THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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Œtjrwtmaa at Öhmania—1927
#riùag. Serrmbrr 23rb
7:30 P. M.
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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.
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* Holy Communion in Catholic Chapel
9:30 A. M.
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Inspection of Quarters
10:00 A. M.
Religious Services—Catholic and Protestant
12:00 M.
Students’ Dinner
Employes in Attendance—Music by Orchestra
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Christmas Pageant—Choir
7:00 P. M.
Monbau. Brrrmbrr 26th
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Juniors Vs. Seniors
(Boys and Girls)
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Spelling Contest
7:00 P. M.
Nonpareil. Winona. Reliance and Excelsior
Literary Societies
2:00 P. M.
¡Burabag. Brrrmbrr 27th
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Excelsior Vs. Reliance
Winona Vs. Nonpareil
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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
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Freshmen Vs. Sophomores
(Boys and Girls)
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Reception in Gym
7:30 P. M.
Winona and Hawley Hall Girls to Mitchell and
Small Boys
2:00 P. M.
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¡Bhorabau. Brrrmbrr 29th
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Class Championship Games
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Basketball
7:30 P. M.
Chemawa Vs. South Parkway Athletic Club
2:00 P. M.
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jFrtòay, Brrrmbrr 30th
2:00 P. M.
7:W P. M.
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Alaska Vs. States
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Senior Class Play
"Nothing But The Truth”
Saturday, Brrrmbrr 3lot
7:30 P. M.
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Costume Party
McBride Hall Girls to Friends in Gym
Sunday. January lot
12:00 M.
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Students’ New Years’ Dinner
FROM THE FAB NOBTH
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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.