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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1920)
PAGE 3 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LO C AL W ith 338 girls and 322 boys in actual attendance Chemawa is full to its limit. Remember that the Christmas basket social will be held on Saturday evening, December 4. Miss Margaret Stonebrink, of Portland, is the latest academic teacher to be added to our force. Fewer patients in our hospital the present fall than ever before. Our students seem unusually strong and fit. Mrs. Brewer entertained at dinner on Sunday, having as her honor guests Miss Sprague and Miss W hite, who with herself are the remaining members of the knitting club formed at Chemawa a number of years ago. For the first time in six months our hospital is fully manned. The dietetic and general cooking is in charge of Mrs. Vivian Shafer; head nurse. Miss Mary Laur ence, assistant nurse, Miss Catherine Reed, and every thing is going finely. Mrs. Esther sprague, field matron at Yakima Agency, brought in her second party of students F ri day. Miss Sprague is a very energetic, interested and capable worker. It is said that she is unusually successful and doing fine work in her jurisdiction. She remained at Chemawa over Sunday as a guest of Mrs. Brewer. Owing to football write-ups, etc., it became necessary for us to “ k ill” all of our society reports, even after we had them set up. The reports were all good and valued by us and w’e sincerely hope the reporters will not be hurt by their omission this issue, but will carry on their good work by handing them in regularly hereafter. ’ The Sigmas entertained Thursday evening in honor of their newest pledges at the home of Mrs. Hall. It being Armistice Day the latter part of the evening was in honor of Chemawa’s service boys, who appeared in full uniform— infantry, sailors, marines and officers. Progressive games were enjoyed. Delectable refresh ments were served at small tables. The evening closed with singing Sigma songs as well as w’ar and school songs. At chapel on Sunday evening the orchestra played a “ Berceuse” by Godard; Mr. Bent gave as a cornet solo the “ Melodie in F ” by Rubinstein; the choir gave two numbers, “ Ashamed of Jesus” by Excell and “ Lead Me Gently Home, Father,” by Thompson. Supt. Hall closed the exercises with a most able talk, taking as his topic the subject of “ Happiness.” His talk was one of the best he has ever given and it would be hard, indeed, to cover the subject more clearly or more ably than he did. The senior and junior classes in the domestic science each gave a demonstration dinner last week. Covers were laid for eight at the respective dinners. The senior guests included Dr. M. A . Rowland and Miss Nellie Rowland from Salem and the juniors had as their guests Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Aldrich of Salem. Others were campus people. The appointments and service could not be excelled. Chemawa is justly proud of its domestic science department under the efficient management of Mrs. Louise Brickell. Mrs. Sherman, head matron, speaks very compli mentary of her assistant, Miss Julia Fratis, who attends to the work in Winona Hall with its 236 girls. Y. M. AM D Y. W . C. A. NOTES Mrs. Hall was a visitor at the last regular meeting of the L L L chapter of the Y . W . C. A ., and gave a delightful informal talk to the large group of girls who had gathered for the meeting. A lively discussion of the topic, “ A G irl’s Friend ships,” constituted the program of the Y . W . C. A. last Sunday afternoon. The meeting was led by Hattie Cay ton and more than seventy girls answered to roll call and participated in the discussion. The Y . M. C. A . is having a series of topics, based on the Ten Commandments. The third command ment provoked a live and very interesting discussion last Sunday night. Next Sunday evening the Y . M. and Y . W. C. A. will unite in a Thanksgiving Vesper service. The I. T . C .s are the proud possessors of a beauti ful felt banner in purple and old gold wThich bears their initials. The boys are indebted to Logan Fann for making the pennant for them. This group is studying, at their regular meetings, an interesting history of the Indians and white men and the Oregon country in the early days. The Y . W . C. A . chorus gave two musical numbers in Salem last Friday afternoon at the Annual Praise Meeting of the Presbyterian Missionary Society. The two selections were “ Let all the people praise T h ee” and “ ivory Palaces.” The girls sang very creditably and were most cordially received. After the program, tea was served by the ladies of the church. The Y .M .C .A . held their regular meeting on Sun day evening. The topic for the evening was “ Sham or R eality,” with Arthur Johnson as leader. The following sub-topics were discussed by the members: “ What does belief involve in the way of action?” “ A s members of the Y . M. C. A . how are we taking His name?” “ Is it mostly form?” “ W hy are we a so-called Christian nation?” “ How much does citizenship in a Christian nation mean to the world?” “ What of profanity on the campus?” After the l>enediction the association adjourned. A C A D E M IC NOTES The Fresliies had their first program of the year on Friday. Miss Hendrix gave the 7th grade a very interesting talk about Armistice Day. We are glad to welcome Peter Lloyd back in the Freshmen class. He just returned to school from his vacation. The Freshies are taking up the study of minerals, their form, uses and how obtained. They are very much interested in it. The Three L girls had a meeting on Monday evening in Winona Hall sitting room. Mrs. Hall gave the girls a splendid talk on “ Childhood, Girlhood and W omanhood.” The girls appreciated Mrs. H all’s visit and talk very much.
