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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 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 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 Matter SU BSC R IPTIO N . . . 5 0 Cts P E R A N N U M L IB R A R Y NOTES A few of o u r readers and th e books they are read in g : Ida U ttech t, fo u rth grade: “ In F a b le la n d ,” “ T en Com mon T re e s ,” “ L ittle Plavs for L ittle P eo p le ,” “ F ou r A m erican In v e n to rs,” “ Japanese T w in s ,” “ P eterkin P a p e rs,” “ T hree Y ears w ith the P o e ts ,” “ Bov on a F a rm ,” “ Moral P ira te s .” A aron Sookum , fifth grade: “ A round the W o rld ,” “ W ith Lee in V irg in ia ,” “ Boy Scout H and B o o k ,” “ Views in A fric a ,” “ Claws and H o o fs,” “ Y oung F olks Book of E tiq u e tte ,” “ T ru e Story of G eorge W a sh in g to n ,” “ H ero T a le s,” “ F irst Steps in H isto ry of E n g la n d ,” “ Bov W ith th e U nited S tates F o re ste rs.” Joe S han n o n , six th grade: “ Robin H o o d ,” “ Story of a Bad B o y ,” “ B ovs’ Book of F am ous R u le rs ,” “ M an W ith o u t a C o u n try ,” “ T rap p er J im .” “ Boy Scouts in th e W ild e rn e ss,” “ Boy Scout Book of S to rie s,” “ Boy S couts of B e rk sh ire ,” “ W o n d ers of W ar at S e a ,” “ M aster of th e S tro n g H e a rts .” N elly Davis, seventh grade: “ L ittle Lord F a u n t- le ro y ,” “ Black B e a u ty ,” “ A nim al S to rie s,” “ Betty W a le s,” “ L o rn a D o o n e,” “ O ld C uriosity S h o p ,” “ Uncle R em us and his F rie n d s .” T heresa E scholt, eig h th grade: “ L ittle M in iste r,” “ Seeley’s Q uestion B o o k ,” “ Stories of In d u s trie s ,” “ G eography of C om m erce,” “ Black D iam o n d s,” “ F o u r G ieat A m eican s,” “ R ile y ’s P o em s,” “ B ry a n t’s P oem ’s ,” ’’H istory of th e U nited S ta te s .” Jesse M organ, n in th grade: “ Daniel W ebester for Y oung A m erican s,” “ M erchant V essel,” “ I lia d ,” “ F ra n k lin ’s A u to b io g rap h y .” Sadie N apoleon, n in th grade: “ Claim J u n ip e rs ,” “ Corporal C am ero n ,” “ S oldiers of F o rtu n e ,” “ W hen K nighthood was in F lo w e r,” “ G ordon K e ith ,” “ M od ern C hronicles of R eb ecca,” P rin ce and P a u p e r ,” Last D ays of P o m p eii. ’ ’ MR. A N D M RS. H A L L “AT HOME” T h e above caption states who were ho st an d h o st ess and w here th e event occu rred . T h e date was last T h u rsd ay ev ening and every m em ber of our faculty whose duties p erm itted was p resen t— in fact, it was w hat may h appily have been term ed “ U n a n im o u s.” It was an inspiration w hich prom pted S u p t. and Mrs. H all to g a th e r C hem aw a’s big fam ily at th eir hom e on this occasion th a t all could enjoy a “ com m unity s in g ,’ ’ and the hundred or m ore present were happy every m om ent from the tim e of arrival u ntil dep artu re. T h ere were special choruses of lad ies’ and g e n tle m e n ’s voices and a few vocal contests w hich in very tru th m ight have been decided as ties. “ Y eO ld e-T im e S ongs” appealed to all and th e beautiful old m elodies of by-gone days w ere really m agnificently su n g . Be yond d o ubt there were present those for whom some p articu lar m elody b ro u g h t to m ind scenes of form er days w hen “ youth was in bloom ” and life was replete w ith la u g h ter— m em ories th a t are good to possess. Between num bers M rs. H all gave brief chapters of a contin u ed-guessing Love Story w hich called for a n sw ers w ith the titles of m usical com positions. T h is series of guessing chapters was m ost pleasing and in terestin g and brou g h t fo rth m uch m irth . T here were in stru m en tal solos and readings given to the general enjoym ent. M any outside visitors and friends who were present expressed both th e ir surprise and delight at the am o u n t of splendid talen t to be found in our school. It is not boasting to say th a t this is tru e and we are proud of it. A t th e proper tim e delicious refreshm ents w ere p ro vided and sh o rtly after “ G ood -n ig h t, L adies” and “ Good n ig h t, L ad d ie s” w arned all th at th e tim e of d ep a rtu re was upon us and th a t m ore than three hours had passed as “ th e tw in k lin g of an e y e .” W ell, in th e nam e of “ all p re s e n t,” we u n d e rta k e to th a n k S u p t. and Mrs. H all for an evening of real pleasure. DOMESTIC SCIENCE NOTES T h e girls of the seventh grade A division began their five weeks of Dom estic Science last M onday u n d er th e direction of M rs. B rickell. T h ey are le arn in g the nam es of the equipm ent and how to keep th in g s in o rder. On M onday the cooks ma lesp ice cake and on W e d nesday they m ade d o u g h n u ts. O ur secretary, E va Bean, w ith an assistant, sold th e d o u g h n u ts over at M cBride H all and according to th e com m ents of the girls th e d o u g h n u ts m ust have been good. N ex t week th e cooks will begin to cook one meal a day. A class of seventy-eight of our pupils were confirm ed by A rchbishop C hristie last S un d ay . A rchbishop was assisted by F a th e r B urke, P resident of Colum bia U n iv ersity, P o rtlan d , O regon, a visiting priest from Mt. A ngel College and our F a th e r G all, who presented the class. T h is occasion is considered the im p o rtan t event for the C atholic pupils each year and is the c u l m ination of the personal w ork of F a th e r G all. A large num ber of outside C atholics and o thers were p resen t.
