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.
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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.