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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1919)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PA G li 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published W eekly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD H ALL, Superintendent Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class M ail M atter SU BSC R IPTIO N - - - 25C ts P E R A N N U M SE N IO R NOTES T h e Seniors are already p rep arin g for C om m ence m ent w ork. T h ree Senior g irls recently took the pledge of m em bership to the Sigm a Phi Delta Society. Some of th e Senior teacher g irls w ere so hoarse they could scarcely m ake them selves heard T u esd ay even ing after th e field m eet betw een th eir little folks in the practice teach in g classes. N ex t F rid ay at “ Class P e rio d ” th ere is to be an open house debate w ith P resid en t F au n and Vice- P resident K im ball as leaders. T h e subject u n d er d is cussion is concerning th e qualifications necessary to allow a C hem aw a stu d e n ts to atten d th e Salem H igh School. A letter received from a form er classm ate, Jo h n S Pablo, states th a t G eneral P ersh in g review ed his division, w hich proved to be th e best o u t of seven hu n d red and fifty th ousand m en. H e also sta tes if his com pany is placed in the occupation arm y he will be one of th e last ones hom e, if otherw ise, first. REPO R TER ’S NOTES By Allan Shepard D u rin g th e recent absence of Miss S k ip to n Brew er was in charge in the big d in in g hall. M rs. Mrs. B rew er and her staff expect to engage in a picnic in th e ad jacen t woods on the com ing F rid a y . On S atu rd ay the tailors devoted a lot of tim e to over-looking and m ending th e su its of o u r baseball te a m . G eorge P eters, who enlisted from C hem aw a early in th e w ar, is in Cam p Lewis and expects to receive h is d isch arg e soon. F ra n k C oburn, of K lam ath A gency and a form er stu d e n t at C hem aw a, has ju s t re tu rn e d from F ia n c e w here he was in service for “ U ncle S a m .” M rs. W oods says she hates to lose her fifth grad e detail at th e la u n d ry as all have w orked so w ell. She is h o p in g th e n ex t detail m ay do as well. T h e harn ess-m ak in g d epartm ent has ju st com pleted a lot of harness for In d ian schools in A rizona. T h e sam e was shipped in tw o large boxes a couple of days ago. T h e farm ers have been h a u lin g cinders recently and placing on th e road leading by th e p ru n e d ry er. T h is b it of road was certain ly in need of a tte n tio n — and wrork. T h irty -sev en dozen eggs were laid last m onth by th e hens th a t are looked after by M rs. B rew er and her d etail. T h is is q u ite a help in m any w ays at th e big k itch en. G eorge T hom as and A lbert Spearson have ju st com pleted the w ork of rep airin g w indow s, etc ., at th e hospital. A t last accounts they w ere engaged at sim ilar w ork at th e dom estic science building. L ast m onth th e bakery tu rn ed out 11,500 loaves of bread, 9,600 cookies, 9,600 biscuits, and for all th is he used only 13,315 pounds of flour. Besides all of th e above he baked a lot of pies. T h is is good. Com pressed air facilities have been installed of late at th e pow er p lan t, M r. C ham berlin doing the w ork, for u tility in clean in g boilers, engines, etc. T h is will prove of g reat assistance to th is d ep artm en t. T h e bleachers w hich adorn our ath letic field have received m inor rep airs recen tly and we u n d ersta n d it is th e in te n tio n ere long to add m ore of them , so th a t everybody can have a good seat on w hich to sit and w atch gam es and “ r o o t.” T h is is well. Q uite a detail from th e carp en ter force has been b u sy of late p rep arin g a cem ent road to M r. K ir k ’s garage, and also p rep arin g a cem ent foundation for th e garage itself. W hen com pleted it w ill be a fine and m uch-needed and appreciated piece of w ork. L ast vears th e boys of M itchell H all had a select club w hich they called th e “ M itchell C lu b .” R ecently a few rem aining m em bers, and others, held a m eeting and reorganized and changed th e nam e to th e A lpha and O m ega” C lub. T h is looks a little lik e th e b eg in n in g of th e end to us. D EA TH OF S U P E R IN T E N D E N T ROYCE S u p erin ten d en t Jam es B. Royce, of th e C arson, N evada, In d ian School, died quite recently at his post of d u ty . M r. Royce had been connected w ith the In d ian School service for a good m any years, first e n te rin g th e w ork as a teacher of th e M artinez Day School in S o u th e rn C alifornia. H e was prom oted to th e sr.perintendency of th e sam e jurisdiction and a fte r w ard tran sferred as S u p erin ten d e n t of th e W ahpeton School, N o rth D akota. T h ree years ago he accepted th e su p e rin ten d en cy of th e C arson school, w here he h as made m any im provem ents and w as doing s p le n did w ork. H e leaves a wife and th ree children to m ourn his loss. W e w ho knew M r. R oyce learned to love and respect him . T h e service loses a good su p erin ten d en t and his fam ily a loving husband and father.
