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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1919)
V A PAGE 2 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN — Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD HALL, Superintendent Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager ... -- ------------------------------------------------------------- T---- ------ Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class Mail Matter SUBSCRIPTION 25Cts PER ANNUM REPORTER’S NOTES By Allan Shepard = not so joyons as it might have been. Still, you nevfcr can tell. The Y. Ws. are intending to give an entertainment for the good of their association. Next Monday is the date set and it is the intention to give you about $5 worth of “ good time” for 15 and 25 cents. Does ■ not that appeal to you? The Excelsiors have elected the last outfit of officers for the year: Irving Shepard, president; Paul Lip- hart, vice-president; George Lekanoff, secretary; Ja cob Mynuk, treasurer; Logan Fann, reporter; and Percy Minesinger, sergeant-at-arms. SEVENTH GRADE ENTERTAINS The first year vocational class proved themselves delightful entertainers last Saturday evening on the The carpenters have just completed a new grand occasion of their annual party. This is a large class and with their many guests comfortably filled the stand on our athletic field. floor of our spacious gymnasium. The gym was Tha engineers have just completed the task of paint aglow with spring blossoms and with the effective ing the boilers in their department. draping of class and school pennants, together with Miss.Carter was sick and unable to look after her greenery and the flower-bedecked white lattice work screens, rendered the appearance of the room very classes for a couple of days last week. pleasing. During the past week the plumbers repaired the The class president, James Choate, headed the re bathing appurtenances at Brewer Hall. ception line while Gertrude Todd and Josephine Cor William Kennedy was a guest of the girls of the bett escorted the guests to their seats. Each guest Junior class at dinner one day last week. upon entering was given an artistic card containing Carl Madsen, a small boy who has been in the hos the program for the evening. The young people of the seventh grade were most solicitous in looking af pital for some time, is now getting better. The vocational sewing classes are working on ter their guests, and an unusually good time was had bv all. dresses for exhibition during Commencement. Delicious refreshments very daintily served was The windows at the Small Boys’ Home received re one of the many pleasant features of the evening. pairs last week at the hands of the carpenters. Elmer Therriault and Charles Buchert delivered stunts The wooden parts of the wheelbarrow’s in use in from the platform. The class in giving this alto coal handling are being repaired at the blacksmith gether successful affair was ably assisted by Miss shop. Hendrix, the instructor. The first year vocational The first year vocational in the sewing department as a whole have done well this year and great things are working on the graduating dresses for the girls of are expected of them in the future. the senior class. CHEMAWA DROPS ONE TO “PEN ” The various matrons have enacted a very strict law to protect the flowers about the grounds. It has our The penitentiary team, with Snyder in the box, unqualified endorsement. scored a victory over our boys last Saturday, of 8 to 1. The Juniors enjoyed a picnic during the early part Manager Keller’s boys took advantage of the erratic of last w’eek. From what we learn nothing occurred fielding of Ezekial at short, and concentrating their to mar the joyousness of the occasion. attack on that one weak spot, crossed over five runs The carpenters are making a new chicken house in the first inning before Coach Hauser sent him to near the big kitchen. There were too many rats at the bench. the old place, hence the new structure. Lawrence pitched a brilliant game throughout, with The photographer was abroad at Chemawa last W’eek, at which time he took a number of pictures, in the boys playing a fairly good ball, but woefully weak with the stick. Asbill behind the bat played cluding McBride Hall and the auditorium. The student teachers had a party on Wednesday his usual good game, also did some nice base running, night—all went as seven-year-olds. There not being only to be stranded at third when the others failed to a single boy invited we fear that the occasion was hit at the proper time. Mrs. Rose Hamilton arrived last week for a visit with her daughter, Rose.
