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 .
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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.