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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1920)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N LO C A L M r. W oods is back at his post again after a siege of severe illness caused from a series of hem orrhages from the nose due to h igh blood pressure. M rs. Brew er is still confined to her hom e after u n d erg o in g a painful surgical operation. She is b et te r, and all C hem aw a wish h er speedy and en tire re covery . PAGE 3 M r. Iliff, su p erin ten d en t of industries, is again on d u ty . A dolph Picard and sister G e rtiu d e spent th e week end in P o rtlan d . M r. B row n, of the laboring force, is assisting on the cam pus this w’eek. Some tim e ago he had the m isfo rtu n e to receive a severe cut on his arm w hich laid him up. M iss G ertru d e E a k in , religious w orker, was at her post of d u ty at C hem aw a on Sunday for th e first tim e in several w eeks. T h e stu d e n ts were glad to welcome her re tu rn . Land in the vicinity of Chemaw’a is b rin g in g good prices these days, ran g in g according to im provem ents from $600 to $800 per acre. A good m any tracts have chan g ed hands. C hem aw a desires to acknow ledge the receipt of a big box of plants and bulbs from its brother school, S herm an in s titu te at R iverside, C alifornia, for w hich we are q u ite th a n k fu l. Dr. Rov H . Baker, Indian Service d en tist, has been a t Chemaw’a several weeks. H e has done a lot of good w ork here, equal to th e best of d en tists anyw here. Dr. and M rs. Baker are charm ing people and their m any friends at Chem aw a will reg ret when the tim e comes for them to go io other fields. Both green houses— th e one for th e vegetable garden as well as for th e flower g ard en s—are chock full of seed beds for th e various p lan ts and flow ers. Both d ep artm en ts are g iv in g no little atten tio n to this phase of th e w’ork. Q uite a num ber of stu d e n ts su b m itted to operations M onday afternoon and ev ening in th e rem oval of e n larged neck g lan d s as w’ell as tonsils. Drs. Row land an d Brow n perform ed the su rg ery , assisted by Mrs. C odding and h er detail of pupil nurses. T h e D eclam ation C ontest try -o u t tak es place to m orrow evening. T h ere will be in the neighborhood of six teen co n testan ts. T h is is th e last annual event as show n in our calendar before com m encem ent ex e r cises w hich take place d u rin g th e first week of Ju n e. C em ent w alks are now being co n stru cted in fro n t of th e two new bungalow’s on the east side of the track . T h is im provem ent, coupled w ith the g rad in g around th e cottages and sow ing of lawn grass and p lan tin g flowers, will add g reatly to th e appearance of th a t p a rt of our cam pus. In passing th ro u g h th e d ressm ak in g d ep artm en t on S atu rd ay aftern o o n last it was pleasing to w itness a num ber of y o u n g lady stu d e n ts c u ttin g out and m ak in g dresses for them selves, at a tim e, too, w hen m ost of th e g irls were in Salem , as it was g irls’ “ tow n d a y .” T hese you n g ladies w ere d em o n stratin g to good effect th e in stru ctio n received. A m eetin g was held in M itchell H all parlor Sunday ev en in g after chapel at w’hich a crow d of the older and m ore pro m in en t boys atten d ed . I t was held for the purpose of devising m eans by w hich ath letic activities at C hem aw a m ay be m ade m ore general, so as to in clude all of th e stu d en ts, and th a t o u r various ’varsity team s m ay have the tra in in g and coaching to enable them to confine th e gam es m ore largely to the big colleges, or as m uch as is consistent. D u rin g chapel service on S unday evening the or ch estra played “ A V iscayan B elle” by E no, M aude C raig sang “ A Bowl of R oses” by C lark, the choir sang “ V olunteers A re W a n te d ” by H offm an, and S u p t. H all gave a splendid talk to th e stu d en ts on living dowm m istakes and profiting by them . It was a pleasing evening. Several boxes of C alifornia greenery including acacia, pepper boughs w ith berries, asparagus and plum osas fern, as well as a nice little box of orange blossom s w’ere received on M onday by Mr. and M rs. H all, w hich will be used in th e Sigm a party decor ations. M r. F red L ong of Sherm an In stitu te , an old- tim e friend, presented this greenery w ith his com pli m ents. A gang of boys have been very busy for the past week g e ttin g the track in shape for th e sp rin g m eets. N ew cin d ers have been placed th ro u g h o u t th e one- q u a rte r m ile, tam ped dow n and m ade sm ooth and firm. M uch activity is noticed each n ig h t after school on th e ath letic field, scores of boys practicin g the various events, w hich includes ru n n in g , h u rd lin g , pole v a u lt in g , ju m p in g , sh o t-p u t, javelin throw , etc., as well as baseball. T h e cold w eather of D ecem ber, w hen the th e r m om eter on three consecutive m ornings ranged from 16 to 18 degrees below zero, destroyed all shrubbery and vines dow n to 'th e snow line. T h e result is th at the beautiful greenery w hich it took years to grow on th e various buildings had to be rem oved. L uckily there were about tw o feet of snow at th e tim e w hich saved the roses and shrubs. Even our fir trees have a dingy appearance. H ow ever, tim e will rem edy it all. It is said th a t there will be no pears, peaches, prunes or plum s. All loganberries w hich were trained on the w ires will have no fru it th is year, but those yards w here the vines were protected w ith a covering of snow will bear. It looks at th e p resent tim e th at straw b erries is the only sure crop th is year unless it niav be apples.
