T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCAL
Now th a t the w eather is favorable plow ing is the
chief order of the day w ith o u r farm force.
T h e gard en ers have been busy of late p ru n in g the
blackberry bushes and tra in in g th e loganberry vines.
Paul Carrow is em ployed tem porarily to handle the
p ig g e ry ,” w hich co n tain s at this tim e about one
h u n d red y o u n g pigs and seventeen m others.
N ancy W aters, Ja u n ita Colum bia and P eter G ua,
stu d e n ts from Colville A gency, arrived the other day.
Also C harles Ellen wood, E sth e r and Rose Paul from
Lapw ai.
Iriv in g S hepard, who is em ployed at a P o rtlan d
sh ip y ard , it is learned, met w ith an accident the o th er
d ay, receiving a severe scalp w ound necessitating
several stitches to be tak en .
Inspection S unday m o rn in g show ed th a t M itchell
H all is reaching its old-tim e im m aculate condition.
P ractically all of th e large boys are new th is year
an d Mrs. Loos w orked faith fu lly to b rin g about this
desired resu lt.
D uring th e enforced vacation of th e Salem H igh
School A nna L oftus is w o rking in th e cafeteria at the
Y. W . C. A. A deline Goff secured em ploym ent at
th e M arion H otel loo k in g after a little girl whose p ar
ents are ill.
R obert P arr left for his hom e at Pendleton on F ri
day. T h e little fellow had a hard tim e recovering
from an attack of influenza and has been convalescing
since early in O ctober. H is recovery seems alm ost
phenom enal. T he nurses at th e hospital deserve m uch
credit for th e faith fu l caie given him .
T h e M cBride H all g irls have m ade a request for a
cook stove to be set up in th e ir b u ild in g . T h e sm all
stove in th eir la u n d ry is of insufficient capacity to
accom m odate so m any girls w ho wish to pop corn and
do other cooking. T h e girls are great on “ sp rea d s”
and w hile they have m any chafing dishes the dem ands
are so g reat th a t a cook stove is claim ed to be needed.
On last Sunday at chapel th e orchestra played the
“ F low er S o n g ” by D auzet, the O ctette G irls sang
“ A lm ond B lossom ” by Pestalozza, and the choir sang
a late patriotic num ber by Black entitled “ A m erica’s
Rally S o n g .” D u rin g th e session S u p t. H all told of
prizes given stu d en ts for various m arks to th eir credit
at last com m encem ent tim e. H is rem arks were in the
n atu re of a rem inder th a t prizes are to be aw arded not
for d ep o rtm en t, for instance, based on conduct for one
day, but foi th e year. It was intended to arouse the
interest and en th u siasm of the stu d en ts in th e v a ri
ous features of school life at C hem aw a, and we th in k
he succeeded.
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A t an in stitution such as C hem aw a represents there
are so m any different and varied interests represented
th a t it is a herculean task to reconcile all of them .
W hen you th in k of it, is it not rem arkable how nicely
we all get along?
T h e two h u ndred girls of W inona deserve praise
lor th e splendid appearance of th eir building at S u n
day m orning inspection. T h is bu ild in g is generally
in good order on inspection day, but on Sunday it
seem ed u n u su ally im m aculate.
Reverend F a th e r G all of S t. Benedict Abbey, M t.
A n g el, who m akes reg u lar visits to C hem aw a w eekly,
is alw ays m et w arm ly bv the m em bers of his ch u rch .
T h e F a th e r is g reatly in terested in his w ork at C he
m aw a and the stu d e n ts seem to appreciate his efforts.
Mr. Joseph D ickinson, who entered on d u ty early
in December, has resigned his position as chief e n
gineer. H e will be followed by M r. H ow ard Force, an
experienced man in the w ork who was connected w ith
the engin eerin g dep artm en t at the S tate H o sp ita l. H e
comes highly recom m ended.
T h e scheduled basketball gam e to be played at
Silverton last S atu rd ay evening betw een the C hem aw a
g irls ’ team and the S ilverton H igh School did not
m aterialize on account of S ilverton being u n d er in flu
enza q u a ra n tin e . Tw o gam e are sch ed u led , one to be
played at Silverton and one at Chem ew a.
C hem aw a is in need of a capable and trained assist
an t seam stress at $600 per an n u m , also a dom estic
science teacher at $720, as well as su p e rin ten d en t of
in d u stries at $1200, class room teacher at $720, and
assistant carp enter at $720. A dditional com pensation
of ten dollars a m onth is also allow ed for each position.
T en fine Belgian horses w ere purchased last week
for the school. A finer lot of w ork horses w ould be
hard to find. T h is section of the valley has been
scoured w ith a fruitless endeavor to find good stock
for sale and we were finally com pelled to visit the P o rt
land sale stables w here the kind of horses at rig h t
prices were secured.
In asm u ch as the business college and public schools
of Salem are closed on account of the influenza, eig h t
of o u r Chem aw a girls who atten d either one or the
other rem ain at the school and are ta k in g regular
w ork in th e sew ing d ep a rtm en t. A gnes Sw anson
and E va W h ite are ta k in g a stenographic course and
M arie S tevens book-keeping at the C apital Business
College, w hile A nna L oftus, Rose O ’B rien, Ju lia
Stevens, A deline Goff and E thel M arlow atten d the
Senior H igh School. A nna L oftus will grad u ate this
year, Rose O ’B rien and A deline Goff are ju n io rs,
E thel M arlow and Julia Stevens are sophom ores.