The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current, December 21, 1927, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextTHE CHEMAWA AMERICAN PAGE 4 Œtjrwtmaa at Öhmania—1927 #riùag. Serrmbrr 23rb 7:30 P. M. - - - • Christmas Cantata "Santa Borrows Trouble” Saturday. Brrrmbrr 24tt| 8:00 P. M. > Program, Christmas Tree and Distribution of Presents in Buildings Sunday, Brrrmbrr 25th Choir Early Morning Christmas Carols 6:00 A. M. - * Holy Communion in Catholic Chapel 9:30 A. M. * - - Inspection of Quarters 10:00 A. M. Religious Services—Catholic and Protestant 12:00 M. Students’ Dinner Employes in Attendance—Music by Orchestra - - Christmas Pageant—Choir 7:00 P. M. Monbau. Brrrmbrr 26th - - - - Sports in Gym Juniors Vs. Seniors (Boys and Girls) - - - * Spelling Contest 7:00 P. M. Nonpareil. Winona. Reliance and Excelsior Literary Societies 2:00 P. M. ¡Burabag. Brrrmbrr 27th - ... Sports in Gym Excelsior Vs. Reliance Winona Vs. Nonpareil - Reception in Gym 7:30 P. M. McNary and Large Mitchel) Hall Boys to McBride and Large Winona Hall Girls 2:00 P. M. Wrbnrabay. Brrrmbrr 2Bth - - - . Sports in Gym Freshmen Vs. Sophomores (Boys and Girls) - ... Reception in Gym 7:30 P. M. Winona and Hawley Hall Girls to Mitchell and Small Boys 2:00 P. M. - ¡Bhorabau. Brrrmbrr 29th - ... Sports in Gym Class Championship Games - Basketball 7:30 P. M. Chemawa Vs. South Parkway Athletic Club 2:00 P. M. . jFrtòay, Brrrmbrr 30th 2:00 P. M. 7:W P. M. - - - - Sports in Gym Alaska Vs. States • • - - Senior Class Play "Nothing But The Truth” Saturday, Brrrmbrr 3lot 7:30 P. M. - - - * Costume Party McBride Hall Girls to Friends in Gym Sunday. January lot 12:00 M. - Students’ New Years’ Dinner FROM THE FAB NOBTH (Continue«! from page 1) years. She is finishing her high school course there and hopes to find a place in the Alaska Service of the Bureau of Education. John Dexter is completing a business course and expects to return to Golovin to assist his father in business after graduation. These young people are in earnest and ambitious, and have creditably represented Alaska at Chemawa. Flora Dexter completed her course at Chemawa last spring and has been appointed a special teacher at White Mountain. In addition to her ability along industrial lines she is a good musician and will make a real contribution to the work of the staff at White Mountain. THE STOBY OF SUGAB Strange as it may seem, it is often true that we are ignorant of the history of the most common-place things. If we would stop to consider the matter we would discover that many of the articles about us are a mystery to us so far as any real knowledge on our part is at hand. From an exchange we have just learned something regarding the history of sugar, and yet we have been using it for more years than we care to admit. There are many other things as common as sugar upon which we are just as poorly informed. From this article on sugar may spring a desire on the part of some of our student readers to do a little investigating on their own account and if any of them can uncover something of interest we ask them to put it in shape for us to publish and grant us permission to do so. The article that we have found follows: In a report entitled ‘ ‘Sugar Making in Cuba’ ’ the Pan American Union tells the interesting and romantic story of sugar. “The sugar with which we sweeten our coffee and tea and which constitutes an important ingredient in so many articles of food today was rec ognized by the ancients only for its medicinal value, honey being used in those times to answer the crav ing for something sweet. Although sugar cane has been cultivated from remote antiquity, its native country is not definitely known. Many authorities attribute its origin to India or eastern tropical Asia, whence its cultivation spread westward to Persia, Ara bia and Egypt and eastward to China. It is claimed that as early as the eighth century B. C. certain Chinese writings recorded the fact that sugar had been brought from India. The art of boiling sugar apparently originated in India also and was introduced into China early in the seventh century A. D. The development of the art of refining sugar, however, is credited to the famous Arabian doctors of that era, who used sugar in com pounding their medicine. “From those early times and into the Middle Ages the use of sugar was con fined mainly to medicinal preparations and could only be afforded by the rich, as it was considered a costly luxury. Records go on to relate that early in the eighth century the Moors introduced sugar into Spain, and the Crusaders, having acquired a liking for it in the Holy Land, did much to promote its trade in Central Europe. Coming down to the age of discovery, says the re port, we find that under the leadership of the Span iards and Portuguese the cultivation of sugar cane spread far and wide. The first cane was planted in Madeira in 1420 and in the year of 1494 it was carried to Santo Domingo, from where its cultivation spread over the West Indies and to South America, being in troduced into Cuba some time in the 16th century. But it was not until the more general use of tea and coffee in the 18th century that sugar came into prom inence and took its place as a staple article of food.