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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD HALL, Superintendent
Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager
We wish to announce that next Friday evening is
our annual open session. You are all welcome, come
and see it.
ACADEMIC NOTES
A number of our Junior and senior girls are getting
valuable experience in teaching during the absence of
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60 Ots PER ANNUM the regular teachers. Mary Matt, Evelyn Whitebear
and Williamette Blakeslee taught in the primary and
prevocational departments while the teachers were
LITERARY SOCIETIES
visiting the Salem schools.
Nonpareil
Better be thinking about those class yells and songs,
The Nonpareil Literary Society held their regular
meeting in room 10, Jan. 30. After a very interesting also the Chemawa poem. If you delay the muse may
program was rendered, we had the election of new fail you at the last moment. If the early bird gets
the worm, then it naturally follows that the early poet
officers, who were as follows:
gets the cake; and Chemawa celebrates her 45th an
President, Grace Peterson; vice-president, Flora
niversary February 25 in the school auditorium at 8:-
Dexter; treasurer, Cecilia Smith; secretary, Mary Matt;
30 a. m. and at 1:00 p. m.
corresponding secretary, Theresa Williams; cheer lead
With the beginning of the new semester the letter
er, Maybelle Desautel; sergeant-at-arms, Lydia Davis;
reporter, Edna Crofoot; critic, Ida Escholt; editors, men and girls who have earned letters in athletics will
Agatha Crouch and Lavina Montgomery; chairman of be assigned front seats in the school assembly. This
is a little honor that we are pleased to bestow upon those
debating committee, Emily Johnson.
After a few snappy songs we heard from our advisor, who so bravely fight for the supremecy of our school.
who gave us a very interesting and helpful talk. We Also, seniors and juniors will be seated by classes in
the front instead of the rear of the room.
then adjourned to meet in the near future.
Five new girls have been admitted to the Junior
Excelsior
vocational division recently: Edna Dean and Thelma
The Excelsiors met in room 9 on Jan. 30. Vice-
Miller entered the eighth grade, thereby bringing the
President Louis Dupuis conducted the meeting. The
number enrolled in the girls’ class to fifty; Geraldine
new secretary called roll and read the minutes of the
and Vivian Toulou and Eva Jackson entered the sev
previous meeting. It was decided that the initiation
enth grade. Miss Gunn’s class now has an enroll
be held in the Gym two weeks from Friday. A dis
ment of forty-seven girls in one division and forty
cussion was held about the joint meeting with the
eight boys in the other.
Nonpareil society.
While the mid-year industrial examinations were
A short interesting program was given. Our visi
tors, Miss Stanley and Miss Hauk, gave interesting being held arrangements were made to relieve the
talks. Mr. Iliff gave his report. After a few snappy academic teachers from duty for one-half day to visit
the city schools in Salem. Mrs. Leavenworth, Miss
songs and yells the society adjourned.
Gunn and Miss David visited the new Parrish Jr. high
Reliance
school; Mrs. Satterlee, Miss Thornhill, Miss Houk,
The Reliance Literary Society met at the school and Miss Stanley visited the Garfield school; Miss
building last Friday evening. The election of officers Lepel and Mrs. Palmer visited at Yew Park; Miss Judd
took place and was as follows: President, William Mc at Richmond. Each teacher returned with new inspir
Master; vice president, Royal Holst; secretary, Richard ation for her work. Only two regrets were expressed:
O’Brien: sergeant-at-aims, Ernest Brunoe; yell leader, One was that we cannot have two visiting days during
Reno Booth; treasurer, Jake Atkins. The new presi the school year; the other, that our pupils in each
dent then took the chair and presided over the rest of grade cannot be given the opportunity to observe the
the meeting.
pupils in other schools perform the same tasks that are
Mr. Turney, the visitor, gave a very fine talk. Mr. required of our boys and girls. It would be a strong
John G. Eminoft, former student of Chemawa in 1919 incentive to greater effort.
and then a member of the Reliance society, was also
a visitor, and says that he is glad the society is up and
Miss Uinta Kirk is attending the Oregon Agricul
doing and to note that so many members are support tural College at Corvallis. We understand that she
ing the dear old “Reliance.” After a few words from
our critic, Mrs. Whelan, we adjourned to meet again is taking a course in journalism, and that she likes it
very much.
soon.