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
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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.