PAG E 3
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LO C A L
M rs. P erk in s sp en t a few days in P o rtlan d last week.
T h e m ale q u arte t favored the the school w ith a n u m
ber at S unday ev ening chapel service.
T h ere is usually fifty to one h u n d red girls w ho go to
Salem on th e S atu rd ay know n as “ g irls ’ d a y .”
C hem aw a has a force of faith fu l clerks w ho p u t in
long h o u rs of service in order to keep u p w ith the
w ork.
M r. Ole C. F reed, w ith a force of boys, is doing a
good job cleaning out the d rain ag e canal in th e lake
bottom .
C hem aw a has been quite loyal in co n trib u tin g to the
fund for the Y . M. C. A. w ork am ong th e soldiers at
th e fro n t.
M r. S m ith is p rep arin g to give a gym nastic e n te r
tain m en t so o n .' T hese en tertain m en ts are alw ays very
m uch enjoyed.
M r. and M rs. W a rn e r and little Jane m otored to
Scio on S unday to visit old friends from N ew Y ork.
T h ey retu rn ed M onday.
M r. D aly, ag ric u ltu rist, has prepared th e ground
and drilled in ten acres of w inter w heat; th is is to help
feed the school p o u ltry .
A splendid talk to th e P ro te sta n ts w as given on
S unday afternoon by Dr. J. K . B row n, a retu rn ed
m issionary from T u rk e y .
M r. and M rs. C harles A. M urphy and M rs. H . L .
E am ouroux were visitors on S u n d ay afternoon. M r.
M urphy is w arden of th e state p en iten tiary .
A new steam m ain will soon be put in leading from
th e pow er house to the la u n d ry . I t tak es tw en ty -
five per cent of all th e pow er furnished to operate the
la u n d ry .
Since th e Chem aw a team has rounded o u t and is
show ing a q u ality of football h ard to rival, Coach
W arn er has h is old-tim e sm ile. All C hem aw a is
p roud of its coach.
A jo in t m eeting of th e Y . M. C. A . and Y . W . C.
A . w as held on S unday evening, at w hich tim e Rev.
Jam es E lvin gave a stro n g address on w ar conditions
and th e need of assistance by th e associations.
M r. M arion L. Devol, Day School In sp ecto r a t th e
K iow a A gency Schools, O klahom a, has been tra n s
ferred to C hem aw a as P rin cip al. H e will arriv e th is
w eek. M r. Devol is no stra n g e r here an d will be m et
w ith open arm s by both em ployes and stu d e n ts.
T h irty acres in hay has been added to th e school
ran ch so for th is year. P robably ten m ore acres will
be reclaim ed in th e lake bottom , besides six teen acres
across th e slough from the barns. C learing land and
p rep arin g it far cu ltivation in th is wooded co u n try is
no sm all task .
T h e W ednesday inspectors rep o rt th e dairy barn as
being im m aculately kept. T h e in terio r has ju st been
given a coat of w hitew ash, the stools, pail racks and
uniform lockers stand out quite prom inently on ac
co u n t of being nicely painted. M r. M itchell and his
chief assistant, Joe Bettles, are “ d oing th in g s .”
In a gam e of football last S atu rd ay betw een C he
m aw a and th e 4th E ngineers, tw o players belonging to
the arm y had the m isfortune to be seriously in ju red ,
one had an arm broken and another his shoulder blade
broken. E ig h t sub stitu tes were used by th e engineers,
w hile C hem aw a m ade no change th ro u g h o u t the gam e
and not a m an was h u rt
A large num ber of Silverton H igh School stu d en ts of
both sexes accom panied th eir team to Chem aw a last
F rid ay afternoon and rig h t loyally cheered for Silver-
ton th ro u g h o u t th e gam e w ith our second team , in
th e face of a defeat for S ilverton, as was evident from
th e sta rt. T h e ir songs w ere clever and rendered w ith
“ p e p ” an d enthusiasm . T h e re was m uch good-
n atured repartee betw een C hem aw a rooters and S il
verton, w hich added spice to th e afternoon.
T h e best stu d e n t body rally, or jo lly -u p , of th e year
w as held last F rid ay evening in th e aud ito riu m .
Speeches w ere m ade by P resid en t R eggie Downie,
Irv in g S hepard and M r. H o b u ck et. Y ells and songs
w ere given an d a ro u sin g m eeting held generally. T he
football team was called upon and in a body m arched
upon the stage and surprised th e audience by singing
a song. It m ade a big h it and th ey w ere encored and
com pelled to respond four tim es. M uch enthusiasm
prevailed, as th e team was leaving th e n ex t d ay for
th e V ancouver B arracks to play th e 4th E n g in e e rs’
football team .
R E P O R T E R ’S N O T E S
By Robert Downie
T h e carpenter force is kept busy a t all tim es about
th e cam pus, rep airin g here and there.
W ord has been received th a t Jam es L atattie, e x -stu
d en t, is m arried and living on a farm near D ixon,
M ontana.
W e are begin n in g to feel a little chilly these days
a t C hem aw a. Jack F ro st is g radually creeping upon
us. P repare for a cold w inter.
T h e g irls of the prevocational sew ing room have
doubled th e ir w ork of late. T h ey are ta k in g m uch in
terest and hope to be able to accom plish even m ore.
L y d a B auer was recently placed in charge of the
th ird grade g irls and beginners in th e sew ing room .
T h ey are m ending and hem m ing table cloths and do
in g good w ork.
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A card from R obert N . Service, now of th e A viation
Corps, inform s us th a t he is now stationed at F o rt
O m aha, N ebraska. “ B u n n ie” was one of C hem aw a’s
sta r debaters.
W ednesday evening the fire alarm w as given for fire
at th e h ospital. T h e firemen rush ed th e hose ca rt to
th e place of fire, b u t th e fire w as ex tin g u ish ed before
th ey reached th e scene. Be careful about false alarm s.