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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1919)
TH E CHEM AW A AMERICAN LOCAL An unusual musical treat was afforded our Chemawa people on Sunday when the Willamette Glee Club and also quartet sang several numbers in our auditorium. Mr. Morgan, of Poitland, a returned soldier, rendered several solos with very pleasing expression. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Sites, of the Willamette University, spent the afternoon of Saturday last at Chemawa as guests of Mr. Turney. Mr. Sites is the director of the Salem Symphony Orchestra and has charge of the department of music at Willamette Uni versity. Dulcie Howard, who had been ill continuously since she had the influenza in October, passed away on Friday. Dulcie was a patient little sufferer. A pronounced weak heart accentuated by influenza kept her in the hospital for some months. The remains were interred in the school cemetery on Saturday evening. During chapel service last Sunday evening the or chestra played the ‘ ‘ Home Circle’ ’ overture by Schlepe- grell, the octet girls sang “ Po’ Little Lamb” bv Parks, and the choir sang “ He will forgive,” also by Parks. All of the music was nicely rendered. During the evening Supt. Hall introduced Mr. Hum bert of Portland, who made a splendid talk. Mr. Harold F. Humbert, Oregon State representa tive of the International Sunday School Union with headquarters at Poitland, addressed the united meet ing of the Y. M. and Y . W .’s on Sunday. He also gave a lecture to the student body at chapel in the even ing. Mr. Humbert is a delightful and ready speaker and easily held his audience’s attention. We hope he will come again. The Marion County (Oregon) district Sunday School convention was held in the Chemawa auditor ium on Sunday last. A delegation from practically all schools in the county was present, which together with outside speakers and hundreds of interested spec tators, made an assembly of considerable size. The visitors brought their dinners and ate in the gym. Sessions were held both morning and afternoon. Miss Eakin, Christian worker for Chemawa, handled the arrangements. The “ try-out” of candidates for the declamation contest to take place during commencement week was given on Thursday evening last before the student body and employes. Superintendent Hall, Mr Turney aud Mr. Kirk acted as judges to determine the ones who should enter the final contest, and the following students were selected in the order named: May Belle Heav, Eleanor Hank, Julia Gromoff, Catherine Wilder, Victoria Damon, Arthur Johnson, George Thomas, Charles Williams, Ruth Jones, Mary Mo- tanic and Julia Fratis. All of these young people showed good ablillty and with more training should make the declamation contest in June the best one we have had. SENIOR NOTES All were so glad to have Eleanor Hauk and Alicia Kimball back in school after their stay at the hospital. Four seniors raised both industrial and academic grades last report day. That must mean better work all around. PAGE 3 Allan Shepard, the Senior designer, won the thanks of the entire Winona society by the perfect little pro grams he prepared for the Winona party. Most of the seniors are answering to very undig nified nicknames. Perhaps that’s the only way to keep them from suffering from too much dignity. The class of ’19 is busy on a competitive theme on the class motto, “ Excellence Means Labor.” There’s to be a judge and a prize, but all the rest is a secret. The boys of the Senior class may be seen lugging around stacks of agricultural books, including encv- clopcedias. They are working for that credit in field crops. On Wednesday morning the Seniors and their mas cot, Joe Matt, went by truck to Salem and had some pictures taken. They also had a good time and ar rived home just in good season for dinner. Friday morning the academic building was stirred by a series of “ rahs” and songs from the Senior room. They were only giving honor where it was due— to the four senior girls who took the first four places on the preliminary declamation contest. Both a moth and a butterfly have come from their dormant cases during the last few days. They make the wonders of insect transformation seem very real. Both pupce w’ere placed in the case while “ Insects and Insecticides” was the subject being studied. Veltha Frazier closed her number at the weekly class period bv the following jingle: “ Said one litttle chick to another little chick ‘I wish I had a nice wiggley worm.’ Said the other little chick to the first little chick, ‘I wish I had some cornmeal, warm.’ Called the old mother hen from the garden patch, ‘ If you chicks want to eat, you must get out and scratch.’ ’ ’ JUNIOR NOTES The Junior girls in the sewing class are making their blue serge dresses, which they design and draft by themselves. Yesterday was the scene of great activities on the athletic field. The occasion was a field meet between the first, second and third grades. Mr. Force, the chief engineer, has just installed a little generator for lights during nights while the big generators are idle at the power house. We enjoy attending assembly as we hear many in teresting things. On Monday Miss McDowell taught us some quotations and gave us a short reading. Now that spring is really here and the flowers are blooming about the campus, the most beautiful of all is the Japanese Magnolia tree in front of the adminis tration building. Earl Nuckolls, a Chemawa graduate who has been stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during the war, has returned to the States and is now stationed at Mare Island, California, until he is discharged. He has planned to visit Chemawa during Commencement. Mr. Bent, with several schoolboys, took advan tage of the good weather Sunday by taking cooking utensils and food and heading for the nearby woods. They must have had a big feed and a good time for they came back with empty food sacks and broad grins.
