THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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Mr. and Mrs. Loos and Donald Fulkerson spent
the day at Portland on Saturday.
Rev. H. N. Aldrich, of Salem, held Protestant ser
vices in the auditorium on Sunday afternoon.
The Y. M. C. A. had a large attendance on Sun
day evening and a fine meeting was the result.
One of the two new boilers in the engine room is in
action. These boilers are to be supplied with coal by
stokers which arrived lately.
The Fayas children were called home suddenly on
Sunday to be at the bedside of their mother who is
lying seriously ill.
After study hour Wednesday evening it is under
stood that the young ladies of McBride Hall had a
little masquerade of their own. From reports a good
many weird spooks were in evidence.
Mr. and Mrs. Warner and little Jane, accompanied
by Mr. Hauser and Mr. Sanders, were spectators at
the Marine-Oregon football game at Portland on Sat
urday. They drove up in Mr. Warner’s car.
A mandolin and guitar club of girls will be formed
immediately. The instruments have arrived and Mr.
Loos, instructor, is selecting the members. This is
expected to be a very popular organization and add
much pleasure to the school life at Chemawa.
The Christmas benefit social on Saturday night
was a success. A goodly sum was raised. The
young men, with Reggie Downie at the head, were in
charge of the affair, while McBride Hall girls, with
their house-mother, Mrs. Perkins, had charge of the
refreshment booth.
Still they continue to make good! We refer to
former students at Chemawa. A good friend, who is
himself an ex-student of Chemawa, but who is now a
prominent business man, has sent us a clipping from
The Yakima Republican in which was printed an ar
ticle regarding charter granted to men of Indian blood
to start a general banking business. It is said that
these men presented the finest credentials ever offered
a state official in support of their petition for charter.
The bank will be located at Wapato, Wash., and Sam
R. McCaw will be cashier and vice-president. Mr.
McCaw was the prime mover and organize! of this
bank. He was a student at this institution when it
was located at Forest Grove and it is thought that he
was a member of the party of young Indian men who
came to Chemawa from Forest Grove to clear a build
ing site, in 1885—under supervision of the late David
E. Brewer. For 22 years Mr. McCaw was asso
ciated with the North Yakima National Bank—a fine
record! Chemawa is justly proud of him and we take
pleasure in chronicling his achievement.
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The girls’ art classes are instructed by Mrs. Perkins
and Mrs. Loos.
The football boys are all determined to win the
coming games of the season.
The regular tailor boys are glad to have Wade Min-
thorn and Andrew White back on the job again.
The eighth and tenth grade girls had a lesson about
an infant’s layette in the sewing room last Tuesday.
Edwin Rousselle recently gave the 9th grade class
an excellent demonstration on the combination of
pulleys.
The football squad is well pleased with the deli
cious meals prepared for them by the cooks from the
9th and 10th grades.
Frank Chamberlin, one of our plumbers, made an
improvement on the hot water system which will now
supply all the buildings with an abundance of hot
water.
Preparations are being made for a Thanksgiving
program. Thanksgiving this year will be a little sad,
as in nearly every household there will be a vacant
chair.
The orchestra rendered the Grand Selection from
“ Maritana” at chapel on Sunday evening, which was
followed by a well-sung number by the choir, “ The
Heart Bowed Down.”
The study of industrial geography in the 7th grade
is very helpful in giving first hand information on fall
ing big trees. One of our boys told how two lumber
men would have contests seeing which could put the
other off a floating log. A man is proud of being the
champion logger.
Mr. Horace G. Wilson, Supervisor, is lying seri
ously ill at his home in Roseburg, Oregon, of typhoid
fever. His son died recently of the same disease. It
is hoped that Mr. Wilson may recover speedily. The
bereaved family has the sympathy of all Chemawa.
Grade 3 now has an enrollment of 73 pupils. They
are well graded and are doing good work. Nineteen
of these pupils are excused from study hour, having
received averages of 85 or above. Those receiving 90
percent or above are: Ramona Tripp, Minnie Curren,
Mary Lavadore, Aloysius Courcliane, George Harris
and George Johnson.
The two smaller companies, one of boys and one of
girls, had their turn at Halloween sports on Friday
night in the gymnasium from 7 to 8:30. These
children showed much ingenuity and originality in
their masking. It was a very impromptu affair and
practically every one provided something for a dis
guise. They had a good time and the onlookors en
joyed it equally as much.