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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.”