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.
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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.