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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1903)
tUM. CHUMAWA. .AMERICAN r 5 Eocal and Personal. Among the Pupils. Two eloquent addreseeB iu. one dy by dls-tir-guiBlied uieD is a rare treat to any large tclooU Huoli w s our good fortune last Sunday. Mr r.d Mrs. C D. Tillfson and MiFBe Fl'ie'Ce atid Betsle TillBon were among tin? Pal ui visitors who wi'neMd the basket b ll game Saturday evening. (1 l a pleasure lo visit the Kin's reading r :floi and enjoy the books and magazines iiit liere by Mr. Pathey. In Hf-nding us this generous supply of literature, he li'.pod tlmt we wuld cultivate a taste for rt adlt g, for le knows that a hoy or girl wlin appreciates the fine thoughts of good writeiBgtnerally make fcoidmtn and wo- Chief Justice F. A Moore, of the- 8a preme Court, honored Clieniaua. With a vihlt last Sunday afternoon, and in the evening delivered a very Interesting ad dnsB in the school chapel. His address was principally along historical lines, from the ImidinKol Coiuinhu'", which marked the bt-jii lining of the Indian troubles, to the pre sent date, and showing that the govern-' in tn I who now making reparations for the omriiwt of the eaily colonies toward, the India i. a. Throughout the dimouise the utmost Interest and appreciation wss ilioun by the larjte number of Indian pu pils present. The fuueral services of Charlie Hicks were moat wh om and iniprtssive. The choir sang an ttppropt iale 8f lectio ti and the Kov Mr. 8ott preached ti beautiful ser mon, speaking in the highest lermB of Onanie, Ltid urging the pupils lo let bis beuutiful life be anxauiple for them to fol low. The prayers and hymns ftero uttered wild sung with deep feeling. A double ijiunette sang "Steal Away," this being a favorite hymn of Charlie's. The band led tits funeral pi"ceesion to the cemetery piny I. if? Ch"piore Funeral March. The choir Sang "N-tir r My (tod to Thee"- at the gfHyejHfter a brief funeral service the body has laid away to rest. The floral' tributes were very beautiful. . School examination and home letters are inorderthis wek. .t(, . , A number of Fifth Grade A pupils will be promoted to 6th Grade B. ,."' Boys, throw the blame where it belongs on yourselves and not on the teachers Schoolroom No. 5 made scune '"'beautiful floral pieces for the funeral of Charlie Hicks. . Mr. Williauw says Chas. Woods : is a valuable addition to tlie force lu the cook ing department. Miss O'Here 1b very glad to have Louisa Sullivan, Llllie Sullivan and Lottie Wood iu the aewit.g room. . . . . Louisa Sullivan find Lulu Beach, late arrivals from Puget Bound, entered the B Class of the 8th grade. ' or ";:;; .. The girls ot the B claes, 8th grade, must work still harder, for their laurels are in danger, sosay the boys. " - - Misses Louise Sullivan arid Hora Mann' bfgan their duties ms apprentices In the Auekican's composing room first of the' wepjCi - - . .:. J.il Miss Miller's echoil room is tnoit large enough to accommodate all her pupils at nlicht, so Mis. Cloutier takes some of, her.. One or two fooliflh,triflintr boys in a class can make the earnest, student pupils lose a great deal of time. Who is. the clown in your class? ii r(, t , . In the quarterly examination Minr.ie) Pambrum stood highest in arithmetic, SuBie Segel in history and Yeppie Nelson in geography. - . Albert Meacum is missed from his grade.' We were sorry to Bee him leave before comJ pletlng his grade work, but he secured a position and we wish hiua success. .i.;:.-,,-.y. Very frequently we hear pupils remark that they "can't learn anything in school. " The above remark was made very recent ly, by one of our young men whose aver age tn examination was only 76.70, who failed entirely in one study, and who was tired in a higher urade but did not have theBtick-to-a-tierneBs to him tOBtay there longer than one day, : , ,