THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
P u b lis h e d W e e k ly a t th e S a le m I n d ia n T r a in in g S c h o o l
C h e m a w a , O re g o n , H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e r in te n d e n t
A d d re s s a ll c o m m u n ic a tio n s to
R u th y n T u r n e y , M a n a g e r
E n te r e d a t t h e C h e m a w a , O re g o n , P o s to ffic e a s S e c o n d -
C la ss M a il M a tte r
S U B S C R IP T IO N
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2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M
L I T E R A R Y S O C IE T IE S
W inona
Som ebody m ust have passed the word th a t societies
would m eet on F rid a y evening for w iien th e girls
‘‘cam e up th e stairs to num b er n in e ” they found the
old room all decorated w ith pink and w hite. A nna
H olst w as in th e ch air tem porarily and she called F ra n
ces T h o rp e to act as secretary. Susan C ain, C arrie
A nderson and V irginia Brickell gave recitations; A nna
Stone and F ran ces T h o rp e told some vacation e x
periences, and C h arlo tte B rem ner and M arie Orsen
sang a p retty duet.
T h e m ost fun was w hen A nnabel W oods acted as
cheer leader and about a dozen of th e old songs rang
out w ith th e tru e W inona sp irit.
T h e reg u lar sem ester election was announced for
O ctober fo u rteen th . Mrs. B rickell, official visitor,
gave a good talk and the first m eeting of the W i
nona L iterary Society for the year 1921-22 was
adjou rn ed .
LOCAL
A lbert G ouley is now actin g as chief en g in eer.
A car-load of fat hogs are now ready for th e m ark et.
E d n a C lark is th e new est m em ber of th e choir and
is an acquisition.
Joe B ettles is h an d lin g th e truck th is year. Joe is
a livew ire and one of our m ost w illing w orkers.
O ur big steam pum ps w ill soon be replaced w ith
cen trifu g al pum ps to be operated by electrical power.
T h e new girls are being fitted out w ith w hite u n i
form s and sport jack ets th is week in th e sew ing room
Mrs. Canfield has th e 6th, 7th and 8th grades in
tu rn for class and d em o nstratio n w ork d u rin g th is de
tail of ten weeks.
T acom a S nider and F rances F itzp a trick are the
fam ily cooks for th e ten th grade and Irm a L aC lair
and M argaret Jackson for the n in th grade.
T h e m ason detail com m enced m a n u factu rin g the
form s for a concrete porch at th e rear of the s tu d e n ts ’
k itc h en . I t will be of considerable dim ension.
M iss F ee conducted classes d u rin g the vacation
m onths, th u s en ab lin g th irty or more pupils to make
up w ork in order th a t they may continue th eir grades.
N ellie Marcell spent the last w eek-end w ith Mrs.
L ow ry in P o rtlan d . M rs. Low ry was a m issionary in
A1 •; ■»?»..- several years and brought N ellie to Che-
max- a f v.- weeks ago to finish her education.
T h e school dining-room w ith its 110 d in in g tables
is now p retty well filled. T h e average age of the
stu d e n ts is older th is year than heretofore. An effort
has been m ade to elim inate all those u n d er 12 years
of age.
T h e n in th and ten th grades are in th e dom estic
science for the first ten weeks of this year. T here is
a full class in each grad e— b rig h t, happy, w ide-aw ake,
earnest g irls. S plendid resu lts m ay be expected from
these classes.
A t the stu d e n t body m eeting on M onday n ig h t
m uch enth u siasm prevailed. School songs were su n g ,
yells practiced, and th e H aw aiians as well as the school
band discoursed m usic.
M r. D ow nie, as usual, put
a lot of pep into the affair.
T h e sew ing-room s have been reorganized, by w hich
Mrs. C anfield, D om estic A rt teacher, will give lectures
and class w ork, besides fancy needle w ork, m illinery,
and d em o n stratio n s. C o n stru ctin g for the school is
under M rs. K irk and M rs. Jam es, seam stresses.
Mr. and M rs. E . P . C lark, old friends of M r. and
Mrs. H all, w ere th eir guests for a few days th is
sum m er. M r. C lark is th e editor of th e R iverside
Daily P ress, at R iverside, C alifornia. M r. and Mrs.
Clark had n o th in g but w ords of praise for C hem aw a.
If you like to observe busy d ep artm en ts pay a visit
to the m achine shops, autom obile d ep a rtm en ts, an d the
b lack sm ith room s, all quartered in th e big brick stru c
tu re on th e west of the ath letic field. T h e fifteen or
tw enty y o u n g m en detailed, under th eir several in s tru c
tors, are se cu rin g valuable experience herein.
Chem aw a m ig h t well be proud of her girls who
took advantage of th e O u tin g System and accepted
positions for the sum m er m onths. T h e g reater
num ber w orked in P ortland and in nearly every
instance n o th in g but praise was heard from the
em ployers.
Over 10,000 ja rs of fru it and vegetables have been
canned at C hem aw a th is sum m er under th e su p e r
vision of Mrs. Brew er
T h is departm ent also filled
many barrels w ith p ru n e b u tte r, pickles and sa u e r
k ra u t. Besides this a large quan ity of fruit and
vegetables w ere put up by the dom estic science
d epartm ent and the hospital.
A m ong th e visitors at Chem aw a d u rin g th e sum m er
w ere: M r. and Mrs. J.V . G eary, m issionaries at Nom e,
A laska. M rs. G eary was connected w ith the Indian
work am ong th e M odocs in the Indian T e rrito ry in
th e late ’80s. M r. H all knew hei at the tim e. M r.
E ric Jo h nson, U .S . M arshall from N om e, A laska, and
M r. E lm er Reed, D eputy U .S . M arshall, also of
Nom e, were in terested visitors at the school.
T he w riter of these lines has seen the Lew is and
Clark F air, the opening of the Panam a C anal, has seen
New Y ork City and the fashion c ity — Paris; and a l
so saw th e S tate F air in Salem . T he Chem aw a e x
hibits at this last-m entioned S tate F a ir very favorably
com pare, of course on a sm aller scale, with any of the
larger ex h ib its m entioned above. T h is fact evidently
show s th a t Chem aw a T ra in in g School is of a high
order and speaks very m uch in favor of its S u p e rin
te n d en t and th e staff of instructors connected with
C h em aw a.” W e thank F ath e r G all for *hese w ords
of praise.