Weekly Chemawa American., January 03, 1902, Page 6, Image 6

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CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
Merry Xmas and A Happy New
Year to All.
Santa Claus got around to Chemawa in
great shape on Xmas eve. All day signs
of Irs coming were in evidence. A great
lig tree was taken ino t lie char el and
mysterious whispers and "goings on" were
the order of the day.
At 7:00 o'clock there was standing room
only in our Uise and commodious chapel.
The immense Chrisimas tree, filled with
ornaments and heantifnl gifts, bonded be
neath its burden in spite of its size. And
the dolls and the pretty things sat in rows
upon the platform dressed in their Sunday
best, smiling and beaming upon the eager
I'tt.le faces turned toward (hem. We all
wished we couid be little girls agaiu and
own one of the beautiful dol'ies.
Would Santa Cans crm? This was the
question on many lips. .Everybody else
was there! There was the tree, but. where
was Santa? A commotion at the door
all eyes and heads turned that way. There
lie comes. Who is th9 roily pnlly little
woman with him? Why, Mrs. Santa of
course. Well w gave them both a royal
welcome and San'a rej-ponied with a
speech in his accustomed genial manner.
II was in a hurry, In.ving to visit some
other hnys and t'ir's so taking Mrs. Stnta
under his am they trotted off to gladden
other hearts.
.Then the gift,1 were distributed and a
general jjood tim was held until all had
been remembered. Gcod-uights were said
and all departed for t heir rescue-ive quar
ters will) hearts full of Xmas joy and
cheer.
On Christmas morning religion services
were held in the chap-d. An excellent
Christmas program was rendered. Die
choir sang 'The Gloria," from Mozart's
12th mass, in splendid style. Christmas
Hymns mid a responsive stvi'cp were a
pm-i of the program.' Tin- Y. M C. A. and
llr Y V. C. A lipid a joint meeting afier
the o ippel sfrvb'p
In ih" vMiin -z a b;itid concert and phon
ograph concert jS held bi 'hp chapel and
thds ended a memorable an Ih appv day.
Reliance Literary Society.
The Reliance Literary society met in
school room No. 9, Thursday evening, Jan.
'z, 1902. The attendance was fair. The
meeting was called to order by Vice pres
ident H. Li. Lovelace. The minutes of the
previous meeting were read and approved.
There being no business before the house,
as new officers were elected lasi week, the
society proceeded to (he program which was
as follows: Opening AJdress, oimon Ellis;
Reading, Joseph Wallan; Vocal solo, Miss
French; Recitation, C. P. Regenery; Read
ing, Silas Booth; Pen Picture, Henery
Lovelace; Current Events, Cha3. Cutter;
Jokes, John Harris; Vocal solo, Joshua
Gibson. The question for debate was, Re
solved: That the American Indians would
have advanced more in Civilization had
our government left them alone. The
speakers for the affirmative were Martiu
Waltan and Haynes DeWitt. The Nega
tive, Chus. Cutter and Simon Ellis. After
an exciting debate the judges, Messrs. Tea
bo, Harris and Moon, decided it a tie.
The Minneapolis Journal in a recent issue
contains a very interesting article con
cerningthe Rapid City Indian School S. D.,
with photoaraphsof buildings and superin
tendent and Mrs. Sam . B. Davis. The
school has made wonderful prozres under
Mr. Davis able managment during the
last two years and is destined to become
one of the largest Indian schools. Mr.
Davis was formerly assistant superinten
dent and Mrs. Davis, teacher at Chemawa
and their many fiiends here eongratrjlHte
thetn on their splendid success and wish
for its leng continuance.
The young men of the Engineer and
Tailor Departments gave a party lat Sar-urd-iy
evening. The time was spent in
social amusements. A 1 it le before ten
o'clock refreshments were served. Every
one went home feeling they had spent a
very enjoyable evening. The following
employes wer present: Mr. and Mrs. S'0!t
Mr. and Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Cieer, Mr-,
la cker, Miss French,, Misi Il?ason and
Mr. DePo?.