THE CHEMA WA AMERICAIN
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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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S U B S C R IP T IO N
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R E P O R T E R ’S N O TES
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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.