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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Rev. Father Gall of Mt. Angel was our speaker at general chapel exer
cises on Sunday evening, Feb. 8th, and he held the attention of all.
February 25th was the 34th anniversary of the birth of our school.
The event was celebrated with a party in the gym and a general good
time for all was the result.
Simeon Fratis recently received a wireless message from St. Paul’s Is
land in the Bering Sea. There are no boats touching there from October
until May, consequently no communication with those living on the is
land excepting by wireless telegraphy during that time.
Chemawa is to have a new department established soon. The posi
tion has been made for a mechanical draftsman and teacher along tech
nical and manual lines with relation to the shops. This is fine! A man
is to be appointed by the Civil Service people, but Supt. Wadsworth
does not know just how soon this will be done.
The old water tower has been reduced in height to about 25 feet and
an octagonal roof is about completed over it. It will look nifty when
completed. A small shed has been built between where the pumping
plant is and the power house and is to be utilized as a sort of engine
house for our fire-fighting apparatus, Good move all around.
There has been much work done of late on the lavatories at Mitchell
Hall, and still more is in progress and contemplation. Every thing is
in a better sanitary state now at this building than for some time past.
The litfle brick boiler room has been torn down and removed, and the
boiler itself will replace the one at McBride Hall, which is worn out.
All of this means much work.
Our band went to Gervais not long ago and played a fine concert Com
menting on the occasion the Gervais Star said, among other things:
“ The band from the Chemawa Indian School, under the leadership of I.
S. Loos, gave an extra fine concert in the Gervais City Hall on Saturday
night in connection with a play given by the Gervais High School stu
dents. Every number on the program was excellent.”
A student of the Chemawa school bought a pair of shoes here yesterday
and after appearing on the sidewalk his friends surrounded him with ex
clamations of great delight, until others coming up stopped to see what
the fun was, when one of the Indians shouted, ‘Gangway! Let the peo
ple by.’ The warning was needed and heeded, and the youth with the
dainty pair of tans walked off with his colleagues admiringly following
him—and the sidewalk was cleared of the obstruction.—Salem States
man.” Really, it is not such an unusual thing for our students to buy
shoes in Salem, although the above might le
r 'e people to suppose so.
Who can be the offender in this case we cam.
cy, but suggest that
he hold his foot up.
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