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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD HALL, Superintendent
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REPORTER’S NOTES
By Allan Shepard
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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.