T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCAL
O ur new pow er p lan t w histle is being tu n ed up.
It is a trifle below concert p itch , b u t its vibrations are
stro n g . A ll in all, it is some “ w h istle .”
East n ig h t was H allo w e’en. If Chem aw a was tu rn ed
upside dow n w e’ve not yet heard of it. I t m ay have
been a little “ sp o o k y ,” but at present all is well.
T h e addition to th e g irls’ in d u strial b u ild in g gives
m uch needed space to the dom estic art and dom estic
scien ced ep artm en ’s and adds to th e efficiency of the
w o rk .
A lone wild goose attem pted to hom estead one of
our school’s grain fields a day or two ago, and, a l
th o u g h fired upon a couple of tim es, he was still
“ holding th e fo rt” when we last heard of him .
M r. and M rs. R uthyti T u rn e y very ch arm in g ly e n
tertain ed at d in n e r in th eir cozy bungalow on the school
cam pus w ith S u p erin ten d en t and Mrs. H all, Mr. and
M rs. A ldrich, of Salem , as th e ir guests. F or several
years, at H allo w e’en tim e, M r. and Mrs. T u rn e y have
given a d in n e r as a m em orial of th e ir first d in n er
p arty in th e ir hom e soon after they w ere m arried , in
w hich S u p t. and M rs. H all were th e ir first guests.
T h e host and hostess were so gracious th at a m ost d e
lig h tfu l evening w as spent.
Chapel excercises last S unday evening w ere of a
m ost in terestin g character. T he orchestra plaved the
“ H om e C ircle” o v ertu re by S chlepegrell, Elovd C lem
en ts sang “ T h e C lang of th e F o rg e” by R odney, Millie
B ennett recited “ K en tu ck y P h ilo so p h y ,” a sex tet of
girls sang “ T h e T rail of G o ld ” by M cD erm id, th e choir
sang “ Come U nto M e” by T hom as, and S u p t. Hall
closed the exercises of the evening w ith a very fine talk.
H e chose “ Being H a p p y ” as bis subject for discussion
and he m ade m any features of life u n u su ally clear.
M any valuable h in ts were given.
On W ednesday evening th e Senior D om estic Science
class gave a d in n er h o n oring S upervisor Coon. T h e
attractiv e d in in g room was m ade even m ore beautiful
w ith large baskets filled w ith A utum n flowers.
T h e table w as centered w ith a silver basket of pink
rosebuds and pink tapers. T h e g u ests were S u p e r
visor Coon, S u p e rin te n d e n t'a n d M rs. H all, Mrs. S h er
m an, M rs. C anfield, Mrs. Brickell and Mr. and M rs.
Iliff. A ddie M errill did th e serving and th e whole
class assisted w ith the d in n e r. T h is is the first class
d in n er given th is year. It was such a splendid
dem onstration th a t we w onder how it can be im proved
upon in later dem onstrations th at are to come.
O ur new steam h eatin g plant ju s t com pleted and
p u t in operation M onday m orning has given m ore real
joy and satisfaction to Cln tnaw a’s large fam ily th an
any m aterial im provem ent ever m ade at C hem aw a
previously. T h e big chim e w histle aw akened all C he
m awa on M ondav m orning for the in itial perform ance
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and in th is way notified all th a t our splendid new sy s
tem was in operation. M r. M antle, 'c h ie f engineer,
and his force have been w orking faithfully day and
n ight for some tim e to m ake necessary connections to
change from th e old plant to our new system . E very
one at Chem aw a is rejoicing, especially th e M cBride
H all girls, who suffered the m ost discom fort in the
past, and th e coal and cinder shovelers of boys who
will no longer have to shovel coal, as fuel oil is now
being used.
S E N IO R NO TES
Robert Johnson, Reporter
W e are sorry to say th a t some very u rg en t business
has taken Miss H attie S m ith to her home in A laska.
In peeking over our class we have discovered a new
stu d e n t. John Pesterkoff has retu rn ed to our class
to resum e his studies.
O u r cu rren t event period is too sh o rt. W e have
several m em bers who are in terestin g speakers and we
d o n ’t have tim e for all of them .
W e have heard th at there was only one grade below
a 2 on our E ng lish note books at a recent inspection.
L e t’s have some l ’s and no 3 ’s n ext tim e.
Tw o of our m ost prom inent classm ates, C arrie A n
derson and Sadie Gowen, have been absent the last few
d ay so w in g to illness. W e are hoping they will be
back soon.
W ith tw o official buglers in the class, of course we
are alw ays on tim e. T he trouble is the buglers seem
to have a hard tim e keeping up w ith us— they are the
only tard y ones.
On senior-new s-item day one pupil was heard u rg
ing an o th er to go to the orchard and swine an apple or
com m it a m urder or som ething so th e re ’d be som e news.
But they d id n ’t. So there is n ’t.
T h ere has been quite a tug-of-w ar in th e senior
class. T hey were racing to see w hether they w ould
have m ore girls or boys. But there is no hard feelings,
as we break even. T here are nine boys and nine girls.
W hen the S outhern Pacific train s roared by we used
to sit and th in k unkind th o u g h ts of the person who
located a school building so near a railroad— now we
have learned to use the tim e as a rest period. W e ju st
relax u n til the noise is over and then go on w ith our
w o rk .
(G e o rg e )— “ W h a t’s th e use of going to the trouble
of proving som ething th a t anybody can see is tru e?”
(C a rn e y )— “ Y o u ’ve been try in g to get your geom e
try . Y o u ’d b etter try again and rem em ber th in g s are
not alw ays w hat th ey se em .”
(G e o rg e )— “ I suppose not. In geom etry noth in g
is w hat it is unless you can prove it is .”
T ne Room 9 pupils were very curious about the
stran g e com binations of letters and figures w hich
appeared on tw o sides of th eir black board space on
T h u rsd ay m orning.
W hen the m ysterious hiero
glyphics again appeared on F riday an investigation
was m ade. It was discovered th at the m arkings were
the records of tw o im p o rtan t business m eetings of th e
em ployes