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j IWAI J COPY • 1556 1/ The Chemawa American P r i n t e d a t C h e m a w a , O r e g o n , a n d D e v o t e d to t h e I n t e r e s t s o f I n d i a n E d u c a t i o n Vol. X X III W ednesday, N ovem ber 3, 1920 ITEM S FROM THE TRADES W e are fo rtu n ate in h aving painters who put on the plaster to paint over w hen it is lacking. T h e p ain ters will soon rep ain t the bakery. At present they are finishing w ork in the g irls ’ q u arters. T h e farm ers have finished p la n tin g w heat. T h e oats will soon be planted also. Potatoes are show ing good size and q u a n tity . Recently the blacksm iths overhauled the beds at W inona H all, greatly im proving th e appearance and com fort of the dorm itories. T he large w o o d -tu rn in g lath e received from th e C ushm an school has been placed in the ca rp e n ter shop and will soon be in use. Pigs m ust eat and squeal, but the m ore they eat the less they squeal. H ave you noticed how quiet Mr. B etties keeps them ? T h e re is a reason. Cows and calves are doing nicely at th e d airy , e x cept w hen som eone leaves th e gate open, then they do not behave so well. S h u t the gate, dairy boys. T he blacksm iths are reb u ild in g the steel lockers re ceived from th e C ushm an School and are p ro viding some m uch-needed accom m odation for the boys’ d o rm i tories. O ur new m achine shop is alm ost ready for the roof and a force of carpenters is expected on th e job th e first of the w eek. W e hope to have it com pleted shortly. W e have reason to be proud of the condition of our barns. W e learn th a t Com m issioner Sells spoke favor ably of th eir condition and we feel th at he would find th e same condition any tim e. No. 5 dow screens and other repairs too num erous to m e n tion are claim ing their atten tio n at present. T h e new cu rta in s for the library are in place and th e necessary work on the fu rn itu re is going forw ard. Several sets of harness were shipped from our h a r ness d ep artm en t last week. M ore is being m ade all the tim e and the boys are doing well at the w ork. Shoes co n tin u e to come in from all d irections and in a very sh o rt tim e go out again for more service. T h e boys in this d ep artm en t have an excellent o p p o rtu n ity to learn one of th e best paying trades there is today. T h e en gineers have been stu d y in g about coal and its properties. That is not th e reason for last w eek ’s shortage, how ever. T h e vacuum pum p th a t handles th e retu rn from the h ea tin g system is u n d ergoing r e pairs. W e are also in need of a new boiler feed pum p, w hich we hope will arriv e soon. A t present th e w’asher at th e lau n d ry is claim ing o u r a tte n tio n . ACADEM IC NOTES The ju n io rs w ere pleased to welcome Jam es C hoate into the class. Miss H en d rix was ill for several days last week and M iss A iken su b stitu ted in her place. In a speed contest in arith m etic in the seventh grade, John P etellin was the w inner. M r. Devol visited the ju n io r class last week d u rin g algebra period and helped un tan g le some problem s. T h e m em bers of the e ig h th grade are d ra ftin g a constitution for th eir class. Debates seem to be th e the order of th e day, but they hope to have all q u e s tions settled satisfactorily by n ex t week. T he tailors are proceeding w ith the usual yearly w ork of fitting o u t th e boys. Some exceedingly creditable w ork is being done in th is d ep artm en t, of w hich th e school should be proud. T h e officers of th e eig h th grade are: P resident, Cruz M cDaniels; vice-president, H e n rie tta C ham berlin; sec reta ry , C harles B uchert; treasu rer, Jessie Cleveland; serg ean t-at-arm s, Irv in g H e n d rix ; yell leader, R obert C ham berlin. T h e plum bers are a busy lot at present with radiators, trap s and heatin g m ains. Some much needed sp o u t ing and eave tro u g h s have been put up also and o th er jobs too num erous to m ention have been com pleted. T he carp en ters recently com pleted repairs on th e back stairs at W inona H all and a like piece of w ork is now und er way at M itchell H all. Door locks, w in T h e ju n io rs have begun th e ir experim ents in ch em is try . T u esd ay E d n a H ill perform ed a very successful ex p erim en t in p rep arin g chlorine gas. E lm er T h erri- ault and A lbert Spearson were busy on M onday p re p arin g hydrochloric acid for use in the plum bing shop. T h e engineers are d eriv in g m uch benefit from th eir stu d y of chem istry.
