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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1931)
The VSEHAMK AMERICAN Page 2 CHEM AWA$)AMERICAN Published Weekly at the U. S. Indian School, Chemawa Oregon. C.Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager Subscription 50 Cts per Annum LOCAL Flowers and buds are showing signs of bursting into bloom at Chemawa. Tomorrow is Lincoln’s Birthday. Honor to the Great limancipator. We are informed that Cecile Striker, a former pupil, is married to Milo Boe and is living at Harlem, Mon tana. Last week Phoebe and Harry Archambault were called to their home in Macintosh, S. Dak., on ac count of illness in the family. During last week Mrs. Durkes gave a dinner party at the domestic science department for the girl officers of Winona hall. It was a most pleasing affair. The ‘ annual fund’’ is to be “high-lifed” next Satur day with a pay movie, “Sweetie.” Sounds a little sug ary,’’but it’s worth 50c and will cost you only 25c. The Barnes’ Dog Show provided entertainment for quite a number of our people last Friday evening. In many ways it seems as though some dogs are almost human. We are informed that the Salem Symphony Orches tra will play a concert here on the evening of March 1st. On the Saturday evening following our band will play a benefit concert. Some real musical treats are in store for our people. Mr. G. E. E. Lindquist, member of the U. S. Board of Indian Commissioners, arrived in Chemawa about the middle of last week. He has been prominent in Indian affairs for about twenty years and is well known to many people of Chemawa. During the time he was here Mr. Larsen took him to the Grand Ronde and Siletz agencies, arriving back home on Thursday. Our hoop team will spend this week-end in South ern Oregon where they will be the guests of Medford High on Friday and Saturday nights. The pear-pick ers are hailed as contenders for the state champion ship. So far this season they have not lost a league fame. The outcome of these games will act as a ba sis on which many will judge the strength of the teams in the two sections. A few changes, lots of hard work and the ellimination of some of our mistakes are going to increase our chances at Medford. Shoulder Blade will strengthen our defense if he improves his passing, and just as soon as Vincent Pratt becomes accustomed to the forward berth he will be a valuable man. On Saturday morning Mr. A. S. Melovidoff and two small children arrived here from Los Angeles, Calif., for a visit with Chemawa friends. Alex, as he is fa miliarly known, left here 15 years ago as a member of the Indian String Quartet that toured the East so suc cessfully about that time. He was sent over-seas dur ing the war and while in London had the unusual honor of being “commanded” to play violin solos be fore the King and Queen of Great Britain. Since leaving here he has had great and unusual experi ences as a musician—enough to make an interesting book. During chapel last Sunday evening he played with the orchestra and also rendered two violin solos, to the great enjoyment of all. He is a real credit to our great school. A meeting of the heads of all boys’ vocational de partments met in the library last Friday evening in accordance with a desire expressed by Supervisors Holst and Arenson. There was a 100 percent attend ance and both of the above-mentioned gentlemen, as well as Supt. Lipps, Asst. Supt. Ryan, Mr. Allen and Mr. Austin gave short talks on vocational plans for the future of our school—the supervisors from the view-point of the Washington office and our people from the local standpoint. It was a good meeting. The visiting supervisors proved themselves both to be affable and able. Mr. John H. Holst is supervisor of secondary education, and he left here for Carson, Ne vada. Mr. James Arenson is supervisor of trade and industrial training. From here he, too, went to Ne vada, from whence he goes into the southwest. During our chapel exercises last Sunday evening Supt. Lipps introduced Mr. G. E. E. Lindquist, a member of the U. S. Board of Indian Commissioners, who made the address of the evening. The rapt at tention given the speaker was sufficient evidence of an unusually fine address. His manner, his topics, his knowledge of just how to appeal to young people, his similies, and his logic and philosophy and humor combined to give emphasis to all that he had to say— and in the broader sense he said a lot. He will al ways be a welcome visitor at our school. He left on Monday morning to visit the Umatilla country. In addition to the address of Mr. Lindquist, Mr. Melo vidoff played two lovely violin numbers, a quartet of girls sang, and musical contributions to the splendid program were made by the orchestra and choir. ESCORTS Sun., Feb. 15—McBride........................... Mr. Downie Mrs. Downie Winona.................................. Mr. Kirk Mrs. Kirk Hawley ----- Miss Peters Miss Roddy
