Image provided by: Library of Congress; Washington, DC
About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1927)
The Chemawa American Printed at Chemawa, Oregon, and Devoted to the Interests of Indian Education I Vol. XXVIII M Ai Wednesday, April 18, 1987 j-- J THE SOPHOMORE BOYS Our last issue was made-up of “copy” supplied by the Sophomore boys. They really did excellently as reporters and we believe a bit of personal history of these boys and what they stand for will be of interest. The needful data on the boys has been written for us in this issue by Clifford Meachem, himself a sopho more, and is as follows: Ernest Caldwell Brunoe, the Sophomore class president, is of the Wascoe tribe and hails from Warm Springs, Oregon. He is a member of the football team, track team, class baseball team, Reliance Liter ary Society and is one of the best blacksmiths on the detail. Francis Chistopher Ross, secretary of the class, be longs to the Arickawa tribe, and Nisher, North Da kota, can boast of having Francis when he is at home. He belongs to the varsity football team, and at pre sent is making “tracks” on the track team. Francis has made some beautiful Indian designs and drawings that will be shown at the State Fair in the autumn. The Excelsior Literary Society is proud of him as are the blacksmiths. Kake, Alaska, may be more famous some day than now, but it may well be proud now of Joseph Kahklen, treasurer of the Sophomore class. It would be diffi cult indeed to tell where Joe shines the strongest, for the Excelsior Literary Society, carpenter shop, choir, public speaking club, etc., sing forth his praises, as excellently as Joe sings solos in the auditorium. He is of the Thlinget tribe. George Uhle Meachem, of the Wasco tribe, comes from Warm Springs, Oregon. George is a varsity member of the baseball team and belongs to the basket ball and football squads. He is a member of the Kappa Alpha Phi Fraternity, the Reliance Society, and knocks for the right everywhere, and in the blacksmith shop, too. Charles E. Fagerström is the only Eskimo in our class, and comes from Golovin Bay, Alaska. Charles was conceded to be the best industrial worker on the boys’ side last year, and holds this honor for the car penter shop. He won his “C” wrestling and is a “bear” on the mat. He is an Excelsior and Kappa Alpha. I No. 30 The Chippewas in the Turtle Mountains of North Dakota sent us Elmer “Tiger” Flowers. He is a member of the Public Speaking Club, Excelsior Liter ary Society, and engineer’s detail. This is Elmer’s first year at Chemawa and he has certainly been a credit to his class, our motto, Progress, and our colors, Red and Black. Clifford Courville, first lieutenant in Company “C,” comes from Polson, Montana, and is of the Pond Orelle Tribe. John “Spider” Wishart comes from the same place and tribe. Both boys are on the engineer’s de tail, belong to the Reliance Society and proudly up hold the red and black for the Sophomores. Clifford Joseph Celestine, the “Jason” of our class, is of the Lumme tribe and comes from Marietta, Wash ington. He sings in the choir and sings the praises of th*3 Reliance Society and the plumber’s detail. He is trying-out for the baseball team and the Sophomores are “hollering” loud for him! / Members of the Thlinget tribe in Klawock, Alaska, sent us Archie Demmert. The machinists at Che mawa state that they are going to send Archie back a first-class machinist; the Public Speaking Club is fitting him fora stumping tour of that Territory; and the Reliance Society is training him for the law- making body of the land of his birth. The grandson of Sitting Bull, Frank Mann, belongs to us and is a Sioux from LaPlant, South Dakota. Frank belongs to the class football, basketball, base ball teams, and attended the Citizens’ Military Train ing Camps for the past three years. Frank wears the purple and gold for the Excelsior Society and works on the engineer’s detail. John Franier, Sisseton Sioux, whose grandfather fought in Custer’s Last Battle, and “rips as he sews” in the tailor shop, and belongs to the Excelsior Society. We do not like to boast, but there is not a finer boy in Chemawa than John, and his class is proud of him. Karl Muller, an Aleut from Alaska, blows a horn in the Chemawa band, wrestles on the wrestling team, and is relied upon by the Reliance Society, and nails and planes in the carpenter shop. Karl is all right and we Sophomores wouldn’t sell him at any price. (Continued on page 4)
