THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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WEDDING BELLS.
In the presence of the employes and
the student body the marriage of Miss
Martha Decker to Mr. George VVelfeldt
was solemnized in the chapel on Thurs
day evening, Jan. 20, 1910, at 7 o'clock.
At the appointed hour Miss Dollie
Ca?e appeared at the piano and com
menced to play the wedding march.
Immediately thereafter Rev. Babcock,
of the Congregational church of Sa
lem, took his position on the rostrum
and awaited the approach of the bridal
party. As the beautiful strains of the
wedding march resounded the bride and
groom, accompanied by Miss Nora Mann,
as bridesmaid and Mr. Chas. E. Larsen,
as groomsman, marched through the
chapel and assumed their places before
the minister.
The ring ceremony was used and it
was impressively performed, and within
a few minutes the party, accompanied
by friends, wended theirway to McBride
Hall, where light refreshments were
served, after which the happy couple
took the train for Portland, where they
are to pass a brief honeymoon.
There were numerous little incidents
in connection with the wedding which
lack of space forbids us going into detail
regarding, but suffice it to say that in
every way it was a pretty affair; the
bride and her maid were beautifully
gowned; the groom and attendant wore
conventional black. While awaiting the
1 arrival of the train all sorts of pranks
were indulged in at the expense of the
newly-wedded couple and the- were fin
ally started upon their journev 'amid a
'shower of rice, old' shoes, good wishes,
etc., in a manner not soon to be forgotten.
The American join in extending good
wishes.
SOCIETIES
Estelle Reel.
The Estelle Reel Literary Society held
its usual meeting Thursday night and a
good program was given. The numbers
on the next program promise even bet
ter things in store.
Nonpareil
The members of the Nonpareil Liter
ary Society held their meeting in Mc
Bride hall last Thursday evening. The
Secretary was absent and Viola Ferris
acted as Secretary. Roll was called; no
minutes were written of the last meet
ing. No special program was prepared,
so the evening was devoted to business.
It was decided to have a public enter
tainment in the near future and a com
mittee was appointed to make out the
program for the entertainment. Anna
Souvigner was voted in as a member of
the society.
Y W C A
The members of the Y. W. C. A. held
their meeting in the small girls' music
room. The meeting was opened by sing
ing a song. Roll was called, a few mem
bers being absent; minutes of the previous
meeting were read; old and new busi
ness was called for and transacted.
The appointed leader for the evening
wasn't prepared. Esther Napoleon then
favored us with a piano Solo. Viola
Ferris and Nellie Shepard sang a vocal
duet. A leader for the following meeting
was appointed. The watchword was re
peated and we adjourned.
A southern newspaper confuses the
name of the president of Harvard Uni
versity with that of his brother, the dis
tinguished astronomer. The mistake is
not nearly so serious as the one made by
the Englishman, according to a story
which the late John Fiske liked to tell.
"What a giant intellect that Webster of
yours had!" said the Englishman to an
American fiiend. "To think of so great
a leader and statesman writing that dic
tionarv!" - Buffalo Commercial.