T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCAL
A gnes Sw anson, class ’19, who has been teach in g
in A laska for the past two years, is visiting friends at
C hem aw a.
M r. B ent, athletic m anager, is receiving requests
from the big college conference team s for football
gam es n ex t year.
M r. A. M. Caisse, of T acom a, was a visitor on
M onday. M r. Caisse at one tim e held th e position of
clerk at th is school.
W ork has started on th e new cem ent w alk w hich is
to be laid ju st no rth of th e s tu d e n ts ’ d in in g hall,
te rm in atin g at the lau n d ry .
S u p erin ten d en t and Mrs. H all m ade a trip to P o rt
land on T uesday to interview S an ta C laus in th e in
terest of C h em aw a's large fam ily.
E lton Brickell is em ployed as a pressm an at the
C apital Jo u rn al office. E lton is a ru stle r. H e is p ay
in g all of his own expenses, board and lo d g in g , etc.,
and atten d in g high school th ro u g h his own efforts.
It takes push, backbone and brains to w in and E lton
has all three.
T h e Y . M. C. A . assem bled S u n d ay evening in th e
au d ito riu m for discussional m eeting
T h e topic u n d er
discussion was taken f io m th e second ch ap ter of “ T h e
M anhood of th e M a ste r,” en titled “ T h e M aster’s
M a g n a n im ity .” T h is m eeting was m ainly an inform al
discussion m eeting so there were a variety of sp e ak
ers, w hich goes to show how the m em bers are w hole
heartedly behind th eir association. It was a profitable
tim e.
PAG E 3
G abiiel A nderson, w ho left C hem aw a d u rin g the
war to enlist in the navy, is a w elcome visitor at Che-
m aw a. H e is one of our dependable you n g m an.
A lready some of o u r academ ic teachers are tak in g
steps tow ard th e p reparation of a program for C h rist
m as. In fact, we gath er th a t w ork is under way p re
p arato ry to several en tertain m en ts to be given ere
long.
T h e Sigm a Phi Delta Society m et on last T h u rsd ay
evening at the hom e of Mrs. H all, at w hich tim e the
follow ing girls were initiated into full m em bership:
Jo sep h in e C orbett, L aura W au n , N ancy M athison,
T heresa G u a, E d n a H ill, Buelah W hite, E lizabeth
C h u rch ill, E sth e r P au l, H a ttie Cay ton, T acom a S n y
d er and A n n a S tone. At th e close of the initiation
service a social hour was enjoyed and elaborate re
fresh m en ts served. T hese eleven young ladies ate to
be c o n g ratu late d , for it is an honor to be chosen a
m em ber of this society.
SE N IO R NOTES
A few m om ents of practice on some new class songs
enlivened the stu d y period.
A h isto ry quiz is th e n e x t trial. W hy do th e teachers
alw ays give tests ju st at the busiest times?
Som e m uch-needed notebooks have at last arrived
and also a su p p ly of better paper. W ork will look
b etter.
By a class vote th e usual F rid ay class m eeting was
om itted to give th e tim e to some e x tra stu d y . T ests
are becom ing th rea ten in g .
On M onday evening the Salem S ym phony O rchestra,
u n d er direction of Dr. John R. Sites, gave its first co n
cert of the season. T h e program was well chosen and
well rendered. M uch in terest was show n by o u r em
ployes and pupils and th ere was a tru c k load of m usic
lovers from C hem aw a, as well as m any w ho w ent in
th eir private cars, in atten d an ce. C hem aw a m usicians
are m em bers of th e Sym phony: Mr. B ent and F ran k
P eratro v ich , cornets: G eorge B arrett, ’cello; Cruz Mc
D aniels, double bass, and M r. T u rn e y , viola.
N ancy M athison, Tacom a S nyder, T heresa G u a
and B eulah W hite of the class of ’21 becam e m em bers
of the Sigm a P h i D eltas on T h u rsd ay evening.
T h e yearly basket social held on S atu rd ay night
was a success socially as well as financially. N ever
have more artistic baskets been m ade by th e g irls nor
w ere m ore appetizing lunches p rep ared . T h ere were
about 250 baskets sta rin g th e boys in th e face aw aiting
purchase. T h e gym , for th e first tim e th is year, had
on its gay a ttire w ith artistic festoons of g reen ery and
school pen n an ts. A ll this w ith the h ap p y crow d of
perhaps five h u n d red young ladies and gentlem en
rendered th e settin g com plete. T h e school “ ja z z ”
band discoursed m usic at various periods d u rin g the
evening
A ltogether it was an u n u su al event and
w as th o ru o g h ly enjoyed by every-one p resen t.
T h e h o u rs in th e dom estic a rt d ep artm en t seem ed
long at first because the girls were not used to sittin g
q u ie tly , b u t now th e tim e flies fast as the w ork grow s
in te re stin g .
N ancy M athison has heard th a t h er basket b ro u g h t
m ore th a n the average price and she is holding her
head very high.
O ne of the girls was heard to say: “ My, I was
lu ck y ; ju s t th e one I w anted bought my b a s k e t.”
T h e senior girl w ho said it w as— but th a t w ould be
tellin g .
O ne senior boy alm ost lost the b asket w hich he had
p u rch ased to an o th er boy who claim ed to have p u r
chased it. H ow ever th e se n io rs’ m otto w as “ P erse
v eran c e” and he carried off basket and girl.
F o u r senior g irls helped in th e dom estic science
d ep a rtm en t on S atu rd ay p rep arin g for th e basket
social. I t was a long day of ex tra w ork, but th e girls
gave th e ir services w illingly and pleasantly.