The Chemawa American, April 09, 1919, Page 3, Image 3

T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCAL
Miss S kipton and M rs. V an d ag rift spent the week
end in P o rtlan d , visiting friends.
M rs. P en d erg rass and little son, Billie, sp en t S at­
u rd ay and S u n d ay as guests of M r. and M rs. Loos.
M any com plim ents were passed on th e splendid a p ­
pearance of th e C hem aw a stu d e n ts w ho took p art in
th e parade in Salem last W ednesday.
T h e m o v in g p ictu re show , “ A W id o w ’s M ig h t”
fe a tu rin g Ju lian E lty n g e, in onr au d ito riu m F rid ay
n ig h t was especially enjoyed by all.
T h e c u rren t
events, or educational films, w ere good also.
E va W h ite, who has atten d ed business college in
Salem for th e past tw o years, has finished th e course
and she left for h er hom e near K lam ath F alls on S a t­
u rd ay last, w here she has a position aw aitin g her.
C hem aw a will m iss E va, who was alw ays interested
in all school activities and ex hibited a tru e Chem aw a
sp irit.
May Belle H eay was th e w in n er of first place in the
S enior them e co n test in E n g lish . A ll th e seniors w rote
on th e ir fam ous m otto: “ E xcellence M eans L a b o r.”
T h e ju d g es, who did not know th e w riters of the
them es, w ere very com plim entary to th e w ork as a
w hole and gave M ay Belle H eay first place, A licia
K im ball second place, and E lean o r H a u k , th ird place.
S u p erin ten d en t H all arran g ed for th e w ar trophy
tra in to pass th ro u g h C hem aw a cam pus at as slow a
pace as possible in order th a t all m ig h t view th e w ar
tro p h ies. I t took th e train a t least five m inutes to
pass th e school. T h e cannons w ere fired and lectu rers
ex p lain ed the various g u n s. T hey w ould n o t en tirely
sto p on account of not hav in g a perm it to do so, but
th e railroad m en did th e best they could to perm it the
C hem aw a stu d e n ts to see th e trophies.
A t chapel on S unday ev ening th e o rch estra played
one of G rie g ’s N orw egian D ances; th e octet g irls sang
“ W hen You and I W ere Y oung, M ag g ie,” by B u t­
terfield; M audie H eay played a violin solo entitled
‘ ‘G a v o tte ,” by K ram ar; th e ch o ir num ber was “ O u t­
side the D oor” by P ark s. S u p t. H all spoke briefly
on th e m atter of reliab ility and d ep en d ab ility , e m p h a­
sizin g th e u tter w orthlessness of a person who is
unreliable. It was a good stro n g ta lk .
T w o com panies of stu d en ts, one of g irls and one of
boys, to g eth er w ith th e school band, m arched in th e
V ictory parade in Salem on W ednesday aftern o o n ,
and also viewed th e w ar tro p h ies ex h ib ited on th e
special tro p h y train . O ur stu d en ts w ere in v ited to
join th e parade by th e Salem Com m ercial Club, w hich
also defrayed expenses connected th erew ith . O u r
boys were used as g u ard s on th e tro p h y tra in an d
elsew here. I t is estim ated th a t over 10,000 people
w ent th ro u g h th e coaches co n tain in g tro p h ies.
PA G E 3
T h e Sigm a Phi girls en tertain ed at tlie home of
M rs. H all last T h u rsd ay evening in honor of th e ir
new pledges.
T h e en tertain m en t com m ittee had
planned a very clever program and th ere was not
a dull m om ent d u rin g th e evening. A com m ittee on
refresh m en ts served ice cream and cake, w hile fruit
punch was enjoyed th ro u g h o u t th e evening. T h e new
pledges are Isabel La vadore, E leanor H a u k , F lorence
H oover, M ary W are, E th el M arlow and A deline Goff.
On th e m orning of A pril first C hem aw a in general
was aw akened by the playful p ran k s of th e big w histle.
L ong before th is, how ever, w hen it was yet very d ark ,
th e Seniors stole away to the woods and over a big
fire toasted w ienies, fried eggs and boiled coffee. T h e
b reakfast was followed by gam es, stu n ts, speeches and
sto ries. K odaks w ere snapped, songs su n g and yells
given. Of course all the secrets of the occasion c a n ­
not be p u blished, but it was a great m orn in g for th e
Seniors.
T h e Y. M. C. A. held a very lively m eeting on
A pril 6th in th e aud ito riu m , w ith President L ip h art
as leader.
T h e follow ing program was rendered:
O pening h y m n , m em bers; sc rip tu re read in g , C has.
W illiam s; violin solo, W allace Beebe; “ T h e Sin of
Being Id le ,” W ade M inthorn; scrip tu re read in g , Jacob
M ynuk; sc rip tu re read in g , L ogan F a n n . A fter th is
program th ere w as an open discussion by different
m em bers, th e subject being th e Seabeck sum m er co n ­
ference and th e financial sta n d in g of th e association.
W ord has been received at C hem aw a to the effect
th a t W illie R eddie has been discharged from th e navy,
to w hich he was called a year ago. H e w as the ’cellist
in th e In d ian S trin g Q u artet sent out from Chem aw a,
at w hich school he received his en tire m usical ed u c a­
tion u n d er M r. T u rn e y . W hile stationed at the G reat
L akes naval base he was one of eight ’cellists in a
S ym phony O rchestra of seventy m em bers, being th e
only ’cellist who was not recru ited from som e of th e
large and celebrated orchestras of the co u n try , such
as th e T h o m as O rchestra of C hicago, th e M inneapolis,
C in cin n ati, St. L ouis, etc.
A le tte r reached a C hem aw a friend a few days ago
from A lex M elovidov, who is now in th e navy as a
m usician of the first class. A t th e tim e of w ritin g he
was stationed at Cardiff, W ales, but feared he m ight
be tran sferred to som e naval base in Ita ly . F rom
w hat A lex w rote he and his violin have been in great
dem and w herever he has been. A lex before the w ar
held dow n th e position of second violinist in th e
In d ian S trin g Q u artet sent o u t from C hem aw a a
couple of years ago, and w hich appeared on th e big
eastern circu its. H e is an x io u s for his release from
service th a t he m ay re tu rn to the S tates. H is loyalty
to C hem aw a and his friends here assures him a w arm
welcome w hen he again pays us a visit.