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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1918)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N LO CAL M r. Eoos was in R oseburg last week on school busi ness. T h e S tu d e n ts ’ Buffet has been doing a big business of late. T h e gard en ers are b rin g in g in carro ts and cabbages now for w in ter use. M rs. W oods lost a few days from h er w ork recently on account of illness. M iss W h ite was confined to her room several days la st week w ith tonsilitis. M r. R oberson, financial clerk, sp en t th e week end at his hom e in Y am hill co u n ty . I t was necessary a day or tw o ago to overhaul the electrical fittings in the la u n d ry in M cBride H all. M r. M udge, one of our neighbors, is now w orking at th e school in the capacity of assistan t carp en ter. Jesse F arro w has entered school ag ain — h aving a r rived on S u n d ay m o rn in g from his hom e hear P endle to n , O regon. T h e electrician, M r. M aw yer, has ju s t p u t outside lig h ts on th e dom estic science b u ilding. T h is was a needed im provem ent. T h e blacksm ith has ju s t com pleted th e task of te a r in g out th e old track s in th e dairy and horse barns and p u ttin g in new ones. A force of m en and boys have been engaged cf late in d o in g som e rep air w ork on our h eatin g system — fixing the steam pipes, etc. On last rep o rts John Brow n, form erly assistan t ca r p en ter at Chem aw a, was still w o rking in a ship y ard in P ortlan d and g e ttin g along nicely. A t th e last m eeting of th e seniors Joe M att was adopted as th e m ascot of the class. Joe already show s th a t he feels th e w eight of such an honor. T h e gard en ers have a fine crop of popcorn th is year. I t is stored in th e drier and can h ard ly w ait until popping tim e—say along about C hristm as. T h e S tu d en t Buffet is located in Brew er H all and it is doing q u ite a business. It opened on W ednesday last an d its bid for patro n ag e m et a h earty response. Miss C ath erin e W rig h t, d a u g h te r of our chief engi neer, has been v isitin g relatives here to r th e past week or tw o. S he expects to re tu rn to P o rtlan d before long. T h e Y. W . C. A. held a m eeting on S u nday a fte r noon and th e Y . M. C. A . in th e ev en in g . Both m eetings w ere well atten d ed . N ex t S u n d ay evening these people will be addressed by D r. D oney, president of W illam ette U niversity. A ll who m ay be interested w ill be w elcome to atten d . PAG E 3 In a basketball gam e on F rid a y evening betw een team s from C om panies C and D th e form er w on. T h e season for basketball seem s to be o p ening early th is year. W e wish to call th e atten tio n of m any of ou r read ers to th e fact th a t they o u g h t to send us 25 cents in paym ent for th eir A m erican. th is m atter. Please d o n ’t overlook G eorge Eekanoff re tu rn e d last S atu rd ay from P o rt land, w here he had been m ployed in a sh ip y ard . H e has en tered the senior class and will be captain of com pany B, in Joe B ettles’ place. E ast S atu rd ay evening the large stu d en ts held th eir bi-m onthly social. Several of the soldier boys from V ancouver B arracks rem ained over for th e “ good tim e .” It proved an enjoyable affair. T h e g ir ls ’ basketball team s are now p racticin g vigorously. M cBride and W inona H alls each have two team s, and consequently tw o evenings a t th e gym are allotted to th e team s of each hall each w eek. T he field was so bad last T h u rsd ay evenings, ow ing to rain y w eather, th a t boys could n ot practice, so they repaired w here th ey played basketball in the w ay and F rid ay the football to th e gym , of exercise. T h e carp en ter force has been busy ever since th e opening of school this fall rep airin g w indow s and doors, th e replacing of screens, etc ., in fact, ev ery th in g im aginable has m ade a dem and upon th e ir tim e an d energy. T h e various literary societies held m eetings last F riday evening. T hese were th e first m eetings pos sible for th e societies in some weeks ow ing to the prevalence of S panish Influenza. All societies had a good atten d an ce. T h e Sigm a P hi girls m et in business session on S u n day eve, at the hom e of M rs. H all, for th e purpose of electing officers for the follow ing six m onths. A nnie E oftus w as m ade president; Rose O ’B rien, vice-presi dent; C ath erine Reed, secretary; A gnes S tew art, treas urer; Ju lia F ra tis, chaplain. T h ere w as a student-body m eeting called and held last T h u rsd ay evening for the purpose of w orking u p e n thusiasm am ong th e stu d en ts for the gam e on S atu rd ay betw een o u r team and one from V ancouver B arracks. R obert D ow nie, president of the stu d e n t body, was ch airm an . T w o yell leaders were elected, one for the boys and one for th e girls— Percy M inesinger and Effie Davis. E ach society was called upon for some special “ p ep ” of an approved bran d , and all m ade good w ith “ hot stu ff.’ ’ T h e m eeting was in every way m ost su c cessful.
