T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCAL
T h e painters are busy going over all th e bedsteads
in W inona H all.
H arriet Cain will play the saxophone in th e school
o rchestra th is year.
M r. Ross is very busy seeding th e flower p lan ts tor
early sp rin g flowers.
W e were o u t of coal over S unday. L uckily it was
a w arm su n sh in ey day.
Plow ing and seeding our g rain , both w heat and
oats as well as hay, is in progress.
It is expected th a t considerable of our stu m p land
will be cleared th is fall and w inter.
P o tato d ig g in g will com m ence im m ediately, p ro
vided the w eather rem ains clear.
Miss S kiptou has been on the sick list for the past
week, th reaten ed w ith pneum onia.
Inspection of the various b u ild in g s on S unday
show ed ev ery th in g in fine condition.
Mrs. Jam es is bew ailing the appearance of her g a r
den. T h e cows were out the o th er n ig h t.
T h e stu d e n ts had roast pork on S unday as our pig
m an, M r. Bettles, furnished several pigs for d in n er.
M r. Roy P am bron of U m atilla a form er stu d e n t at
Chem aw a, b ro u g h t his two boys to school on M onday.
Miss L aw rence is actin g as nurse for the n ex t two
weeks. She is a g rad u ate nurse and th e hospital seems
to be in good hands.
Brew er H all has tak en on a new lease of life. T h e
halls and room s and dorm itories are well kept. Mrs.
Rose Downie is in ch arg e of th e building
V alov P earson, from th e K lam ath A gency, is a very
good autom obile m echanic. H e dem onstrated his ab il
ity on a big car w hich stalled in front of the school on
Saturday.
O ne carload of flour has ju st been purchased from
th e F o rt L apw ai A gency m ill, costing eig h t dollars
and som e cents per barrel. T h is is under the m arket
quotation at th e present tim e.
Flossie S k u ltk a and three other stu d e n ts arrived
from K etch ik an , A laska, S unday n ig h t. T h is is the
com m encem ent of F lo ssie’s second term . She states
th a t other ex -stu d en ts are very an x io u s to re tu rn .
T h ro u g h lack of space we are com pelled to leave o u t
the reports of our literary societies this w eek. W e
may add, how ever, th a t all of th e societies met as u s
ual and good rep o rts of w ork done were handed us.
" S m ilin g ” Jim m ie C hoate retu rn ed to school on
S u n d ay . Jim is a very p opular boy at C hem aw a.
H is genial sm ile is alw ays refreshing, as everybody
likes a happy face ra d ia tin g sunshine. Jim will add
stre n g th to o u r football team .
T h e initial m eeting of the Sigm a Phi Delta society
took place on S u n d ay ev ening at the home of Mrs.
H all. New officers w ere elected, who are as follows:
C atherine R eed, president; Julia Grom off, vice-presi
dent; V eltha F razier, secretary; M arguerite C ham ber
lin, treasurer; H attie M artin, corresponding secretary;
E leanor H an k , chaplain; Alicia W alters, song leader.
P lans for the y e a r’s work were discussed. R efresh
m ents were served.
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A special detail of
forty boys was sent to the
lake bottom on M onday afternoon to g ath er the
big crop of onions
Some years ago we constructed a
special b u ild in g 30x80 feet in w hich to store and dry
our onions. It will be p re tty well filled this year.
I t became necessary to cover the 30 or 40 barrels of
corn w ith w ire n e ttin g in order to keep the rats th a t
are in the basem ent of the com m issary away. T he
b rine w hich covers the corn did not deter the rats, as
they would ap p aren tly dive in the brine and carry off
an ear.
T h e school kitch en has been a m ighty busy place
of late tak in g care of the corn, caring for all the apples
and the g arden tru c k . M rs. Brewer is acting upon
th e theory th at a dollar saved is one made, for all the
th o u san d s oi gallons of stored up food th a t will come
in handy th is w inter for our big stu d e n t body.
VISITS FOREST GROVE
S upt. H all made a trip to F orest G rove last week
on business for th e governm ent. M rs. H all accom
panied him . It sesms th a t th ere rem ains a sm all
parcel of land th at was in the early days a p art of th is
school's cam pus (F o re st G rove was the birth place of
C hem aw a) before th e in stitu tio n was moved to C he
m awa. and the governm ental au th o rities are taking
steps tow ard tu rn in g it over to the U .S . D epartm ent
of A g ric u ltu re . It is w anted for a site for a bureau
of entom ology. T h ere are in the neighborhood of
two acres involved in th e tran sactio n .
S upt. H all re tu rn e d hom e m ost favorably im pressed
w ith F o rest G rove. T h a t th riv in g little city is, as he
says, the hom e of m any schools as well as Pacific U n i
versity, and th e su rro u n d in g s and general atm osphere
m ake a strong appeal to a p erso n ’s cu ltu ral instincts.
As the birth place of our great school we are proud of
F orest G rove.
Y. M. AND Y. W. C. A. NOTES
T h e V. M. C. A. held a discussion m eeting S unday
evening, u sin g th e topic, " Y . M. C. A . ideals for 19-
20-21.” T h e m em bership com m ittee presented the
pledge cards for new m em bers and an effort is being
m ade to double the m em bership w ithin th e next few
weeks.
T h e Y. M. C. A. en tertain ed for all new boys w ith
a stag party in the gym nasium last T h u rsd ay evening.
Such in terestin g stu n ts as a pie-eating contest, and
gam es too num erous to m ention, made the evening
pass all too quickly. Good eats com pleted th e e v e n
in g ’s fun for about one hundred boys.
A football gam e has been arranged between th e I.
T . C. and th e W ashington School of Salem , to be
played on th e Chem aw a field n ex t S aturday m orning
at 10 o ’clock. T he I. T . C. boys have been practicing
h ard for several w eeks. T he two team s are well
m atched and the gam e prom ises to be an interesting
one.
On S unday afternoon the girls of the Y . W . C. A.
listened to a splendid talk by Mrs. K atie Brewer.
M rs.B rew er’s topic was " T h e E xcellent G ir l,” and
she spoke on th e qualities th a t go to make up the
ch aracter of the ideal girl, and the way such a character
m ay be b u ilt. H er talk was very practical and help
ful and was m uch appreciated by all the girls present.