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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1920)
T H E CHEM AW A AMERICAN PA G E 3 LOCAL DOMESTIC SCIENCE NOTES T h e num ber of stu d e n ts enrolled in th e ju n io r class is thirty-five. A m ong the new m em bers are M a rg a r et Jackson, E thel H en ry , Dewey Sam pson, Ione H en ry , Billie W illiam s, E lizabeth P o itras and C harles and W ilfred E vans. “ Ja z z y ” little caps will d istin g u ish the seniors from now on. T hey made th eir first appearance this past week and no doubt will be th e inspiration to let us know th at the dignified seniors are around. Mr. and M rs. A ldrich of Salem w ere interested visitors at the s tu d e n ts ’ social on S aturday eve. T hese good people show a great in terest in Chem aw a and her stu d e n ts and are alw ays m ost heartily welcomed. M r. and M rs. S. S. Risser, who have been visiting th e ir d a u g h te r in-law , Mrs. A da B. Risser, for the past two w eeks, left S atu rd ay evening for th eir hom e in P ennsylvania. T hey will go by the way of C ali fornia, w here they expect to rem ain a few weeks v isit ing all points of in terest in th at state. T h ey m ade m any friends at C hem aw a d u rin g th eir stay here. T h e m arriage of M arina N elson, class ’20, an d E arl P otts, an ex -stu d en t of C hem aw a, has been rum ored around the cam pus, but this week an official notice ol the m arriage has been recived by the Sigm a P hy D eltas. M arina w rites th at E arl is building a new hom e for her at Susanville, C alifornia, and th eir fu tu re looks b rig h t and happy. F elicitatio n s go out to them from th eir m any friends at C hem aw a. M r. and M rs. T u rn e y d elightfully en tertain ed at d in n e r on S atu rd ay eve. T h e H allow e’en m otif was tastefully carried out in th e table and room decora tions, large baskets of au tu m n flowers and beautifully tin ted au tu m n foliage were artistically arranged about the room . T h e d in n e r table was centered w ith a large bowl of au tu m n blossoms. T h e favors were small Jack O ’L an tern s, filled w ith n u ts and after d in n er m ints. Covers were laid for S u p erin ten d en t and Mrs. H all, M r. and Mrs. R eginald Downie and Mr. and Mrs. T u rn ey . T he ju n io rs have been w orking hard m aking things for sale th e last few weeks. T h e dom estic science girls have been very busy the last few weeks can n in g and m aking pickles. H attie Cayton is cook in dom estic science this week. She has prepared some very appetizing m eals. E aura W aun was very successful w ith her bread b ak ing last w eek. She baked bread for high school lunches. fh e ju n io r girls find they have made great im prove m ent th is last year and th e ir w ork is m uch more sa t isfactory to them selves. l'he seniors are stu d y in g food preservation and are doing practical work and p u ttin g up tom atoes, apples, saner k rau t and apple b u tte r, etc. T he dom estic science classes are enjoying the sale of cakes, pies, buns and d o u g h n u ts. T he preparation of these eatables is good practice in cooking. T h e im provem ents and cem ent walks about the hom e econom ics building are found very convenient and are m uch appreciated by th e dom estic science girls. W e have some very good cooks in our class. One of o u r professionals said to another, “ Say, cook, if you do not let oxygen in your oven th e r ’llb e com bus tion (n o t th in k in g of her o w n ). L e t’s look at your c a k e .” It proved com bustible, it b urned. T he chapel exercises on S u n d ay evnieng were fully up to the usual high stan d ard m aintained. T h e or ch estra played “ Serenade d ’A m o u r” by von Blon, the O ctette G irls sang "A n g e ls at. E v e n tid e ” by P arks, Mabel Blodget gave as a recitation “ T h e Voice the G erm ans M issed,” Miss Ju d d gave a vocal solo, the choir sang “ In T h y E o v e” by M cAuly, and S upt. H all closed th e program w ith a fine talk to th e s tu dents, in w hich he m entions m any facts th a t are vital in stu d e n t life and education. T hese chapel talk s of Mr. Hall are on practical lines alw ays, hence th eir value to all. T h e C hem aw a Y .M .C .A . held a discussional m eet ing in th e au d ito riu m S u n d ay evening, O ctober 31, 1920. T h e general topic was: “ W hat th e object of the ‘Y ’ is .” T h e follow ing were discussed by m em bers: “ W h a tth e ‘Y ’ does for th e m in d ,” A rth u r Jo h n son: “ W hat the Y ’ does for th e b o d y ,” F red W ilder; “ W h a t the ‘Y ’ does for the s p ir it,” C ruze McDaniels. E oulin Brewer and others expressed th eir point of view of th e subject u n d er discussion. T he ‘Y ’ has a big plan to execute this year, w hich will m ake the o rg an ization a bigger and b etter organization th a n it has been heretofore. MATRON’S DEPARTMENT Miss Skipton reports th a t there are n in ety -n in e tables in the din in g hall in use at present. 'fh e lau n d ry in M cBride H all has been supplied w ith a n um ber of m uch-needed wash boards. Mr. and Mrs. Brow nell, M rs. Shoem aker ami two other residents of P ortland were visitors at the school on M onday. All th e chairs, tables and dressers in M cBride H all have been painted w hite. T h is adds g reatly to the appearance of the rooms. M cBride H all is full to the lim it. E very available space is used for beds. In fact, we have all the girls th a t we can accom m odate at the present tim e. SENIOR NOTES H arriet Cain m ade her first appearance at Chem aw a as a saxophone soloist on th e senior class program . A t th e class m eeting F rid a y E dw in L iljegren and Daniel O rton gave the Scene of Tw o G obbos, from T he M erchant of V enice. It was all eight senior girls could do S unday noon to beg Mr. Devol to take them w alking for he c m c e r tainly joke and tease— but he gave them a fine w alk. A ccording to C hem aw a custom the seniors, w earing th eir new class caps, ap peared in th e dining-room on F rid ay noon and gave vigorous yells for th eir class and school. You should have heard th e senior girls at th e dom estic science prep arin g th e supper for the football boys w hen they heard th a t C hem aw a won and ou r boys were com ing for supper. T h e g irls gave th e team a yell along w ith a fine supper for four tables of h u n g ry men.
