PAG E 2
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
P U P IL S ’ ITEMS
T he school choir, under M rs. M cCrosson, com
menced practice last T h u rsd ay .
T h e painters have com pleted p a in tin g th e in terio r
w ork of M r. H am m o n d ’s q u arte rs.
M rs. C lark, cook in the te ach e rs’ club, retu rn ed
last S atu rd ay from a few w eek s’ vacation.
T he h o rtic u ltu re boys are m ak in g ready to p ru n e
the orchard and to do a good deal of g ra ftin g .
T he prevocational carp en ters have nearly com pleted
th e nifty little garage for the S u p erin ten d e n t.
Bob Dow nie is q u arterb ack on th e second team .
H is team holds th e v a rsity ” to a stan d still occasion
ally.
G eorge N ix , one of our football huskies, has so far
recovered from an in ju ry to his leg th a t he is on th e
field again for a w orkout.
IN D U S T R IA L NOTES
1 he detail in the tailor shop are m aking aprons and
caps to r the dairy boys.
Mr. Sanders and his painters are d oing som e paint-
in th e sm all b oys’ home.
Mr. P endergrass le tu rn e d on W ednesday from a
h u n tin g trip . H e b ro u g h t back some delicious venison.
T h e in d u strial teacher and a force of boys have
arranged to sta rt in clearing th e tim ber off the 30-acre
hog lot.
T h e ca rp e n te r boys are w orking on some m uch
needed ad d itio n s to W inona H all.
T he 8th grade in arith m etic are still w o rking in
concrete, b u ild in g a floor for the ten n is co u rt and base
of a silo.
G eorge L ekanoff is m aking good progress in th e
carp en ter shop. M r. W oods speaks well of all his
boys.
I)r. D ickason, field d en tist, has exam ined and
w orked on th e teeth of nearly 300 of th e Chem aw a
stu d en ts.
M rs. D oherty speaks very h ighly of Joe B onner and
Moses S haw n w ho are on her house detail in Brew er
H all.
T h e farm detail is busy these days p lo u g h in g and
g ettin g ready to sow oats and vetch for th e n ex t
season ’s hay crop.
T hom as Bull in S ight, a vocational stu d e n t in th e
shoe and harness-m aking d ep artm en t, is doing very
well indeed.
T he ap p ro ach in g presidential election is of m uch in
terest to the stu d e n ts. T h e eig h th g rad ers have been
studying about th e electors.
T h e second year vocational g irls in the dressm aking
d ep a rtm en t have com pleted the uniform sk irts for the
first com pany.
T h e eig h th grade listened to an in te re stin g talk
given bv M artin Colby on the care of an o rch ard , last
T h u rsd ay . M artin w orks on the orchard detail.
Ivan A nderson, a vocational ca rp e n ter stu d e n t, is
one of th e m ost tru stw o rth y and com petent boys in
th at d ep artm en t.
Mrs. C ulbertson is in receipt of a nice letter from
M arie P oulin, Z ortm an, M ontana, in w hich she says
she is well and doing nicely as a w aitress in a b o ard
ing house.
Lewis T ellier is doing good w ork in th e bakery d e
p artm en t. Mrs. T eabo says he is g e ttin g to be q u ite
a proficient biscuit m aker.
Both division of boys and girls at C hem aw a are se
cu rin g reg u lar gym nastic exercises in the school gym .
Miss Brewer presides at th e piano and M r. Sm ith is
in charge.
M arguerite R ainville, an old stu d en t of C hem aw a,
is atten d in g a train in g school for n u rses at W alla
W alla, W ash in g to n . She is m aking good progress
and is now in the Ju n io r year.
John M urray of the eig h th grade not only takes
m uch interest in his vocational tra in in g as engineer,
but also show s by the averages in the academ ic w ork
th a t he is interested in such studies.
C harles J. E der, who has been v isitin g in A laska,
is w ith us again this year. H e not oidy is ta k in g up
com m ercial w ork, b u t in terests him self in all th a t is
good. H e is one of the strong players on the “ v a r
s ity ” team .
1 he d em onstration table in th e dom estic science
kitchen is being enam eled.
E dw ard G ilbeau has ju st started on a c itiz e n ’s suit.
E dw ard is a vocational tailor and is doing all the w ork
on his suit from th e c u ttin g to sew ing.
T h e girls in th e d in in g room are very m uch in te r
ested in th e lectures given by Miss S kipton this week
on vegetables and different k inds of bread.
M r. Swoboda and his detail are p u ttin g up tw enty-
one sets of harness to be sent to different reservations
in New M exico, A rizona, C alifornia and O regon.
E ig h t new iro n in g boards have been set up in the
la u n d ry . T h e cem ent work was done by Mr. Carrow
and his boys, w hile the carp en ter boys, u n d er Mr.
W oods, com pleted the rest of the w ork.
T h e p rim ary sew ing dep artm en t are busy as usual
p atch in g , m ending and d arn in g . T h ey are at present
p atch in g kitchen aprons. Mrs. C ulbertson speaks in
very com plim entary term s of Lizzie Mason and Bertha
Lee.