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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1917)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAG E 4 P U P IL S ’ ITEM S L ast week four calves were sold; the price of w hich was $40. Russell A dam s is back in th e classroom again after being ill a few days. M r. R o ss’ detail has been rep airin g the road by th e p ru n e d rier w ith saw dust. T h e Ju n io r basketball team is hav in g th e letters “ C. J. T . ” sewed on th e ir jersey s. ThfirStudent body enjoys th e ta lk s Mr. Devol gives in assem bly on M onday m ornings. Jam es C rane is busy plow ing th e land w hich is to be used for p lan tin g th e com ing y e a r’s crops. M rs. Uerkins, M cBride H all m atro n , w ho has been ill for a few days, is up and around again. T h e d airy boys are h au lin g cin d ers from engine room to p u t over th e m ud in the roads. the C harles D urkee left on M onday to jo in th e arm y . H e is statio n ed at V ancouver now an d receiving tra in in g . T h ere is one vacant room in B achelors’ H all. N one but those w ith approved credentials need apply for it. Cecelia M cC lung gave some in terestin g facts con cern in g th e kind of horses w hich the G overnm ent p u r chases for th e w ar. H er topic in in d u strial geography w as “ H o rs e s.” A letter from A urelius T albot, now in Y ork state, was read to th e fifth grad e class last w eek. T h e class enjoyed th e letter. W h y not answ er it and each pupil w rite a little? M r. Ross and h is law n boys are p rep arin g th e g ro u n d to set out 300 rose bushes along th e road in fro n t of th e b u ild in g s. T h is will im prove the ap p ear ance of the law n not a little. T h e p ain ters are p ain tin g , v arn ish in g and rep airin g Room N o. 2 in the school build in g . T h is w ill be know n as th e “ Senior R oom ” hereafter. T h e principal will have ch arge and teach p a rt of the tim e. M r. H o b u ck et, o u r fifth grade teach er, w ent to P o rtlan d S atu rd ay to be exam ined for th e q u arte rm a ste r d ep artm en t of the arm y. H e failed to pass the p h y si cal ex am in atio n , so you will find him in Room N o. 6 as usual. S pelling booklets were m ade in th e 7th grad e and m any of them are p rettily decorated w ith class colors. R EPO R TER ’S NOTES By Robert Downie T h e F reshm en som etim es practice th e ir p en m an ship drill by th e ticks of th e clock, w hich m eans a very q u iet class room. G eorge B erry is now in charge of th e b lack sm ith in g d ep artm en t. Clyde F ields, vocational en g in eer, with th e assistance of M r. S tew art, has com pleted th e h eatin g system of the M cBride H all la u n d ry . L y d a Bauer has m ade two dozen table n ap k in s for use in the dom estic science. W ord com es from F red Jackson sta tin g th a t he is aboard a m erchant sh ip bound for F ra n c e . , T h e boys are all glad to see M r. B lessing re tu rn as chief en g in eer, for they feel th a t th e en g in eerin g classes will have an excellent in stru c to r. R oy N uckols and H en ry E lk are m aking a fine sh o w in g at basketball practice. T h is is th e first year for both of th em . G e rtru d e M arshall and E d ith S ta rr, ex -stu d e n ts w ho are h o ld in g positions at Lapw ai In d ian School, are reported d o in g fine in th e ir respective positions. T h e dom estic science classes prepare d in n er tw ice a w eek. T h ey tak e m uch in terest in p la n n in g and p re p a rin g these m eals. T h e books in th e p rin c ip a l’s office have been rem oved to th e book room , th e u n sig h tly sh elv in g rem oved, and the walls are being treated to several coats of p ain t. T h e football boys show ed every bit as m uch “ p e p ” at th e F ootball B anquet on T h u rsd ay last as th ey did on th e football field. On S unday evening, after chapel services, th e m em bers of M itchell C lub m et in room 46 in M itchell H all. A fter ash o re business session lig h t refresh m en ts w ere served. L ast w eek th e hospital cooks m ade a stu d y of ce r eals, fats and oils. M rs. Daly rep o rts th a t they take m uch in te re st in th e ir classes. T h e F reshm en decided th e ir colors and m otto w ere too good to discard so they have adopted red and blue as calors and “ P ersev eran ce” as th e m otto of th e class of 1921. A le tte r was received from L aw rence F ra zie r, who is now located at Leon S p rin g , T ex as, sta tin g th a t he has been detailed to th e post ex ch an g e, a c tin g as a cash - ier, so he does not have to d rill like some of the privates in his com pany. T h e tra in in g he received at Chem aw a yelped him . E m il Freem an is in charge of one section of th e d airy d ep a rtm en t w hile M r. M itchell is aw ay. H e is a h ard w orker and takes m uch in terest in his w ork. G eorge B arrett has returned to his class room w ork again, en te rin g the Ju n io r Class. H e has been m ak ing a special stu d y of m usic, but will now tak e up his academ ic w ork. T h e harness m akers are busy at all tim es m ak in g harness to be shipped to other schools and agencies in th e U nited S tates. T en sets w ere shipped o u t last week to A rizona.
