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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1917)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N LO C A L S H en ry Cam pbell has been actin g as gard en er since M r. W estley left. Miss L ucy J. G ard , of A lb an y , is actin g tem p o rar ily as assistan t seam stress. Mr. B. N . E v erett and his m other took th e n o rth bound train for P ortland on S atu rd ay evening. *1 he installation of stokers at the pow er house is about com pleted. A saving of fuel is an ticip ated . M r. H obucket is seriously co n sid erin g th e advisa bility of en listin g in th e q u a rte rm a ste r’s d ep artm en t. T h e driv e at C hem aw a for th e Y. M. C. A . fund for the soldiers resu lted in secu rin g som eth in g over $80.00. M r. W estley, the school gard en er, does not seem to recover from his rh eu m atism . H e has ju st applied for a tw o -m o n th s’ leave w ith o u t pay. A co n tract has ju s t been m ade w ith M r. M ark A sp in w all and M r. A lvin V an Cleve to plant 18 acres of o n ions for th e school on th e lake bottom , know n as peat la n d . L ast F rid a y M rs. W oods and h er lau n d ry force th o ro u g h ly cleaned an d dried th e football suits. T hey are now carefully p u t aw ay an d are ready for n ex t seaso n 's use. E v a H ood and Jessie C leveland, in th eir respective divisions, have charge of the m ending room d u rin g the present five-w eeks’ d etail. T hese y o u n g ladies are d o in g good w ork. M rs. P erk in s resigned the m anag em en t of th e te a c h e rs ’ club at the end of N ovem ber. M rs. R isser has as sum ed th e responsibilities of d irec tin g th e “ M ess” a f fairs for December. T h e com pletion of th e low ering of th e cu lv ert u n der th e S. P. railroad track will now d rain th e bayou below the barns an d enable th e school to use a piece of good land for farm ing. T h e gard en ers have com m enced to plow the land assigned on w hich to raise g arden tru ck n ex t sp rin g . F o u r acres are to be planted in straw berries also on ac co u n t of the present patch hav in g ab o u t ru n its lim it. C hem aw a has had to tu rn dow n ’ ’ m any applications for entran ce th is year on account of lack of capacity and appro p riatio n . T h e school has been full for some tim e. H ad all applications been acted upon favorably we w ould have had a t least 750 pupils here. M rs. T eabo, our efficient an d p o p u lar baker, su s tain ed a serious in ju ry to h er left h an d on M onday. In h an d lin g th e dou g h in th e pow er m ix e r h er hand was cau g h t in th e paddle, severely w ren ch in g it. D r. C ashatt was called, w ho dressed th e in ju ry . It will be som e tim e before M rs. Teabo will be able to use the injured m em ber. M r. Jo hn R . W ise, late su p erin ten d en t of H askell In stitu te , but now a m em ber of the Com petency Corn- m ission, visited Chem aw a recently and was m ost in terested in the w ork done here. M r. M cLean, Mr. H obucket and M r. S tew art now occupy the u pstairs in w hat was form erly th e assist an t su p e rin te n d e n t’s cottage. M r. Devol, P rincipal, uses th e lower room s for q u arters and private office. T h is b u ild in g is now know n as B achelors’ H all. N early every mail th e A lum ni A ssociation is inform ed th a t some ex -stu d en t or g rad u ate will retu rn to spend th e C hristm as holidays at th e school. W e ce r tain ly are glad so many are com ing, th a t they m ay see the good w ork th a t is being carried on at Chem aw a. Some one started som ething w hen he got E. A .’s Sam m ies and J im ” L oos’ S ailors to m atch on T h a n k sg iv in g day. It was som e game and a tussle from sta rt to finish. Ju d g in g by th e way the crowd stayed in thebleach ers th ro u g h th e dow n pour of rain, it was th e m ost in terestin g gam e of th e season. A n eat little com plim ent was paid to the E xcelsiors by th e N onpareils last F rid a y evening. T h e girls of th e N onpareils, assisted by their advisor, M rs. McCros- son, com posed a very cleverly w orded song, “ H e re ’s to Y ou, and presented it to th e ir b ro th er society, w ho received it w ith m uch appreciation and im m edi ately had it p rin ted and now sin g it w ith m uch e n th u siasm . W ith tw o team s engaged all th e tim e, including S u n d ay , h au lin g coal and wood for th e pow er plant, one team on the cam pus, ano th er for th e hog d e p a rt m ent, one at the dairy, and two team s on the garden and h o rticu ltu ral d ep artm en t, b u t one horse is left at th is tim e for the farm er, w ho is now becom ing q u ite restless over his inability to com plete his plow ing. T he m anagem ent, ow ing to th e scarcity of funds, is com pelled to have all the coal hauled by school team s— an arran g em en t not an ticip ated . N ex t year we hope to have a traction engine w ith w hich to do all plow ing. I t will be an econom ical innovation. C hem aw a is proud of h er boys th a t are in th e arm y an d navy. W ith o u t an exception so far as heard from o u r boys are receiving deserved prom otions rig h t along. S u p t. H all has ju s t received a letter from G eorge Jack- son, who is now a first-class firem an and a second-class m achinist, w ith th e ran k of a p etty officer. T h is is G eo rg e’s th ird prom otion. H e w rites th a t his ship, th e U. S. S. M arblehead, has ju st arrived in San F ra n cisco from S outh A m erica, w here they have been for th ree m o n th s. H e hopes to spend his C hristm as at C hem aw a, provided he secures a fifteen-days furlough w hich he desires if his sh ip is not ordered elsw here before th a t tim e. H is m any friends hope th a t he w il1 be able to visit them .
