The Chemawa American, October 25, 1916, Page 4, Image 4

T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
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P U P IL S ’ N E W S ITEM S
A 50,000 gallon concrete ta n k is being co n stru cted
in w hich to store th e crude oil used for fuel.
B ernard S anderson arrived at C hem aw a F rid ay
m orn in g front his hom e in n o rth ern C alifornia.
Miss V iola S pencer, a stu d e n t here last year, has
re tu rn e d , b rin g in g a num ber of new girls w ith her.
M r. H au se r and fam ily visited P o rtlan d on S a tu r­
day and atten d ed the N eb rask a—O . A. C. football
gam e.
T h e eig h t grad e p upils will present th e C h ristm as
play and th e n in th will have ch arg e of the W ash in g to n
Day exercises.
Miss A da Rice of th e K lam ath A gency school,
arrived on T h u rsd a y , actin g as escort for E d n a H ill
w ho was enrolled as a stu d e n t.
T h e first year g irls in Dom estic Science, Seventh B,
have taken up th e ir first lesson in cooking. T hey
have been busy h elp in g the c a n n in g classes.
D r. D ickason, F ield D entist, has been at Chem aw a
for some w eeks a tte n d in g to th e p u p ils’ te eth . H is
office is located in room 2, school b u ild in g .
T h e N onpariel L iterary Society held a m eeting last
W ednesday ev ening and tw en ty new m em bers w ere
ad m itted . T h ere is alw ays room for earnest w orkers.
Mrs. H en d erso n , wife of o u r p o p u lar m erchant at
C hem aw a, spent several days last week in Salem at
the bedside of her m other who had u n d erg o n e a se ri­
ous surgical operatio n .
S hortly after C hristm as the pupils will be chosen
to tak e p art in th e school play to be presented th e
last of the year d u rin g the alum ni and ex -stu d e n t re ­
union and other events.
O ur genial station agent, M r. F ra n k R. P en d er­
grass, is tak in g a leave of absence in th e hills of
S outhern O regon, h u n tin g deer. W e are daily w ait­
ing for th e venison to arrive.
Considerable im provem ents have been m ade in the
rear part of Brew er H all. A new stairw ay has been
constructed as well as cem ent floors. T h e ca rp e n ter
detail is k ep t busy these days.
T h e masons have ju st com pleted a walk across th e
road in front of th e main en tran ce. T h ey also laid a
concrete floor for S u p erin ten d e n t H a ll’s new garag e.
T h e carpenter detail is now erectin g the fram e.
and new books th a t encum bered th e tables last w eek.
O u r b u lletins cover a w ide ran g e of subjects and are
proving invaluable to th e in d u strial d ep artm en ts.
T h e E ig h th grade has been b u ild in g silos and filling
them on paper. T h a t th e ir w ork is practical th e fol­
low ing problem will show: “ If you have a herd of 8
cows, how large a silo should you build to provide 35
lbs. of ensilage tw ice a day to each cow for six
m o n th s?”
CLASS ORGANIZATIONS
W ith th e exception of the fifth and six th grades,
all classes have effected an organization and elected
officers for the year as follows:
F o u rth G rade
P resid en t, A llison Stone; V ice-P resident, Jam es
C ourchane; S ecretary, D elphine P oulin; T re asu rer,
V ena P erry; Class R eporter, K elly Shaw .
M otto: Live p u re— speak tru e — rig h t th e w rong
— strive to advance.
T h ird G rade
P resident, L ena C leveland; V ice-P resident, M ike
A nderson; S ecretary and T re asu rer, A lbert S m ith.
M otto: K eep on try in g .
Second G rade
P resid en t, Ja k e N e a g e n ; V ice-P resident Delia C our­
chane; S ecretary and T re asu rer, W illiam Johnson.
Motto: S triving to succeed.
N in th G rade (Ju n io rs)
P resident, John Beyers; Vice P resident, Leona John;
S ecretary and T re asu rer, M arie G a rre tt.
E ig h th G rade
P resident, R obert Downie; V ice P resident, L ydia
Bauer; S ecretary and T re asu rer, E dw in R ousell. T h e
class colors are Gold and Blue. Class m otto: “ T here
is no excellence w ithout great la b o r,” but to m ake
it sh o rt it was voted th at it should read: “ E xcellence
m eans la b o r.”
Seventh G rade
P resident, Roy N uckolls; Vice P resident, M arguerite
C ham berlain; S ecretary -T reasu rer, G eorge Jack so n .
Colors: Blue and W h ite. M otto: Service
CHOICE ASSORTMENT
Staple Groceries, Confections
and Home Necessities
T h e orchestra m em bers are glad to w elcome th e r e ­
tu rn of F ra n k P eratrovich and P eter Dick. T hese
y o u n g m en are m usical and play the cornet and tro m ­
bone respectively. M uch is expected of th e school
o rch estra.
T h e lib rary has been enriched bv th e addition of
tw o stacks, w hich now hold th e periodicals, bu lletin s
R. G. Henderson’s
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