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TH E CHEMAWA AMERICAN PAGE 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN able in h an d lin g them . T h is is one of the big d e p a rt m ents to handle and m uch credit is due these two y o u n g w om en. P u b lish e d W e e k ly a t th e Salem In d ia n T ra in in g School C hem aw a, O regon, H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e rin te n d e n t A d d ress a ll co m m u n icatio n s to R u th y n T u rn ey , M an ag er We have a new m em ber added to the dom estic science d ep artm en t. M rs. Brickell granted th e senior girls the priviledge of giv in g our new canary a nam e. W e nam ed it “ P rogress 2 3 .” H e is not able to sing yet alth o u gh he m akes a great deal of noise. B ut tru e to his nam e we know he will P rogress and will soon sing. E n te re d 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 - - - 5 0 Cts P E R A N N U M L IB R A R Y N O TES Book circulation for F ebruary: Boys, 317; girls, 232. W e wish to th a n k Miss G oodm an and Miss V irginia Brickell for th e ir gifts of books. N o tw ith stan d in g th e call of the out-of-doors these pleasant evenings, th e attendance of the boys at the lib rary co ntinues excellent. A new edition of “ Torn B row n’s School D ays” has recently been received at th e lib rary ; th e illu stratio n s by L ouis Rliead and F ran k E . Schoonover m ake it es pecially attractiv e. W illiam Dean How ell w rites of the book: “ I t is not often th at in later years one finds any book as good as one rem em bers it from o n e’s y o u th ; b u t it has been my in te re stin g experience to find the sto ry of “ Tom B row n’s School D iv s ” even b etter than I once th o u g h t it, say fifty vears ago; not only b etter, b u t m ore ch arm in g , m ore kin d ly , m anlier, tru e r, ‘re a d e r’. ” T h is is one of the books included in th e suppl m entary reading for the S eventh G rad e. Y on d o n ’t w ant to m iss it. D O M ESTIC SC IE N C E N O TES T h e F reshm en girls who are w orking in th e “ A ” division in th e D om estic Science are d o in g fine w ork. E rm a L aC lair gave h er d em onstration d in n e r last W ed n esd ay . It proved a success all th e w a y th ro u g h . T h e dom estic science girls were very busy S atu rd ay p rep arin g lig h t refresh m en ts for the S oph o m o res’ a n nual p arty . T h e eig h th grade girls detailed w ith the ju n io rs are doing good w ork and i t ’s som ew hat of a race to see w hich can do the best. I t ’s safe to say the sopho m ores are m aking a splendid record and will not be left in the rear. T h ey are aw ake to th e fact th a t it takes w ork and plenty of it to reach th e goal. W e have eight new girls in the ju n io r class th is year and they m ust be aw are of th e fact ere this th a t th e re ’s m uch to be learned. I t ’s not easy to enter th e a d vanced classes at C hem aw a, for it m eans good solid w ork or fail. W e are hoping all will go th ro u g h w ith good g ra d e s —seniors, ju n io rs, sophom ores and fre sh m en. O REG O N CITY W IN S T h o u g h our grapplers did not carry off all the honors in th e w restling to u rn am e n t held last F riday evening at O regon C ity ag ain st the O regon City team , they are justified in feeling proud of the fine show ing made against the O regon C ity cham pions w ho still have a clean slate after m any m atches th ro u g h o u t the state and who are so good th a t they practically an n ih ilated the state university freshm en in a m atch. C aptain H aw k , our best m an, was overw eight in the class in w hich he was to appear, 145 pounds, and did not com pete. T h e m atch between Ja rre t of O regon City and D onneley of Chem aw a, 125 pounds, was a th riller. E ach secured one decision, w’hich leaves them a draw . N ew ton of O regon C ity and P etellin of Chem aw a, 135 pounds, p u t up a w onderful battle, N ew ton w in ning by a scratch . Crim of Chem aw a won two straig h t falls from C urrey. A retu rn m atch is being arranged and Coach W hite and his team believe they can em erge w inners. T h e Ju n io r and Sophom ore girls served a very ap p e tizing b an q u et to th e g irls’ and b o y s’ basketball team s last T h u rsd ay . T h e C lim bers’ Club elected three new bo vs to m em bership last week. A fter a short business m eeting the rem ainder of th e hour was spent in gam es. C arrie A nderson, A nna Lee T h o m as and L ouise G ard ip e received the highest grades in th e dom estic science for th is period. M r. Paul G reene was leader for the Y .M .C .A . m eet in g last S unday n ig h t, and the discussion topic was. “ Sonic th in g s I believe, and w h y .” A lth o u g h sever al of the boys to w hom topics were assigned were not present, excellent im prom ptu speeches w ere made and th e m eeting was a profitable one. A fter the program some tim e was sp en t in discussing plans for the pay “ m ovie” w hich is to be given by the Y .M .C .A . and C lim bers’ C lub this w eek, and also the program for the final m eeting of th e Y .M . Mission S tudy class. Cecilia S m ith and O ka P au lin a, seniors, and L avina K ross, a fresh m an , are cooks for the w eek. W e are ex p ectin g som e good m eals from these cooks. A n n a Lee T hom as and A ddie M errell are in charge ot the sa lts of our d ep artm en t and they are very c a p
