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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1916)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N LOCAL LORE T h e g irls enjoy th e ir Sunday afternoon w alks. M rs. Sm ith is ta k in g charge of the g irls ’ physical c u ltu re classes in th e absence of Mr. S m ith. M r. and M rs. Jaq u in s spent Sunday w ith relatives in P ortlan d . M rs. M. M. E stab ro o k m ade a trip to Portland on F rid ay on school business. T ile sm all boys band has com pleted an o rg u iiza tio n and is ta k in g daily lessons. M rs. Storm , of Salem , is tem porarily filling the position of assistan t m atron at W inona H all. Mrs. N ew love and son, C arter, w ere g u ests at d in ner on S unday of S u p erin ten d e n t and Mrs. H all. Several of th e ladies have ta k e n advantage of the cheap rates to do th eir C hristm as sh o p p in g in P o rt land. T h e Silverton H igh School basketball team were entertain ed in the dom estic science b u ild in g upon th e ir visit here. A large crow d of our girls visited Salem on S a tu r day to do th e ir C hristm as sh o p p in g , chaperoned by M rs. San Brace. M r. M itchell and a force of boys are saw ing and sp littin g tim ber into cord wocd for the school, th u s also clearin g th e land know n as the hog lot. T h e hospital steam and hot w ater system has ju st had a com plete renovation, w hich will not only enable b etter service to be had but also render a g reat saving in fuel. A noticeable im provem ent is apparent in th e co n d i tion of th e room s and dorm itories of Brewer and W inona H alls, as g ath ered d u rin g th e S unday m o rn ing inspection. G rade th ree in the academ ic d epartm ent has three representativ es on the honor roll. T hey are, H ow ard B erry, M ike Duvol and Roderic Jackson— all m ade 90 percent or better. Dr. G . M. D ickason field d en tist, who spent several m on th s at C hem aw a, left last week for Siletz, w here he will exam ine the teeth of the day school pupils of th a t reservation. M r. T hom as Jackson, of the Siletz reservation, was a visitor on Sunday last. H e came to C hem aw a to arran g e for th e en tran ce of his tw o sons as well as to see his d au g h ter, E sth er, who is a pupil. M r. A. V . Brace, p ro p erty clerk, has been q u ite busy of late, in addition to his reg u lar w ork at school, in sp ectin g lum ber and other supplies for th e Indian service, at P o rtlan d and other places. T h e school gym nasium is the center of all athletic PA G E 3 and social activities of the stu d en t body. W ith bas ketball practice for both sexes, folk dancing, g y m n as tics generally, as well as m ilitary drills and social functions, it is seldom idle outside of classroom hours. C hester Bravo says th at he expects th e B rew er H all boys will take m ore interest in their room s now and try to keep them in better condition since S u p erin ten d e n t H all, or his represenative, will m ake a sem i-dailv in spection. 'I'he g irls’ detail changed on T uesday th ro u g h o u t the school. T h e system has been so well prefected th a t the change is m ade w ithout any com m otion. On M on day the boys will change. A t the chapel exercises Sunday evening the orches tra gave a pleasing num ber and Russell A dam s favored th e school w ith a vocal solo. S u p t. H all gave a stro n g talk to the stu d e n t body and faculty in regard to boosting for Chem aw a. N otice has ju st been received of th e ap p o in tm en t of R ichard E . Daly, of Pierre, South D akota, to th e posi tion of teacher of ag ricu ltu re at th is school. M r. Daly comes well recom m ended as a capable farm er and a “ live w ire ” generally. It is a pleasure to w itness the joy derived by the g irls in W inona H ail in the use of rocking chairs ju st placed in th eir sittin g room . Its a p retty sight to see th e chairs filled w ith older girls w ith sm allers one in th e laps rocking and m othering them . A1 cu t 160 of the younger boys and girls assembled in the school gym nasium on S aturday evening for a social period of tw o hours, under direction of Mr. and M rs. Loos and Miss Scholder. A general good tim e was had by the you n g er stud en ts, and am ong other events enjoyed, the folk d ancing as was ta u g h t them bv M r. S m ith. B row n’s orchestra furnished m usic for the occasion. T hese young people will have th e ir social hereafter once each m onth. T h e m asonry and engineer details have had th eir hands full lately excavating a trench 12 feet deep from the fuel oil concrete reservoir in the rear of the cam pus to the sewer near Brewer H all, in w hich they laid ag ricu ltu ral drain p ip in g for purpose of pro tectin g the reservoir from the w ater w hich accum ulates in the soil, 'fh e 25.000 gallon iron tank heretofore used was crushed in last year through the power of the w ater and was actually lifted out of the earth several feet and ru in ed . T h e use of the drain tile will carry off all w ater and th u s prevent any outside pressure on the new concrete reservoir. T he best advice has been secured and a drain necessitating a lot of w ork on the part of th e young men com posing th e mason and e n g in eer details has been put in.
