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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1918)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Every vocational class was showing their colors before the first week of school closed. The juniors are wearing that look of severe mental strain which can come from but one cause—the study of physics. The new system of marching from the academic building is an improvement and seems to be getting better every day. Recent letters from Mr. Downie, ‘‘Our Reggie,” tell of his trip to England, where he is now further train ing for “ Over There.” Mr. Ratzsburg and his detail have been more than busy with both farm and dairy since Mr. Mitchell has cast his lot with the shipyard workers in Portland. During the vacation we have missed the choir and orchestra in our Sunday evening sendee very much, so we appreciated their music even more than usual on last Sunday night. Mr. Ross, Mr. Carrow, Mr. Hobucket and Mr. Sanders superintended the transportation of materials to the fair and were most efficient in building frame work and putting up all sorts of decorations and dis plays. Almost every school in the country is suffering from a shortage of teachers and Chemawa is no ex ception, but we know why and so we just read the good news appearing in our papers these days and are glad we are helping. Mrs. Eoos, who in addition to her duties as matron at Mitchell Hall has acted as art needlework teacher for the past two. years, and the display furnished by her department elicited much favorable comment at the Oregon State Fair. Mr. Devol has succeeded in having the grounds around the academic building in fine condition for the opening of school. The lawns are neatly trimmed and the roses and vines climbing over the building show the effects of much careful attention. A recent letter informs us that Joseph W. Purns, a member of our graduating class of 1911, is now in government service as engineer at Chin Fee, Arizona, and is getting along nicely. He has been there nearly five years. He desires to be remembered by all old friends. Ivan Anderson is with us again and we are always interested in hearing him tell of his trip to Alaska early this summer when his boat was caught and was held in the ice for days and days. Many other boats were caught at the same time and were seen to break under pressure and go to pieces. Ivan was fortunate to be in a boat which held. PAGE 3 Please do not disturb any of. the worms, bugs or other forms of insect life in the senior room. They were not overlooked by the cleaning detail; the sen iors use them in their business—entomology. Mr. Loos came in with forty-three new pupils early last Tuesday morning. The company traveled in a special car and when they reached Chemawa at a very early hour they just remained asleep until the rising bugle and then prepared for breakfast and marched to the dining room. Our exhibit of canned fruits and vegetables at the State Eair attracted unusual attention because it was of such splendid quality. Credit for this is due Mrs. Brewer, who found time for the work in spite of multi tudinous other duties. This display would have been mighty hard to beat. Miss Ruth Brewer was in charge of our domestic science exhibit consisting mainly of war foods and it was most creditable in every way. She was assisted in the demonstrations by Julia Mills, Catherine Wilder, Annie Miller and Sadie Knowles, all of whom proved themselves most efficient. A number of our girls acted as hostesses at Che- mawa’s exhibit headquarters at ihe State Fair and all of them reflected credit upon themselves and the school which they repesented. They were Eillie Palmer, Effie Davis, Julia Fratis, Agnes Stewart, Eillian Gauthier, Veltha Frazier, Julia Gromoff, Jessie Cleveland, and Bertha Grimes. F R A N K L IN 6 —CHEM AW A 6 The first game of the season was played on Friday last with Franklin High School of Portland, resulting in a 6 to 6 score. Although the score shows a tie, our team really was the strongest and outplayed the visitors in every department of the game. The Chemawa team is light and is composed of inexperienced men, but at this time they are doing splendid work on the field. We feel confident that be fore the season is over our team wil be playing the game as is customary at Chemawa. STUDENT BODY R ALLY On Thursday last a student body meeting and rally was held in the auditorium to arouse enthusiasm and “ pep” for the football game the following day. All new and old students were present and the meet ing was a lively one. At election of officers Robert Downie was elected president; Allan Shepard, treasur er, and Rose O’Brien secretary. We hope to have a good year and feel that under the leadership of these officers we will have an association of which to be proud.
