Weekly Chemawa American., August 26, 1910, Page 7, Image 13

THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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CLASS HISTORY.
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clasTbusy trying to excel her in that
study. Sh6 has a fine alto voice and is
ft valuable help to the concerts given at
the school.
Rena Mann has been at Chemawa
ei(rht years, so she, practically, got all
her education right here. She is of the
jClaniath tribp, but lives at the school
with her parents. Her father is the
school blacksmith. Rena is one of the
best known and one of the most popular
of all the Chemawa girls. Her active
work has been of great help to the society
of which she has been so efficient a
member. She feels that her education
is not yet completed, and will enter the
high school or an academy in the fall.
Her classroom record assures her friends
that she will be successful in attaining a
higher education.
No girl in Chemawa has more warm
friends than Esther Napoleon. Her
kind, warm-hearted and generous dis
position has endeared her to all her
teachers and schoolmates. .She is fond
of music and we all enjoy her piano solos.
She is a Puyallup Indian and was a
member of the Puyallup school before
entering Chemawa. She became a pupil
here on February 3, 1906. All of these
young ladies have taken special courses
in domestic science and are prepared to
become good housekeepers.
Three of the four boys who graduate
are blacksmiths, and have been under
Mr. Mann's excellent instruction in that
trade. - Orin French, who is the presi
dent of the class, Amos Smoker, and the
historian are all blacksmiths. The
blacksmith department makes a special .
appeal to the Chemawa boys. Many
good workmen have been graduated
froin this department.
Orin French, a Lummi Indian from
Washington, is one of the best black
smiths we have ever had. He entered
the school in 1904 and has thoroughly
mastered his trade. He has been work
ing in a shop in Salem since the final
examinations in order to learn all that
he. could about the trade. He has been
a good faithful student, and no boy is
more highly respected than Orin French.
He is a member of the football team,
and second lieutenant of Comany A of
the school battalion.
Harry Jones, the valedictorian of the
class, is entitled to the honor as he has
stood at the head of his class most of the
year. He is of the Santiam tribe and
entered Chemawa October 15,1906. He
is an engineer by trade. Harry is fond
of books, of 6tudy, and would like to
have more education As a debater, he
has won many laurels, and on many
occasions has given evidences of unusual
ability as a public speaker. He is a
member of the football team and cap
tain of Company B of the school bat
talion. Amos Smoker is an all-around athe
lete. He has helped win the relay race,
is a member of the basketball team,
the football team, the baseball team,
and the track team. Though taking an
unusually active part in athletics he has
not let that interfere with his classroom
work, or his work -in the shops. He is a
good blacksmith and intends working at
that trade after leaving school. His
classroom work has been excellent.. He
is a Klamath from California, and en
. tered this school in 1906. He is the
color bearer of the school battalion.
The historian is of the Walla Walla
tribe and entered this school in 1898.
He is a member of all the athletic teams
and a blacksmith by trade He is drum
major of the school band and he, as
well as the other boys and girls of this
class, is a member of the school choir
All the boys of the class of 1910 are
members of the Reliance Literary Socie
ty which won the championship of the
school in the final closely contested de
bate of the season.
If Chemawa misses us as we will miss
Chemawa, we will feel that we have
done our part in the upbuilding of our
alma mater.