Weekly Chemawa American., May 30, 1902, Page 3, Image 3

CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
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OUH COMMENCEMENT. '
The best we ever bad I waa the verJIct
of i lie faculty and of visitors who bad at
tended our commencement exercises in
former years, aiid never did Chetuawa look
prt-tiler. The morning dawned bright and
tunny atid wtth.lt came h sis of vhdtors
on foot in vehicles white manyojme in on
Ihc 8 a. m. and 10 :4fi a. iu. traius io epeiid
tliedtiy and evening wiih uh bringing lunch
bsakets with tbwip ihtt they might pic
nic undt-r the beautiful Un on Chemawa's
campus.
At 10. a. m. the ahops, other industrial
buildiiiKHsnd Academic hall were I brow n o
pen for liiHpeulton of visitors, and many were
the words In praise of the many impiove
ments made during the year gone by as our1
visitors were shown through l h la rue
new laundiy with lis up-tu-tiu equip
ment, our wmmiitsary, industrial building
and utely McBiide Hall, our n-w dormi
tory fr the large girls, Donatio Sel
.ence Hni) io where daily rite giila of the
oooKtng oUfW learn to prepare tempting
viands receive it share of interest.
.From 1:00 io 2.-00 p. iu. the band tile
couwd sweet inu-dofrnu) the beautiful new
baud stand which now graoee Chemawa's
campus. f,
Ai a o'clock the dress parade drew the
wai derltiii crowd to on- point of interest
nd our bs under Disci-pit urluo Brewer,
drillad regular and presented a moat
soldiery appearance.
Tuetiell oa AottdeniioHttllat 8 -.'el,, ok.
called faculty. Rludeula and visitors to wii.
neu h memorial exercNe. The chapel whs
tsrefaMy4oiutfd In the royal pmpb-aud
OreRiii, the colors nt the cIrh of with
fesloons of i he woven band Oregon grtiUe,
the purple Iris ind Hie creamy snow-ball
Carrying out the color scheme. On the
wall heck of the stage hnng the class motto
li; purple snd erf em : "Thb Highbr wh
KlSE THSJ GttANDKW THB VlKW" -while
streamers of thpotaB colors1 trimmed the
etaire and were gracefully arranged about
th windows, tying iipeprays.aiid trenches
of the grape vines while on tbe walls bung
our flxgand pictures J uotd men.
AiS.16 p. m. the Senior and Junior class
es took their places on opposite aides of the
si age. After brief introductory .remarks
by Supt. f tr pryer wan ottered by the
Kev. Doctor Ketclinoj of ibe Presbyterian
church of S.lem- Thealat poenunasthen
recited hyJefa Maria, '0i; the class his-,
toryreadby W'm .'luaraiu. '03) A Spoon
oration wag tlten delivered liyThoa. Young,
'OS. At its Conclusion tie pn-eented, hi be
half of ibeoiHBM of 1002, huge tin epoou
decorated with tdasaoolore, iu Jhu Uub
whom It seems bvcUuw vote had earned
tbe title of ' clea spoon." This erea
lion wan received with hearty epp'aupe.
Mr, fiaub Responded in h few well chose
words, assuring his .elans t hat be, would In
the future eudts.vor to live up to Inn re ti
nt at ion. Next t-ame Joseph WoIIiim; '02
wbo after giving miich eege advice to tbe
member of tho Junior cl ended b pre
senliug t" the, Ju. lore relics of 1902 con
shrill g of the china pony which he stdd
showed by its good condition that It had
been lil(le uBd and adviemg the Juolor
to "ukh it little if (hey would be wlee." He
al o presented a spade tied with elae colors
with which he said they. might "cultivate
the 0lds of knowledge and dig up I
The relics were, accepted for the Junior
olaas by their Preakluu; rVrcv John oo
who in a hiiiiiorou speech replied imncal
ly :bat Mscklng,tb,e superior rhentilliy ,.of
of ib Smilore,, the, members of hie class
would undoubtedly he obliged to fn quent.
ly ride -tnto, recitation' pu the pony be- .
queatlud by the, ulase $)1 (Tlie cits
so nit was lft off the -program. And in a
very earnest addreas, Arthur Beuseil, '02,
poke oi all the school bad done for the
class of .who . In order to show their
appreciation desired to present to the
school through upt Potter a token an thnr
love foi their alma m-tter. At tbio pdpt
Mtue Uertrude Br, wer stepped to trie hack
of thi staue and drawing aside a heavy
curtain disclosed a lieautiful stained gluts
memorial window done in (he class colors
and bearing this I ascription, "Preseuttd by
tbe olass ol 1003." In the center of the win
dow above-the inscription, was the mono
gram C. I. S. having the letters iuiertwlu