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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1903)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN. 5 He thought it was clever to use coarse and profane language. He was ashamed of his parents be cause they were old fashioned. He imitated the habits of men who could stand more than he could. He did not learn that the best part of his salary was not in his pay-envelope. Success. FROM SANTA GLAUS. The following letter from' Santa Claus arrived too late for last week's issue. He will receive a hearty wel come at Chemawa: Lonely Gulch Canyon, Artie Regions, Dec. 1st '03. To the sooperintandant of the Big indian Schule near Salem. Deer Friend of mine: My deer wife is too sick nowe with ruenateism and 1 hav to write. I am no schollar but I have the biggest old heart of any man living. It is ten times bigger than any sooperen-, tendent, or Commissioner or Inspectur because I love the Indian boys and girls, every one of them. I am coming Xmas eve, altho it will take me 3 weeks and 5 days to get thar. I will bring my four new rain-dee'- and two bob-sleds loaded up so high with hundreds of presents. ' How it will make them shout and dance and sing to see all the nice things I've got. Will try and be there about 8:30 p. m., Thurs day evening, I )ec. 24. Have a nice warm place ready to let my raindeer stand in while I am up giving your boys and girls their presents. Now don't forget that, because next to my deer old wife, I love them deer. ( Jood-Bye. Your old friend, i Santa Claus. P. S. I'll stay with you about 45 min utes. I suppose all the Chemawa boys and girls have been good this year. You can tell me when I get there. Am in a big hurry now, so good-bye again. KING WINTER. The Christmas contata, "King Winter," given by the pupils of the school last Monday evening in the chapel was the most successful and most picturesque entertainment that Chcinawa has yet produced. The room was nicely decorated with Hags, evergreens and colored lights. The sight that greeted the audience at the first raise of the curtain was one that is seldom Avitnessed outside of a high class city theatre. A chorus of nearly 100 boys and girls, ' arrayed in boa tit if ul costumes, constituted the courts and chanters of King and Queen Winter, who, in their royal robes, occupied the throne. Every pupil displayed careful training and the entire program was carried out in a manner that certainly would have been most pleasing to the composer of this beautiful contata himself, had he been present. At the close Superintendent Potter voiced the sentiment of every one present when he said that this was the most successful entertainment in the history of the school, and he expressed his hearty thanks to Mrs. Campbell, who had the affair in charge, and to whose untiring efforts the success of the affair was due. Chemawa was the first team to score against Multnomah on their own field for the past four years. We play the Reliance, of San Fran cisco in Salem Jan. 4. The Reliance will meet the Carlisle team in San Francisco on Christmas day. Little Emily Kingsbury, aged 4, who attends the kindergarten and calls it the "kidney-garden," was be ing examined as to the senses. "What are your ears for, Emily?" "To hear with." was the answer. "And what are your eyes for?" "To see with" "And what is your nose for?" "To blow," was the innocent answer. -Lippineotts.