned such an u n u su a lly pleasant evening for
th eir g uests th at all w ere u n anim ous in th eir desire
th at it were possible for H allo w e’en to come several
tim es a year.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE NOTES
O u r oil stove was repaired last week and is now in
a good operating condition.
T h e Dom estic Science g irls are very p io u d of th e ir
new refrig erato r w hich th e y received last week.
V ery appetizing m eals are being prepared th is week
by our new cooks, C arrie A nderson and M innie P ataw a.
New tables, w hich are about com pleted, will be re
ceived by the D om estic Science som etim es n ext w e e k .
W hy are the Senior g irls so quiet and sad? Because
they have only two m ore w eeks left of th eir ten week
period in the Dom estic Science.
T h e Senior girls gave a d em onstration dinner last
T h u rsd ay evening in honor of S upervisor Coon.
Covers were laid for eight guests.
T h e Sigm a Phi D eltas have organized for work th e
com ing year and have elected as th eir p resident, O ka
P au lin a; vice-president, M adeline W ilder; secretary ,
A ddie M erril; treasu rer, T heresa E sholt; chaplain,
M aude P otts; co rresponding secretary, C atherine
M adson. A num ber of new pledges will be initiated
very soon. T h e society will have a larger m em bership
this year than ever before and a profitable year s w ork
has been planned.