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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1921)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAG E 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lish e d W eekly a t th e S alem In d ia n T ra in in g School C hem aw a, Oregon, H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e rin te n d e n t A ddress all com m u n icatio n s to R u th y n T u rn ey , M an ag er E n te red a t th e C hem aw a, Oregon, Postoffice a s Second- Class M ail M a tte r S U B S C R IP T IO N - - - T h e h em stitch in g m achine is a g reat help to th is d ep a rtm en t. Maoel B lodgett and Joyce Sim m ons have become ex p ert operators. T h e little girls are not w ithout th eir share of achievem ent, for they, too, have com pleted some hand m ade rugs for dem onstration week. M rs. K irk ’s details have com pleted several p retty ru g s for dem onstrations. T he loom has not been idle for th e past few w eeks. T hey are also finishing th e ir d em onstration dresses. 2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M O U R C H A P E L S E R V IC E D O M ESTIC SC IE N C E NO TES W e feel p roud of our classm ate, Jessie C levelandf w ho has th e d istin ctio n of being one of our best cooks. T h e sophom ore class will d em o n strate on m eats an d m eat su b stitu te s, w hich are the th in g s they have stu d ied d u rin g th e y ear. T h e d ep a rtm en t is q u ite proud of eig h t baby chicks, b u t betw een th e cats and th e rats we are w ondering if w e’ll be able to keep th em . Som e of th e girls th a t did not w ork in th e D. S. the la st term and did not take the ex am in atio n th e n , will tak e it now , so betw een th is and our school e x a m in a tion we have some stu d y in g to do. T h e dom estic science g irls m iss very m uch Miss M eek and Miss Deloria who visited C hem aw a recently in th e in terest of the Y . W . C. A. In d ian girls of th is type are a real in sp iratio n and give m uch e n c o u r agem ent to th e girls. Now th a t exam ination week is here both divisions of the sophom ore class w ork to g eth er and they are g ettin g th e D om estic Science ready for d em o n stratio n w eek, w hich is n ex t w eek. T h ey are giving it a th o rough sp rin g cleaning. DO M ESTIC A R T N O TE S T h e graduation dresses are all com pleted now. A large num ber of costum es are m ade by th e sm aller g irls for the operetta. G rad u atio n dresses are being m ade for Ju lia Gro- inoff an d E leanor H au k . T h is week finds our d ep artm en t very busy m ak in g the costum es for the operetta. T h e collar and vestee sets have been com pleted for th e sp o rt su its for M cBride H all girls. T h e seniors and ju n io rs have com pleted th e ir finals in dom estic art and all have passed w ith creditable grades. T h e Senior g irls will have w hite o rg an d ie h ats to go w ith th e ir g rad u atio n dresses. T hey will be m ade in the a rt d ep artm en t. D u rin g chapel exercises on S unday evening the o r ch estra played “ D evotion” by M ackie-B eyer, M audie C raig san g “ A Bowl of R oses” by C lark, G eorge Le- kanoff sang “ I ’m L onging for Y o u ” by H ath aw ay , the choir sang the “ W onderful S tory of L o v e” by D river, and S u p t. HaU gave a very fine talk , as he does every S u n d ay evening. H e touched stro n g ly on th e la te n t possibilities w hich are w ithin all of us and he pointed out th e advantages of in itiatio n in the m a t ter of self help. H e drew atten tio n to the fact th a t the w hole w orld is crying for help, w hen, as a m atter of fact, the only real help comes from ourselves. If we are not w illing to help ourselves there is after all lit tle use in helping us. It was a spendid talk and held th e atten tio n of a ll. Y. M. A N D Y. W . C. A. N O TES On S unday afternoon th e Y. W . C. A . discussed, very in te re stin g ly , “ T he A ll-round G ir l,” from th e stan d p o in t of m anners, speech, athletics, hom e life, stu d ie s, and religion. P resident N ancy M atheson presided at th e m eeting and E m m a C arlson gave a g u ita r solo. M r. and M rs. P etri, and M r. Jeffreys w ere visitors at the m eeting and spoke in very com pli m en tary term s of the program an d w ork of th e associ atio n . W arm sp rin g su n sh in e, the call of the woods, and th e elusive odor of “ ja v a ” sim m ering over a cam p fire drew th e Y .W .C .A . girls out for th eir ann u al picnic last S atu rd ay afternoon, w here th ey forgot their usual cam pus dig n ity and played b a se b a ll, ran h u rd le races, roasted “ w eenies,” clim bed trees, and otherw ise enjoyed them selves for several hours. T h e event was concluded in picnic style w ith a delicious supper w hich had been prepared by the social com m ittee. A new Y .M .C .A . has been organized on th e cam pus recently w hich is creatin g m uch in terest am ong th e B rew er H all boys, for whom it was sta rted . It is know n as th e C lim bers Club, and is ta k in g up a three- year program of the four-fold life, w hich is specially prep ared for b oys’ clubs. A lbert O rson is president of the new association.
