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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
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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.