The Chemawa American, February 01, 1913, Page 35, Image 35

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W illie R eady, our sketch artist and engraver, lias a few sam ples of
his w ork in this issue of w hich we are very proud.
Q uite a num ber of em ployees and pupils have attended sessions of
the L egislature in Salem d u rin g the past week or tw o.
F ebruary 6 was Mrs. B rew er’s b irth d ay anniversary and in honor of
th e occasion Miss G ertru d e Brewer had a few guests to dinner in the
evening.
On M onday evening the engineer boys had a p arty in the gym , to
w hich m any of th eir girl frien d san d few em ployes were invited. D anc­
ing and refreshm ents were the order of th e evening and all had a splendid
tim e, according to reports.
Since our last issue Prof. C has. A. Rice of Portland addressed our
chapel congregation on “C hoosing a C a re er,” Rev. P hillip Bauer of
Salem on “ H av in g a Real Good T im e ,” and Dr. Joseph Schafer of
E ugene on th e subject of “ E arly Indian M issions.’ All of these d is­
courses were of the highest order and we appreciated having these
gentlem en address us.
Since our last issue we have had som ething like eight or ten inches of
snow at Chem aw a. T he w eather was not very cold and th e snow did
not last long. H ow ever, it lasted long enough for a few good snow ­
balling m atches am ong th e pupils and for some of our A laskan pupils to
m ake some m in iatu re Eskim o snow houses. T hese little houses were
of more then o rd in ary interest and were as unique to th is part of the
world as they appeared cute.
Mr. M ann, who is in charge of our blacksm ithing d epartm ent, recently
received a letter from Jefferson W ilson, form erly an apprentice in the
Chem aw a shop. M r. W illson is now em ployed in th e service as b lack­
sm ith at M ojave, A rizona. In his letter to M r. M ann, he says: “ I am
doing well. I like this place fine,but I feel th a t I would not have such
a good place today if it had not been for w hat the Chem aw a school did
for me. I can n o t speak too highly of w hat th a t school did for me w hile
I was a pupil there. I would be glad to see Old Chem aw a once a g a in .”
Q uite a large num ber of our people were in Portland d u rin g the fore
part of the m onth a tten d in g the perform ance of Ben H u r or seeing
S arah B ernhardt in vaudeville. A m ong those going to Portland for these
events were: S upt. W adsw orth and son, M rs. Brewer and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Sm ith, Mr. and M rs. Brace, M rs. W oods, Miss Peters, Miss
Lecrone, Mrs. Stevenson, M rs. Lovelace, Miss W hite, Miss Skipton,
M r. and Mrs. C lardy, Miss Royer, M rs. Royer, M r. M itchell, Mr.
T hom as, P atrick V arrney, P at H all. T h ere m ay have been others
whose nam es we could not get.
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