Bacone College - Warrior Yearbook (Muskogee, OK)

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LITERARY SOCIETIES Colors: Black and Gold. Motto: Onward Yell: M- Tra-la-lag Tra-la-la, Tra-la-lag La-la-la, Sac-a-ja, Sac-a-ja, Sac-a-jag Sac-a-ja- We-a. SACAJAWEA LITERARY SOCIETY. The pride of our girls is our Sacajawea Literary So- ciety, which bears the name of the Indian maiden, Saca- jawea, who led Lewis and Clark on the famous trail from the Upper Missouri River, through the regions of the Da- kotas, Montana, Oregon, to the Pacific Coast. Sacajawea was the wife of Charboneau, the cook of the expedition. When Charboneau was engaged as cook, his Wife insisted upon going with him. At first the leaders and all the men of the company declared that this was impos- sible, since she had a little son only six weeks old. But Sacajawea insisted upon going, and this proved to be a great help to the explorers because she knew a great many of the places in the unexplored country, and in the places that she did not know, she seemed to be guided by her in- stinct. Sacajawea was a daughter and sister of the Shoshone Chiefs. She used her influence in many ways, in behalf of the explorers, with the Indian tribes, which they met. At times when there was trouble between the little company and the Indians, Sacajawea interceded and made them treat each other as friends. We girls are trying to follow her example. It is not likely that we will be called upon to lead a Lewis and Clark expedition, but we may lead others in an educational way. The society meets once a Week. Its aim is to teach the girls how to organize, how to carry on a literary society, and how to make the members feel at home on the plat- form. The committees have shown great intelligence in ar- ranging exceedingly interesting programs, which consisted of extemporaneous debates, plays, dialogues, readings, cur-

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THE BACONE CHIEF 27 rent events, instrumental and vocal music. At the end of each year, both societies join in giving a commencement play. The students of this year have the pleasure of knowing that the society had the most successful year since its organ- ization. This proves that the girls have taken greater in- terest in the literary Work than ever before. ' NELL JAMES, '16. SEQUOYAH LITERARY SOCIETY. We got our name from Sequoyah, who was an Indian of the Cherokee Tribe, and a noted man among his people. He invented the Cherokee alphabet, having a character for each sound, about the year 1821. The greatest educational advantage among the Cherokees was their newspaper, which the nation published and furnished free to the members of the tribe. Ift was printed both in the Cherokee and the English language, and was known as the Phoenix. It was started in 1827, before the Cherokees left their homes in the east. The paper was discontinued in 1832, but was re-estab- lished in 1844 under the name of the Cherokee Advocate. The publication was stopped again on account of the Civil War, but in 1870 iit was established again, and continued until 1906. . c The literary work in Bacone College, we have found has been very interesting to every boy and to the faculty. The boys do splendid work in their society. At the close of the third year of the Sequoyah Literary Society, we find that it has a record that is not easily sur- passed. Many of the officers and members have been able work- ers and their desire to help and uplift their fellow members has succeeded in a large measure, and their lives will be taken as examples by the next generation of Indian stu- dents. We all understand that the aim of the society is to train, and afford an opportunity to every member for literary work. We have had debates. extemporaneous speeches dia- logues, current events, local news and special musical num- bers. We meet regularly each Saturday evening through the school year. While we feel that the work has been success- ful this year, we hope the ensuing year's work shall be still better. LOUIS KING, '19.