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T H PC C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
P u b lish ed W eek ly a t th e Salem In d ia n T ra in in g School
Chem awa, Oregon, H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e rin te n d e n t
A d dress a ll com m unications to R u th y n T urney, M an ag er
E n te red a t th e C hem aw a, Oregon, Postoffice as Second^
Class M ail M a tte r
S U B S C R IP T IO N
W inona
T he W inonas met in executive session in the
auditorium on F rid ay n ig h t. Business connected
with the com ing public program occupied the tim e.
The W inonas are glad to an nounce their annual
open session for n e x t F rid ay evening and cordially in
vite all friends to atten d .
o u r official visitors. T h e only th in g now
an advisor, as ours has gone and left us.
lacking is
N onpareil
T h e N onpareils held th e ir F rid a y evening m eeting
in Room 7. T he house was called to order and after
a discussion of ou r p arty a sh o rt but snap p y program
was rendered, as follows: S ong, society; dialogue
Daisy Ballard and E d n a D oughty; song, Jen n ie
C harles and A nna B rendible; stu n ts E llen K ash K ash
w i t h an assistant; song, Sadie N apoleon and E m ilv
Jo h n so n; Jolly-U p, O ka P au lin a; songs and yells
Society.
A fter encouraging ta lk s from our visitors, M rs.
anders and Miss H ank, and our advisor. Miss W h ite
some in terestin g letters from som e of o u r old N o n
pareil m em bers were read, after w hich the society
adjourned.
E xcelsior
T h e E xcelsior society held th e ir m eeting in th e
laboratory. T he secretary called th e roll and each
E n terp rise
answ ered with a q u o tatio n . T h e P resid en t called
T he E n terp rise society held its first m eeting of the
for a sh ort volunteer program : C u rren t events, Jam es
\ ear on Jan . 5, 1923, in room six. T h e m eeting was
Brooks; recitation, F ra n k Jo h n so n ; riddles, R obert
called to order by the president, Bertha M. Lee.
P eratrovich; jokes, M erton P o rter; vocal solo, Roy
A fter roll call th e m inutes of the last m eeting w ere
Coui v i d e . A fter the sh o rt, sn ap p y program we had
read and approved. Follow ing the m inutes we had a
election of officers as follow: P resid en t, R oy C ourville;
sh o rt program . T h e visitor for the evening was Mrs.
vice president, F ran k Johnson; se c re ta ry , A lbert O rsen-
B ricked, who gave us an encouraging talk, which
trea su re r, Jam es Brooks; serg ean t-at-arm s, W ilbur
m ade all th e girls feel proud of them selves. A fter
Ridley;
yell leader, John P etellin; reporter, R obert
the usual songs and yells we ad jo u rn ed .
P eratrovich. W e then heard from our critic, Miss
N esika
McDowell; she gave som e rem arkable advise for th e
T h e N esikes are com ing to life. T h is society has
society to live up to. W e had songs and yells and a d
reorganized w ith th e follow ing officers: P resid en t,
jo u rn ed .
G uy Scott; secretary, E lm er F lu ery ; yell leader, F ra n k
T eopil; advisor, Miss W eaver. T h e last m eeting was
A C A D EM IC N O TES
m ade in terestin g by a sh o rt program given by C harles
I he six th grade is being cared for by Miss E leanor
F ord, G us B runo, H en ry C halm ers. T hom as Spotted
H ouk d u rin g her vacation from her w ork at the Uni
Dog and G eorge Jackson.
versity of O regon. M is, H o ik was form erly teacher
T h e painter, Mr. Sanders, aroused the bovs bv g iv for th e fo urth grade and did excellent w ork.
in g them the story of the “ B undle of S tic k s .” He
Mrs. G ertru d e T u rn e y , our m usic teacher, w asg rea t-
told them how stro n g they m ight be if thev all stood
greatly missed from th e school assem bly last w eek.
together, but how weak w hen they each w o rk 1!
Mrs. T u rn e y ’s absence was d ue to illness. H arriet
sep arately .
Hill presided at the piano and played th e m arches
R e lia n c e
and accom panim ents very successfully.
On last F riday evening the Reliance L iterary Soci
Miss W eaver gave a pleasing reading en titled “ Mice
ety met in Room 7 for th eir reg u lar m eeting. T h e pres
at P la y ” in the school assem bly and Miss S tan le y told
ident being absent on account of basketball praciice
W allace Morgan presided
W hen th e debate cam<i a story so delig h tfu lly th at we suspect she has taken
special train in g in the art of storv tellin g
Jam es
u p the chair was turned over to H erschel Crim . who
Brooks covered recent happenings of general im p o rt
looked after us for the rest of the m eeting. T he p ro
ance in a few well chosen questions. Miss W eaver
gram rendered, pleased every one. T he main featu re
and Miss G u n n were elected by th e stu d en ts to give
was the deoate, the dicussion being on the fast
five-m inute talks n ext W ednesday. Sadie N apoleon
autom obile and the slow horse and cart. T he affirm a
and Rov C ourville were elected to ask questions in
tive won. A fter a few songs and yells we heard from
cu rren t events.