T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCAL
Mrs. M cIntosh, who has been v isitin g her d au g h ter,
M rs. Janies, for the past m onth, left for her hom e in
W isconsin on M onday.
On M onday m o rn in g the various details at th e school
changed, b u t all seem s to be ru n n in g sm oothly about
the plant even so soon after the rotation of the w o rk
ers.
So far A pril w eather has been n o th in g to boast of.
E aster S u n d ay did not entice so m any fine h ats and
bonnets into the open as is custom ary. T h e w eather
was " ta b o o ” for h ats.
A nd now Julia Grom off, of our class of ‘19, m akes
a record in Salem H ig h w hich places h er on th e H onor
Roll. A gain we are proud of our stu d e n ts who do
th in g s.
Mrs. Bradley presented a b eautiful ecru linen cen ter
piece for th e large library table in th e living room at
C ottage H all. T h is is a nice little com plim ent and
th e occupants of th a t b u ild in g appreciate it.
T h e " F re s h ie s ” have been w ritin g invitations,
acceptances and d eclin atio n s in th e ir E n g lish work
recently. I t is said one of th e teachers intercepted an
in v itatio n , th in k in g it w as a note, and ex p lan atio n s
followed.
D r. W edge gave one of his stro n g ta lk s to th e s tu
d e n t body on M onday n ig h t last. H e held his a u d i
ence breathless th ro u g h o u t his discourse. V ery few
people have th e facu lty of in te re stin g our stu d en ts as
has Dr. W edge.
M rs. S herm an and Mrs. V an d ag rift en tertain ed at
S unday d in n er in honor of M rs. Brickell and Miss
E rm a F re ela n d . Besides th e hostesses and honor
g u ests there were Dr. and M rs. W edge, S u p erin ten d en t
and M rs. H all, M r. an d M rs. B radley.
T he little folks of the first grade, Miss Judd teacher,
presented to M r. and M rs. H all some beautiful E aster
g reetin g cards on F rid a y , th e w ork of various m em
bers of th e class. T hese card s were artistically dec
orated and w’ould do credit to a m uch h ig h er g rad e.
T h e chapel services last S u nday evening were of th e
usual excellen t ch aracter. S u p t. H all was in charge
an d th e program of th e ev ening was as follows: T h e
orchestra played " O n M ountain H e ig h ts ” by K iesler,
the B oys’ O ctette san g *‘P o ’ L ittle L a m b ” by P arks,
M arina N elson sang " T h a t T um ble-D ow n S h ack ” by
Sanders. W illiam F razier gave a recitatio n , th e choir
sang " C h ris t A ro se” by Low ry, Mr. T u rn e y gave
"R o ck ed in th e C radle of th e D eep” by K n ig h t as a
double bass solo. R ev. M r. Seeley of P o rtlan d was
present and at th e request of S u p t. H all gave a very
nice little talk ap p ro p riate to th e occasion.
Mr.
Seeley is no stra n g e r at C hem aw a and is alw ays a w el
com e visitor. H e is in ch arg e of the hom e m issionary
w ork of O regon.
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A DRAMATIZATION
A notice on a cam pus tree a t noon on last F rid ay
announced th a t th e Ju n io rs would present a play th a t
aftern o o n . A few curio u s people ventured in and re
ceived a program neatly p rin ted as follow’:
T he L ast Leaf
P resented by th e
Ju n io r Class
F rid a y , A pril 2, 1920
Cast of C h aracters
Jo h n se y —a sick
S u e—a frien d of
I)r. Jo n e s—tow n
B eh rm an —a m an
A ct
Act
Act
Act
g irl...... ............................ ..........M ildred H oover
J o n n s e y --------------------------- K a th e rin e L oftus
p h y sic ia n ------------------------ W illiam F ra z ie r
of a r t________________________ L ouis Colby
I ----------------------------------------------------------J o h n s e y 's H om e
I I --------------------------------------------------------Jo h n se y ’s Bedroom
I I I --------------------- -------------------------------- B e h rm a n ’s Room
IV -------- ------------------------ J o h n s e y ’s room th e « te x tm o rn in g
T h ere was a sign on th e w^all w hich read " C u rta in
D o w n ." P resen tly a boy exch an g ed it for ano th er
reading C urtain u p .” T he stag e was set w ith a bed,
a d raw in g table, and a stove, w hile on th e blackboard
at one side was drawm a w indow th ro u g h w hich could
be seen an ivy vine on a brick w all. All of these a r ti
cles w’ere labeled in plain le tte rs so th e audience
w ould not m istake an a p p a re n t ch air for a real ch a ir
w hen it wyas a bed. T h e actors proceeded to give a
very cred itable perform ance of the little dram atization
w hich th ey had m ade of th is story of O . H e n ry ’s.
Roy N u ck olls and C larence E d w ard s w ere th e general
m anagers; M abie B lodgett and T heresa G ua w ere the
ad v e rtisin g and program com m ittee; E dw in L iljegren
and C lara M orais w ere property directors and o th er
m em bers of the class w’ere u n d erstu d ies for the actors.
It was a good piece of w ork and w as done unassisted
from sta rt to finish by th e Ju n io rs.
SENIOR NOTES
Dr. W edge talked to th e S eniors on T h u rsd ay a fte r
noon. A ll enjoyed the talk.
T h e Class of ’20 has had 20 m em bers present all
th is w’eek— everybody w’ell and happy.
M ary W are, L ouise S ilverthorne and Effie Davis
gave some pleasing " s tr in g m u sic” on F rid a y .
H a ttie M artin and M arguerite C ham berlin each read
good them es of class in terest on the w eekly program .
E lizabeth M ontgom ery recited " W a d in ’ in de
C reek ” in a very e n te rta in in g w ay at class m eeting.
Miss S kipton arran g ed for the S eniors to celebrate
E aster by form ing the 1920 table in th e d in in g room .
Up to th e present every m em ber of th e class of ’20
is safe for g rad u atio n in Ju n e , b u t— O h, those final
exam inations!
F rid ay was th e last report d ay b u t one before com
m encem ent and it found th e Seniors busily averaging
and re-av eraging grades to see how near they are to
q u alify in g for those diplom as.
G us G artiez told th e class about th e discovery n ear
S an ta Fe, New M exico, recently, of a w hite m arble
house w’hich had been buried ages ago in a lava o v er
flow’. T h e house contained tw o skeletons, supposed
ly of pre-historic people.