The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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In a letter received from Agnes Peratrovich, member
of
the graduating class of 1928, of Klawock, Alaska,
Next Friday the orchesra will play a program at
she states that she is getting along very nicely with
Auburn.
her school work. She is teaching the first and second
Next Sunday is St. Patrick’s Day. Better look up grades, and has over fifty children in her room. The
your Shamrock!
school board has been so favorably impressed with her
Mrs. R. W. Hans Seitz of Salem and a party of her work that she has been engaged to teach in the same
lady friends paid Chemawa a visit last Friday and school the coming year, and she plans to attend the
were escorted about the grounds and shone many of Bellingham State Normal School in Washington the
coming summer. We are, indeed, glad to be able to
the interesting features of our school.
make such favorable reports on one of our graduates.
The dean of woman, and her assistant, of the Mon
The Reliance Society boys and their invited guests
mouth Normal, in company with one of the lady teach enjoyed
quite a frolic last Saturday evening in the
ers of that school, visited at Chemawa last Sunday as gym. This
was the annual party of the society and
the guest of Miss Flora Dexter, who is attending that the boys had put forth every possible effort to have
well-known institution of learning.
everything just so, and—they succeeded. The deco
Superintendent Estep of the Yakima Agency advises rations were in every way most attractive, the society
us that Vera Korter, member of the class of 1928, is colors predominating, and there were guest favors pre
employed as matron at the Mekusukey Academy in saging the coming of St. Patrick’s Day. The party
Oklahoma, where she is getting along very nicely. was a memorable affair in more ways than one; the
Chemawa sends her good wishes to Vera.
orchestra helped out and some of the boys contributed
Easter comes unusually early this year, March 31st. a vocal number. At the proper time a number of
Mathematicians estimate that it will be 62 years before girls under direction of Mrs. Brickell served delicious
Easter again comes on the 31st of March. The ma refreshments. All in all, it was “ some” party and
jority of us will not be permitted to “ Consider the the boys and their advisor, Mr. Fisher, can look back
Lilies” and speculate on “ how they grow” when that upon the occasion with a sense of more that ordinary
satisfaction.
far-off Easter time arrives.
Although a couple of our orchestral members were
The winners of the English competition prizes for unable to participate in the program rendered by our
February were Clifford Meachem and Mayme Cont- musicians at the Salem Y. M. C. A. building last Friday
way—first and second prizes, respectively. We do evening, the concert proved a great success. The au
hot wish to criticize, preferring to encourage instead, dience was composed of prominent people of Salem
but we cannot help feeling that our students would and they were most responsive and enthusiastic. It
profit inmeasurably by getting into this competition a was truly a “ Chemawa evening.” Just at the start
trifle more vigorously. Every effort they put forth of the program Mr. R. J. Hendricks of the Salem
will prove to their own advantage.
Statesman gave a splendid, though brief, talk on Che
Coach Downie and Eldred George, representing our mawa. He gave a short history of our past, touched
basketball team, appeared before the student body of on our present, and gave his ideas concerning the fu
the Salem high school last Monday morning and gave ture of the school, and the splendid work which it is
talks relative to past and present basketball conditions, destined to carry on. In addition to the orchestra
with special reference to the coming state basketball Malda Whiteagle was on the program in the role of a
tournament to be staged at Willamette University, reader and she, too, did exceptionally well—she held
beginning this afternoon. Chemawa is to represent her audience and was vigorously encored at the conclu
this district and Messers. Downie and George report sion of her number.
having been most cordially received by the Salem stu
Mr. Kunkel, bandmaster, and his large band of
dents and to feel assured of the support of that body in young boys gave a most pleasing program in the audi
the coming tournament. This sounds good.
torium last Sunday evening. This was the second
A couple of young men recently came down to the concert that Mr. Kunkel has put over since his arriv
“ states” from Golovin, Alaska, enroute to their homes al at Chemawa and it was noticeable that the organ
in New York City, and being friends of Mr. John iza tio n has advanced in many ways since the first
Dexter and his sister, Miss Flora, they communicated concert. Of course there is always, in the beginning
with them and they all met in Portland and had an of such a program, some over-anxiety or nervousness
enjoyable visit. The young men in question are scions on the part of young performers, but this soon wears
of millionaire families, and from Portland they went to off. All of this is to be expected and proves that pub
Seattle, making the trip by air—John flew with them. lic concert work is just what the boys need. Such
They tried to coax Miss Flora to make the flight, but numbers as “ Pique Dame” overture by Suppe prove
she thought it best that she return to her studies at the nature of the work the boys are doing and stand
Monmouth. As these young men make headquarters as a testimonial to the ability of their instructor, Mr.
at the home of the parents of John and Flora at Kunkel. Many of the«band music arrangements are
Golovin, while in Alaska, meeting them was of special made by Mr. Kunkel, himself. On Sunday evening
interest to the brother and sister. The young men the band had the assistance of the vocal octettes of the
will return to Alaska on the first boat north this spring. boys and girls and Jeanette Belgarde as reader. Dur
Their people are interested in the great reindeer herds ing a couple of the band numbers Pat Wilkie sang
of the far north. During the next two months they incidental solos and did them well. In every way
will visit relatives in New York City.
we are proud of and are solidly behind the organization.
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