'2 THE CHE MAW A AMERICAN from the Montana school. Lining up on Christmas morning they march solemn ly into a big room with walls covered with palms, pepper tree branches and the crucifixion thorn, a prototype of the plant in Palestine. In the center stands a mesquite or perhaps a paloverde tree whose natural beauty of green leaves and red berries is enhanced with ribbons, pop corn, candy canes and presents. At dinner the children are devided into ta ble of en, eight little ones and two big ones, to restrain the youngsters to as few squeals of ecstasy as is possible even for little Indians at Christmas dinner. After the dinner comes foot races with prizes and ring game for the wee ones. Then the big event of the day, the rabbit Lnnt AU the boys spread out over th desert in n circle. Stealthily they close in until one spies a rabbit. Then it is pePmell, dash and scamper for the rabbit must be caught in the hands If Bre'r Bur;ny is run down; he forms the piece of resistance of the evening, supper. Ex. C HEM AW A v. SILVERTON The Chemawa basketball team went to Silverton last Friday and played the Si), verton High School, losing by a score of 28 to 20. Our boys were somewhat handicapped in having to play in a very small hall in which good team work was impossible. The first half ended with a score of 10 to 10. The second half opened with both teams playing fan . and furi ous. It wa anybody's game . until the last to minutes, and at times when Che. mawa or Silverton took the lead the fans would make things lively by urging on their favorites.. The game ended by a score of 28 to 20 in favor of Silverton. Twenty-minute halves were played CARD OF THANKS In appreciation of the good will and wishes of the many kind friends who so unselfishly assisted me during the recent Capital Journal contest I wish to ex press my sincere thanks to all my supporters. Nob a Mann. APPRECIATION A few days ago Mr. Enright, Che mawa's efficient tailor, received a letter from Alex Cajete, who graduated from the school this year, Alex while here worked at the tailoring trade and on leaving the school secured a situation in a tailoring establishment at North Yaki ma, Wash. The following exoerpt from the letter will be very interesting and o value to those who will profit by the le?son it teaches; "Your letter found me enjoying good health and still working for Mr. D. M. McPhail, the tailor. Dunng the com paratively short time I have been here I have discovered that tailoring on the out side isn't much different from the work at Chemawa. A boy can get the real idea of it there. The only difference I found was in the making up of the garments; in other words, the men are much more skillful in handling the work and of course the material used such as the goods and trimming-, are all first-class. "I will say to my fellow-students who are ambitious to learn the trade that they will not be required to do much more on the outsine than they will learn at Chemawa under your instruction, For two years T worked under your in structions and' I am now doing well so far as I know Yon have, I know, with much sacrifice, given yonr time fcr the benefit of your pupils, and I can nyver thank you enough for your kindly aid. I also thank Supt. Chaleraft and the school for giving me the opportunity to get started."