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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1920)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N LOCAL O ur new office is a thing of beauty. Miss S kipton spent M onday in P o rtlan d . N ex t week will be a gala tim e for all at Chem aw a. Irv in g S hepard m ade a hurried business trip to S eattle S atu rd ay and Sunday. T h e Sigm a Phi D elta Society held a pledge m eeting S unday at w hich several girls were pledged. E m ployes are a rran g in g for sum m er leave. first section will leave about th e m iddle of June. T he C om m encem ent— May 30th to Ju n e 4th. T h e an nouncem ents appear on the 4 th page of this issue. S tu d en ts who go hom e for sum m er vacation are on th e qui vive these days a rran g in g for th e jo u rn ey . E x am in atio n s will be com pleted tom orrow . It is understood th a t the stu d en ts have done well as a whole. Drs. M orse, S aurm an and R ow land are busy today in o u r school hospital rem oving enlarged neck glands and tonsils. T h e dress parade given each Sunday evening by the stu d e n t b atallio n — boys and girls— is som ething m ighty fine to view. M r. and M rs. Leroy G aith er of P o rtlan d spent th e w eek-end at C hem aw a as guests of M r. and M rs. C ham berlin. M r. K irk , property clerk, is u sin g every device know n to his profession in order to m ake th e supply of subsistence and other stores last to Ju n e 30th. T h e rem oval of equipm ent and stores from th e C u sh m an In d ian School to C hem aw a will be begun soon. T u la lip and F o rt Lapw ai are also in line for a share. Dr. R ow land, school physician, en tertain ed at her hom e in Salem on F rid ay evening. S u p erin ten d en t and Mrs. H all, Mr. and M rs. Loos were am ong the guests. T h e p ain ters have finished w ork on Brewer H all, sm all b oy s’ b u ild in g and th e d in in g hall. M r. S an ders is hav in g a good deal of w ork done w ith his vo cational boys. T h e lau n d ry is open m ornings from 6:30 to 11:30. I t is closed each afternoon. T h is is done to conserve fuel. M rs. W oods and M rs. F ra tis g et th e w ork out ju s t the sam e. M iss G ertru d e E ak in en tertain ed th e senior class in her hom e in Salem last evening. T h is was a very nice com plim ent and the class appreciated it very m uch. T h ey rep o rt a fine tim e. I t is understood th at the C ushm an In d ian School p lan t at T acom a, W ash ., has been leased to the U. S. H ealth D epartm ent at an annual ren tal of $15,000, to be effective Ju ly 1st n ex t. i PA G E 3 T h e baseball gam e S unday afternoon betw een th e F reshies an d Sophom ores resulted in a victory for th e F resh m en . T h e entire stu d en t body w itnessed the gam e and class sp irit ran high. A new store has ju st been opened on the Pacific H ig h w ay , across the road from the school farm . It will com pete no doubt with the tra d in g store of M r. H enderson located on th e cam pus. W illiam K ennedy, G eorge Berry, A ndrew W hite and G us G artiez, m em bers of the g ra d u a tin g class, having reached the age of 21, will receive a com petency certificate in addition to the diplom a. P la n tin g of late potatoes was com pleted on M onday. A bout 25 acres are planted this year, som ew hat less th an usual, but th e price of seed potatoes is so hig h th a t we were required to restrict the acreage. T h e general social S atu rd ay n ig h t was a huge affair and greatly enjoyed by all. T h e selling booth was crow ded th ro u g h o u t th e evening and a goodly sum was realized to assist in paying com m encem ent e x penses. E v ery p art of our school ran ch has been planted. T h e crops look splendid, especially the hay, oats and w heat. M r. T u rn e r, su p e rin te n d e n t of farm ing, is a fine m anager and is thorough in all farm and garden operations. W ith a fair season Chem aw a will have b um per crops. D u rin g th e chapel services last Sunday evening the orchestra played “ My N ative H ills ” o v ertu re by R ip ley, th e O ctette G irls sang “ My P ra y e r” as arranged by P arks, Mr. Bent played “ Sim ple A v eu ” by T hom e as a cornet solo, th e B oys’ O ctette sang “ Cast T h y Bread on th e W a te rs ,” and the choir sang “ Lead Me G ently H om e F a th e r” bv T hom pson. S upt. H all gave a splendid talk on the subject, “ Power of C hoice” — it was addressed directly to m em bers of the g ra d u atin g class, but was of interest and value to all. It was given w ith conviction, w hich added to its interest and value. T h e d em onstration d in n ers given by the Seniors of la te gave evidence of thoroughness in instru ctio n and practice. T he four senior girls who en tertained six guests at a tim e last week did them selves proud. E ach girl is required to m ake out her ow n m enu, cook an d serve to a com pany of six, item izing m a te r ials used, co m p u tin g th e cost, besides developing their ow n color schem e for the table and room decorations. PCach g irl, A nna M iller, R uby W hite, Rose Goff and M arguerite C ham berlin, did so well th a t it was diffi cu lt to give one m ore honor than the other. It has been said, and tru th fu lly so, th at C hem aw a’s girls are m ighty good cooks.
