T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
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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
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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.