The VSEHAMK AMERICAN
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CHEM AWA$)AMERICAN
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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