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PA G E 4 T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N FACULTY ITEM 8 T he follow ing brief p arag rap h s tell th e vacation story of m any faculty m em bers at C hem aw a: Mr. Devol spent vacation days at his hom e in O hio. Miss M cDowell sp en t educational leave at O. A. C ., Corvallis. Miss W h ite took the A laska trip th is su m m er, going as far up as K odiak. Miss W ooton is now em ployed in a d e p a rtm e n t store in San F rancisco. Mrs. E ato n is sp en d in g her vacation in Idaho, but is expected hom e before long. M rs. Canfield rep o rts a splendid vacation w ith frien d s in S o u th ern C alifornia. Miss Scholder enjoyed th e attra ctio n s of Seattle, Tacom a and P o rtlan d d u rin g her vacation. Miss H e n d rix and Miss W h ite atten d ed W a sh in g ton S tate N orm al at B ellingham for a few w eeks. Mr. F . J. Scott, our form er clerk, has been w ith us again for a sh o rt tim e since his d ischarge from th e arm y. Mrs. R isser spent a pleasant and profitable vacation period at Seattle, w here she took special w ork at the U niversity of W ash in g to n . M r. Loos has a fine crow d of A laskan children ready to come to us, but tran sp o rtatio n is very congested and they m ay not all get here. Miss R oberts was called east to atten d to some b u s iness reg ard in g th e settlem en t of her u n c le ’s estate, but retu rn ed in due tim e for school. LOCAL Alicia K im ball, class of *19, is now at W illam ette U niversity. Rose O 'B rien retu rn ed prom ptly on reg istratio n day and is now w o rk in g tow ard a diplom a from the Salem H igh School n ex t June. E leanor H a u k , L ogan F a n n , G eorge Lekanoff and A llan S hepard, four of last y e a r’s g rad u ates, are well started in third year w ork at the Salem H ig h . T w o are ta k in g college p rep arato ry and three are ta k in g th e business course in accounting. D uring th e week of the S tate F air M r. M. W . Cooper, an old-tim e em ploye at C hem aw a b u t now principal at K lam ath A gency, paid a visit to th is sec tion and renew ed his acq u ain tan ce here. W e were glad to see M r. Cooper and to note th a t he was in good h ealth and g ettin g along nicely. H e is pleased w ith conditions at K lam ath A gency. R obert Service, ex-C hem aw a stu d e n t and “ o ver se a s” v eteran , spent a day at th e school last w eek. D u rin g th e su m m er he fished on the C olum bia River and did w ell. W hen here he was enroute to S o u th ern O regon, w here he expects to be em ployed for some tim e in connection w ith construction w ork on the roads. W e were all glad to see him . A new boy cam e in and was classified in the voca tional d ep artm en t. T h e old boys told him he w ould be allow ed to choose his industrial detail and su g g e st ed th a t th e m ost desirable job on the grounds was hall b o y ’ at M cBride H all. T h e boy m et the S u p er in te n d e n t of In d u strie s and asked to be detailed to th a t position. M cBride H all is the large g irls ’ hom e. M ONEY CIRCULATION H ow does m oney get in circulation? T h is is a very com m on question, th o u g h it is stran g e th a t it should be asked so often. P aper m oney is sim ply a prom ise to pay by the governm ent; it is sim ilar to a note issued by th e governm ent; it is sim ilar to a note issued by a private ind iv id u al, except th a t no p articu lar tim e of paym ent is stated and it carries no interest. A p riv ate citizen may buy an auto and pay for it by g iving his note. W hen the governm ent needs m aterials of an y kind or has to pay salaries, etc ., it han d s out c u r rency to th a t am o u n t. T h is m oney im m ediately goes in to circulation and there is no foim ality about it. A g o v ernm ent clerk in W ashington receives his salary envelope tw ice a m onth; in th is envelope is his pay, in the form of crisp new bills direct from th e treasu ry . H e pays out these bills for a n y th in g he requires, g iv in g them to th e storekeepers and others. T h is illu strates how all m oney gets into circulation. TH E GREAT A M ERICAN On th e sum m it of a peak in the Black H ills of S outh D akota stan d s a tow er bearing the sim ple in scrip tio n , To T heodore R oosevelt—the A m eric an .” No f u r th e r designation is, indeed, necessarv. T heodore Roosevelt was a statesm an, a histo rian , a jo u rn a list, a big gam e h u n te r, a n atu ra list, an explorer, but in and above all he was an A m erican, whose ru lin g p a s sion was his c o u n try . H e served his co u n try w ith every side of his versatile being. H e rescued from oblivion a rom antic era of her history; he studied her wild anim als and birds and gave them sanctuaries; he redeem ed her deserts; he struggled for law and order on her frontier, and for hu m an ity in her slum s; he fo u g h t for th e honor of her flag, in war and peace, abroad and at hom e, w ith pen and sword and th e o r ganized pow er of high position. H e loved A m erica, and w ith every breath he drew he served her. Roosevelt the A m erican! T h e path of th e traito r, the dem agogue, th e spoilsm an, th e profiteer, the rev olu tio nist, th e fifty-fifty citizen, is rough and difficult in A m erica to-day largely because of the w ords and deeds of T heodore Roosevelt d u rin g th e last q u a rte r ce n tu ry . L ike a splendid torch, his A m ericanism , if to be tru e to th e best she know s, must continue to blaze th ro u g h the centuries to come.
