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THE CHEMA WA AMERICAIN PAGE 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lish e d W eek ly a t th e S alem In d ia n T rain in g School C hem aw a, O regon, H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p erin ten d en t A d d ress a ll com m u n icatio n s to R u th y n T urney, M an ag er E atered a t th e C hem aw a, O regon, Posfcoffice a s Second- C lass M ail M a tte r S U B S C R IP T IO N - - 2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M R E P O R T E R ’S N O TES B y R obert D ow n ie Tom Phillip; m idea banjo ukelele at the carpenter shop last week. Mr. Carrow was busy with his force of boys digging ditches at the swamp last week. Russell Adams and Abbie Breen are located at the Detention Camp at Bremerton Navy Yard. Roy Haniff is busy around Mitchell Hall spading up all the bare spots, which will be seeded to grass. The painters have just finished painting the barber shop, reading room, and Mr. Bent’s office in Brewer Hall. The eighth grade class gave their annual party at the gymnasium last Friday. A very goodi time was had by all who attended. George* Berry made several dust pans at the black smith shop for use in Brewer Hall. They were badly needed and are appreciated by the boys in that hall. On Friday the Excelsior and Reliance societies will enter into a spelling match at the auditorium. They have been preparing for some time and n good contest is expected. Joe Bettles, a south-paw, and the one whom we are depending upon to pitch for the school honors this season, can be seen at his spare moments getting his arm into shape. Mr. Carrow recently received a letter from his son Eyle, who left last spring with a number of our boys to join the navy. He is on board one of the largest transports taking U. S. troops abroad. The mess manager wishes to express her apprecia tion of the willing and very efficient service rendered the Teachers’ Club last week by the girls who did the cooking.. They were Rachel Gould, Mae Adams and Elizabeth Reinville. The seventh grade class prepared their last meal at the domestic science last Thursday. This completes their five weeks in that department. The Juniors and Seniors are anxious to commence their five weeks and rushed last week to complete the white dresses they were making in the,, sewing room. Don P. Barrett, ex-student and one-time member of the printing force, paid the school a short visit last Friday. He is on board theU. S. S. Olympic and was on a short furlough while his ship was being repaired at Bremerton. He is a petty officer and holds a recom mendation from his captain as a first-class machinist’s mate. E IG H T H G R A D E P A R T Y The eighth graders had their annual party last Fri day night in the gymnasium. The gym was made very attractive with many bright colored pennants, and easy chairs and rugs made one end a comfortable sitting room. Delicious and bounteous refreshments were served. Mrs. Brace, eighth grade teacher, as sisted her pupils in making their party a very enjoy able affair. LO G ICA L R E A S O N IN G A young man dropped into a state of coma, and it was several days before he fully recovered. Eater he spoke of his experience with a party of friends. “ Oh, yes,” the young man said in response to a question, “ I knew all the time what was going on, and I also knew that I wasn’t dead, because my feet were cold and I was hungry.” “ I see,” thoughtfully said one of his friends, “ but how did that make you think that you were still alive?” “ Well,” answered the young man, “ I knew that if I were in heaven I wouldn’t be hungry, and that if I were anywhere else my feet wouldn’t be cold.” W H Y P E O P L E A R E R IG H T -H A N D E D Numerous theories have been advanced as to why people are right handed. One in particular is that it is due to military customs in early days. In order to protect the heart warriors of old used to carry their shields over the left side with the left arm. This made i t n e c e s s a r . y to w i e ld t h e w e a p o n w i t h the right hand and generations of people resorting to the same practice gradually began to implant in their progeny a natural tendency toward using the right hand in preference to the left which finally became an inate characteristic. Occasionally we come across people who can use their hands with almost equal deftness. Eower ani mals—squirrels, cats, kangaroos, etc.—possess this faculty naturally, scientists tell us. If parents and teachers would cultivate the same ability in- children it would be a decided advantage to them and would in time produce an ambidextrous race, it is believed.
