T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCAL
Miss H ed rick spent th e w eek-end at P o rtlan d .
All w in ter crops have been sow n, th e last being 30
acres of oats.
M r. S tew art en tered on d u ty again on M onday after
a few d a y s’ sick leave.
F red W ild er atten d ed a Y . M. C. A. conference at
M cM innville last w eek-end.
T h e farm force is busy clearing off the stu m p s on
th e 30-acre trac t south of the barn.
Joh n Beyers an d N ick Orloff sailed from S eattle on
M onday for th e ir hom es in A laska.
M r. and M rs. T u rn e y and M rs. R isser autoed to
P ortlan d on S atu rd ay to secure m usic for com m ence
m ent use.
Rose O ’Brien and M arguerite C ham berlin spent
S atu rd ay and S u n d ay in P o rtlan d v isitin g friends and
relatives.
T h e d ep artm en tal stu d e n ts miss their teacher, Miss
H e n d rix , who has been ill for th e past week and co n
fined to her room .
Mrs. B rew er’s fam ily honored her on S u n d ay w ith a
b irth d ay d in n er. Miss S kipton was th e only g u est
outside of th e fam ily.
T h e C hem aw a ju n io r basketball hoopers defeated
th e ju n io r h ig h school team in Salem last S atu rd ay
evening by a score of 18 to 17.
Mr. H au ser, o u r n ig h tw atch m an , has been slig h tly
u nder th e w eather for the past few days. W allace
Beebe has su b stitu ted in his place.
F u rn itu re , co n sistin g of tables, chairs and settees,
for th e new reception room in th e em ployes’ q u arte rs,
is being m ade by M r. W oods and his boys.
It takes a larg e crew to unload the m any cars of
coal arriv in g of late at the school and prevent d e m u r
rage charges. T h e coal shed is full and th e ground
piled h ig h .
Miss H a u p t, of W ash in to n , D. C ., made a to u r of
ou r school on M onday. She is a lectu rer on In d ian
life and was form erly a m issionary am ong the O neidas
in W isconsin.
Miss E velyn W oods was a visitor at hom e over S u n
day. She would re tu rn oftener b u t is engaged each
S unday to sing at th e Episcopal ch u rch . She has a
splendid voice.
T he W inonas had no m eeting on F rid a y evening as
they bad ad jo u rn ed to a tten d th e E x celsio r open ses
sion and learned th a t it had been postponed too late
to prepare a W in o n a program for them selves.
Mr. F orce and his helpers, and detail generally, are
alw ays busy m ak in g rep airs to the m achinery and
pow er system . T h e boys feel som etim es th a t th is
w ork is q u ite heavy, and it is, b u t th e experience is
highly in stru ctiv e and will tell in th e ir fu tu re success.
A visit to th e a rt needlew ork d ep artm en t, and sew
ing d ep artm en ts generally at Chem aw a, is w orth w hile.
T h e dem o n stratio n dresses made by the Seniors and
Ju n io rs are w orks of art and th e c la s s o f w ork th ro u g h
o u t th is d ep a rtm en t is m ost creditable. T h e g irls are
all in terested and are show ing m uch appreciation for
th e train in g they are receiving.
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In spite of th e fact th a t three of th e academ ic te ach
ers have been absent for a week on account of illness,
our principal, M r. Devol, supplied th e places and
operated all th ree class room s w ithout a break.
A th letic M anager Bent has ju st closed th e dates for
tw o m ore basketball gam es to be played on the hom e
floor— V ancouver A m erican Legion team on F ebruary
18th and the S o u th P arkw ay team of P ortland on the
28th.
T h e big bake oven at th e school bakery was taken
dow n and rem oved to the ju n k pile the other day. It
had served its purpose for m any years and finally be
cam e useless. A new u p-to-date fire brick oven took
its place.
F riday our g irls ’ basketball sextet will play at Silver-
ton against the high school team . T he girls are b attin g
a thousand so far th is season and are practicing over
tim e th is week to put Silverton, th e ir old rival, dow n
to defeat.
V eltha F razier, an o u tin g pupil, who had been
w orking in Portland since last sum m er, has r e tu r n
ed to C hem aw a to take a course at the Salem B usi
ness College. H er m any friends are glad to welcome
her hom e, especially the Sigm as.
C om pany B of boys will appear on Sunday n e x t in
their new uniform s, w hich have been com pleted in
our school tailo rin g d ep artm en t. T his com pletes the
un ifo rm ing of th e tw o larger com panies— 200 boys.
W ork is progressing on the balance.
T h irty of th e larger boys boarded th e school tru c k
on T h u rsd ay afternoon and drove to P ortlan d to w it
ness th e basketball gam e betw een Chem aw a and S outh
Parkw ay in the Y . M. C. A. gym . T hey got back
about 3 a. m. on F rid ay and had a fine tim e.
Mr. T u rn e r, farm su p e rin ten d en t, has taken posses
sion of the new horse barn. H e moved all of the horses
into th eir new stalls the o th er day. T h e barn is large
and com m odious, having a fine classroom and office
th erein , as well as all conveniences to properly care
for the horses.
H enry D arnell, Russell A dam s, R obert Service, M r.
and Mrs. F ran cis Boyce and a num ber of others, all
ex -stu d en ts, attended the C hem aw a-Loyal Legion
basketball gam e at V ancouver and loyally rooted for
Chem aw a. Russell and Robert were ’varsity players
w hile at school.
S u n d ay evening th e chapel services were in ch arg e
of S u p t. H all, as usual, and w ereof m ore than ordinary
in te re st. S u p t. H all gave a splendid talk to those as
sem bled; not only was the theory good, but his
counsel to the stu d e n ts bore th e stam p of com mon
sense and practicab ility . In addition to the talk of
S upt. H all the orchestra played an “ Indian I n te r
m ezzo” by Brow n, M aude C raig sang “ S om etim e” by
W inne, th e choir sang “ As W e ’ve Sown So Shall W e
R e a p ” by Davis, and on request the O ctet G irls sang
“ W ill It P a y ” by E xcell.