CHEMAWA « AMERICAN
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Vol. XXX
Wednesday, May 22, 1929
FINAL EVENTS
Ohemawa Adds to Her Renown—Closes for the School
Year—Events of Great Interest and Merit
The major activities at Chemawa have ceased for
the season and large numbers of our students have
returned to their homes or have placed themselves in
service some place whereby they can secure the neces
sary means to carry them onward in their endeavor
to secure an education, for in every walk of life money
seems to be a necessity in this day and age of the
world.
While many of our students have departed from our
midst we will have quite a number of young people
with us during the summer and they will be of great
assistance here in helping to care for the various crops
raised at the school. There is “haying,” the vege
table and fruit crops, and grain, too, to say nothing of
the routine work such as caring for our dairy herd and
the hogs; and then there is an immense amount of work
wherein the girls will be of assistance, for with the
exception of berry-picking, the outside work above-
mentioned is largely the boys’ responsibility. At any
rate there will be work here all summer and there need
be no idle hands.
Thursday evening, May 9th, was recognized as
“Senior Class Night” and marked the beginning of
events in connection with the closing exercises at Che
mawa for 1929. The occasion was of great interest,
there being class wills, prophecies, songs, various
stunts of an amusing character, in the main aimed at
the poor juniors as the “butt of all jokes.” Every
thing passed splendidly and with credit to all. Real
ly there was much that was clever “given the air” on
“Senior Night.”
On Friday, May 10th, it was noticeable that visitors
from various parts of the country began to arrive at
the school. At seven-thirty o’clock in the evening the
operetta, “The Captain of Plymouth,” was presented
for the pleasure of the student body and all of our home
folk and the visitors who had arrived. The new and
revised version of the operetta was used and it proved
of interest to all. The young people of the cast are
really deserving of great credit, for, with one possible
exception, not a single individual in the cast had ever
appeared at Chemawa in a like entertainment before.
They did well, we think, and we say, “credit where
credit is due.” The music was catchy and the lines
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interesting. The orchestra was effective in its support
and in every way the production was a success. Mrs.
Turney and Mr. Kunkel were responsible for the mu
sical end of the undertaking, while Miss Gunn had
charge of the dramatic work. They had quite a lot of
work to do, but came through with credit in every
instance.
On Saturday evening, May 11th, the “farewell
social” was staged. Our large gym was the scene of
much merriment and good will on this occasion.
The place was packed with people of our school, vis
itors, and the orchestra which provided good music—
what more could be asked for at an occasion of this
character? Oh, well! All is now a pleasant memory.
On Sunday there was the usual inspection of quarters
at the regular time, followed by religious services in the
Catholic and Protestant chapels. Immediately follow
ing the hour of religious instruction there was a meet
ing of the Chemawa Alumni Association, and as a re
sult the following officers were elected:
President
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Charles E. Larsen, Chemawa
1st Vice-President
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Robert N. Service, Toledo, Oregon
2nd Vice-President
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Kate L. Brewer, Chemawa
Recording Secretary
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-CeciKSmith, Portland, Oregon
Corresponding Secretary - i^el^r Q^Brien, Salem, Oregon
Treasurer
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ReginaMO. Downie, Chemawa
Historian
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-' Charles E. Larsen, Chemawa
Executive Committee
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Reuben Sanders, Chemawa
Kate''Mason, Chemawa
(iertruufeTTurney, Chemawa
At three o’clock in the afternoon the students, boys
and girls, in military formation, staged a dress par
ade on our athletic field. There was the usual large
crowd present as has been the custom on the part of
the public for, lo! these many years. Auto loads of
people were here in great numbers from near and far
and enthusiasm was as a contagion. In the work of the
various student companies and the band there was not
a single “hitch” to mar the exhibition. It was a cred
it to all.
At six o’clock in the evening Mr. Kunkel and his
band boys played a most pleasing concert to the delight
of all at the school and a large number of visitors.
Like events that had preceded it, the concert was a
great success.
At 7:30 o’clock on Sunday evening our baccalaureate
exercises were held. There was a large attendance
and our auditorium had been beautifully decorated for
the occasion. Supt. Lipps presided and in every de
tail the occasion was most pleasing. The address was
given by Rev. U. S. Crowder, a pastor of Salem. The
talk of the reverend gentleman was in truth of far
more than ordinary excellence. The speaker had been
over a great part of the world, had observed carefully
as he traveled, and had “thought” of the things which
had come under his observation. We all thank him
for his able delivery of the baccalaureate address.
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