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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1919)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Mr. • Woods spent Monday, in Porti and on business. The last few days ofclear weather will enable the farm Torce to get busy plowing.'5 • Mr. Sanders and his painter boys are doing a good job of painting rh the school building; Mr. Richard E. Daily, who enlisted in the Aviation Corp, writes from San Francisco that he will soon be discharged'.' . Work of clearing the 30-acre pasture of the down timber and brush is progressing rapidly under Mr. Carrow and quite ,a force of boys. ., ’ ! ,, Cheer up, firemen and stokers.and a.il concerned, we begin to see a little light ahead for it looks as if we will use crude, oil instead, of. co^l.fqr fuel next yeari , . ; .Mrs.- Chamberlin acted as escort ,for -Christine Parker as far asP o rtlan d o n Saturday. Christine has gone .to ithfe Fori Eapwai Sanitarium:: for treatment.. ■ Leon Reinkin, a graduate - of 1909 and“ Who has been visiting here for Srinfe'day^ hasacceptedaposi- tion in Salem as tailor fofThe Pierée Tailor Shop. " Mr: Blessing, who was employed temporarily in the power plant, left us on Saturday last. He has been appointed engineer on a 10,000-ton government steamer. * WWiRf That part of the campqs^ used for battalion drill, be tween the hospital anda^adgÌ9ÌV;bhddFnS» was ploughed last week with a view of making-it smooth .and to. sow blue grass. Henry Campbell ''WttieìrìrtmP'Buffalo, New York, stating thatihe was enroute to New York arid booked for France on à transport. Henry-’ riàd been’ securing preliminary instruction at the Seattle University. The domestic, science department will now' give a series of luncheons'for invited-guests in order that the various classes may ‘ secure -the proper experience. Mrs. Vandagrift takes great interest iti her work and is doing nicely. The last of the fat hogs w’ere sold the other day. The hundred little fellows lèft are taking on flesh rapidly and before thetend of jurie will be disposed of as fat hogs. The hogs industry at Chemawa has bèert quite profitable. The basketbàll game between Chemawa girls arid the SilvertoudHigh School on Tuesday last week re- sultediiu a. victory Jor/Sììvprton. It was a faét» snappy, hard game from the first blow of the whistle and splendid teamwork was exhibited On both sides, yet Chemawa probably had 5 or 6 tries for the basket to Silverton ;S one, but seemed unable to (connect. Ghe- mawa outplaved the5Silverton team : in- every respect except ability to hit the basket, pit was a good game throughout. Miss Carter refereed the game. About 30 of our Chemawa students and employes attended the game. PAG® 3 The Y. M. C. A. meeting on Sunday, February 16th, was led by the president, -Paul Eiphart, who gave a splendid talk on “ How Does the Bible Help Us to See Ourselves as W e are ,” which was followed by talks by Wallace Beebe, and Mr. Roberson, Thursday next will be the 39th-anniversary, of the establishment of the Chemawa-Indian School.: It is our custom to celebrate the oceasion by a mass meet ing in the audrtriririm. During these “past 39 years between 5,000 and 6,000' Indian boys and girls have attended,, the. school , .. Senator McNary advises by wire that the Indian appropriation act provides an increase of about $10,000 for support of Chemawa next year. This is encourag ing. We also will get an $8,000 barn beside the usual $20,000 To^ repairs; 5 There is an unexpended balance of nearly $30,000 to be used in various new structures at Chemawa. Mr. Woods is in receipt of, a postal from Alex Melp- vidov. He, is in Eondon and writes very interest ingly ' of -his impressions of that wonderful city. He states that he arid others Were guests at a" tea givewby the King and Queen and that he had the pleasure of shaking hands with them all, including princess Alice. We know. Alex was delighted to shake hands with the latter: '.‘(A. The yearly partv. given by the Y. M. C. A’. was held in the old auditorium on Thursday night..last, and to say that the students enjoyed the evening ex presses it but mildly. Every minute of the three hours was spent in various games.. Delicious refresh ments were served. Miss Eakin, Christian worker, i& a splendid manager and always keeps things going at the church parties. One of trie delightful events of the season was a St. Valentine, party given by Mr. snd Mrs, Henderson at their residence on Thursday evening last. The home " Was appropriately decorated with the Valentine motif. The diversion of the evening was five hundred, at which Mrs. Woods secured the first prize, Mr. Swoboda.the consolation. A dainty supper was served,; the table decorations wereiCarnation mingled; with Val - entine suggestions. Those present consisted of the married M Conpies at Chemawa. ( The chapel exercises last Sunday evening were perhaps of more than usual interest. By request the orchestra played “ The Happy Jap” bv O’Connor, an octette of Sigma Phi Delta girls sang “ God be With Our Boys Tonight,” and the choir sang “ Cast Thy Bread on the Waters’’ by Roeckel. Supt. Hall gave a fine talk on reading. All that he said of the value of reading was true in every sense of the word. By tne reading of good books every form of mental growth arid development isassisted, he said, and he urged all tri read largely of good authors and to remember what they had to say.
