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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1918)
T H E CHEM AW A AMERICAN LOCAL Miss Skipton and her sister, Mrs. Armstrong, spent the week end with friends in Portland. The vocational domestic science class will handle the daily lectures for the prevocational cooking class at the hospital. Supt. Hall made a hurried trip to Centralia, W ash ington, on Monday to take up matters with the Mendota Coal and Coke Company in connection with supplying the school more regularly with coal. The rendition of the orchestra number, “ M inuetto” from H aydn’s 12th Symphony, Sunday evening at chapel, was unusually fine. The choir number, “ Cast Thy Bread on the W aters” by Roeckel, was also well rendered and much appreciated by all. The usual social for the older students had to be postponed Saturday evening on account of coal failing to arrive. As there was only sufficient on hand to keep the tank filled with water, the electric plant had to close down. All Chemawa went to bed at “ early candle lig h tin g .” The two Jones’ stokers have finally been completely installed and are in constant use. The saving in coal is at least 50 per cent. By their use there are no ashes and only clinkers are raked out and wheeled to the dump. All waste is eliminated and the fire is nearly as hot as that afforded by crude oil. Nothing could be more beautiful than the lawns at Chemawa this winter. The weather has been so mild that the lawn-mowing squad has been almost as busy as during the summer months and the grass seems to get greener each day. The writer has never seen a lawn presenting a more beautiful appearance and it is worth going miles to see. Mr. Ross is now using his detail in bordering all the walks with flowers and roses. During Chemawa’s dearth of employes to fill vari ous positions this year the vocational students have come to the rescue. They prove equal to the emei- gency and have assumed full responsibility. Reggie Downie is acting as disciplinarian and is filling the position with much credit; Frank Chamberlin is han dling the power plant at night; George Berry, the blacksmith shop; Henry Campbell, gardener; Vinnie Keeler, assistant cook in students’ kitchen; Mollie Mischell, assistant matron, who is proving unusually efficient; Laura Squiqui, acting assistant matron at McBride Hall; Nellie Francis and Alvenious Toulou, hospital cooks. All this year the mending room has been handled by vocational girls—Leona John, Lyda Bauer, Eva Hood, Jessie Cleveland, Christine Fors man. While these pupils have helped out in emer gencies it has been of benefit to themselves in devel oping self-reliance and proving ability. PAGE 3 Mid-winter examinations will take place this month. Mr. and Mrs. Daly and Miss Mollie Mischell were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hall on Sunday. The vocational sewing girls have begun on a set of white middies for all of the companies except D. The chaperones for girls’ walk on Sunday next are Mr. Turney, Miss Gertrude Brewer, Mr. Sanders and Miss Lemley. Rev. H . C. Stover conducted the Protestant service in the auditorium on Sunday. He delivered a splendid sermon and held the attention of the students through out. The coutinual blasting out of stumps on the new land east of the barns by Mr. Daly and his force has a ten dency to make the neighborhood feel as if the “ firing line” was near. Have you noticed the beautiful service flag hanging in front of Mitchell Hall? It contains 43 stars, show ing that Mitchell Hall alone has contributed 43 men to the army and navy. Brewer Hall will have to ex hibit its service flag. Mr. Francis J. Scott, an experienced accountant and office man, has accepted the appointm ent as chief clerk at Chemawa and entered on duty last week. Mr. Scott has been in the service for several years and comes to Chemawa highly recommended. CHEM AW A D EFEA TED B Y SOUTH P A R K W A Y Wednesday m orning the basketball team left on the Oregon Electric train for Portland and played the fast South Parkway aggregation of that place at the Neighborhood House. Our team met defeat at the hands of these stellar basket shooters by the score 29 to 10. The boys do not feel discouraged at the loss of this game for the Parkway team has cleaned up almost everything in Portland by decisive scores. The game was played in an unusually small gym nasium, which our fellows termed the “ m atch-box,” and felt quite tied down in after playing in one much larger. Downie being out of the game on account of an injury received in the game of the night before, helped to cripple the team to quite an extent. A large crowd witnessed the contest and filled the gallery and all the standing room available along the side lines. Real enthusiastic spectators they were too, and kept the house in a roar throughout the entire game. Many Chemawa friends from around P ort land greeted the team after the game and were glad to see them play, if not win. We play the same team here February 2, when our boys expect to give a better account of themselves. A real treat is in store for those who attend the re turn game. But w e’ve got to hand it to South Pari - way, for they are real ball players.
