The Chemawa American, October 25, 1916, Page 3, Image 3

T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
TOLD OF E A R L Y D A Y S
chaperones has been m ade and will appear in the
an n u al calendar.
M r. Janies S tu a rt of F o rt Lapw ai A gency, Id ah o ,
one of the first stu d en ts at Chem aw a in 1885, and
S u p t. E dw in L. C halcraft, of the Siletz A gency,
who was also at F o rest G rove, and assisted in m oving and form er su p e rin ten d en t of the C hem aw a school,
the school from F o rest G rove, visited his old Alma
was a d in n er guest of S u p erin ten d en t and M rs. H all
M ater in com pany w ith his wife last w eek. T h ey
on S unday evening. H e addressed the stu d en t body
were guests of M r. and M rs. E . A . Sm ith w hile here. at chapel exercises and received q u ite an ovation at
M r. S tu art was g reatly interested in the g re a t strides the han d s of pupils and em ployes. M r. C halcraft is
m ade over the conditions th a t existed in th e early
alw ays a welcome visitor at his old school.
pioneer days. H e visited th e old site of th e first te m ­
1 he lack of assum ing responsibility is show n very
porary stru ctu re s, know n as “ O ld C h em aw a,” and
often on the p art of the stu d en t team sters at C h e ­
g reatly enjoyed tellin g of th e experiences and h a rd ­
m awa. It is often noticed th at w agons are driven
sh ip s encountered in p rep arin g th e ro u g h habitations
w ith end boards gone, strap s gone from the harness,
th a t were used.
and th e licrses not infreq u en tly show lack of proper
H e says the boys cut poles and set them in th e g ro u n d
groom ing. I hese team sters certainly show a serious
for stu d s; the fram e w ork was m ade w ith poles w ith
lack of pride and the elem ent of responsibility as well
th e bark on; big fir trees were felled and c u t up into
as shiftlessness when they use th e ir team s and w agons
proper len g th s for shakes to cover the roof and sides;
in such condition.
earth floors were used; b u n k s were m ade in w hich to
M em bers of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W . C. A. gave
sleep, P o r desks and benches rough lum ber was u s td .
a jo in t reception last S atu rd ay n ig h t in honor of the
1 he sidew alks were m ade by lay in g dow n poles and
new stu d en ts in the gym nasium w here indoor athletic
placing fir boughs thereon; candles fu rn ish ed lig h ts,
a lth o u g h occasionally lig h ted pine sticks w ere of a contests and gam es were indulged in and greatly e n ­
joyed. R efreshm ents w ere served in th e parlors of
nesessity used.
W inona H all, consisting of sandw iches, cake, ice
M r. S tu a rt spoke c f the labor required on th e part
of th e In d ian bovs in clearing the p resen t cam pus of cream , coffee and fru its. T h e tw o associations are
ra th e r stro n g at C hem aw a and doing good w ork under
th e th ic k , heavy tim ber, and who also assisted in the
the direction of Mr. K ennedy, th e p ro testau t C h ris­
w ork of c o n stru c tin g B rew er and W inona H alls and
th e p resen t d in in g hall and k itch en . Mr. S tu a rt was tian w orker, and M rs. Brace.
a m em ber of the first band at C hem aw a and also a
IN D U S T R IA L NOTES
m em ber of th e first g rad u atin g class. It is said th a t
G eorge Y oung and Sam uel Y eltatzie are doing good
he is probably th e most successful product of C hem aw a.
w ork in the bakery. T hey try h ard.
Be th a t as it m ay he im presses one as a progressive,
Id a Peterson deserves credit for the way she does
capable and en erg etic gentlem an. M r. and M rs. S tu ­
h er se rg e a n t’s d u ty in the din in g hall.
a rt expect to be present at th e A lum ni and e x -stu d e n t
reunion n ex t sp rin g .
T h e prim ary sew ing departm ent is kept busy
m ending, p atch in g and d arn in g . An average of 200
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sto ck in g s are darned every w eek.
M rs. W oods is greatly pleased w ith th e way her
T h e annual calendar for 1916-17 is now about co m ­
pleted, b u t not in p rin t.
detail have taken hold of th e lau n d ry w ork. A m elia
Mrs. W oods was ill for a few days last w eek. W e W illiam s and Delia F a u n are doing especially good
w o rk .
are glad th a t she is able to be out again.
M r. W estley and his detail are still busy p icking
R epresentatives of the B ureau of A nim al In d u strie s
apples. H enry Cam pbell and W illiam W eaver are
sp en t several d ay s last week testin g the school dairy
h elp in g Mr. W estley oversee the picking and hau lin g
herd and at th e sam e tim e giving valuable suggestions.
and are a great help.
All C hem aw a is looking forw ard w ith eager a n tic i­
M uch com m endation is due to Leona John and
pation to th e foootball gam e on C hem aw a field next
L ottie W ilson for the w ay they have assisted Miss
S atu rd ay afternoon betw een C hem aw a and U n iv ersity
G ertru d e Brew er d u rin g Mrs. B rew er’s absence.
of O regon.
These girls are both vocational Domestic Science girls.
O ur girls enjoyed th e ir S unday afternoon w alks th e
T h e In term ed iate Sew ing D epartm ent are busy
past two w eeks. S u p erin ten d en t and M rs. H all a c ­ m aking gingham dresses. V era A nderson and M ary
com panied th e g irls on S u n d ay before last and Mrs.
F airch ild are doing splendidly. T h is is th eir first e x ­
C ulbertson an d Miss K nox last S u n d ay . T h e girls perience in dress-m aking and they are doing th e m ­
look forw ard to th e w eekly ou tin g , as the schedule of selves proud.
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