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Reggie Downie is on the sick list this week.
Another five-week detail went into effect on Mon
day morning.
An epidemic of “ three-day” measles has appeared
at Chemawa.
Miss Peters was taken down on Monday with the
“ three-day” measles.
Life is so full at Chemawa that it is difficult to find
an open evening for the movies.
Rev. H. C. Stover of Salem gave a most interesting
address to the Protestants on Sunday afternoon.
On Sunday last, Christine Boswell, Agnes and Dor-
othy Kiernan, all ex-students, visited the school.
It takes 37 boys to operate the power plant, there
being four shifts, in addition to the regular employes.
Mr. Galbraith is quite proud of the eighty new little
pigs which have been added to his flock the past
month.
The whir of the lawn mower is in the air and will
be heard no doubt for the next six months. The grass
is growing rapidly.
Mr. Daniel Smiley, of Mohonk Lake, New York,
was a guest of Superintendent and Mrs. Hall on T h u rs
day and Friday of last week.
Miss Ethel Waller, commercial teacher in the Salem
H igh School, was the guest of Elwood Towner at the
Excelsior party last Friday night.
Perry Whipple, who became eighteen years of age
last week, enlisted in the Marine Service Monday,
going to Portland for examination.
Since so many of our older boys have gone to war
it is difficult to supply all the departments with suf
ficient help. We have the number, but not the size.
The curbing along the road in front of the campus
is about completed. The masons have done good
work. This curb adds no little to the appearance of
the campus.
The second year vocational girls are now in the
domestic science departm ent for five weeks. First,
third and fourth year vocationals are in the sewing
departments.
The Reliance Society will hold their annual party
on Thursday evening. Since the cessation of Bible
study on Thursday nights for the time being this is
an off evening.
Mrs. Teabo is laboring with the war bread question.
Corn meal is the present substitute, but oatmeal flour
has been ordered and expected daily. The bakery is
turning out pretty good bread with the substitutes on
hand and the students are endeavoring mighty hard
to be patriotic, as some are not partial to corn bread.
The Winona girls are pleased over the new Mission
furniture sent to their quarters last Saturday and
wish to thank those who were responsible for their
acquisition.
Mamie Frisk, fourth-year vocational, and Julia
Mills, third-year vocational, are in charge on their
respective divisions, of the dietetic cooking at the hos
pital this detail.
The ’varsity team journeyed to Eugene last Satur
day and crossed bats with the University of Oregon
team. Our boys were badly out of form and lost by
a score of 10 to 4.
Plans are being made to put in a separate heating
system for McBride Hall. Cheer up girls, you will
have plenty of heat next winter, as the plant will be
completed this summer.
Miss Mollie Mischell, assistant matron in Winona
Hall, was suddenly called to her home in Montana on
Saturday last on account of the death of her mother.
See will return to Chemawa soon.
A lively game of baseball took place Monday even
ing after supper between the small boys’ team and the
girls’, resulting in a score of 7 to 0 in favor of the
boys. The girls say the end is not yet.
The Excelsior Society very kindly donated $5.00
to the Red Cross fund, taking it out of the amount
collected by its members for refreshments. This was
a very patriotic act on the part of the boys.
Mrs. Hauser is substituting in the students’ dining
hall during the absence of Miss Skipton, who is ill in
Salem. Mrs. Brewer is also not well and the two
departm ents are too much for her to handle alone
for so long a time.
George Lekanoff, vocational carpenter, did splendid
work in making the Mission furniture consisting of
four large settees and eight big chairs, for the Winona
Hall parlors. George is a painstaking workman and
all-around good boy.
The eight little orderlies for the main office,
matron, disciplinarian and principal, are kept busy
flitting here and there at all times. The youngest
orderly is little Julia Keeler and there are none more
trustw orthy or businesslike
At chapel on Sunday evening the orchestra rendered
“ La Cinquantaine” by Gabriel-Marie. This was a
beautiful num ber and much enjoyed. Edwin Rous-
selle gave a reading, “ The House by the Side of the
R oad,” in a strong, impressive manner. “ Legends”
was sung by the girls’ octette, being the most difficult
selection yet attempted by them and it was rendered
very creditably. Chemawa is proud of this organiza
tion. The choir sang “ Hail, Land of Freedom ” in an
inspiring manner. The program of the evening was
concluded when the entire student body sang the
school song, “ Chemawa, We Hail T hee.”
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