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PAGE 2 T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N The CBEMAWA AMERICAN Published W eek ly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD H ALL, Superintendent Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, M anager SU B SC R IP T IO N - 50. Cts P E R A N N U M CH EM AW A DEM ONSTRATES H E R G REATN ESS (Continued from page 1") In the com ing years perhaps you will go to a high school and then to a college or a u n iv ersity to prepare yourselves for som e chosen profession. Some of you may become doctors, law yers, engineers, nurses, clerks, teachers, sten o g rap h ers, politicians, good husbands, splendid wives, but w hatever you are or w hatever you do, I feel th at you will look back to vour school days here and rem em ber them as some of th e happiest and m ost profitable days of your lives. “ Life is all a stru g g le. W ith in and w ith o u t there are conditions against w hich men or wom en m ust contend. Y our very existence is a series of efforts and accom plishm ents and your rig h t to rem ain am ong men as a useful u n it of hu m an ity depends upon the m easure of yo u r capacity to com bat successfully those elem ents of n atu re w ithout and th e enem ies of virtue and tru th w ithin. T he rew’ard of accom plishm ent is joy. May each of you receive large q u a n titie s of th a t rew ard. Let this m otto be your w atchw ord: 'E v e r y th in g yields to unw earied p u r s u it.’ “ I th a n k each of you for every kind and en co u rag ing word spoken to me and my em ploye associates and for every generous act preform ed. May God bless you all ” On F rid ay evening, May 25, S u p t. and Mrs. H all gave a reception in honor of the g rad u atio n class and alum ni. As is ever the case at th is hom e it was a social function th at will never be fo rg o tten . D ixie Rook was th e m ain attractio n in th e way of diversion, and beautiful C hem aw a p en n an ts w ere given as prizes to th e w in n ers, b u t both host and hostess m ade fine talks, as did m em bers of th e class and the alu m n i. T here were also songs by the g rad u ates and th e alum ni m em bers and all w ent along as m errily as th e p ro verbial “ m arriage b e ll.” A t the proper hour delicious refresh m en ts were served. T h u s passed an evening th a t will lin g er in th e m inds of all in atten d an ce as long as th ey live. On S atu rd ay evening the operetta, “ College D ay s,” by D odge, was presented for the benefit of the s tu dents an d em ployes. It is a pleasing and snappy little m usical com edy and proved an attractio n for all. T h e annual “ F ashion S h o w ,” w hich has alw ays proved such an attractio n , was interpolated into the operetta and aroused both interest and favorable com m ent on all sides. H arry F ro st m ade a h it w ith his sin g ing of “ Pale M oon” by L ogan, as did th e O ctet G irls in “ A lla h ’s H o lid a y .” On Sunday afternoon the place was like a beehive w ith visitors. T h ey w ere everyw here inspecting the work of the stu d e n ts and were loud in th e ir praise of ev ery thing they saw . T h e band boys under M r. Bent gave a pleasing concert to the delight of the large crow d. Follow ing the concert all repaired to th e a th letic field w7here th e boys of the m ilitary battalion gave a rifle d rill u n d er the direction of M r. D ow nie, w hile the M cBride H all girls gave a dum bbell d rill and th e girls of W inona H all gave a w and drill, both of la tte r drills being u n d er th e direction of Mrs. D ow nie. T h e band furnished m usic for the drills. A dress parade was also one of the features of the exercises. E v ery featu re proved both m eritorious and pleasing, alth o u g h the w eather m an was against us. At eight o ’clock on Sunday evening we enjoyed our baccalaureate program . Rev. Blain E . K irk p a t rick , pastor of th e F irst M ethodist C h u rch of Salem , gave th e baccalaureate address and it w as certainly very fine. W e «hall never forget m any of th e sp le n did tru th s w hic ’ were m ost ably presented by the gen tlem an d u rin g his address. H e took as his te x t “ Y e have not passed this way h ith e rto ” and we s u r mise th a t his able handly of it was finer th a n an y th in g “ h ith e rto .” It was superb. In fact, th e exercises as a w hole were m ost pleasing and we give the en tire program as ren d ered , as follows: Processional . . . . . Orchestra My Country ’Tis of Thee - . . . School Invocation - - - Rev. Blain E. Kirkpatrick Chapel Chimes . . . . Grunwald O rchestra V e s p e r .................................................................Seeboeck B oys ’ C horus Stand Up for Jesus - - . . M iller C hoir Address - - - Rev. Blain E. Kirkpatrick Chemawa Song . . . . . . Benediction - - - Rev. Blain E. Kirkpatrick Recessional . . . . . Orchestra D u ring th e forenoon of M onday th e alum ni held th eir annual reu n io n , to w hich th e en tire stu d en t body was invited. M any fine talks w ere giv en —fine indeed! Speeches and m usic and unlim ited enthusiasm m a rk ed the m eeting from beginning to end and made it in some w ays one of th e m ost rem arkable m eetings ever held by our alum ni body. It was pleasing; profitable for all and proves th a t o u r alum ni body is composed of m any “ live w ire s.” In th e afternoon a baseball gam e was played w ith the W illam ette U niversity team and it was such nip- n n d -tu ck affair th a t all were on tip-toe u n til th e end (Continued on page 3 )
