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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1917)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAG E 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 te n d e n t A d d re s s a ll c o m m u n ic a tio n s to R u th y n T u rn e y , M a n a g e r E n te 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 - - 2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M HANG ON If you have a wild lo n g in g to break loose and rove, if you find y o u r w ork heavy, if you feel th a t resp o n si bility is unbearable; in a w ord, if yo u r am bition and purpose seems to have deserted you, d o n ’t desert your post. It is the o p p o rtu n ity of your life to ex ert yo u r will and d eterm ination. H old on and all will come rig h t. All w orthy doing— p atien t, careful d o in g —reacts w ith happy effect upon the doer. T h is is an old tru th , but it will be new to some, and m any who th in k they know all about it need to have it laid on afresh and rubbed in. A ccording to the intelligence and p e rsis t ence and fidelity a stu d en t or in stru cto r puts into his w ork p u ts som ething into him . H e gets a reward w orth m ore th an m oney; nam ely, stre n g th , ex p e ri ence, discipline. BA SK ETBA LL T h e first team had tw o contests the past w eek, one w ith the M t. A ngel College and one w ith the Peninsula P ark team at P o rtlan d . T h e M t. Angel gam e was lost, 20 to 18. Chem aw a led up to w ithin ten seconds of the end. when M t. A ngel shot tw o baskets in quick succession, w inning th e gam e. T h e P ortland game resu lted in a score of 32 to 18 in o u r favor. T his is th e first gam e the P eninsula P ark team has lost this season. T h e next gam e will be played at Chem aw a w ith the Pacific College team of N ew berg. P U P I L S ’ IT E M S T h a trees at Old Chem aw a are being cut dow n and m ade into cord wood. T h e last few days the boys have been sk a tin g on the pond below the dairy barn. T h e stu d en t body of C hem aw a g reatly enjoys the illu strated lectures given by I)r. W edge. A rchie L ane received th e h ig h est m ark in the B section in th e test in IT. S. h isto ry . A gnes Sw anson, an old stu d en t of 1913, has ju st re tu rn ed to atten d h ig h school in Salem . I T h e eig h th grade sew ing-room girls are busy try in g to finish up the small g ir ls ’ blue uniform dresses. M amie F rish drew some very good o u tlin es of beef ch arts and th eir different cuts for the dom estic science. T h e dairy boys are kept busy clean in g and d u stin g eveiy corner of th e barn so th a t it can be disinfected. T h e eig h th g rad e took an exam ination in history from M r. H am m ond and are now p rep arin g for the q u estions com ing from W ash in g to n . A letter has been received from C has. N ew ton, an ex- C hem aw a stu d e n t, at K ake, A laska. H e w ishes to be rem em bered to all friends. It was necessary for som e of th e garden boys to sit up T h u rsd a y n ig h t to keep a fire in the root house, to prevent th e potatoes from freezing. M r. W estley has ju st received fuse and g ian t caps. H e is very an x io u s to sta rt b lastin g stu m p s southeast of th e hog lot. M r. S tew art and Mr. Blessing w ere the guests of Mr. and M rs. Hall at d in n er on W ednesday evening of last w eek . T he first year girls of th e D om estic Science have fin ished th e ir study of starch and its stru c tu re , and are b e g in n in g th e stu d y of sugar and its stru c tu re this w eek. T h e school boiler-room at the cen ter of th e cam pus is u n d erg o in g changes by adding tw o more boilers of a capacity exceeding those of the present tim e. T h e seventh grade received word from th e ir class m ate, A lex Beyer, who has gone to F t. Lapw ai for his health. H e has gained twelve and a-half pounds since he left here. Mrs. Joel Baines, nee E lizabeth K inninook, w rites from M etlakatla, A laska, and w ishes to be rem em bered to her old friends. H er husband is bandm aster at M e tlak a tla. T h e m em bers af the o rchestra are a n x io u s for the a d d ition to the auditorium to be finished, as they are d e sirous of play in g in th e new orchestra pit. It will no doubt be com pleted before the end of F eb ru ary . G irls of the Dom estic Science D epartm ent m ade and sold some cookies on T h u rsd ay afternoon. T h e girls use th e m oney th u s obtained to help them in th eir five-course dinner the n ex t day. Mr. H am m ond suggested to the p u p ilso f th e 7th, 8th and 9th grades th a t they go in a body to atten d a ses sion of O regon L egislature. It m et w ith quick ap p ro v al and dates are now being arranged for th e visit to Salem . T h e eighth grade pupils h a /e com pleted th eir w ork in cost and value of foods, and m aking of m enus. T h e last w eek’s w ork was planned to show how m uch better a fam ily can live on a small income w hen they have a vegetable g ard en and farm supplies to draw upon.
