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T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
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Miss Ju a n a H olm es of P ortland visited at Chem aw a
recently as the g u est of Miss S kipton.
The school n u rse, M rs. C odding, who has been so
faith fu l, has received a substantial increase in pay.
T he old jail is on longer used for detention purposes
and is b eing m ade over in to a store room for cem ent.
E d n a W illett, A nna P eratro v ich , and S tanley S u t
ton, to g eth er w ith 12 new stu d en ts, arrived y esterd ay .
Leonti A nderson and Jo h n M urray, of A laska, e x
stu d e n ts, are welcome visitors at Chem aw a th is w eek.
Miss Iren e H ow ard, an arm y n u rse who has recen t
ly retu rn ed from F ran ce, was a guest of Miss S kipton
the past week.
Mr. W alsh, of Salem , rendered a vocal solo ac
com panied by Miss E ak in at th e afternoon services on
S unday w hich was m uch enjoyed.
C harles W illiam s, G eorge Lekanoff and Logan F ann
were delegates chosen to atten d the State Y. M. C. A.
C onference at M cM innville th at was held F rid ay , S a t
urday and S unday.
Rev. Mr. Pow ell, pastor of the Episcopal C hurch
in Salem , held services at C hem aw a on S u n d ay a fte r
noon last. It is th e in te n tio n to hold P ro te sta n t S er
vices once each m outh hereafter.
In the absence of Mr. Loos, our bandm aster, Mr.
Bent has been having band practice and leads th e band
at the various cerem onies. Several new m em bers have
joined and the m usic is m ost creditable.
Miss H azel H edrick, a clerk in the W ar D ep art
m ent at W ash in g to n , arrived at Chem aw a on T h u rs
day, h av in g been tran sferred to o u r Service. Miss
H edrick resides at San Jose, C alifornia.
F ran k Jo h n so n , a Chem aw a stu d e n t who g rad u ated
from th e Salem H ig h School in 1916 and who has
been atten d in g th e U n iv ersity of O regon since, was a
visitor over S u n d ay . H e was en ro u te to E u g en e.
Irv in g Shepard is pro u d ly carry in g some of the
bruises earned in th e football victory of Salem H igh
last S atu rd ay . W e are glad to have o u r old Chem aw a
p u p ils help g ath er honors w hen they go to an o th er
school.
L oulin Brewer has ju st received ap p o in tm en t to a
position in th e San F rancisco w arehouse. H e left on
M onday n ig h t. L oulin is a g rad u ate of C hem aw a
and also the Salem H ig h School and afterw ards a t
tended. O. A. C.
- Mrs. H attie F . E ato n , clerk , retu rn ed from her a n
nual leave last w eek, h av in g visited points in Idaho,
N ebraska, S outh D akota. W hile in D akota she d is
posed of a section of land w hich she held for a long
tim e, secu rin g $50 per acre for the same.
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C ards have been received from Reggie Downie,
w ho has been overseas, sta tin g th a t he has ju st arrived
at H oboken and will go to the Presidio, C alifornia,
to be discharged. W e hope to see him here soon.
T h e Y. W . C. A ., in th e presence of a large
atten d an ce of girls, held a snappy and brief program
at o n e-th irty p. m. in the m usic room of M cBride
H all, on S unday. Besides the usual songs and prayers,
a brief and in te re stin g m issionary story was given bv
Miss E akin and a song selection by th e Y. W. O ctette.
T h e sugar fam ine was broken on M onday, as three
sacks were secured from P o rtlan d . It is pretty hard
lines to have no su g ar for coffee or oatm eal. Mrs.
Brewer has been c a n n in g fru it ju st the same w ithout
su g ar. N ot one word of com plaint was heard, how
ever, from th e stu d en ts. Chem aw a has a loyal and
sensible stu d e n t body.
T h e farm departm ent has finished seeding 12 acres
to w heat and is now nearly th ro u g h plow ing th e 50-
acre tract east of the railroad w hich is to be seeded to
oats and vetch for hay. All hay and grain crops will
be seeded this fall. M r. Daly, T eacher of A g ricu l
tu re, in charge of the farm , is q u ite anxious to clear
th e stum page from 40 acres th is w inter.
T h e Sigm a Phi Delta Society of girls, of w hich
there are 20 m em bers present at this tim e, held th eir
first m eeting of th e year on S unday n ig h t after chapel
and elected officers, as follows: P resident, Rose
O ’Brien; vice-president, Alicia K im ball; secretary,
C atherine Reed; treasu rer, E leanor H ank; chaplain,
A nnie M iller; song leader, M ary M otanic. A very e n
th u siastic m eeting was held and plans discussed for
the year. T h is band of girls stand for the best at
Chem aw a.
O ur blacksm ith dep artm en t is one of the m ost v alu
able at this school. U n d er the present m anagem ent
all w ork, and there is a lot of it in connection w ith
the repairs at the engine house, is perform ed by the
blacksm ith force. It is no little satisfaction to enter
th a t d epartm ent and w itness th e busy boys and the
in terest taken in th eir advancem ent on part of Mr.
W elch. At present he is riv etin g a boiler front, re
p airin g a fan n in g mill, overhauling an autom bile, fix
ing a break in the stoker and num erous other small
jobs.
Chapel exercises last S unday were unusually good.
T h e o rchestra played a “ M orceau C h a ra c te ristiq u e ”
by P erlet, the O ctet G irls in th e ir first appearance
th is year sang “ T h e S tar are S h in in g B rig h tly ” by
B ronte, th e choir san g “ M em ories of G alilee” bv
Palm er, and E lizabeth M ontgom ery gave a splendid
read in g . D uring the evening S upt. H all addressed
the stu d e n ts in a m an n er w hich cannot have failed
to im press them . T h ere was a message in everv se n
tence. It was a splendid ta lk — beyond a doubt, one
of his best chapel addresses.