PAG E 4
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
SENIOR NOTES
W e begin to th in k th e re m ig h t be a senior play.
But “ m u m ’s ” th e w ord.
T h e senior class is glad to see a classm ate, A nna
Stone, back to C hem aw a.
A fter h earin g th e g ran d concert last F rid ay ev ery
one seems am bitious to be a m usician. You never
can tell.
T h e seniors have a little su rp rise for every one. Can
you guess w hat it is? Come to the au ditorium F rid ay
nig h t and see.
T h e glorious feast is over and everybody is h ap p y
and is w o rking as h ard as ever. Ju st look in Room 9
w hen th e seniors are th e re .
Bill M in th o rn e has w hat we may term a “ s h in e r.”
I t ’s a lrig h t th o u g h , Bill, you upheld the honor of th e
senior class and we th an k you.
W e have p u t aside th e “ T ale of Tw o C itie s” and
are now reading the “ Life of Benjam in F ra n k lin .”
It is not so th rillin g , b u t is in te re stin g .
Ju st th in k ! A fter the g reat doings T h u rsd ay th ere
is only one m em ber m issing, but accounted for. T h a t’s
w hat we call a good record in attendance.
W e th a n k the sophom ores very m uch for the help
they gave us on T h an k sg iv in g . In fact they did m ost
of the w ork and we give them credit for it.
W e get pretty anxious every W ednesday to atten d
the assem bly. T h e talk s are in terestin g and helpful.
C u rren t event questions are som etim es h ard , but we
know m ost of them .
T h e seniors and sophies came o u t victorious from
th e g reat b attle last T h u rsd a y . It is all over now
and th ere are no m ore hard feelings. Both team s
played well and ended w ith a score of 19 to 22 in fa
vor of th e crim son and gold and the blue and gold.
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL FACTS
T h e B ureau of In d ian A ffairs was established M arch
11, 1824, and the office of com m issioner of In d ian Affairs
was created in 1822; in 1849 the D epartm ent o f the I n
terior was established and th e Bureau of In d ian Affairs
was tran sferred to th a t d epartm ent by the W ar D epart
m ent.
G overnm ent records show th a t there are now 340,917
In d ian s in the U nited S tates, an increase of about 13*-
500 over ten years ago. A bout 200,000 In d ia n s have
received allotm ents of land to talin g 40,000,000 acres
valued at half a billion dollars. T h ere rem ains to be
allotted to 125,000 In d ian s 35,000,000 acres valued at
$75,000,000. In d ian p ro p erty is not subject to ta x a
tion as long as th e p ro perty is held in tru st by th e
G o v ern m en t.
T h e In d ia n s own liv esto ck valued at about $35,000,-
000. T hey have in the trea su ry of the U nited States
som ething like $25,000,000 of tribal funds, besides
nearly $35,000,000 of individual m oney deposited in
various banks th ro u g h o u t th e co u n try . T h e total I n
dian property of all k in d s is valued at nearly one
billion dollars.'
T h e first appropriation was m ade Ju ly 12,1775; it
was $500 for th e education of In d ian y outh at D arts-
m outh College, New H am p sh ire. T h e first general
appropriation was for $10,000, m ade M arch 3, 1819,
w hich was m ade annually u n til 1849. In d ian edu ca
tion has increased u ntil a t present there are about
65,000 In d ian youths atten d in g school and 20,000 not
in school.
T h e governm ent ap p ro p riates annually
about $5,000,000 for In d ian ed u catio n .— E x tra c ts from
H o n . E .B .M e ritt’s speech at Baltim ore, M d .,N o v .l,
1922.
Y. M. AND Y. W. 0. A. NOTES
An in terestin g program was given at th e C lim bers
Club m eeting last M onday, in clu d in g a recitation by
Fred Fom en; a discussion of th e responsibility of a
C lim ber, by John Jackson, Jo h n E dlem an, R oyal H olst
and Jo hn P etellin; and a story of the industrial s itu a
tion in A laskan canneries, by Royal H o lst.
T h e Ju n io r Y . W . girls are d o in g an exceptional
am ount of Bible m em ory w ork th is year. T h e m em
bership of th is little club is now 49, and th e contest
sp irit is ru n n in g h igh. K atie G artlem an and A lex
G regorioff are rivals for first place, each having learned
m ore th a n 75 Bible verses. T h e C hristm as m eeting
will close th e contest.
E ig h t of th e S unday School teachers took the e x
am ination on the principles of teach in g last week.
T h e exam was a hard one, b u t their papers look very
prom ising. T h ey have been sent to S eattle h ead q u ar
ters for correction. T hose ta k in g th e exam ination
were, T heresa E scholt, A nna P eratovich, E li K ar-
abelnikoff, C arrie A nderson, L ydia Davis, John D ex
ter, Jesse M organ, A ddie M erril.
T h e Y .M . and Y .W .C .A . held th e ir ann u al jo in t
T h an k sg iv in g V esper Service in th e au d ito riu m last
S u n d ay evening, w ith W allace M organ presiding.
Rose G ray, president of the Y .W .C .A ., and W allace
M organ, president of the Y .M .C .A ., spoke briefly on
w hat th e ir organization had to be th an k fu l for th is
year. Special m usical num bers were given by th e Y.
M C .A . q u arte tte, and F lora and John D exter, who
plaved a violin d u et, th a t was m uch enjoyed. T h e
address of the evening was given by Rev. W ard W il
lis L ong, of th e F irst P resbyterian C hurch in Salem .
H e spoke very forcefully on the com m on blessings
w hich we are accustom ed to take for g ran ted , and for
w hich we should be uncom m only th a n k fu l. T h e
m eeting was one of th e best “ jo in ts ” ever held at
Chem aw a. M r. and M rs. H all, M r. and Mrs. Iliff,
Mr. and M rs. Downie, Miss R oberts and Miss Judd
were welcome visitors at the m eeting.