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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1918)
T H E CHEM AWA AMERICAN PAGE 4 PU PILS’ ITEMS LITERARY SOCIETIES Senior Mr. DePoe, day school teacher on the Siletz Indian Reservation, visited our school rooms last week. W inona The W inona Society completed the study of Edgar A. Poe with a brief delineation of the character of the author and one selection from his works. On account of the large membership of this society, the 4th grade gi“ls are withdrawing to form a society of their own with Miss Roberts for advisory member. Mrs. Risser will, in future, be the advisory member of the Winonas. Leona John is a new vocational nurse at the hospital and already is making rapid progress in both the class and practical work. From 1:15 to 1:30 every day is the new chapel hour. Songs, talks by the teachers, and recitations from the pupils will be the program. Some of the topics discussed at the last current events period were: “ The Legion of Death, ” The Bolshev- iki, Nicholas Romanoff, Chinook Winds, Miss Rankin, the Imo, and others. Mrs. Brace spent her time in chapel asking and answering questions. She told us how a break is found in the Atlantic cable, how old some animals and birds lived to be, and asked us why silver and gold coins were rough on the edge while copper and nickle ones were smooth. N inth Grade They are busy in McBride Hall putting in the electric irons. The ninth grade are studying propagation of light, which is very difficult. The ninth grade pupils are carrying out their mot to, “ Excellence Means L abor.” They are doing their best in the academic work and in the industrial work also. During December seventy percent were exempt from study hour. Eighth Grade The varsity team have “ Chemawa” sewed on their baseketball jerseys. The school dresses for the McBride Hall girls are completed and the girls will soon wear them. The boys in the print shop are sorry to lose Regi nald Downie. He was a good printer and did good work. We wish him success at his new job—acting disciplinarian. Genet al Catherine Reed, vocational nurse, has charge of the lessons in prevocational nursing. Roy Churchill, ex-student, spent several days at Chemawa visiting his brother and sister, George and Elizabeth. The prevocational carpenters are digging ditches to drain the land at Lake LaBish so that we can have£a crop of onions planted. The Chemawa Juniors are going to play the Mt. Angel Juniors on Wednesday at Mt. Angel. The Mt. Angel Junior team is said to be a fast team. Nonpareil The regular sem i-m onthly meeting of the Nonpareil Literary Society was called to order by Elsie Spokane. The postponed program rendered was not up -to the society’s standard, owing to unavoidable absence of members who had prepared. Following is the pro gram as given: Roll call, M inutes, Society Song, Current Events by Eva W hite, Selected Reading by Zelina Brigham. The members of the visiting com mittee who attended were Mrs. Brewer and Miss Roberts. Under “ New Business” and at a special meeting after regular adjournm ent new plans for ex tended improvement for the remaining semester’s work were dispatched. Our society is alive and am bitious. Excelsiors The Excelsiors held their first meeting of the new year on January fourth, with Edwin Rousselle in the chair. Upon roll call each member responded with a quotation, after which the minutes of preceeding meet ing were read. The regular program of the evening was then given in which musical selections predom in ated. The official critic as well as visitors gave short talks. WILL YOU HELP? Uncle Sam’s W ar Saving Stamps “ drive” isn ’t real ly going to be a “ drive” at all. Rather i t ’s going to be a campaign of education, the drive features of which will be conscientious effort to drive home knowledge and appreciation of the life-giving results of thrift in to the heart and head of every American mother and father and each of their little ones. There will be no centralized “ drive” to raise the $17,000,000 Uncle Sam has asked Oregon to furnish by the sale of War Saving Stamps. The campaign will last throughout the New Year. There will be no effort to “ drive” the people of Ore gon into the purchase of W ar Saving Stamps and Thrift Stamps. Uncle Sam wants Oregonians to develop and practice habits of thrift to such an extent that they will do their own “ driving” and again send Oregon “ over the top” with colors flying.
