THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
3
jo Piano Duet "Invitation to the Dance"
AVeber), Dorothy Case and Esther Napoleon
13. Valedictory "The Outlook" -
- - Harry Jones
!4. Class Song - - -
t5 Address - - - - Dorothy Case
16 presentation of Diplomas
yj Benediction . -
In the evening there was competitive
drill between the various companies of
the Chemawa battalion. The boys all
made a fine showing, every company
Averaging above 85, Companies R and
C tied for first place with 92 out of a
possible 100, but as Company R carried
puns the judges gave those boys first
place. Company A got 90 and Company
D received 85. Assistant Commission
Abbott, Supt. H. O. Wilson and Mr.
Watt Ship, the latter being a Salem
gentleman, officiated in the capacity of
judges on this occasion. Following the
competitive drill the battalion gave the
large crowd of visitors a chance to
witness a dress parade, Tn every way
this was a pleasing feature of our com
mencement '
GRADUATES
Dorothy Case, Alaskan
Allah Madison, Alaskan
Rena Mann, Klamath
Esther Napoleon, Puyallnp
Orin French, Lummi
Harry Jones, Santiam
Krank Souvioner, Walla Walla
Amos Smoker, Klamath
SALUTATORY,
orin french.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In behalf of the cl ass of 1910 I extend
to you a most cordial welcome to our
commencement. It is a pleasure to see
so many of you willing to come out and
witness our graduating exercises this
evening. It assures us that you are our
friends and we know that there are those
present who have confidence in us. who
take an interest in our future welfare
and are desirous of seeing the Tndian
race forge its way to the front and be
come one with the American people.
This day marks an important change
in our lives. We who have been so
closelv united as a class are together in
that relation for the last time. You
have come out here to see what Chemawa
has made of us what we have accom
plished, While we welcome you with
gladness, we are not entirely happv our
selves, for we realize that our part in
the school life of Chemawa is about over.
Some of us will go awav from here and
work at our trades some of us will con
tinue going to school, hut not at Che
mawa. Other schools and colleges of
the Northwest will enroll a few of the
class of 1910 as students.
We have worked dav in and davout in
order to obtain the position we occunv
here this evening have longed for the
time to come when one of us could
stand before you and bid - you welcome
to our commencement The davsof our
endeavor have been davs of hard work,
dav? of sacrifice, when obedience was
often an effort, only possible through
the conquest of self, in which we have
been aided bv our faithful teacher. The
natural wildness of vouth had to be
overcome in order to attain the coveted
diploma for which we have . so earnest
ly strived. But how glad we are we
ptayed with it to the end.
Many of us will, T fancy, be separated
from each other forever, but the friend
ships we have formed in this school and
in this eomnuimtp will last through our
lives. As a class we will try to live up
to our motto, "STEADFAST AND
TRUE."
('Continued on paze i.)