The Chemawa American, May 22, 1918, Page 3, Image 3

T H E CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
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The clever campus posters, and a bait of “ A ban­
ner to the dormitory registering the greatest percent
of memberships at the close of the drive,” sentz the
"This is demonstration week in the various depart­
children scurrying to one of the five recruiting booths,
ments. '
which' were presided over by efficient and attractive^
The farm, garden and dairy details are busy putting Nonpareil recruiting agents and the unique little 10c
in potatoes this week.
pennant which had served as an admittance ticket,
after
having been duly punched was surrendered, with
The grading of the gutter along the curb in front of
15c to gain the full Juniôr Membership and the
the campus is nearly completed.
coveted. R. C. button.
Our baseball team will play a, return game with
Buttons soon bloomed like roses on gown and coat
Salem High School in Salem on Wednesday.afternoon.
lapel where j&lly Couples and groups, made hungry
About one hundred boys were sent down to the lake by the tempting array of, sandwiches, buns, biscuits,
on Tuesday to weed the onions in order to do the jelly and coffee^ stormed the cafe presided over by a
work up ini a hurry f
realistic chef in “ Cream of W heat” ’c ostume. She
The annual demonstration exhibit of the 7th and marshalled her corp of able assistants and saw to it
8th vocational classes will be given in the Domestic that hercoffee and biscuitâ were served “ piping hot,’-’
in spite of the fact that the crowd was far greater and
Science department today.
richer
than had been anticipated. Attractive tables
A track team try-out was held last evening and
here
and
on the stage at the east of the gym,
considering all contestants to be young and inexper­
where ever-changing crowds purchased quantities of
ienced a splendid showing was made.
ice cream cones and orangeade, were shaded by full-
Wild strawberries have made their appearance in sized trees, bearing mature simulated oranges and
this vicinity and are quite abundant. Many students blossoms, thus converting the gymnasium into a
and employes have been “ berrying.” .
veritable orange -grove.
Dr. Hailman has made an inspection of the eyes of
The ‘ ‘sporting’ ’ element were to be fotind trying
practically all'pupils in the school and now is at'w ork their luck, ‘ "five shots for a nickle tickets, ’ ’ at thé shoot­
giving treatment to those who require i t . ’
ing gallery. A large canvass decorated with sunflowers
Clyde ’ Fields, who is now employed in a logging had manv-numbered canters as tarares. Every s u c ­
camp near Silverton, paid Chemawa friendsa’visit last cessful shot was amply rewarded'with a of stick candy*
Sunday! He expects to be with us during commence­
The grand march was led by the presidents of the
ment.
W inona and Reliance societies. The second couple
Stanley. Sutton, a former Chemawa student, paid being the same represenatives of the Excelsiors and
his friends at the school a visit since our last issue, Nonpareils.
He is now employed at Tacoma, W ash., and is getting
Every new number was eagerly awaited, for a well-
along nicely.
executed poster announcement was displayed by a
It would seem that there are more pests in the Nonpareil harlequin, who manipulated her megaphone
shape of worms and aphides to, destroy growing crops with all the assurance possible.
this year than ever before. It is said th at our entire
Attracti ve prizes' were awarded the lucky „couples
crop of petite prunes, which was exceedingly heavy, winning prizes during the evening., Orange-shaded
is entirely destroyed by the black aphides. A force of electric light bulbs furnished pleasant lighting for
boys are spraying this week. This is the second time various numbers,
to go over the ptune trees.
The crowd showed its appreciation of ,the thoroughly
good
time furnished it by leaving with tlte tired but hap­
THE JUNIOR RED CROSS "DRIVE”
py girls $147.65. When the comparatively small ex­
The much advertised Junior Red Cross “ drive'’ penses were met their net gain was $130.92, or enough
social-was held in the school gym on Saturday night to make the student body 100 per cent Junior A. R. Ç.
under the auspices of the Nonpareil Literary Society on a basis «of 500 members; a donation to Mrs. Brewer
of girls, Mrs. McCrosson director. To say that it of $2.50 for food for her R. C. chicks, and a banner
.was a success expresses it but mildly, for socially as< tp Brewer Hall students who won the contest, having
well as financially it-more than met expectations.
a registration of 95 per cent. A fund of $34.75 fur­
The splendid enthusiasm of the girls must have nished from joint contributions by the Excelsior and
been contagious for when th e doors opened at 7:30 to Winona societies gives Chemawa a paid-up Junior
admit the.crowd pocketbooks did likewise, s
A. R. G. membership of 640.
Moving pictures on Friday night,