THE CHEM AWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
Have you overlooked the fact that next Sunday is
St. Valentine’s day?
The orchestra furnished music at Haysville on Fri
day evening and was particularly well received.
Next Friday is Lincoln’s Birthday—a day which is
becoming more and more important with each passing
year.
The Nonpareil Literary Society wish to express their
thanks to Mrs. Turney for helping them with their
Open Session.
A letter recently received brings the intelligence
that Anna Fagerstrom is now employed at Seaview,
Wash., and is getting along nicely.
Both pupils and employees are delighted that Mrs.
Carroll is recovering from her recent illness and hope
to have her back at Chemawa soon.
Three of the Junior girls, Gertrude Caisse, Mabel
Bremner and Grace Johnson, have changed their
courses and are now taking nursing
The machinists have been busy the past week over
hauling the pumps at the pump house. They also
have been fixing the engine on the cement mixer.
Wm. Johnson, on Mr. Glover’s blacksmithing detail,
has just completed a beautiful lamp bracket for one of
the guest rooms. This piece of work reflects credit on
both pupil and instructor.
The Blakeslee Sisters, Williamette, Bernice and
Henrietta, contributed violin and piano numbers at
the parent-teachers’ meeting at the Haysville school
house last Friday evening and were well received.
Mrs. Hall has received a letter from the Chemeketa
Chapter of the D. A. R.s, Salem, offering two medals,
one valued at $5.00 and another at $2.50 for the two
best Indian legends written by pupils of Chemawa this
year. These good ladies have given a number of
prizes for vaiions objects to our students the last few
years. The D. A. R.s, take a good deal of interest
in our work.
The Reliance Literary Society at their last meeting
elected officers, with the following result: President,
Royal Holst; vice-president, Raymond Jones; secre
tary, Moses George; treasurer, Jacob Atkins; yell
leaders, Raymond Haldane and Reno Booth; sergeant-
at-arms, Dewey Matt. After discussion of the an
nual party which is to be held next Saturday evening,
and the “open session,” which will occur on March
5th, we adjourned.
During chapel on Sunday evening Supt. Hall made
a fine talk to the students in which he particularly
and emphatically emphasized the necessity of each
student doing his utmost in an endeavor to make him
self efficient in some line of activity. It was a good
talk. The orchestra played “Chapel Chimes” by
Greenwald, Reno Booth sang “Then You’ll Remember
Me” by Balfe, the girls’ octette sang “The World is
Waiting for the Sunrise” by Seitz, Sergei Bozeroff
gave a recitation, and the choir sang “His Name Alone
is Excellent” by Woodcock.
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The Y. W. C. A. held their regular meeting on
Sunday, but postponed the checking of the Girl Re
serve Requirements until next Sunday. This check
ing will determine for some whether they have earned
the much desired ring.
We have just received a card from a former pupil
at Chemawa which will likely prove of interest to some
of our old-time students. We trust that some of our
readers, who remember the writer of the card, will
answer for us. On the card addressed us was the
following data: “I would like to hear from some of
my old friends. I left Chemawa 20 years ago. Hop
ing to hear from some one, I am, Sergeant C. R.
Gillman, 10th Infantry Band, Ft. Thomas, Kentucky.”
NONPAREIL OPEN SESSION
Grace Peterson, president of the Nonpareil Literary
Society, in a gracious way welcomed Supt. and Mrs.
Hall, members of the faculty and the different literary
societies to the Nonpareil program last Saturday even
ing.
This was followed by the opening song in
which was featured the colors of the different literary
societies and was given in an excellent way. The
next feature, “The P'loradora Girls,” a new and novel
act, was perhaps the most amusing number of the pro
gram. The “Floradora” quartet proved to be none
other than Josephine Alberts, Lillian Marion, Martha
Packineau and Emily Bryan.
The debate, “Resolved, That the United States
made a wise decision in entering the World Court of
International Justice,” was good. Affirmative, Cleo
Plasteur and Dorothea Parker; negative, Evelyn lyall
and Marian Morgan. All the debaters showed that they
had the subject well in hand and all were convincing
in their arguments, but the judges, who were the pres
idents of the other literary societies, decided in favor
of the negative debaters.
Matilda and Eva Turcott played a mandolin and
guitar duet. They were forced to give two encores.
Mabel Desautel gave a musical reading, “That Old
Gang of Mine.” Mabel was good and made quite a
nice looking “young man.”
The tableaux, “Women of America,” was splendid
ly given. Ferol Porter read important scenes from
the history of our country and the members portrayed
these scenes in living pictures. These pictures were
beautiful and educational, and further beautified by
Flora Dexter playing appropriate music with each
picture.
Lila Crofoot gave a monologue, “The New Girl at
Chemawa,” in an entertaining way. This was fol
lowed by an operetta, “The Rose of Savoy. ” The
principal characters were Grace Peterson, a prima
donna; Oxcenia Hendrickson, a Savoy flower girl;
and Emily Ivanoff, a dressmaker. These girls sang
their parts wonderfully and were supported by a
splendid chorus. The music was beautiful and well
rendered by every member taking part. After this
number Grace Peterson bade those assembled ‘ ‘Good
Night.”
Everyone left praising Miss White and her Nonpar
eils, and the different societies were certainly volum
inous in their yells of praise when the program was
finished.