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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1920)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N LOCAL N ick H atch , an old stu d e n t, sp en t a dav or two w ith us d u rin g th e holidays. H e is now in P ortland and g ettin g along well. M rs. G eorge W atk in s, of M arshfield, O r., visited our school lately and was th e guest of M rs. C odding. She was greatly interested in th e progress noticeable at Cheinaw a. K iu tu s Jim , an ex -stu d e n t, sp en t a few days w ith us d u rin g the C hristm as season. H e saw service in F ran ce during the w ar, but on his retu rn hom e he engaged in farm ing. H e ow ns 80 acres of land near lo p p e n ish , W ash., and is g ettin g along nicely. Mr. F. V . M itchell, form erly a Chemaw’a em ploye but now of S eattle, paid us a visit d u rin g the holidays. V\ e were m ig h ty glad to see him . H e is now’ em ployed by the D epartm ent of A g ricu ltu re as a pure food inspector and is doing well, wre are pleased to state. L ast S aturday n ig h t the A m erican Legion b ask et ball team of R oseburg played our bovs here at the school. It was a splendid gam e, clean and fair on th e p art of both team s, th e utm ost good will prevail ing. O u r boys are show ing far better team w ork th an in the past in fact, it is splendid now. T h e gam e was p retty fast and was a good one to w itness. O u r boys defeated the visitors in a score of 38 to 22. D u rin g the holiday week there was m uch stren u o sity dem anded of the disciplinary forces, M r.B ent and M r. D ow nie looking after athletics and various “ s tu n ts ” connected therew ith and M r. Loos h an d lin g the band at all these affairs. All this in addition to their re g u lar d u tie s certain ly dem anded th a t they should expend th o u g h t and energy in large m easure. T he m any e n te rta in in g attra ctio n s of the holiday season at C he m awa evidenced th at they w ere equal to all dem ands. T h a n k s are th eirs. T hey did well in every instance— th e re was not a hitch anyw here. Rev. V . A. P etzoldt, a B aptist m inister for seven teen years at the Crow A gency, M ontana, visited at Chemaw’a a few days ago ami w hile here addressed several m eetings. H e is a ready and able speaker and m ade a splendid im pression on all w ho heard him . H e had m any nice th in g s to say of our school, both as to th e p lan t and its appearance and those w ho com pose the school, also of o u r fine clim ate and location. T h e gen tlem an is connected w ith the In terch u rch W o ild M ovem ent and is m aking a survey of th e Inffian te rrito ry of th e N orthw est, having as his dom ain for inspection the states of M ontana, W yom ing, Idaho, O regon an d W ash in g to n . O u r chapel service last S unday evening was m ost in terestin g in m any w ays. On request th e orch estra played “ C athedral C him es” by A rnold-B row n, a se x It is a pleasure to chronicle w ork w herein there is tet of g irls san g “ T he S tars are B rightly S h in in g ,” by B ronte, the choir sang “ W ays of P lea san tn e ss” by m erit and capacity of a high order com bined. At th is w ritin g we have specially in m ind o u r bakery as it is H offm an, and Rev. W . A . P etzoldt, w ho was visiting handled by M r. C hapm an. In the past it was im pos us, m ade a few pleasing rem arks in response to 311 in vitation from S u p t. H all. T h e talk m ade to the s tu sible to get a certain class of work done at the bakery dents by S upt. H all was one of th e best he has ever th ro u g h lack of will or capacity. N ow , th a n k s to M r. C hapm an, all is different and the bake shop force is m ade, and th is is saying quite a bit for his w hole equal to all dem ands. A lw ays w illing and alw ays series of talks have been splendid from first to last. W e hope to rep rin t his address in our next issue. It efficient, M r. C hapm an takes q u ite a burden off of the may be of in terest to m any to read ou r chapel program dom estic science and the big kitchen departm ents. of the week before, as follows: T h e orchestra played H e fills a long felt w ant. “ D evotion” by M ackie-B eyer, M aud C raig sang L ast week we were glad to have as visitors Mr. and “ W hen th e Roses Bloom ” by R e ich a rd t,E lea n o r H auk M rs. C harles A. Bird and M r. and Mrs. Jam es W . on request recited “ L a sc a ,” C harles W illiam s sang S tew art of B row ning, M ontana. Mrs. S tew art before “ T he H eart of a R ose” by M ethven, a septet of girls her m arriage was Miss F an n ie A dam s. She g ra d u sang Lassie o Mine by W alt, and as a special ated at Chem aw a som ething like six years ago. M r. num ber the choir sang th ree beautiful C hristm as Bird is vice-president of th e S to ck m an ’s S tate Bank carols. of B row ning and he and his brother-in-law , Mr. S tew SE N IO R NOTES art, are m utually interested in h an d lin g live stock. W e are very glad to have them visit us, even though All are ready for the hom e-stretch on those final they were here b u t a few’ brief hours. T hese splendid stu d ies w hich lead to th a t diplom a. citizens are all products of th e U nited States In d ian T he general opinion in th e S enior Class is th at Schools and need take a back seat for no-one in the th ere never was such a happy holiday tim e before. m atter of capacity, financial or otherw ise. F o r in T h e Class of *20 held a spirited business m eeting stance, these gentlem en recently shipped 3.000 head of on F rid a y . T h e tre a su re r’s rep o rt, w hich included cattle from the B row ning cou n try down to T exas to the proceeds from the “ V arsity C o a c h ,” aroused m uch w inter them en th u siasm .
