T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCALS
Mae Adam« spent th e w eek-end w ith relatives at
C orvallis.
T h e S u p e rin te n d e n t is finding it difficult to secure
th e rig h t m en to fill vacancies.
Rev. A lex an d er H ood delivered a serm on to the
P ro te sta n t p u p ils on S u n d ay afternoon.
M r. and M rs. Loos, Miss Lem ley and Miss W hite
w ere dinner g u ests of S u p erin ten d en t and Mrs. H all
on S und ay .
E lw ood T o w n er, one of our high school stu d e n ts,
has been confined at th e hospital for th e past week
w ith a slig h t case of pneum onia.
M r. H . C. F a sse tt, U . S. F isheries Seivice, of St.
P auls Islan d , A laska, dropped in on S u n d ay afternoon
to visit w ith th e stu d e n ts from his ju risd ictio n .
C haperones for g irls on n e x t S u n d ay afternoon
w alk are M r. M cLean and M rs. Brace for W inona
and M rs. R isser and M iss R oberts for M cBride.
M r. D aly, teach er of ag ric u ltu re, is ex p ectin g daily
to be called to th e balloon corps at O m aha, for w hich
he has alread y passed th e ex am in atio n req u ired .
T h e girls of M cB ride H all m iss L au ra S quiqui very
m uch. She has been ill at th e hospital for th e past
tew days. All are glad to know th a t she is better.
T h e q u a n tity of m ilk secured from th e dairy cow s
has g rad u ally increased since D ecem ber first. Mr.
M itchell is g iv in g his d ep a rtm en t close supervision.
It is understood th a t M r. S tu a rt, plum ber, w ho is
now in San F rancisco, will sh o rtly re tu rn to Che-
m aw a and assist in p u ttin g in th e steam p ip in g to the
la u n d ry .
It is expected th a t M rs. M ary K . B row n, w ho was
em ployed as assista n t m atro n last y ear, will re tu rn
soon and tak e up the d u tie s of house m other at M c
Bride H all.
A force of fo u r girls, u n d er th e supervision of Miss
S kipton, are p re p a rin g very good, su b stan tial m eals
for th e basketball boys. F rom now on we ex p ect a
change in th e scores.
M r. J. A. B lessing, chief engineer, is rap id ly
ro u n d in g o u t th e en g in eerin g d ep artm en ts in to a well-
organized w hole. H e is a hard w o rk in g and capable
engineer and m anager.
T h e g irls’ basketball team will play th e Silverton
H ig h School at Silverton n ex t F rid a y evening. S u p e r
in ten d en t and M rs. H all and th e coach, M r. R eginald
D ow nie, will accom pany the team .
M rs. P erk in s was th e guest of her b ro th er, Ju d g e
Benson, in Salem on M onday n ig h t. She was accom-
paned by her d a u g h te r D orothy and they atten d ed th e
Y oung L ad ies’ G lee Club C oncert at W illam ette U n i
versity.
PA G E 3
M r. R atzberg, brother-in-law of our popular trader,
M r. H enderson, was a visitor at C hem aw a last w eek,
looking over the farm w ith a view of ta k in g u p the
w ork of teacher of ag ricu ltu re w hen M r. Daly leaves
to en ter th e signal corps.
T h e p atien ts at th e hospital appreciate M rs. B rew er’s
kindness in su pplying them w ith b u tte r and eggs.
T h e chickens are looked after by M rs. Brewer
and her prevocational cooks. E ach week a goodly
q u an tity of b u tter is made in th e old-fashioned, hom e
m ade, fam ily c h u rn .
All available team s were used on M onday plow ing.
It is expected to “ keep it u p ” u n til every foot of
g ro u n d is broken and seeded. T he u n u su ally w et w in
ter, and th a t m eans som ething in th e W illam ette
V alley, to g eth er w ith the necessity of th e school h a u l
in g all of its thousands of tons of coal has retarded
farm ing o perations.
T h e Social given last S atu rd ay n ig h t for the
benefit of th e athletic association was a big success.
Both stu d e n ts and em ployes co n trib u ted w hole
h earted ly to the cause. M rs. Brewer m ade th e d e li
cious ice cream , coffee and d o u g h n u ts placed on sale
for the occasion and a goodly sum was realized from
these refreshm ents. T h e m anager and all wish to
ex p ress th e ir appreciation for th e keen in te re st M rs.
Brew er has show n by aid in g so w illingly.
C hem aw a will be able to “ go th ro u g h ” the year
w ith th e funds ap p ro p riated , b u t it will be close w ork.
A few thousand e x tra dollars w ould come in handy,
how ever. W ith the high cost of all com m odities, and
no increase in funds over those given in th e pasj, it is
“ close sle d d in g ,” especially w ith a full school. O ur
farm and garden have been th e m eans by w hich we
are enabled to g et th ro u g h . T h e main item of e x
pense is for fuel, w hich will be nearly double th a t of
previous years.
U N IV E R SIT Y OF OREGON VS. CHEM AW A
O ne of th e fastest game's of basketball and best dis
play of team w ork staged on our floor this year was th at
of last F rid a y evening betw een th e U niversity of O re
gon and Chem aw a. C hem aw a started out stro n g and
led for aw hile, req u irin g th e visitors to ex ten d th em
selves to th e utm ost lim it. O ne of th e U niversity for
w ards was a phenom enal player, quick as a flash and a
perfect basket throw er. H e was, how ever, of su ch sm all
sta tu re and so lig h t th a t our big fellows in ru sh in g
after the ball would collide w ith him and dow n he w ent
nearly every tim e, m aking it appear as if our men
w ere “ ro u g h in g i t , ” resu ltin g in m any fouls being
called. I t w as an ex citin g gam e from sta rt to finish,
every point being earned on both sides. T h e final
score w as 31 to 24 in favor of th e U niversity. Dur.
in g the last half C hem aw a secured 12 points to the
visitors 7. A retu rn gam e will be played at Eugene..