Image provided by: Library of Congress; Washington, DC
About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1922)
PAGE 2 T U E CHEM AW A AM ERICAN il P u b lis h e d W e e k ly a t th e S a le m I n d ia n T r a in in g S c h o o l C h e m a w a , O re g o n , H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e r in t e n d e n t A d d r e s s a ll c o m m u n ic a tio n s to R u t h y n T u r n e y , M a n a g e r E n te re d a t t h e C h e m a w a , O re g o n , P o s to ffic e a s S e c o n d - C la ss M ail M a tt e r S U B S C R IP T IO N - - - 5 0 C ts P E R A N N U M R E L I A N C E O P E N S E S S IO N An open session given by th e boys of the Reliance L iterary Society, the first this year, was given last M onday n ig h t. W e wish to commend the young men of this Society. E very num ber was well given and showed interest in p rep aratio n . T he program was as follows: PR O G R A M - - A ddress of W elcom e Song . . . B aritone Solo . R ecitation . C halk T alk D ialogue . . . . - . . P resid e n t . . Society . . F ra n k S. Jan ies . . - S trin g D uet . . L aw rence D avis . . j oe w h ite W allace M organ, G eorge P h in n e v - - Paul K eta, R aym ond H ald an e D ebate— R esolved: T h a t schoolroom activ ities a re m ore h e lp ful th an ou tsid e activities. A ffirm ative, R obert Jo h n so n ; N egative, R oderick H ill. S ong Vocal Solo - . - P lay—T h e Big Idea . - . . . . . . R eliance Q u in tet . H ersch el C rim . . Society All the other School Societies sittin g in the audience cham ber enlivened the opening and closing w ith songs and yells. L IB R A R Y N O TES T h e circulation of books for N ovem ber was, Bovs 341; G irls, 499. T h e December m agazines contain m uch of in terest. In “ John M a rtin ’s B ook,” the c h ild 's m agazine, will be found: “ A C hristm as P ageant of Cheerful Ciiub- b ie s,” “ T he legend of B rito m a rt,” “ L ittle Lad and H is F irst C h ristm a s,” “ T h e A m bitious Baby F i r , ” “ T he S tocking P e o p le .” T h e Y o u th ’s C om panion: “ A D esert L eague of N a tio n s ” ” A L ittle H eroine of the S e a s,” “ E x p lo rin g th e A ir ,” A m erican Boy and B oys’ Life, “ C h ristm as S to rie s,” A new Indian Serial, by S chultz; Stories of Politics in School and out; How Movies are Made; A dv en tu res W ith T ig ers. P o p u lar M echanics: “ M vsterious E aster I s la n d ;'’ “ A irplane L ands in G rand C a n o n ;” “ W indm ills on C olum bia R iver for I rr ig a tio n .” C u rren t H istory, C urrent O pinion, O utlook, and L iterary D igest contain the usual in terestin g cu rren t events and tim ely articles. T he M e n to r” th is m o n th , called “ T he L u x u ry N u m b e r,” is devoted to P erfum e, Pearls, Silks, E n a m els, Jade, and F ine Dress. P o pular Science: H o w “ B o rax ” S m ith Came Back, W h y O ur homes Breed W inter Sickness, Can Science W in Race A gainst F orest D estruction by D iscovering New Source of N ew sprint paper, R ecent E x p erim e n ts w hich Prom ise C reation of M arvelous N ew P lants, M agic F arm in g M ethods th a t may G ive Us F resh V eg etables at any season. A C A D E M IC N O T E S Tw o new pupils entered school th is w eek, N ora H offer and her b ro th er G len, from G rand R onde, O regon. G len became the one hun d red tw en ty -th ird m em ber of the fo u rth grade, and N ora is the required pupil to b rin g the enrollm ent of the fifth grade up to one hundred tw en ty -six . T ea ch ers’ m eeting at 7:30 sh arp , M onday m orning, regardless of the w eather. T h e early bird catches the w orm — the worm in th is case being Mrs. R isser’s and Miss W h ite ’s discussion of chapters 1 and 11, C lass room M ethod and M anagem ent. Please be there in tim e to get it. G eneral discussions of these chapters by all classroom teachers will be given and other m a t ters p ertain in g to school duties discussed. Miss Judd charm ed the pupils in the school assem bly by the beauty of her voice w hen she sang th ree num bers, th e la st two in response to encores. Miss W hite related a pleasing In d ian legend to the other division. E rn e st H ill and G eorge P h in n ey covered recent events of g e n eral im portance in a few well-chosen questions. A le tte r from M rs. Seym our Jones, D irector of the E d u c a tional Division of the D .A .R . to S u p t. H all, ex ten d in g to th e stu d e n ts of Chem aw a the privilege of com peting for prizes to be offered to those earn in g the highest ratin g s in A m erican history, was read to the assem b ly . W e feel th a t a great honor has been extended to Chem aw a and are anxiously aw aiting the tim e when the valued m edals shall be ours. D uring chapel exercises last Sunday evening the orchestra played “ T he G olden S c e p te r” o verture by S chlepegiell, a chorus of boys sang “ Lord of th e N a tio n ” by F lem ing, M argaret F ran k recited “ A Cruel S u sp icio n ,” Miss Judd sang “ Come U nto M e,” th e choir sang “ S aints in G lo ry ” by G abriel, and S u p t. H all closed the special exercises w ith a splendid talk on the value of good habits. It was a talk replete w ith good advice, instructive for old and young alike, and was received with rapt atten tio n . All in all, thè exercises were excellent.
