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
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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.