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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Sixth Grade
The painters are painting the small boys’ home now.
The prevocational hospital girls are studying about
bed making.
Joseph Belgarde, recently returned student, has en
tered the sixth grade.
The first rose in bloom was spied by the carpenters
at the carpenter shop on January 10th.
The sixth grade pupils have almost completed their
United States sectional outlines. The western states
were the last ones and are almost finished now.
Seventh Grade
Number six boiler is being overhauled and will be
in working order in a few days.
May Filesteel, a first year vocational nurse, is
getting along nicely and is getting a lot of good from
practical nursing.
The following is a little selection which we have
been studying:
E very day is a fresh b eg in n in g ;
E very m orn is a w o rld m ade new .
You, w ho a re w eary of sorrow an d sin n in g ,
H e re is a beau tifu l hope for you—
A h o p e for you an d a hope for m e.
E v ery day is a fresh b e g in n in g ;
L iste n , my soul, to th e g lad refrain ,
A nd spite of old sorrow an d old er sin n in g
A nd puzzles forecasted an d possible p ain
T ake h e a rt w ith th e day an d begin ag ain .
Eighth Grade
Miss Lemley, domestic science teacher, is having
her room painted.
The eighth grade class is memorizing Lincoln’s
Gettysburg Address.
The blacksmith force, under direction of George
Berry, is doing good work repairing the old wagons.
Rev. Mr. Hood, the protestant missionary, has re
moved his family to a place over on the Pacific High
way.
Ninth Grade
Miss Flint gave a very interesting talk on different
inventions last Monday afternoon at regular chapel.
The student body expects the ’varsity team to
“ scalp” the South Parkway team when they play here
February second.
The Juniors are deep in their review on hygrometry,
speed of sound, electric currents and many other
subjects in physics.
Mr. Devol gave a talk in the auditorium on Wed
nesday about “ Right, Duty and Law,” by which
every one should profit.
The Juniors had not less than twenty questions a
day during the week preceding the final examination
and all are in hopes of good results.
Maggie Bennett was called home suddenly on
account of her mother’s illness. She will return to
school as soon as her mother is better.
Arthur Johnson and Gus Gartiez are plowing the
field next to the Pacific Highway. This is a new field
just cleared of the huge stumps that once dotted it.
The vocational gardeners are taking lessons on the
different types and breeds of farm animals. The boys
take much interest in this subject and will be good
stock raisers.
HOW TO PLAY PURG
By a pupil
Purg is the name of a game of marbles, played by
two or more persons. Three shallow holes, an inch
in diameter, are dug in the ground in a straight line,
three or four feet apart. Six or eight feet from the
last of the three holes, on a slight, artificial elevation,
is dug a fourth hole, smaller than the other three. This
hole is called Purg—hence the name of the game.
The game is played by shooting into the first hole
from a line called lag, which may be any distance de
sired from the hole. From the first hole the marble is
shot into the second hole and thence into the third.
Returning to the first hole, the marbles are twice more
shot into the second and the third holes. After the
last entrance into the third hole, the marble is shot in
to Purg. The player who first reaches Purg wins the
game—and the marbles
MY FAVORITE BOOK
Composition
My favorite book is the dictionary, because it con
tains all the words in the English language, and from
it I can get a clear meaning of each word. Other book s
give only the words and take it for granted that I
understand the meaning. Although, at first the plot
of the dictionary is not quite clear and the words do
not appear to come in proper order, after studying
English composition for a time, I am able to under
stand the dictionary and to appreciate the beauty of
its diction.
LITERARY SOCIETIES
Reliance
The Reliance Society met on Friday, the 18th, and
after business was transacted, the following program
was rendered: Opening address, Henry Davis; read
ing, Clyde Fields; recitation, Irving Gray; panto
mime, Belvie Dillstrom, Louis Colby, Charles Stone,
Fred Polson, John Pesterkoff, Edwin Liljegren.