The Chemawa American, March 26, 1919, Page 3, Image 3

T H E CHEM AW A AM ERICAN
LOCAL
The farmers have finished plowing the field just
east of the cemetery.
Last Sunday the Junior Y. M. C. A. was started
with Miss Eakin in charge.
The gardeners have been spraying in the big or­
chard during the past few days.
Stalls for the horses in the temporary barn are about
all done. This will help in many wavs.
Louis Sanderson, one of our former pupils, is now
in France, a member of the 91st division.
Mr . Welch is having the farmers plow a small plot
of ground near his house for garden purposes.
Our orchard sprayer went on a strike recently and
had to be taken to the blacksmith shop for repairs.
They are still making pies with prunes gathered
last fall from our own orchard. They are good pies
too.
We now have an officer of the day whose duties are
manifold. Deportment is the main business of this
officer.
The blacksmiths are repairing the small commissary
wagon. This little \yagon is the medium of an awful
lot of business.
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Mr. Ross and his detail are preparing to level that
part of the campus lying between the hospital and the
academic building.
David Kadashan enjoys a good reputation locally
as a washer and cleaner of autos. Really, he does
good work in this line.
Tennis is once again occupying some of our Che-
mawa folk during their leisure hours. We have an
exceptionally fine court.
Mrs. Loos now has th e Golden Stairway and the
hallways immediately connected therewith decorated
with roses. T hat section of Mitchell Hall certainly
looks mighty attractive.
Recently the masons and plasterers inspected and
repaired the places in the various buildings where
the plaster in the walls was broken or disfigured.
Simon Fratis has been discharged from the navy
and now has a position in Astoria, Oregon. H e ex­
pects to visit us during the coming commencement.
The painters are almost through with the task of
painting the academic building. This has been quite
a job and one that could not be prosecuted to advan­
tage.
The Y. M. C. A. met as usual on Sunday evening
with a full attendance. Mr. Hobucket gave a strong
address on. “ C haracter.” He made a deep im pres­
sion.
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Miss Evelyn \\ oods, who has employment in Port­
land, spent the week-end with her parents in Che­
mawa.
It is rumored that the girls of the Winona Literary
Society will hold their annual social on the evening
of the coming Saturday.
Peter Alphus and Nick Hatch, former students at
Chemawa, came up from Portland and remained
guests of the school over Sunday. Both are getting
along nicely.
Mr. Bent is teaching games to our girls who are
noimal teachers in order that they may in turn teach
them to their little charges during the recess hours at
school. This is a good idea.
On Monday evening the little folks were given a
party. This was on account of the fact that they
were not able to have their party last Saturday evening
which should have been their regular time.
We have chapel now for a few moments every m orn­
ing just before school and one of the teachers address
the students at each session. On Monday Miss C ar­
ter spoke and her topic was “ Ammunition T rain s.”
Miss Ruth Brewer arrived home last Friday even­
ing from Corvallis, where she is attending the Oregon
Agricultural College, to spend her spring vacation
with her mother and sisters. She is doing nicely at
college.
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During chapel on Sunday evening the orchestra
played
Gondelied” by Oesten, the Octet Girls sang
“ Love’s Old Sweet Song” by Molloy, the Choir sang
“ One Sweetly Solemn T hought” by Ambrose
During the course of the evening Supt. Hall made a
very strong talk in which he touched on personal
neatness and order, and lie also dwelt in no unmis­
takable terms on the m atter of waste. It was a talk
which we hope will lie productive of good.
Last Thursday evening, on the occasion of the Salem
Symphony Orchestra Concert, Chemawa was splen­
didly represented. It speaks mighty well for Supt.
Hall and the school that every-one who could secure
conveyance attended and thus put themselves and their
school in line as supporting the better things. This
fact is appreciated in Salem. Three autos and the
school truck were loaded to capacity with our people.
The concert was fine in every wav and merited the
appreciation it received.
1 he weakest among us has a gift, however seem­
ingly trivial, which is peculiar to him and which,
worthily used, will be a gift also to his race forever.
—Ruskin.