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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1920)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N LOCAL Mrs. Cox sp en t a couple of days in P o rtlan d last w eek . M r. K irk left yesterday over the S outhern Pacific for Tacom a on school business. W e play th e Pacific U niversity basketball team at C hem aw a n ex t S atu rd ay evening. R egular inspection on S u n d ay of all five dorm itories last week found them in excellent shape. T he new em ployees’ q u arters is being christened by Mr. Devol and several teachers. T h e rooms are large and well heated. Professor and M rs. F itch of th e faculty at the O regon A g ricu ltu ral College were guests of M rs. Risser d u rin g the holidays. T he dense fog of th e past few days tu rn s day, as it were, into n ig h t. A ccom panied as it is w ith cold w eather, all vegetation is w hite w ith frost. M rs. Brewer is p lan n in g to extend her chicken operations th is sp rin g . Last s p rin g ’s pullets are la y ing and su p p ly in g th e kitch en s w ith eggs. Ju st a few days longer and o u r big barn for th e horses will be com pleted and ready for use. T he new office and lib rary are the n ex t b u ild in g s to be co n stru cted . Mr. D avid T u rn e r has been prom oted to th e posi tion of farm director and will have en tire ch arg e of th e farm , g ard en and orchards, w ith th ree assistan ts under hint. It is q u ite g ratify in g to know th at o u r h igh school stu d en ts are m aking such good m arks. “ E x c e lle n t” and Good are the p red o m in atin g ch arateristics as show n on each rep o rt. T w elve couples of stu d e n ts had an especial d in n er on T h u rsd ay ev en in g at the dom estic science prepared ami served by the 2nd year vocational class under th e direction of Mrs. B rickell. T o n ig h t Chem aw a plays the M t. A ngel College q u in te t on our floor. From w hat we learn the v isit o rs are fast and will no d o u b t make our team do some good w ork in ord er to win. Miss M yrtle P eters, financial clerk, left for her home at G resham , W isconsin, on S aturday last on her annual leave. T h is is th e first tim e Miss P eters has visited her hom e d u rin g a period of fourteen years. M r. C. L. G ates and m other were the guests of S u p erin ten d en t and M rs. H all for several days last week. M r. G ates was for years connected w ith In d ian School w ork, but resigned to accept a position in the Los A n geles H igh School as head of the com m ercial d e p a rt m ent. H e has ju st recently taken ch arg e of th e com mercial and Spanish classes at the P ortland Y .M .C .A . PA CE 3 V ery few people around C hem aw a appear to be sick. Business at the hospital is poor, we are pleased to report. Mr. Iliff, our w orthy S u p erin ten d en t of In d u stries, and fam ily, have purchased a to u rin g car and use it, too, on off” hours. T h ere are ten autos, one tru c k , and one trac to r, in frequent use at Chem aw a. Mr. Jam es and his force of tailors have uniform s com pleted sufficient for all stu d e n ts in M itchell H all and one com pany in Brew er. T h ey will be issued as soon as the caps arrive w hich were shipped from Chicago some weeks ago. Dr. P hilips, who has been at Chem aw a for some weeks in his official capacity as eye specialist, left for Siletz A gency on S unday. T h e Doctor rem oved tonsils from about tw enty stu d e n ts w hile here as well as doing other appreciated w ork. Mary M otanic has been absent for the past ten days, having gone to her hom e at U m atilla reservation to assist in special exercises of the P resbyterian c h u rc h . Mary is the leader. She retu rn ed on S atu rd ay and is hard at w ork m aking up lost studies. A n n o u n cem en ts have been received bv Mrs. H all and the Sigm a girls of th e m arriage of H arriet V erney at K etch ikan, A laska, to F ra n k L easch. H arriet is an old stu d e n t and a m em ber of the Sigm a Phis, but was called hom e on account of sickness before g ra d u ation. O ne of the principal social events of the season was the d in n e r given by th e Ju n io rs and Miss W h ite h o n oring the Seniors and M rs. Rissei on New Y ears Day. T he dom estic science diningroom was beautifully d ec orated in the se n io rs’ colors, blue and w hite, w ith blue birds suspended from all angles. T h e d in n e r was faultlessly cooked and well served and the Seniors appreciated the com plim ent given them to the fullest e x te n t. Clever stu n ts w ere given betw een courses by the Ju n io rs. A fter the d in n er th e Seniors assem bled in the parlor and gave an im prom ptu program , m uch to the d elig h t of all present. A splendid talk by S u p t. H all a t chapel service last Sunday evening was received by all w ith th e atten tio n due it. It w as an u n u su ally fine address along lines w h ich appeal to the best and noblest qualities w ith w hich we as hum an beings are endow ed. Only good can result from a talk of th is character. W e hope to publish it in our n ext issue. In addition to the a d dress of S upt. H all the orch estra played a “ m in u e t” by L ully, Maud C raig san g the “ E lf-M a n ” by W ells, M arina Nelson recited “ T h e F a m in e ” from H iaw atha, and the choir sang “ G o and F in d th e W a n d erer” by O gden.