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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1915)
28 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN The boys whom Miss Dohse has been helping along in singing furn ished the people at the convention with a song, "Dreams of Galillee", which was appreciated by all. Andrew Brown, JohnK. Johnson, Nick Orloff, Dick Adams, Russell Adams, Edward Cottonware, Alex Melo vidov, and Frank Johnson are the singers. All the carpenter boys are taking mechanical drawing and are mak ing excellent progress. Russell Adams, Alex Melovidov, and Peter Al phus are the best, but Nick Lindquest is improving so rapidby that it will not be long before he is in line for equal honors. The others recog nizing their ability are taking the example set by their leaders. Frank Peratrovich, who has been ill in the hospital with pneumonia or some time, will soon be back in school, to the satisfaction of his com rades. The girls' new uniforms that were begun last November are near com pletion. Since Miss Mitchell's arrival we have been doing excellent work. Within the last two weeks we have made about sixty dresses. In the test that the Junior girls had about food of different varieties Dorothy Talbot lead the class with grade of ninety-seven. The cement tennis court has been completed and is now in use. It is situated east of the Southern Pacific depot. Margaret Rainville, a Junior, is regarded as a heroine by her class-mates because she did so w7ell in the contest. The annual Sunday school convention held Sunday, March the twenty eight on the campus wras attended by a large crowd of people from Salem, Brooks, Hayesville, and neighboring towns. All brought their lunch and enjoyed eating on the lawn while the band played. There were about one thousand people here, which is said to be the largest crowd ever on the grounds. Seventh. The rosebushes in front of the Industrial Building are doing splendid ly and the buds show promise of developing into the most beautiful roses on the premises. In the harness department the boys have been making halters, bridles, and have completed two sets of harness. In Mr. Taylor's second talk of historic places about Nashville, he told us about the farm of Walter H. Jackson. Walter H. Jackson is a rel ative of Andrew Jackson. The farm, Belle Meade, is situated in a good agricultural district, seven miles from Nashville. It is an ordinary farm with nothing attractive about it except its neatness. The dairy for
