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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1919)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N LO CAL Seven new stu d e n ts arrived from N o rth ern C ali fo rn ia on S atu rd ay . G eorge Eekanoff and Jacob M ynuk m ade a business trip to P o rtlan d on S atu rd ay . M r. M cLean is laid up this week w ith rh eu m atism . I t is hoped he will be o u t soon. F a th e r G all has organized a ch o ir for ch u rch services. T h e m em bers practice at the hom e of M rs. W elch. T h e school tru c k of th ree to n s capacity is very u seful. I t is difficult to realize how we got along w ith out it. T h e sem i-m onthly social in th e gym last S atu rd ay n ig h t was en tered into by all w ith m uch sp irit. A fine tim e was had. M rs. Brew er saved up about tw elve dozen eggs w ith w hich to use in m ak in g cream pies for th e s tu d e n ts ’ S u n d ay d in n er. M issE a k in has form ed a Bible class tor pupil te ach ers for Sunday-school w ork instead of th e usual g e n eral T h u rsd a y evening m eeting. A n associated press d isp atch gives th e new s th a t the In d ian ap p ro p riatio n bill w hich passed th e house carries $150,000 for C h em aw a’s su p p o rt n e x t year. M rs. C ox, house m o th er at M cBride, has been ill for som e days but is rep o rted m uch b etter and will soon be able to resum e her custom ary place am ong her girls. T h e first year vocational girls in dom estic science are q u ite p ro u d of th e ir efforts in cooking. If we ju d g e by som e of th eir sam ples sen t out recently th ey have reason to be. C onditions at th e pow er p la n t are g rad u ally im proving u n d er th e m anagem ent of o u r new engineer, Mr. F orce, assisted by M r. B lessing, w ho is so fam il iar w ith th e p la n t. M r. H all m ade a h u rried trip to P o rtlan d yesterday in order to g et his F o rd w hich had been overhauled, having been operated for nearly th ree years w ith o u t th e m otor being gone over. T h e Seniors and Ju n io rs and second y ear v o c a tio n a l are in th e d ressm ak in g d ep artm en t th is d etail, w hile th e first year v o c a tio n a l are ta k in g th eir tu rn in th e dom estic science d ep artm en t. T helm a O rsen departed for h er hom e at Ju n e a u , A laska, on S atu rd ay . It was necessary th a t she go hom e on account of th e d eath of her m other and to look after a little baby sister. M r. Joseph D eP orte, recent p rin te r a t S herm an In stitu te , called up from P o rtlan d on S u n d ay . H e is connected w ith the U. S. N avy and has ju st re tu rn ed from a trip to S o u th A m erica. R ainy w eather and short days in terfered w ith the flag cerem ony, but on Sunday evening th e en tire battalion w as out. I t was a p retty sig h t. W e will be glad w hen sp rin g w eather com es so th a t our m ili ta ry exercises can be held outside. D u rin g th e rain y season M r. Bent has classes of boys and g irls in th e gym every day. PAGE 3 T h e sm aller stu d e n ts will have th e ir party to n ig h t d u rin g th e tim e the older stu d e n ts a tten d stu d y hour. T h is is necessary on account of th e gym being e n gaged for S aturday n ig h t by the Sigm a P his. T h e m ason detail finished a good job, laying a con crete fo u n dation for th e im plem ent shed last w eek. T h e ir n e x t job is th e construction of a concrete ro ad way leading from th e main highw ay to M r. K irk ’s garage. T h e g irls of W inona H all and ad vantage of th e warm su n sh in e last by ta k in g a good long w alk, been deprived for some weeks w eather. M cBride Hall took on Sunday afternoon of w hich th ey had on account of bad In spite of th e handicap th ro u g h having no steam for some days, M rs. W oods cau g h t up w ith th e la u n dry w ork on S atu rd ay , and com m enced w ith a clean slate on M onday. T h e lau n d ry detail hustles when it g ets started . Since th e holidays the boys, particularly th e sm all er ones, use th eir spare m om ents playing m arbles. Mr. Bent has staged a m arble contest between the Sm all Boys and B rew er H all, the w inners to engage th e M itchell H all boys. Inspection of the various q u arte rs on S unday morr.- in g show ed M itchell H all, Sm all Boys, W inona and M cBride in “ apple p ie ” order. B rew er H all, how ever, was not up to its usual appearance. Boys in Brew er H all, bestir yourselves and rem em ber th e prize you received at the jo lly -u p for a w ell-kept b uilding. T h e ban on influenza has been raised in Salem and the business college and hig h school pupils started in at reg u la r w ork M onday, m uch to th eir d elig h t. These p u p ils have lost about six weeks on account of influ enza in the city of Salem . Chem aw a has been very fo rtu n a te as we have not had a case since O ctober. M rs. San Brace, of P o rtlan d , spent p a rt of two days at C hem aw a last week visiting her m any friends here am ong em ployes and stu d e n ts. Mrs. Brace was a very popular teacher at C hem aw a for a num ber of y ears and resigned last sum m er to live in P o rtlan d w here Mr. Brace, w ho was pro p erty clerk here, had entered in to business O u r stu d e n ts have been m issing th eir tow n day for some weeks. N ex t S atu rd ay is boys’ day and they no d o u b t will be perm itted to go. T h ere has been no com plaint by the stu d e n ts on account of th e restric tio n , y et a trip to Salem and the movies and shopping is one of the g reatest pleasures in th eir life at C hem a wa. It would Le a difficult m atter to find a b etter lot of stu d e n ts as a w hole th an are a tten d in g Chem aw a. L ast S unday evening th e exercises in chapel were up to th e usual high stan d ard and proved m ost e n te r ta in in g in every way. T h e orch estra played “ A D ream of S p rin g ” by F la th , the O ctette G irls san g a “ S p rin g S o n g ” on th e “ M elodie in F ” by R u b in stein , and on request th e choir sang “ Joan of A rc ” by W ells. Sup*. H all delivered a splendid discourse, m ainly to th e stu d en ts, p erta in in g to th e vital im p o rt ance of m ak in g every m om ent co u n t, especially in th e ir academ ic w ork. T h ey will be a wise to rem em ber w hat he told them .
