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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1917)
TH E CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCALS The Nonpareils have challenged the Winonas for a spelling match to be held in the near future. Mr. A. M. Reynolds, Superintendent of the Warm Springs Agency, Oregon, was a welcome visitor at Chemawa last week. Mr. Marion L. Devol, Principal, arrived on Sunday and entered upon active duty Monday morning, His genial manner and energetic way of going at things betoken success. The football team, while at Tacoma, visited the Cushman school and had the pleasure of visiting with Superintendent Hammond, former assistant superin tendent at Chemawa. The Nonpareil society of girls are rehearsing for an entertainment to be given in honor of the Excelsiors, a brother society, and a tew invited friends. Mrs. Mc- Crosson is the advisor. Mrs. Everett, who has been holding the position of assistant seamstress temporarily, felt compelled to give up the position on account of not feeling well. Her girls are very sorry to lose her. Of the many splendid moving pictures we have had since last June, the one shown in our auditorium last Friday evening seemed to be more generally appre ciated by the student body than any. Three cars of coal and one car of wood on the Che mawa siding at one time this week, gave Mr. Carrow and his detail a hurry-up job in order to get them un loaded before demurrage was claimed by the railroad. Mrs. Smith, chief clerk at Chemawa, maintains an accurate account of all the expenses of the school. She says it will require close work to operate all de partments this year. The greatest item of expense is fuel. The beautiful sunshiny Sunday afternoon last was an incentive for all of the girls to take a walk after church. The four chaperones, Mr. Daly, Mrs. Woods, Mr. Swoboda and Mr. Loos had jolly and lively crowds. The third five-weeks’ detail changed on Monday, the 26th. The system is so complete that there is no confusion and it goes off like clock-work, and all stu dents appear satisfied and happy in their respective departments. Thanksgiving is a day we usually associate with good things to eat and Chemawa as usual will provide a good dinner. This year let us make it truly a day of thanks for our benefits. Let us also be thankful for the opportunity which is given us to help others by judicious eating instead of feasting. This applies not only to Thanksgiving, but to every day. We should do as our Government requests and let our minds guide our stomachs. PAGE 3 Mr. Hammond, the genial superintendent at Cush man, is a busy man these days. He found time, how ever, to give our football aggregation kind and cour teous attention. Like at most of the Indian schools, he is short of employes. At the chapel service held on Sunday evening the music was good. The orchestra rendered a number, “ Minuet” by Lack, and the choir sang a Thanksgiv ing anthem, “ Lord of the Harvest, Thee We Hail.” Superintendent Hall gave an account of the trip to Tacoma, Cushman School, and American Lake. Superintendent Hall met a number of Chemawa boys the other day upon his visit to American Lake. There are probably twenty-five in training at that camp at this time. He also met several of his old stu dents from Sherman Institute, as well as a delegation of young men friends from Riverside, California. Miss Bertha F. Lemley, domestic science teacher, arrived at Chemawa last week and entered on duty Thursday. Miss Lemley was transferred from Genoa. Miss Margery Taylor left on Wednesday expecting to report for duty at Genoa December 1st to take up the duties of domestic science teacher at that school. Mr. and Mrs. Warner and little Jane, who expect to leave for their home this week, will be missed, as they now seem a part of the Chemawa family. Mr. Warner is city attorney at Hermiston, Oregon, and is also U. S. Commissioner, and is anxious to get back to his duties again after being absent nearly two months. Reggie Downie, the football manager, spent the greater part of two days at the telephone endeavoiing to secure a game on Thanksgiving for our second football team. Reggie is a persistent worker and gen erally succeeds at anything he undertakes, but in this instance it seemed impossible to find a team available to come here. Mrs. Hall received a card announcing the birth of a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boles of Los An geles. Mrs.- Boles was Carmen Turrey, and one of “ Mrs. Hall’s girls” for several years, and Charles at one time was a student at Chemawa and for several years has been holding a responsible position in the Pacific Electric Shops of Los Angeles. The Chemawa visitors at American Lake last Satur day were astonished at the magnitude of the canton ment where 46,000 soldiers are encamped at present. The organization is necessarily most wonderful where so many men are housed and cared for. The disci pline so splendidly maintained among such a large number, together with eight hours of drill each day, makes the activities of our Indian school seem insig nificant. The drill ground is said to be over four miles long, with barracks extending throughout its length and breadth. About 10,000 men witnessed the Indian and 91st Division game, while there were three other football games in progress there on the same afternoon.
