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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1922)
HAGE 2 T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published W eek ly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARW OOD 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 SU B SC R IPT IO N . . . 5 0 Cts P E R A N N U M L IT E R A R Y SOCIETIES N onpareil T h e N onpareil L iterary Society held th e ir m eeting in room 7 at the usual hour. A fter a sh o rt business m eeting, and th e receiving of nam es of new pupils for m em bership, th e Society gave its annual H allow e’en program , as follows: O pen in g Song, m em bers; origin of H allow e’en , M attie G regioroff; recitatio n , T h eresa E scholt; song, O x in ia H endrickson and D >lly F ly n n ; continued ghost sto ry , m em bers; stu n ts, Cecelia S m ith and E va M artin; song, F lorence G eorge and Flossie S kultk a; recitatio n , Joyce Sim m ons; D ebate, “ R e solved, T h a t there are G h o sts,” m em bers. W inona E ach W in o n a answ ered to roll call w ith her n ick nam e at th e reg u lar m eeting on F rid a y evening. T he program was begun by the usual society cho ru s, H a r riet H ill and M adeline W ilder recited. A nna L aR ance and Louise G ard ip e gave an am using dialogue, M inna Bruce read a propheev, C atherine M adsen told a story of a band of gypsies, and E lsie R edstone published th e W inona W ar W hoop. Vocal d u ets and trios varied th e program . G uests for th e ev ening were A ddie M erril, N o n p ar eil., and Josephine W eaver, E n terp rise. Both g irls gave en couraging talk s before leaving. T h e new m em bers were given th e W inona pledge. A short business session was held and ad jo u rn m en t was made to th e old W inona. E xcelsior T he E xcelsiors held th eir m eeting on F rid a y , N o v .3, 1922, in the L aboratory. T h e house was called to order by P resid en t O rsen. T h e roll was called and each answ ered w ith a q u o tatio n , after w hich the m inutes of the last m eeting were read and approved. T he follow ing program was given: Song, society; D uet, Roy C ourville and Peter R assm ussen; speech, A lbert O rsen; recitation, E rn e st H ill; A u to h arp solo, R obert P eratrovich; T h e Jack -O -L an tern , E u gene B oudry; sh o rt story, Eli K arabelnikoff; pen pictures, John Pesterkoff. A fter th e program old and new business was d is cussed and dispensed w ith. T h e v isitin g com m ittees gave th eir rep o rts and after several snappy songs and yells we ad jo u rn ed . Y. M. A N D Y. W. C. A. NOTES T h e Senior Y .M .C .A . sent tw o delegates, Jam es Brooks and A lbert O rsen , to the C ounty Hi Y C o n fer ence at S ilverton recen tly . T hey reported a fine co n ference, m any in sp iratio n al talks and lots of good fellow ship. T he Clim bers Club had an unusually snappy m eeting last W ednesday n ig h t, the m ost im p o rtan t feature of w hich was a debate on the q u estio n , “ Resolved, T h at a high school education is of m ore value th an an in d u strial e d u c a tio n .” Royal H olst, Jo h n E dlem an, Jo h n L ong an d John P etellin were the debaters. “ S tan d in g Room O n ly ” is th e reg u la r th in g at the m eetings of the senior Y .W .C .A . this year. T he m eeting last S unday was led by H arriet H ill, using the topic, “ T he R esponsibility of a Y .W .C .A . M em b e r.” Cecelia S m ith, M innie P ataw a, O ka P aulina and Viola Beyers m ade in terestin g talks on different phases of this topic. On last F rid ay afternoon, eight girls of the Y .W .C .A . w ent to Salem , w here they sang several selections at the A nnual P raise m eeting of th e P resb y terian M issionary Society. T h e girls appeared in In d ia n costum e and after the program assisted in serving to the one h u n dred or m ore w om en who w ere in atten d an ce. T he girls who w ent were Rose G ray , C arrie A nderson, M aude P otts, A ddie M erril, Cecile S m ith, G race P e te r son, Lucy V erney and A nna B rendible. L IB R A R Y NOTES T h e young readers at the library are very ap p rec ia tive of the nice bookm arks received from the p rin tin g d ep artm en t a short tim e ago, and are p u ttin g them to good use. We w ish to th a n k M rs. Brickell and Miss S kipton for th eir gifts of the G eographic M agazines. W e hope to have them bound in to volum es and placed upon the shelves for the use of the pupils in th e geography and histo ry classes. T h e c u rre n t m agazines m av be had by ask in g for them at the desk. Some in te re stin g topics in th e N ovem ber issues: P opular M echanics: College near th e A rctic Circle opened by A laskans. How far can a locom otive jum p? A irplanes and A utom obiles and W ireless. In n u m e r able in terestin g accounts of achievem ents and in v en tio n s. P o p u lar Science: Radio, autom obiles, new in v e n tions. In these tw o m agazines are shop notes w hich m ay be found helpful to our young m echanics. Both are profusely illu strated . M entor: “ From Capetow n to C a iro ;” “ P icturesque M ex ico ;” “ T he S to ry of S p ectacles;” “ T h e O rigin of the Peace P ip e .” T h is m agazine is beautifully illu s tra te d . Ladies H om e Jo u rn al: “ M akers of A m erican L ite r a tu re — E dw ards and F ra n k lin ;” “ Booth T ark in g t.m at H o m e;” “ Mv Musical L ife ,” by W alter D am orsch; “ T h e V anishing A m e ric a n .” a new serial by Zane G rey. “ F air H a rb o r” by Joseph C. L incoln; “ D usty S ta r ,” by Olaf Baker; “ O ld and N ew D ishes for T h a n k s g iv in g .” “ T he O u tlo o k ” and “ L iterary D igest” are weekly m agazines and contain excellent articles on tim ely su b jects, review s, and the best cartoons gleaned from papers published in different parts o f the w orld.
