THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
Mr. J. A. Blessing, chief engineer, expects his wife
to arrive this week.
Several hundred new curtains are being manufac
tured this week for Winona.
All of the second and third year vocational in
dressmaking are adapt at knitting.
Mrs. Perkins, who has been in Portland for some
days, sent in her resignation the 28th ultimo.
Mrs. Brown and Ruth, Mr. Scott and Mr. Bent
were dinner guests of Superintendent and Mrs. Hall
on Sunday.
The band gave Superintendent and Mrs. Hall a
very pleasant surprise by serenading them on their
wedding anniversary.
The rain on Sunday prevented Mrs. Brace and a
party of girls from attending the County Sunday
School Convention at Woodburn.
The dressmaking department is working on white
uniforms for Company B this week. Company C
uniforms have all been completed.
The 29 girls in the intermediate sewing department
are busy making work dresses, as well as piecing
quilts for the soldiers in spare moments.
Every member of the first year vocational domestic
science class scored good grades in the examination
last week. The averages were about 90.
A mending and darning room is being made out of
the spare chamber in Winona Hall. Each girl is re
quired to do her own mending and darning.
There is an average of one cord of wood used each
day in the cook and other stoves. This keeps the
little boys busy carrying it to the various places.
Active work is still progressing on the stump land
across the slough. It costs about as much to clear
land as land after being cleared can be bought for.
Mr. Mitchell reports that 60 gallons of milk are
secured each day at the present time. This enables
the hospital, domestic science and student dining
department to be very well supplied.
The moving pictures on Friday night were very
much enjoyed. The basketball schedule has inter
fered with the “ movies” and last Friday night was
the first evening available for some time.
The little girls comprising the primary sewing class,
under Florence Hoover, are an interested and ener
getic lot. They are doing their bit by piecing quilts
out of old scraps to be used for the soldiers.
Miss Edith Cutler, national secretary for Bible study
in schools and colleges, paid Chemawa a pleasant visit
last week. Miss Cutler is making a tour of the North
west and will return to Chemawa again at a later date.
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Mr. Bent is carrying on a series of games with his
gymnasium classes in which every boy and girl takes
a part. Some hotly contested games are experienced
and everyone has a good time along with their lessons.
A visit to the fruit room discloses that a goodly
quantity of canned pears, prunes, strawberries, logan
berries and rhubarb is still on hand, also canned
pumpkin. All this fruit was put up at Chemawa last
season.
A nice set of china dishes was lately purchased
from funds secured through the sale of cake and ice
cream for use in the domestic science dining room.
The second year vocational class was responsible for
the raising of the funds.
There are forty-five girls detailed to the laundry
from the first, second, third and fifth grades. It is a
very busy place and thousands of garments are washed
and ironed weekly. Mrs. Woods reports that the
girls have uniformly taken much interest.
The first year vocational domestic science class is
completing their second five weeks’ detail and will
have finished the study of cereals, vegetables, bever
ages and serving this week. Miss Lemley speaks
highly of the interest and application on the part of
this class.
The 194 girls in Winona Hall are divided into three
companies, small or Company D, medium, C, and large
B. Lillian Gauthier is captain of Company D, Mary
Richardson captain of company C and Sarah Marlow of
compatiyB. Much improvement is noted in the lines
since the companies are drilled each day.
Mr. Francis J. Scott, chief clerk, has submitted his
resignation to take effect April 25th. Thus another
good employe leaves us to enter the national army. Mr.
Scott has been directed to report at the Oregon State
University to take up the study of Ordnance Ac
counting. We are sorry to lose him as he is efficient
and pleasant in every way.
Last Sunday at the noon hour the basketball squad
and their cooks participated in the final game of the
season. Miss Skipton’s excellent chicken dinner
made a wonderful showing and was certainly appre
ciated by the hungry basketshooters. All had plenty
to eat and a jolly good time and for it all extend their
thanks to Miss Skipton.
On Friday Miss Sarah Brewer escorted two Alaskan
girls, Selina Parker and Annie James, who were sent
home on account of ill health, as far as Seattle and
saw them aboard the steamer Northwestern for Ketch
ikan. Having a few hours to spare Miss Brewer
stopped off at Tacoma to visit her brother and made a
short call upon friends at the Cushman School.