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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1919)
T H E CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL The senior girls took a “ hike” on Friday afternoon. The sunshine of Saturday and Sunday put new life into all. Miss Jauna Holmes, of Portland, is visiting Miss Skipton. The moving pictures of Friday eve last featured Billie Burke. Now that the rain has “ let up” a little the plows are again going. Mr. Ratzeburg is out again after ten days’ confine ment at his home on account of serious illness. For the balance of the year the four literary so cieties will hold sessions three times monthly instead of two as has been the custom. Mr. Turney, Mrs. Risser, Mr. Loos and Miss Brewer motored to Portland on Friday last on busi ness connected with their departments. Miss Skipton was a dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Hall on Sunday. Miss Juana Holmes, a guest of Miss Skipton, was uhfortunatly ill and unable} to be pres ent. Thomas Phillips, a Chemawa boy now in the artil lery service and stationed at Fort Stevens, near the mouth of the Columbia river, spent Saturday night at the school. The Sigma Phis celebrated the second Anniversary of their society last evening by treating themselves to a fish supper at the domestic science department, prepared and served by themselves. Abbe Breen, a former Chemawa pupil who enrolled in the navy during the war, has been discharged. H e visited here one day last week. His mother is is now living in Salem, although her home originally was in the Coos Bay section. Eva W hite led the Y. W . meeting on Sunday after noon. The subject, “ Using the gift that we have,” was handled very nicely. It was voted to hold a candy sale soon for the purpose of raising money to purchase fifty hymn books for the association. Irving Shepard, who has been working in a ship yard in Portland since last summer, returned to school on Monday, prepared to resume his studies at the Salem High School. Irving is a good, dependable young man and Chemawa is glad to have such stu dents. W ith the continuous heavy teaming the road in front of the campus is considerably cut up. Fifty tons of coal are hauled over the road every day and some times one hundred tons. This, together w ith the hauling of potatoes and other freight to be loaded on cars, renders it difficult to maintain a good road. PAGE 3 The Juniors will entertain oh Saturday night next. Mr. Sanders will be our track coach this year. He intends to have Chemawa represented in the track events which are to be held in Portland on April 12th under the auspices of Columbia University. Competi tion at this meet will be great, as nearly every uni versity and college in the Northwest will be repre sented. The Y. M. C. A. held its regular meeting Sunday with Wade Minthorn as leader. George Lekanoff gavé an interesting talk on “ How can We get Benefit From the Y. M. C. A .” A vocal trio by Charles Williams, Jacob Mynuk and George Lekanoff added interest to the occasion, after which Irving Shepard gave a talk. The watchword was repeated and then they adjourned. Last Sunday evening during the chapel exercises the orchestra played “ The Flower G irl” by Wenrich, an octet of girls sang “ The Flag W ithout a S tain,” and the choir sang “ Annie L aurie.” Supt. Hall dwelt briefly but strongly on the necessity of * ‘purpose’ * on ihe part of our students if they desire to travel the road to success. It was a good and timely suggestion on his part. Some sailors whose ship had been torpedoed a t night were able by'means of flashes from an electric flash light carried by one of them to attract rescuers to the point where they were floating, buoyed up by lifebelts. The incident suggested making life buoys with lights attached to them and one was recently brought out which automatically lights up as soon as it hits the water, thus indicating the location of the wearer of the apparatus to rescuing parties. Miss Edith M. Dabb, of New York, secretary of Indian work for the national Y. W. C. A., and Mr. Elmer Lindquist, who holds a similar position for the Y. M. C. A ., will be visitors at Chemawa, next Sun day and Monday, March 16 and 17. Both of these secretaries are well known in Indian schools all over the United States, and Chemawa associations are very fortunate to have this opportunity to hear them, and meet them personally. There will doubtless be special meetings of both the Y. M. and Y. W ., pro grams for which will be announced later. EXCELSIOR LITERARY SOCIETY On Monday evening last the members of the E x celsior Society had a special meeting and disposed of some business that had accumalated on the president’s desk. After the business session, the election of offi cers took place, which resulted as follows: Charles Williams, president; Jacob Mynuk, vice-president; Wallace Beebe, treasurer; Joseph Bonner, sergeant- at-arms; Robert Chamberlin, yell leader; Chester Bravo, reporter.
