The Chemawa American, March 20, 1918, Page 3, Image 3

T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
L O C A LS
N early every vocational girl in school lias been
ta u g h t k n ittin g by Miss M itchell in the sew ing d e p a rt­
m ent.
O ur little girls are no slackers. T hey spend several
hou rs each d ay piecing q u ilts for th e Red Cross in
addition to th eir reg u lar d a rn in g and m en d in g w ork.
A Social for the large stu d en ts on S atu rd ay evening
w as an u n u su ally enjoyable affair, possibly m ore e n ­
joyed on account of th e m any in te rru p tio n s th is w inter
by reason of our ath letic schedule.
P ractically every boy physically able of proper age
at Chem aw a has enlisted in th e arm y or navy. C he­
m awa is p roud of her boys and feels th a t she is doing
h er share tow ard assisting to w in th e w ar.
M rs. Belle Bishop, of P o rtlan d , who stan d s sponsor
for a num ber of our A lsakan girls, was a w eek-end visi­
to r. She chaperoned Ju lia F ra tis, M aggie and M in­
nie C u ira n to Salem on S atu rd ay for a sh o p p in g and
pleasure trip .
M rs. Brew er has two classes am ong th e younger
girls, know n as k n ittin g clubs, th ere being tw en ty in
each club. T hese clubs m eet on T h u rsd a y evening
and S atu rd ay afternoon. W ith all her stren u o u s w ork
in her d ep artm en t cooking for th e stu d en t body she
alw ays finds tim e to tak e p art in th e life of th e in sti­
tu tio n , ready to do a n y th in g to upbuild the stu d en ts.
T h e C hairm an of the W ays and M eans C om m ittee
of th e Red Cross A u x ilia ry at Chem aw a, Miss Skip-
ton, is p lan n in g various w ays by w hich to raise m oney
to secure w orking m aterial. T h is a u x ilia ry , which
is ju st now sta rtin g in on real active w ork, has already
tu rn ed in to h ead q u arters a goodly num ber of pairs of
socks and are k n ittin g up m aterials faster than th e Red
Cross can supply it, hence it is desired to raise funds
an d be self-supporting.
T h e W in o n a Society program com m ittee has been
p u ttin g u p so m ep rettv posters bearing th eir program s.
O ne was a h eart, a t St. V alentine tim e, outlined w ith
pink roses on w hite paper w ith th e program printed in ­
side. T h e one on the bulletin boards now has two
rabbits bearing baskets of gaily colored eggs and
“ E aster G re etin g s” above the program . Of course
th e bun n ies are w hite and w ear p ink neck ribbons,
for pink and w hite are W inona colors.
A n especially enjoyable program was given at chapel
S u n d ay n ig h t. T h e song by th e octette girls, “ L ife ’s
D ream ,” was pronounced by m any one of the best
num bers yet rendered by th is new organization. T h e
orchestra also gave a m ost pleasing n u m b er, followed
by Ju a n ita M ontgom ery, fifth grade, in a reading,
T h e P icket G u a rd . ’ ’ H er voice was m usical an d she
spoke w ith splendid em phasis. T h e Irish Ballad by
th e choir as a com m em oration of S t. P atrick was well
received. S u p erin ten d en t H all in his rem ark s em p h a­
sized th e necessity of our boys who are daily e n ­
listin g to be honorable, clean in th o u g h ts and actions,
to be tru ly patriotic.
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T h e w hite uniform s for Com pany C of girls have
been en tirely com pleted and sent to q u arters. Com ­
pany B uniform s are about finished.
M artha Sprague, an ex -stu d e n t, passed th ro u g h
Chem aw a last week in com pany w ith tw o brothers for
S eattle w here she will keep house for the brothers.
D elegates from C hem aw a for the Sunday School
C onvention to be at D allas d u rin g A pril are M ary
M otanic, Ju lia Grom off and A nnie M iller. T hese
g irls are p rep arin g m usical and literary num bers to
be given on th a t occasion. M rs. M cCrosson will act
as chaperone.
Rev. M r. H ood, wife and fam ily, expect to leave
Chem aw a on A pril first to tak e up m issionary w ork
for th e ir ch u rch (P re sb y te ria n ) on the Spokane I n ­
dian reservation, W a sh in g to n . T hese good people
have made m any friends at Chem aw a and it is re g re t­
ted th at M r. Hood feels th a t he can accom plish m ore
good on the reservation end of the w ork, w here he can
devote his en tire tim e to the cause of C hristianity.
A stu d e n t body m eeting took place on W ednesday
n ig h t in th e au d ito ru m . T here w as considerable
business to tran sact concerning, athletic fu n d s and
m eans for raisin g additional money to com plete th e
y e a r’s schedule. A com m ittee w as appointed to
handle th e m anu factu re of a service flag in honor of
all Chem aw a boys who have joined the colors, such
flag to be suspended in th e au d ito riu m . A short
program was given in w hich all four of th e literary
societies were represented.
Secretaries B aker of w ar, S ecretary D aniels of the
N avy, S ecretary L ane of th e In terio r, Com m issioner
of E ducation C laxton, in a pronunciam ento on G ov­
ern m en t policies involving the schools in w ar tim e,
state th a t “ boys and girls should be urged, as a p a tri­
otic d u ty , to rem ain in school to the com pletion of the
h ig h school course. T h e arm y and navy do not w ant,
and cannot use boys u n d er 18 years o f age, nor boys
or men of any age w ho are not stro n g and well devel­
oped phyically. So far as the arm y and n a w are co n ­
cerned there is n o th in g m ore im portant th a t th e
schools can do th an to keep them going at full capa­
city, and at the same tim e to em phasize in every pos­
sible way th e ir w ork in physical ed u c a tio n .”
F ra n k P eratrovich, G eorge N ix , Joseph B elgarde,
G us G artiez, A lbert G ray, A ndrew W hite, H en ry
C am pbell, Isaac Jones, E ddie H ayden an d A lbert
N orton are th e latest to enlist. F ra n k , G eorge and
Joseph left for B rem erton N avy Y ard last w eek,
w hile A lbert, G us and Isaac were ordered to V an­
couver B arracks on M onday. T h e other y o ung men
will leave tom orrow . W e doubt if there is another
in stitu tio n in th e co untry w hich has sent m ore men
to w ar in proportion to the num ber in school th an
Chem aw a. N inety boys have volunteered from C he­
m aw a since w ar was declared and about fifty e x ­
stu d en ts, as far as heard from , have also enlisted. A
p rettty good show ing it w ould seem for a school with
a usual attendance of 300 boys.