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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1919)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Mr. Bent made a business trip to Pendleton the first of the week. The rains still come, thus interfering greatly with the farm work. The piggery has just been provided with a large caldron in which to boil potatoes for the hogs. Miss Alice P. Chalcraft of Siletz spent several days last week at Chemawa. She was entertained by Miss Skipton. Miss Dabb, Mr. Lindquist, Miss Brown and Miss Eakin were dinner guests of Superintendent and Mrs. Hall on Sunday. Perry Whipple, recently discharged from the U. S. artillery, was a visitor at the school on Sunday. Perry saw service in France. Mr. and Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Sherman attended the Elk’s play, ' ‘Officer 666,” at the Salem opera house last Thursday evening. A dinner party was given by the first year voca tional class at the domestic science in honor of Miss Dabb and Mr. Lindquist on Monday evening. Covers were laid for twelve. Mrs. Brewer attended the annual domestic art and domestic science exhibit at the Oregon Agricultural College last Saturday where her daughter, Miss Ruth, had several demonstrations. The two national secretaries for the Indian service, Mr. Lindquist for the Y. M. C. A. and Miss Dabb for the Y. W.s, who spent several days at Chemawa, left on Monday evening for the Cushman School. The Superintendent is arranging to issue a complete booklet of Chemawa School this spring. Mr. Loos has been detailed to arrange for views, both interior and exterior, as well as groups. Photographer Jenks of Salem has been engaged. Work commenced this week. During chapel exercises on Sunday evening the orchestra played “ The Flower Song” by Lange, the Winona Choir sang a number, Maud Craig sang “ In the Secret of His Presence” by Stebbins, and the Octet Girls sang “ Legendes” by Mohring. Mr. Lind quist gave the talk of the evening, although Supt. Ha 11 called upon both Miss Dabb and Miss Brown for some remarks and both ladies responded briefly. Rev. Elmer Lindquist, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. for Indian Service, and Miss Edith M. Dabb, general secretary for the Y. W. C. A., together with Miss Brown, student secretary for the Y. W. C. A. of the colleges on the coast, spent Sunday and Monday at the school in connection with their work. Mr. Lindquist addressed the student body Sunday night and gave a series of moving pictures on Monday night. PAGE 3 Mr. A. V. Brace, formerly property clerk at Che mawa, is now representing a safe company of Portland and is travelling on the road as a salesman. He spent part of two days at Chemawa last week. The moving picture show of five reels given by Mr. Lindquist Monday evening gathered together about 700 of our students, employes and attaches. At the close of the entertainment three long and loud “ rahs” were given for the Y. M. C. A. and Mr. Lindquist. A nice little dinner party was given at the domes tic science department last Thursday evening by Mrs. Yandagrift, Mrs. Risser, Miss Carter and Mr. Leslie. Their guests were Mr. and Mrs. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Henderson and Mrs. Eaton. It was a delightful little “ home affair” and much enjoyed by all. We are informed that Dr. C. D. Fulkerson, who for many years was the physician at Chemawa, is now again in the service and is stationed at Poplar, Mont., where he is nicely situated. The Doctor has a splen did war record back of him, having been in charge of one of the government hospitals in Georgia. Every Saturday afternoon there is a party of students at the S. P. station to meet the 4 o’clock train and Father Gall, who never fails them, and to kindlv assist in carrying his luggage to his school quarters. Also the Catholic children who may be patients in the hospital await his certain visits to them, dispensing cheer and good will to all. Mr. Ruthyn Turney and Mr. I. S. Loos occupy prominent places in the Salem Symphony Orchestra which gives a recital at the Grand Opera House on Thursday evening. The personnel is composed of thirty-five professional musicians, among whom our Mr. Turney and Mr. Loos are not the least known. A number of Chemawa employes and students expect to attend. The Nonpareil Literary Society held their meeting in room No. 7 Friday evening, March 14, 1919. Roll was called and minutes read. As there was no un finished business new business followed, under which the house was opened for the election of officers. The following were elected: Alicia Kimball, presi dent; Effie Davis, vice-president; Catherine Wilder, recording secretary; Sadie Knowles, corresponding secretary; Mary Motanic, treasurer; Isabel Lavadore, critic; Florence Hoover, yell leader. The five young men of the Senior class paid a nice compliment to the fourteen young ladies of the class by giving a little surprise party in their honor in the Mitchell Hall parlors on Friday evening. Enough young men were invited to even up the couples, which, with Mrs. Risser, Mrs. Loos and Miss White as chaperones, together with the class mascot, little Joe Matt, made up a party of over thirty persons. Games and music and merry conversation constituted the evening’s enjoyment. Refreshments were served at one long table in the reading room. Decoration motif was carried out in the proverbial St. Patrick green. The 1919 senior class are showing a lot of enterprise and “ pep” and are constantly being heard from.
