TH E CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
Miss Taylor visited Portland on Saturday.
Mrs. Pendergrass spent the last week-end at Port
land.
Miss Potz, hospital nurse, has resigned to take effect
on June first.
A nice case for the print shop was turned out of the
carpentry department on Tuesday.
The dairy force is busy at odd times whitewashing
fences and smaller buildings in the cow lot.
Mrs. Brace and Mrs. Fratis are the official chaperones
to accompany the girls on their walk next Sunday.
Paul Kinninook, graduate, visited Chemawa early
this week and shook hands with old acquaintances.
Mrs. Estabrook and Mrs. Evans spent the day at
St. Benedict Abbey, Mt. Angel, Oregon, on Monday.
Miss Skipton entertained her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Will Skipton, and Miss Goodspeed of Salem at dinner
on Sunday.
Thirty-eight sets of harness have been manufactur
ed in the school harness shop this year and sold at
$35.00 per set.
Planting late potatoes will be in full swing tomorrow.
Five acres of early potatoes are already planted and
are “ coming u p.”
Miss Jane Evans, who was assistant seamstress in
1904, spent a few days at the school visiting old friends
and relatives. Miss Evans was formerly a pupil.
On all fair Sundays the girls turn out en masse for
their afternoon walk. Two official chaperones ac
company them besides others who volunteer to go.
Mr. Smith conveyed Bernard Sanderson to Salem in
his big touring car on Monday in order that an x-ray
photograph might be taken of Bernard’s broken leg.
The student body kitchen under Mrs. Brewer is a
busy place and one where the girls like to work. They
secure good instruction and handle the work like a fam
ily-
With flour selling at $13.50 per barrel and other
food stuffs proportionately high, the expenses of living
at Chemawa makes a big hole in the monthly checks
of employes.
Over two hundred wagon loads of soil were hauled
in around the auditorium to fill in between the walks
and building. The work is now completed and the
grass seed sown.
All of the literary societies have ceased holding ses
sions for the balance of the school year in order to de
vote the time to preparing for examinations and rehears
ing for the closing exercises.
The laundry sent out 206 window curtains—washed
and ironed—to Mitchell and Brewer Halls on Tuesday,
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besides 46 starched collars, 46 starched shirts, sheets,
dresses and other washed clothes.
Nellie Brigham and Rose Deschamp, 6th grade pu
pils, had a splendid exhibition of bread-making in Mrs.
Brewer’s kitchen on Tuesday. The bread was very
light and flaky and was a fine demonstration.
The entire student body was given a treat last
Thursday morning for breakfast in shape of special
cake made by Eileen Wike, Florence McNickle, Ruby
LaPointe and Mabel Blodgett, prevocational cooks.
It was noticed on Sunday evening that all the Mitch
ell Hall boys wore a spray of white flowers on the lapel
of their coats in honor of ‘ ‘ Mothers’ Day. ’ ’ Mrs. Loos
very thoughtfully presented the flowers to the boys.
Father Gall had arranged to take forty-seven of the
Catholic students to St. Benedict Abbey to be confirm
ed by the Archbishop on Monday, but the Archbishop
was suddenly called away and the ceremonies had to
be postponed.
The four acre field of strawberry plants presents a
beautiful sight with its snow white bloom and well
cultivated soil. The season is very late this year and
strawberries will not mature before June 10th. The
loganberries and blackberries are also in fine condi
tion.
The regimental parade on Sunday last in which all
companies, including boys and girls, participated, was
well executed. The boys with their guns and the girls
in blue skirts and white middies and blue ties, manue-
vering on the velvety green parade ground was an in
spiring sight.
We doubt if there is a dining-room in any institution
having a more “ homey” appearance than the one at
Chemawa under Miss Skipton. The immaculately
white table cloths and well-set tables each with a bunch
of flowers thereon, together with hanging baskets,
fernery and other decorations, certainly render it a
beautiful place.
Mrs. E. E. Fisher, chairman of the membership
committee of the Willamette Chapter of The American
Red Cross, visited Chemawa on Tuesday and secured
twenty-one members for the organization. This mem
bership at present is “ at large” but no doubt will
develop into a Chemawa auxilliary. Chemawa is very
proud of the loyalty of its ladies.
Frank Johnson, better known as “ Doc,” graduates
from the Salem High School with honor on June 9th.
Frank is a most popular young man and all Chema
wa will be glad to learn that he expects to enter the
Oregon University in September. Elwood Towner
has had three years high school work and no doubt
will finish in another year. He also expects to go to
college.
Word is received from the members of the string
quartet that they are meeting with good success
wherever they perform; that they are having larger
crowds and greater appreciation than they expected.
At Bismarck 150 students attended the concert in
town. The next day the quartet honored the school
with a program. Mr. Taylor, who was assistant su
perintendent at Chemawa last year, is now superin
tendent of the Bismarck school.