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T H E CHEMAWA AM ERICAN
LOCAL
The farm and dairy forces are hard at work this
week filling the school silos.
It is said that Willamette Valley is more prosperous
this year than ever before in its history.
In spite of the dry season we secured over two thou
sand bushels of oats—sufficient for our needs.
While the summer just ended has been the driest
one known, Cheraawa on its 450-acre farm has, by
hard work and continuous cultivation, raised good
crops.
Apple picking is being carried on this week. The
horticulturist reports a bumper crop, sufficient for all
purposes until next spriug. They are certainly splen
did looking apples.
The prune crop is not so great as last year. We
have just closed down the drier after drying 6,000
pounds. These have been sacked and turned over to
the property man at the commissary.
Four thousand pounds of T. N. T. has been pur
chased for use in blowing out the stumps on the cut
over land, about forty acres. This land has been used
for pasture, but we expect to crop it next year.
Mr. Lipps gave such an excellent talk to the stu
dent body on his recent visit that Mr. Devol empha
sized it the Monday following in assembly and Mr.
Sanders again emphasized it in a talk he gave the
Winonas at their first meeting. It must be true that
we get from our school just what we put into it.
George T. Barrett and his ’cello arrived at the
school last Saturday evening to remain. Of late he
had been employed at Bellingham, W ash., where he
had done well. He intends to take special instruction
under Prof. John R. Sites, dean of music at Willamette
University. He has ample musical talent to warrant
such a move. He will prove quite a valuable additiou
to our orchestra.
On the 50-acre field west of the campus 206 tons of
oat and vetch hay was harvested and baled. About
fifty tons of cheat hay was secured from the bottom land
which, together with that harvested from odd pieces,
made a total of nearly three hundred tons. The dairy
barn is full to overflowing. Then about sixty tons is
set aside for the horses, leaving 150 tons to be sold.
Already about $3,000 have been secured from the sale
of hay.
During chapel exercises last Sunday evening the
orchestra played “ My Native H ills” by Ripley, the
choir sang “ Ways of Pleasantness” by Hoffman, and
H attie Martin gave a reading. Supt. Hall was in
charge and during the course of the evening he gave
a strong talk on some of the cardinal points in con
nection with those personal attributes which make
for real manhood and womanhood and good citizen
ship. Altogether it was an evening well spent.
The students at Chemawa w’ere the salvation of the
neighboring berry growers the past tw o seasons. The
girls and boys immediately at close of school in June
began working in the loganberries, raspberries, black
berries and black caps. The school was divided into
tw’o sections and these sections rotated throughout the
summer, working every other day in neighbors’ fruits
earning good wrages. The last job for the girls was
picking hops. Some made as much as $6 per day.
This occurred in Senator M cNary’s hop yard. A
good many dollars are picked up also by the smaller
boys w’orking during recreation hours for a nearby
vegetable grower.
SE N IO R NOTES
At this writing there are 16 Seniors and more on
wav.
A constitution for the Class of Twenty was w’orked
out in the English class meeting Friday, October 3.
My, it seems good to be back in school.” You
could hear it all over the campus the first week in Sep
tember.
The Seniors have had two good class programs and
another is in preparation. Each Friday one period
is given to business and program.
Annie Miller and Elizabeth Montgomery very ably
represented the Senior vocational» by their dem onstra
tion at the Chemawa booth at the State Fair.
If you see a Senior wdth a large green worm cuddled
carefully in her palm, don’t think its a new form of
mascot. Its just a subject for insect study.
The seniors are glad to have Andrew W hite and
Gus Gartiez become members of the “ T w enties.”
These boys “ did their bit” and we are proud to wel
come them.
The vocational are going “ ’round and ’ro u n d ,”
getting from class to class in their departmental work.
They are managing their passage from room to room
in most excellent order.
The saucy little blue and white caps are abroad on
the campus, even in the diningroom—but Miss Skipton
just smiles—knowing there’s a senior head under each
one—and those heads must have something to confine
them.
School opened with twelve members of the “ Class
of T w enty” on duty. A temporary class organiza
tion was effected, the colors, blue and white, were
raised, and a ringing song proclaimed the fine old
slogan, “ Service.”
On Friday October 3rd, the following were elected
officers of the class of twenty for the first semester:
Charles Williams, president; Annie Miller, vice-
president; Effie Davis, secretary; Elizabeth Mont
gomery, treasurer; A rthur Johnson, sergeant-at-arms;
Gus Gartiez, cheer leader.