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T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
CHARACTER A N D R E PU T A T IO N
(C o n tin u e d from p ag e 1)
SE N IO R NOTES
B eulah W h ite enjoyed the holidays at her hom e.
T h e test is in a s tu d e n t’s ability to persist in w h a t
O pal Pearson had her m other w ith her for C h rist
ever he u n d ertak es. T h e ability to hold on is a mas week.
w onderful v irtu e. H ave you g rit— g rit to hold on,
Mabel B lodgett and R a th e rin e R oftus were d in n er
to stick and hang? A ny-one can wish for a th in g ,
g u ests of Mrs. Cox on S un d ay .
can desire it, b u t only those w ho have th e sta v in g
C larence E dw ards, H a rrie t Cain, E llen Beall and
pow ers, w ho are stro n g and vigorous in purpose,
C lara M orais took p art in the spelling contest.
clear aw ay th e obstacles and w ith unflinching de
T h e beautiful decorations in the M cBride H all re
term in atio n secure w hat they w an t.
T h ere is w onderful pow er in a resolution w hich ception room on C hristm as Eve were cred ited to th e
Senior girls.
has no reservation back of it, w hich arrives at its goal
T h a n k s, m any th a n k s, are d ue the Class of ’22 for
no m atter w h at th e sacrifice or cost. W hen you com e
th e splendid N ew Y ear d in n e r given to th e Class of
across a boy or girl who resolves th a t, come w hat will,
’21. It was a success in every way.
they are g o in g to do th e th in g th ey set their h eart on,
w ho have no “ ifs ” or “ b u ts ” or “ a n d s ” about it,
T h e Class of ’21 claim s th e C hristm as basketball
cham pionship.
I he g irls played two gam es, w in n in g
you m ay be su re th ey are m ade of w in n in g stuff.
It is lesson after lesson, blow after blow, co n c e n tra one and the boys played two gam es w in n in g both. No
o th e r class won m ore th a n one gam e, so the seniors
tion of energy, to keep at yo u r task of secu rin g an
education in all w hich th a t word im plies w hich will w ith a record of th ree victories claim th e honors.
enab le each one of you to secure 100 of all th a t is of
A m ong th e m any clever devices for en tertain m en t
fered you at th is g re a t school.
at th e Ju n io r-to -S en io r dinner were little n u tc u p s in
th e form of blue book-bags, w ith red *21’s on the side,
ITEM S FROM TH E TR A D ES
and a w ish-tree in th e center of each table w ith red
Several sets of harness for different schools are ready
or blue ribbons leading from th e plates to th e g ifts.
for delivery from th e harness d ep a rtm en t. T hey are
T h ere was a prophecy and a penny in th e g ift p ack
also about c a u g h t up w ith the shoe w ork.
age; a grab-bag yielded m any queer little souvenirs
T he tailors do not m ake m uch noise, ex cep tin g and even th e placecards bore good luck in th e form
w hen th ey sin g , but th ey g et a g reat deal of w ork of a silver w ishbone.
done in a sh o rt tim e and it is all good w ork.
T he dairy boys can now grind feed for th e cattle, as
th e p arts for the g rin d er have arrived and have been
p u t in and th e m otor also is in w orking order.
T he plum bers, have rem oved several rad iato rs in
Brew er H all and have placed pipe coils in place of
them . T h is is a great im provem ent, as th e heat is
m ore evenly diffused and th e coil does not tak e nearly
so m uch room .
T h e carp en ters recently p u t in th e form and filled
it w ith concrete for th e m ain o utside th e m achine
shop. T h ey will ru n the floor for th e new garage as
soon as su itab le w eather offers an o p p o rtu n ity . T hey
are also very busy w ith th e old office b u ild in g , job
orders of all k in d s, and w orking up old m aterial th a t
would otherw ise be w asted, in m ak in g fru it boxes.
T h e p ain ters are w o rk in g in B rew er H all at present
and in other places also. T h ey are g reatly im proving
th e appearance of the assem bly room and th e re are
th e halls y et to do. Some r ic e w ork in w hite enam el
is also being done by th is d ep artm en t at th e dom estic
science. T h is d ep artm en t is caused a g reat deal of
w oik at tim es by carelessness on the p art of th o u g h t
less persons w ho break w indow glass. Be careful, it
is “ bad luck to break g la s s .”
LOCAL
T h e farm boys have been tak in g out some of the
dead trees in th e orchard.
M r. H en ry T u rn e r is w orking over th e tracto r to
have it in shape for sp rin g w ork.
E very high w ind is m ore or less an ill wind for our
yard boys, as it blows tw igs and lim bs from our firs
and scatters them about our lovely cam pus.
On W ednesday evening a ju n io r basketball team
from C hem aw a w ent to the S tate T ra in in g School for
a gam e w ith a q u in te t at th at in stitu tio n . From th e
fact th a t we got “ w o rsted ” in spite of all th a t M r. B et
tles, w ho accom panied o u r boys, could do we opine
th a t th e boys at the S tate School m ust be respected
T h e score was against us 25 to 20.
W inona
W h o ’s going to put th e “ w in ” into W inona?
T h e four W inona spellers, w ith M rs. Brickell an d
V irg in ia, had a “ ja v a-sp re ad ” after th e contest w ith
th e ir advisor.
T h e W inonas were am ong those present at th e a n
nual contest, but received a place am ong th e “ also-
r a n s .” H ow ever, th is place was n ex t to first and
W inona was able- to cheer the R eliance w inners at
least a little bit.