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. .,
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.