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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1917)
PAGE 4 TH E CHEMAWA AMERICAN P U P IL S ’ N E W S ITEMS The seventh grade are all glad to note that Roy The students welcomed Andrew Williams of Alaska, Nuckols was subbing at short stop for the ’varsity who arrived last Friday. team this season. Roy is a coming ball player and Wm. Hartless, father of Benjamin and Charles Hart expects to help our team stop the balls next season. less, paid the boys a visit on Thursday. The Juvenile Band under direction of Mr. Loos is Fred Cardin of the Indian String Quartet wishes to working industriously, preparing for a concert to be given sometime in the near future. Most of the mem be remembered to all of his friends here at school. Mr. Westley started planting potatoes this week. bers are first year musicians, but they will surprise you. He has about thirty acres of late potatoes to plant. The boys had a short school song rehearsal on One of Chemawa’s best milch cows has a touch of milk fever and pneumonia and is not expected to live. Wednesday night in preparation for the get-together Marina Nelson, a member of the eighth grade who meeting held in the auditorium on Thursday. The songs were sung with spirit and much of the “ old pep’ ’ has been ill for a few days, is back in school again. was in evidence. Miss Roberts has been busy during the last week On account of the war many boys of the tailoring teaching the members of the eighth grade how to make department have enlisted in the army and navy so checks. that now only a few remain. There is always a lot of Ruth McNickle is making a very pretty table cover work in that shop and it keeps the boys jumping to for Mrs. Evans’ art class. She is working faithfully keep everything up to date. to finish it. HORSE SE N SE The eighth grade students are studying unusually hard for the coming examination. It is expected that If you work for a man, in heaven’s name work for no one will fail. him. If he pays wages that supply you your bread In the exhibit work of the second and third year vo and butter, work for him, speak well of him, think well cational domestic science class. Julia Mills’ cake was of him, stand by him and stand by the institution he represents. I think if I worked for a man I would considered excellent. On Friday, Irving Shepard and Wade Minthorn work for him. I would not work for him a part of journeyed to Newberg where they took part in a Y. M. his time, but all of his time. I would give an undivid ed service or none. If put to a pinch an ounce of loy C. A. conference. The dairy boys are very busy putting up a fence alty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you vilify, down at the lake to keep the cows out of the crop that condemn and eternally disparage, why, resign your position and when you are outside roar to your heart’s is going to be seeded. content. But, I pray you, so long as you are a part The dairy boys have made a great change around the of an institution, do not condemn it. Not that you dairy barn. They whitewashed all the fences, and also will injure the institution—not that—but when you the barn shouldei high. disparage the concern of which you are a part you The fancy work and embroidery clubs under Mrs. disparage yourself.—Elbert Hubbard. Loos and Mrs. Evans are progressing rapidly. The E V E R Y M A N B E T W E E N 21 A N D 3 0 Y E A R S OF girls are able to do good work. AGE M UST R EG ISTER Mrs. Woods has no little praise for George Holland for his skill in handling the soap tub and keeping the The War Census Bureau at Portland requests that washers supplied with plenty of soap. the following information be published in order that Henry Darnell, one of the leaders of Chemawa’s the public maybe educated in regard to the census to student body, has gone to his home in Kalama, Wash. be made soon: “ Every man between the ages of 21 and 30 years, We regretted very much to see him go. inclusive, must register on the day soon to be pro Word is being received at all times from our class claimed by President Wilscn for the war census. mate, Alex Melovidov. His hopes are strong in see “ There will be no exceptions to this rule. Even if a man belongs to one of the exempt classes, he never ing every eighth-grader pass the examinations. Miss Roberts is making rapid progress with the theless must register if he is between 21and 30 years of age. The Government will determine who is to be ninth grade class. They are at present paying special exempt after its records are complete. attention to the chemistry period of class room work. “ The man who tries to evade the provision will face Wednesday afternoon the domestic science depart a term in jail without the option of paying a fine. In ment gave an exhibit and sale. They were well pa almost every case thoughout the State the census will tronized by the boys who congatulated the class of be taken in the regular polling places used on election girls on their fine cookery. days.”
