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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
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50. Cts P E R A N N U M
CH EM AW A DEM ONSTRATES H E R G REATN ESS
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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
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Orchestra
My Country ’Tis of Thee
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School
Invocation
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Rev. Blain E. Kirkpatrick
Chapel Chimes
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Grunwald
O rchestra
V e s p e r .................................................................Seeboeck
B oys ’ C horus
Stand Up for Jesus
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M iller
C hoir
Address
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Rev. Blain E. Kirkpatrick
Chemawa Song
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Benediction
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Rev. Blain E. Kirkpatrick
Recessional
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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
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