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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1916)
* T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAGE 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lis h e d W e e k ly a t t h e S a le m I n d ia n T r a in in g S c h o o l, C h e m a w a , O re g o n , H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e r in t e n d e n t A d d r e s s a ll c o m m u n ic a tio n s to R u th y n T u rn ey , M an a g e r E n t e r e d a t t h e C h e m a w a , O re g o n . P o s to ffic e a s S e c o n d - C la ss M a il M a tt e r S U B S C R IP T IO N LET - - A L IT T L E 2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M S U N S H IN E O U T T h ere is som eth in g d elig h tfu l about th e opening of school— the re tu rn to d ear old places, th e m eeting o f old friends, th e ex citem en t of g e ttin g settled, a n d , best of all, the th rill of an ticip atio n in m ak in g a new sta rt in school w’ork. T h e old q u arrels are fo rg o tten , th e hum iliation of old failu res is dim m ed by tim e, th e m onotony of th e daily g rin d has been wiped out by th e pleasures of vacation and now- only the b rig h t places of last year rem ain; and so it should be. T h e disagreeable th in g s, as a ru le soon fade and the pleasant stay w ith us. It is th u s th a t we are able to m ake a new b eg in n in g . So keep the b rig h t side b e fore you, cherish ch aritab le th o u g h ts for yo u r friends and schoolm ates, and hope for th e best resu lt for your new y e a r’s w ork, and y o u r g reatest difficulty will be overcom e at the sta rt. LOCAL LO R E T h e sew ing room details are w n k in g on new- blue sk irts and w hite m iddy blouses for the school uniform s. T h e Dom estic Science class is kept p retty busy for a sh o rt tim e after breakfast p rep arin g lunches for th e high school stu d en ts. T h e A m erican purposes to note all item s of m erit th a t p ertain to pupils as a body or individuals. Space will not perm it th is to be carried out in th is issue to any great ex ten t, but it will be our policy in th e fu tu re. T h e you n g ladies and young men who had vacated M cBride and M itchell H all d u rin g vacation m onths for use of our In stitu te guests and took up th eir abode in W inona and Brewer H alls, w ere d elig h ted to re tu rn to their ow n cozy bu ildings again. T h e C hildren of the faculty m em bers at Chemaw-a started in prom ptly to a tte n d their respectiveshcools in Salem . K ath rin e A lm ira H am m ond and E rn e stin e H elen E sterbrook entered th e 8 ill grade of the G ra n t Ju n io r H igh School and W airen Sm ith the 7th grade of sam e shcool; L ittle D onna Mae Sm ith is in the first grade; C arter N ew love 3d B grade, and D onald F u l kerson 2d A grade of th e H ighland School. A lta K erchner is a Jun io n in the H igh School and Celestia B race is tak in g a special course. E v ery train for some w eeks has b ro u g h t new- and old pupils to C hem aw a and pupils are still com ing. T h e school is fast filling up. A lw ays room for m ore. R eginald Downie, the recently elec ed stu d en t body p resid en t, cam e from a rem ote po in t in A laska to Chemaw-a, paving his own way, w ith the purpose in view- of co n tin u in g his vocational tra in in g in p rin tin g . It is en couraging to see ou r stu d e n ts so earnest and persevering. T h e public road in fro n t of th e cam pus has been re m ade and is a splen lid exhibition of road con stru cto n . T h e w’ork was perform ed bv sell iol lain r. Add t nal road b u ilding will be started im m ediately in the rear of th e cam pus, and also one co nnecting th e two roads. Both are badly needed. C hem aw a has a large crop of apples to g ath er this fall, sufficient to supply th e school for some m onths. All kinds ot fruit has been raised in abundance and the p upils have had full liberty to help them selves. As a girl expressed it in a hom e le tte r, “ W e can ju st eat all the fru it w-e w a n t.” T h e Dom estic Science gilds under Miss T aylor gave m ost in terestin g d em o n stratio n s in salads and deserts at th e S tate F air. T h e girls w ho took p a rt in th e de m onstrations were L eona Jo h n , Ju lia M ills, L aura S qu iq u i. L oganberry punch w as served at the sam e tim e by M arie Shaishnikoff and Ju lia F ra tis. F red C ardin of K ansas arrived recently, to join th e Chemaw-a strin g q u a rte t. H e is a skilled violinist and a great acquisition to the organization. M r. T u rn e y welcomed him gladly. O u r strin g q u artet is scheduled to travel th ro u g h th e E ast this n e x t su m m er, doing concert w ork for th e C hautaquas. No one at C hem aw a is busier these days th an M rs. S m ith our chief clerk. H av in g been at Chemaw-a so m any years and know ing conditions so th oroughly as relates to all m atters in connection w ith securing new p u p ils as well as all th a t p erta in s to C hem aw a, she is besieged on all sides for inform ation and rises to the situ atio n each tim e. M r. C harles P ark er, who w-as a pupil at C hem aw a fro n 1885 to 1 8 8 9 and g rad u ated the la tte r year, paid C hem aw a a visit th e o th er day and placed his d au g h ter Josephine in school. C hem aw a alw ays w arm ly w el com es her “ grand c h ild re n .” M r. P ark er expects to be in attendance at th e A lum ni and ex -stu d en t re union at th e end of th e year. H e says he will e n deavor to get “ in to u c h ” w ith a num ber of the early day stu d e n ts and secure th e ir atten d an ce also.
