Bacone College - Warrior Yearbook (Muskogee, OK)

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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.

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THE BACONE CHIEF EDITORIAL STAFF : Ada M. Tiger, '15 .....,....,.............A...................................,......,.,.. Editor-in-Chief John Schenk, '18 ........,. ............,......,....,..,.,,.......... B usiness Manager Given Garner, '17 ...........................,.,.,.,,. Assistant Business Manager ASSOCIATE EDITORS : Simon Hancock, '16 ,.....................,..,,,.......,..........A.... Literary Department John Murphy, '16 ........i,... ...,....... R eligious Department Given Garner, '17 .......,.,,.....,. ....,......,... M usic Department Clema Wiley, '16 .....,..,,..........,.,, ,........... - ..... S ocial Department Yancey L. James, '16 ........ - .... .............. A thletic Department Joseph Robertson, '15 .....,..... ...i....,.,.. H umorous Department Louis King, '19 ,.......,..i..........i. ..............i.i.,. ..ii......................,........,.......,.,. A r tist The 1915 Chief has been made possible by the earnest support of the faculty, student-body and advertisers. The staff takes this opportunity to thank them individually and collectively for their interest and support. This book has been published by the staff and the stu- dents of the Academic classes and not by the editors alone. We have tried to give you the bright and dark side of our life here. Whether We have succeeded or failed, we shall let you be the judge. We extend our sincerest wishes to the staff of 1916. And now to you, we say: We shall be repaid for our Work and sleepless nights if, when you close this book, you Will have seen something worth While.