T H E CHEM AWA AMERICAN
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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.