I
T H E CHEM AW A AM ERICAN
The sewing room girls are now making new school
dresses of blue gingham for Company B.
R E P O R T E R ’S N O T E S
By Robert Downie
A w inter’s coat of white wash will be put on the in
terior of the dairy barn.
Miss Roberts left for Salem on Friday.
located there for a while.
She will be
Agnes Swanson takes great interest in the lower
grade. She is well liked by her pupils and is doing
excellent work.
Miss Gertrude Brewer states that the piano pupils
are advancing rapidly. The choir, under her direc
tion, is also showing good results.
Miss Skipton takes as much interest on the outside
of the dining hall as she does on the inside. She was
busy last week with the grounds in front of her quar
ters.
Julius Frank and Andrew W hite are the latest ad
ditions to the second football squad. Both of the boys
are of great help to the team in our evening scrim
mages.
Simon Fratis, ex-student, paid relatives and friends
at Chemawa a visit last week. Simon is located at
Coos Bay, Oregon, where he is at the head of the
night force in a restaurant.
Mr. Stewart was at work last week at McBride Hall
putting in new shower baths. This is a great improve
ment to the building. He states that the girls’ laun
dry will soon be completed.
William Johnson is very ambitious. He says that
he will start a bakery wherever he may be after leaving
school. He takes great interest in his work and it is
certain that he will make good.
Mrs. F. W. Steusloff and Mrs. W. L. Skipton, of
Salem, were guests of Mrs. Skipton last week. They
brought with them several magazines for the girls.
The girls appreciate the kindness of these good ladies.
There are many good obliging cooks in the ninth
and tenth grades. The football boys are the only ones
that are fortunate enough to obtain more than samples.
They prepare the delicious meals for the boys under
the direction of Miss Skipton.
At present Thomas Phillips is the photographer
about the campus. He is noticed in his spare mo
ments taking pictures of the beauty spots about the
c unpus. Beware, or you may be shown a snap of
yourself in a grouchy moment.
The domestic science girls are busy with the cleaning
and cutting of pumpkins to be canned at the large
kitchen. They will be glad when the pum pkin season
H over. They also have time to prepare a meal in the
class work each day, which they enjoy.
Robert Service, who recently enlisted under the head
of the Aviation Corp, was transferred on Tuesday to a
training camp somewhere in the South.
Tuesday evening a Red Cross meeting was held in
the auditorium for the purpose of organizing an au x
iliary to the W illamette chapter of Salem.
Those who have purchased season tickets are going
to witness six dollars’ worth of athletic events for one
dollar, from the present view of the coming schedule.
Captain Archie Lane of the football squad enlisted
in the Aviation Corp last week. The members of the
squad regret his leaving, but respect his patriotism.
These cold evenings the girls’ Ukelele Club of Mc
Bride Hall gather around the stove which has been set
up in the assembly hall and engage in keeping every
body cheerful.
The tenth grade had a class meeting and elected new
officers for the year: Frank Peratrovich, president;
James Crane, vice-president; Alicia Kimball, secretary;
and Leona John, treasurer.
Those in the eighth grade with a general average of
90 or more are as follows: Effie Davis, Logan Fann,
Nicholas Petellin, Marie Stone, Ruby W hite and Fred
Wilder. Effie Davis leads the class with an average
of 94.
Elwood Towner gave a party on Hallowe’en evening.
During the evening a vocal solo was rendered by Mas
ter George Barrett which was much appreciated and a
patriotic speech by Irving Shepard was received en
thusiastically. Sweet cider, cakes, candy and nuts
were served.
RED CROSS MEETING
Representatives of the W illammette Chapter of the
Red Cross held a meeting with the older students and
faculty at Chemawa after study hour last Tuesday night
Mr. H uckinstein, postmaster of Salem, gave a stirring
address on the war and its problems, followed with a
solo by Mrs. A. J. Rahn. Mr. H. W . Meyers gave a
talk on financial needs and Mrs. Meyers exhibited dif
ferent articles to be manufactured by the Red Cross.
Mrs. Doctor Fisher, chairman of the membership com
mittee, talked on organization.
A good many of the pupils signafied a desire to join,
so Mrs. Risser was selected as chairman, Mrs. McCros-
son secretary, and Mr. Turney treasurer, as temporary
officers, pending the permanent organization. Nearly
all of the lady employes are already members. The
choir rendered a selection and Mrs. Rahn a reading.