T he CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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LOCAL
At chapel Sunday night we were entertained by a
talk on aviation by a flying instructor from the Salem
airport.
Miss Strauch, of the D. S. department, underwent
an operation Tuesday morning. At present she is re
covering splendily.
The girls sextet gave a half hour program at the
Mountain View Parent Teachers Association. The
program consisted of solos and numbers from the sex
tet. They were well received.
Friday noon the
girls are to sing at the Red Cross luncheon in Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Hatch, Florence, Oregon,
were visitors to the school last week. Mr. Hatch grad
uated in 1913 and then graduated from Benson Poly
at Portland. Mrs. Hatch, (Hattie Martin), graduat
ed in 1920. These young people are building a new
house at Florence.
The Utica Jubilee Singers sang in the Chemawa aud
itorium last Saturday night to a packed house. They
gave a program composed in the main of negro spirit
uals and southern songs. Our audience was enthus
iastic about them and the boys deserved every bit of
the applause they received.
On Monday evening of last week Chemawa indulged
in a carnival. There were numerous ingenious devices
to stir the curiosity, arouse the appetite, test the skill,
and to otherwise amuse and divert the happy throng
gathered in the gym. All concessions were operated
by local talent. The gala event ended up with dancing.
Principal S. H. Gilliam recently organized a writing
class to help furnish copy for the A merican . Miss
Cruise has been appointed to conduct the class. Much
of the news in the last issue came from them, as did
many items in today’s paper. In the future please
send or hand any matter you may have for publication
either to Miss Cruise or to some member of her class.
We are all acquainted by now with Dr. Henry Roe
cloud whom we were happy to have with us. Those
who attended the Protestant church were fortunate to
have him participate in the services. In chapel every
one must have been stirred and inspired by the speech
Dr. Roecloud gave. He told of his life from early
childhood in the tepee, to the time he first left the
reservation to “see paper” and on to his graduation
from a famous university and association and friend
ship with the nation’s leaders. He told of a career
fraught with trials and triumphs simply and earnestly
and it would have been a dull student indeed who
failed to see his purpose and a listless one who failed
to profit by it.
SUPT. AND MBS. BYAN COMPLIMENTED
All Chemawa employees and their friends were in
vited to gather Thursday evening at the Y. W. C. A.
room in compliment to Mr. and Mrs. Ryan, honoring
Mr. Ryan’s recent appointment as superintendent.
After the honor guests had arrived and had been
greeted enthusiastically, the evening’s entertainment
took the form of a school calendar, beginning with
registration of all present. When classification was
complete, class officers were chosen and inter-class
sports were the order of the day. In the song and
yell contest, first place went to the “dumb-bell” class,
under the leadership of Mr. Gilliam. Try-outs for
the dramatic club were then held, in the form of an
impromptu skit, in which Mr. Allen showed unusual
dramatic ability as “Alkalai Ike, the cow puncher, ”
and Miss Wentzel won the hearts of her audience
with her sympathetic potrayal of “Daring Nell, a
cow girl of the plains.” Rare musical talent was
discovered in the choir practice that followed, as
voices high and low blended in the familiar strains of
“Smiles.”
The entire company took their places in Assembly
to the martial music of the tin pan orchestra, where
Mr. Hicks as Mr. Ryan, and Mr. Smith as Mr. Gil
liam gave appropriate announcements and then intro
duced the “Girl’s Sextet” composed of Mrs. Kleihege,
Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Fournier, Mrs. Hicks, Miss Cruise
and Miss Judd, who sang such a popular number that
they had to respond to an encore. An “educational
movie” concluded the Assembly. The climax of the
evening was the Junior Prom, a colorful affair with
each guest, decked in a gay paper hat of his own
making, participating in a grand march directed by
Miss Trevett.
Miss Morgan and her efficient committee served
delicious refreshments at the close of the program.
ESCOBTS
Sat., Nov. 12—To Salem________________________ Miss Peters
Sun., Nov. 13—McBride_________________________ Mrs. Mason
Mr. Mason
Winona________________________ Miss Wentzel
Miss Hoffman
Hawley___________________________ Mr. Berry
Mr. Teter
Sun., Nov. 20—McBride__________________________Mr. Rogers
Miss Olney
Winona_____________________ Miss Richardson
Mr. Shepard
McBride_____________________ Miss Lundquist
Mr. Kunkel