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T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
ITEMS FROM THE TRADES
T he farm ers have received th eir pow der bags and
will be busy m ak in g charges to blast o u t stu m p s next
week.
T he p ain ters have begun p rim in g th e ex terio r of
th e new m achine shop. T h ey have some glass to set
there also. At present they are finishing th e bakery.
Potatoes are all in th e root house. So are lots of
other th in g s. Besides m uch in the root house th ere
is a q u a n tity at th e k itch en . T h e gardeners are m uch
in dem and.
T he blacksm iths are se ttin g th eir house in order,
not to d ep art th is life, but to begin w ork on a larger
scale w ith better arran g em en t and eq u ip m en t, now
th a t the new floor is in th eir shop.
T he yard boys are proud of th e ir railroad at the
wood yard an d it has saved a great deal of w ork in
b rin g in g th e wood to the saw. T h e best p art of it is
th a t th ere is enough of a grad e at th e shed to get a
free rid e back to th e wood pile. I t is great sp o rt.
H ave you tried it?
A num ber of th e boys in th e carp en try d ep artm en t
have begun on th e problem s they drafted in m echan
ical draw in g . T h ere are some excellent projects to
be w orked o u t by these boys. T h ey recently m ade
several tables for th e dining-room and will soon begin
on the rem odeling of the old office b u ild in g and the
garages at the co ttag e of th e engineer and blacksm ith.
W hen you com e in the play room and th ree or four
of you lean u p ag ain st the rad iato r, and som e one
pushes som eone else, and he comes back w ith a
h arder push and the radiator begins to dance on the
floor, you are m aking trouble and w ork for the
plum bers and engineers, the m atrons, and perhaps
yourself. S tra in in g the rad iato r m akes it leak. T h e
plum bers have it to repair. W hen it leaks it spoils
th e floor and m akes work for the m atron. E very leak
m akes it h ard er for the vacuum pum p to take the w ater
away so th a t m ore steam can come into th e radiator
to heat it. So, have your rough play outside.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE NOTES
W e are b eg in n in g to realize w hat practice in cook
in g does for us, an d we are glad to have th e chance
to get m ore of it.
Rebecca C arp en ter is suffering from a sore thum b.
Rebecca has entered so fully in to the w ork th a t she
in ju red it in som e m anner.
W e welcome in to our d ep artm en ts four of th e pre-
vocational g irls who are to have th e o p p o rtu n ity to do
real fam ily cooking along w ith th e reg u lar class.
O ur class th is sem ester is composed alm ost en tirely
of new girls. Jessie Cleveland, C arrie A nderson and
H e n rie tta C ham berlin
science girls.
are th e only old dom estic
L ucy Y andell and Louise Sanderson are doing som e
ta ttin g for use in th e d ep artm en t. Jessie C leveland
has started a p re tty blue-bird lunch cloth and the
blue-bird n ap k in s are nearly com pleted.
WINONA WAR-WHOOP EDITORIAL.
H ow m any of us ever stop to consider ju st how m uch
help we could be and how m uch help we really are?
Some of us are nearly alw ays inclined to hold back
w hen asked to do an y th in g , never sto p p in g to realize
th e effect it has on the general order of th in g s. A lso,
m any are prone to ridicule and m ake lig h t of th e ef
forts of others.
You all know w hat th e w ords “ L e t’s g o ” m ean.
Yes, and recipients of th a t old com m and know w hat
it m eans. W e all know th e full value of th e sp irit
th a t is b ehind th a t com m and. W ell, let us use th a t
sp irit w ith our w ork. E ach and every one should
m ain tain an a ttitu d e in his w ork, and tow ards th a t of
o th ers, w hich will m ake th in g s hum . K eep steadily
on an d you c a n ’t help but m ake progress. D on’t any
of you be th e one to throw* cold w ater on th e efforts of
y o u r fellow w orkm an. Be the one th a t uses th e “ L e t’s
g o ” sp irit— th u s help in g each o th er to do the verv
best th a t we can. O ne person c a n ’t do it alone.
Success for any organization m eans the honest e n
deavor and cooperation of every single m em ber. It
m akes no difference w hat you are asked to do, go at
it writh a w ill. Som etim es it may m ean a little hard
w ork, b u t we have th a t in every w*alk in life. H elp
cheerfully and earnestly and we c a n ’t help b u t m ake
some headw ay. L et us create an atm osphere of good
will th a t will m ake it a pleasure for us to be asked to
do th in g s.
NOTICE
As th e w ork of th e Society for th e P rese rv atio n of th e F a ith
am o n g In d ia n C h ild ren h as n o tab ly increased in re c en t y ears,
and as it is necessary to obtain th ro u g h o u t th e c o u n try as
m an y m em b ers as possible for th is Society, on w hich d e p en d s
so m a te ria lly th e su p p o rt of th e In d ia n m issions, th e M ost
R ev eren d A rchbishops w ho d ire c t th e w ork of th e B ureau of
C atholic In d ia n M issions, a t th e ir last an n u al m eetin g , a u th o r
ized th e R ig h t R ev eren d D irector of th e C atholic In d ia n B ureau
to secu re p e rm a n e n t h e a d q u a rte rs for th e B ureau and also
sep arate office facilities for th e P reserv atio n Society. T h is
was d o n e to e x p ed ite th e w ork of th e B ureau an d of th e
Society, th e b u re a u ’s chief w ork b ein g w ith certain d e p a rtm e n ts
of th e g o v e rn m e n t and w ith th e In d ia n m issions, w hile th e
P reserv atio n Society collects fu n d s for th e m a in te n an c e of th e
m issions.
T h e B ureau of C atholic In d ia n M issions now has p e rm a n e n t
h e a d q u a rte rs a t 2021 “ H ” S tre e t, N .W ., w ith in a sh o rt d is
tan ce of th e In te rio r D e p a rtm e n t of th e g o v e rn m e n t, a n d a
su itab le h ouse in th e sam e v icin ity has been provided for th e
office of th e P rese rv atio n Society. T h is office is called th e
T e k a w ith a house, in h o n o r of th e sa in tly Iroquois m aid en ,
K ath eri T ek aw ith a, th e “ L ily of th e M o h aw k s,” and w ill be
co n d u cted by th e S iste rs of th e B lessed S a c ra m en t, w ho w ill
give th e ir u n d iv id ed a tte n tio n to th e im p o rta n t w ork of s p re a d
in g th e Society. T h e officials of th e B ureau a re convinced
th a t th e ta k in g over of th is b ran ch of w ork by th e se devoted
S isters w ill be a g u a ra n te e th a t it will be carried on w ith th e
u tm o st facility and efficiency.
T h e P reserv atio n Society still re m a in s u n d e r th e im m ed iate
su p erv isio n of th e D irecto r of th e B ureau of C atholic In d ia n
M issions an d its p e rm a n e n t ad d ress will co n tin u e to be 2021
“ H ” S tre e t, N .W ., W ash in g to n , D .C . I t is to th is a d d re ss
th a t all d o n a tio n s to th e P reserv atio n Society sh o u ld be sen t.