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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1919)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N HAGE 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD HALL, Superintendent Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Glass Mail Matter SUBSCRIPTION - - 25Cts PER ANNUM SENIOR NOTES T h e Seniors are glad to welcome M rs. H all hom e. A ndrew W h ite told th e Seniors of his ex p erien ce in th e arm y. It was a very in terestin g talk. H attie M artin did credit to her class by her very good read in g of “ E n co u rag e m en t” at assem bly S u n day evening. E lizabeth M ontgom ery received 97 per. on her in dustrial rep o rt. Several received 90 per. and all are hopin g for n ex t tim e. O ne day last week th e Seniors w en t “ b u g g in g ,” ra th e r, th ey w ent on an entom ological ex p ed itio n , w ith very g ratify in g resu lts. T h e m ale q u a rte t of th e class of ’20 m ade its first appearance on F rid a y ’s program . W e hope to have them again. On last M onday, Suj>erintendent H all sp en t a period w ith th e Class of 1920. T hey had requested him to speak to them of th e ir d u ties as Seniors. I t was an “ executive session” so we shall have to w ait for results to tell w hat happened. T heodore F ay as had the highest average th is period —not q u ite 90 per. T h e class considered th is good enough to receive applause; how ever, as th ey say a l gebra is n ’t th e only subject th at deals w ith one, or m ore, unknow n q u an tities. On F rid ay , at reg u lar class period, A ndrew W hite and G us G artiez were form ally p resented w ith th eir blue and w h ite ’20 caps. E ven the teacher w as re m em bered and received m uch atten tio n as she passed about the cam pus later in the day w earing the jolly little cap. INDUSTRIAL ITEMS Much of the harvest is yet ahead of us, but a trip to th e root house will show a good q u an tity of apples and vegetables already u n d er cover. T h e farm ers are d ig g in g potatoes. W e are all hope ful th a t th e crop is a bum per one, as we have several h u n d red potato eaters here at the school. T h e boys in th e plum bing class have been stu d y in g h eatin g coils, hot w ater p lan ts and boilers for several days. T h e y have a very pleasant place for recitatio n . A t last th e blacksm iths have heat from th e cen tral p la n t in th e ir classroom . T h e plum bers have ju st com pleted th e line connecting th is b u ild in g w ith the gym . T he tailors are progressing nicely w ith the alteration of uniform s and are doing excellent w ork. T he boys who w ent into th is d ep artm en t for the first tim e this year are doing w ell. T h e carp en ters have com pleted th e building of class room s in four in d u stria l d ep artm en ts. T h ere is m uch w ork dem anded of th is d epartm ent as the in stru ctio n is as heavy as in any vocational course. T he bakers had th e m isfortune to have th e dough m ixer break th e o th er m orning and since th en they have been com pelled to m ake biscuits. E ightbread will soon be in o rd er again as ere long the m ixer will once more be in operation. T he p ain ters have finished th e house now occupied by Mr. and M rs. T u rn ey and have done some p a in t in g in th e q u a rte rs of Mr. Iliff and fam ily. T hey are now w orking at th e au d ito riu m , as th eir services seem needed th e m ost there at present. T h an k s to the en g in eerin g d ep a rtm en t, we are sav ing on th e com sum ption of coal at th e pow er plant T he am ount now req u ired for th e operation of the plant is considerably less than heretofore and we are m ighty glad of it as we shall have m ore for use if th e w inter proves severe. T h e sym phony of th e saw and th e ham m er goes m errily forth in th e co n stru ctio n of the new horse barn, w hich is now th e order of th e d a y . M any h ands m ake lig h t labor they tell us, b u t th ere is alw ays a chance for all to w ork as hard as they w ish. T h e new barn looks good to us now. even if we c a n ’t see all of it yet. W e know from th e indications th at th ere will soon be a barn th ere. LOCAL T h e Ju n io rs will tak e reg u la r high school algebra th is year. T hey expect to begin as soon as the new books arrive. T h ree large boxes of apparati were unpacked last week for the laboratory by the P hysics class. A second large cupboard for supplies and in stru m e n ts was also added to th e laboratory room . M r. F . J . S cott, w ho has been acting as clerk at C he m awa since his disch arg e from the arm y, has been a s signed to the Ponca S ub-A gency, O klahom a. All C hem aw a reg retted to have him leave. T he Seniors reported to th e P rincipal the o th er day th a t they could tell th e difference betw een a K aty-did and a tree toad. T hey are stu d y in g insects an in se c ti cides. T hey also can m ake B ordeaux M ixture. S upervisor H orace G. W ilson escorted a good sized party of stu d e n ts from th e B lackfeet A gency to C h e m awa, arriv in g on S u n d ay n ig h t. On M onday M r. W ilson took th e so u th b o u n d train for R oseburg. Since M rs. V an d ag rift has taken charge of th e m an agem ent of th e te a c h e rs’ club recent arrivals are re m arking how fat and well kept th e faculty appears and everybody is sm iling. It is attributed to the good care th e y are receiving. M rs. H all was w arm ly welcomed hom e again to C hem aw a on S u n d ay m o rn in g , after tw o m onths visit at points in S o u th ern C alifornia, w here she has so m any friends. M rs. Ja q u in s, or E ylah as she is m ore fam iliarly know n, recovered from her recent illness and we are glad to know she is her norm al self again.
