The Chemawa American, November 08, 1922, Page 3, Image 3

T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCAL
T h e apple house is pretty well filled w ith apples for
th e p u p ils’ w inter use.
Miss G ertu d e E ak in has very kindly helped o u t in
the academ ic b u ilding d u rin g our sh ortage of teachers.
T h e school orchestra, directed by Mr. T u rn e y , d e ­
lig h ts the audience in our au d ito riu m every S unday
n ig h t.
T h e Chem aw a hospital has never been b etter m a n ­
aged than at present, and w ith as few p atien ts at this
tim e of the year.
E au ra W aun is a tten d in g high school at Ea C onner,
W ash. She g rad u ated at C hem aw a last year. She
w rites th a t she is doing nicely.
T h e cem ent detail is busy th is week p o u rin g cem ent
aro u n d th e hospital, m aking w alks. A new porch is
about com pleted also in the rear of W inona H all.
Since all bids for th e new $50,000 dorm itory were
rejected on account of being over th e ap p ro p riatio n ,
it is in ten d ed to p u t th e building up in the open m arket.
M rs. S herm an, head m atron, has moved her office
an d q u arte rs from W inona to M cBride hall in order
to be w ith th e older girls. T h e M cBride girls are
m uch pleased.
Irv in g S hephard is a Sophom ore at th e W illam ette
U niversity . H e is a loyal friend of his old school,
C hem aw a, and visits us nearly every S u n d ay . W e are
glad to see him .
M r. H en ry T u rn e r, p o u ltry m an , reports a daily in ­
crease in th e num ber of eggs laid by the th ree or four
h u n d red pullets. C hem aw a is proud of its fine strain
of h en s—none better in O regon.
R um or has it th at th e ladies of C ottage H all had a
spook p arty on H allow e'en and those resid in g in the
d istrict report from the h ilarity em an atin g from th eir
q u arte rs th ey m ust have had a jolly good tim e.
M r. P aul C arrow , our capable m an of all w ork, was
m arried on Sunday to Miss G eorgia Bell F ro st. Mrs.
Carrow is q u ite well know n at C hem aw a and m any
good w ishes are extented to this estim able young couple.
Mr. Iliff and fam ily are now established in th eir new
cottage in “ H a ll’s A d d itio n .” T he cottage ju s t v acat­
ed will undergo rearran g em en t to accom m odate single
m ale em ployees on the upper floor w ith a housekeeping
apartm en t below.
T h e Interm ediate Y .W .C .A . g ills have adopted the
N ational G irl Reserve P rogram , and are w orking very
hard to win honors in “ h ealth , service, know ledge, and
s p ir it.” G race Johnson is president of this ch ap ter
of th e Y .W .C .A .
T h e last of th e cinders have been hauled on the track
used by the ath letic team s. D uring the last six years
probably 60,000 tons of coal w eie burned in the power
house furnace. W e are th an k fu l to sav, “ T hem days
is gone fo re v er.”
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T h e p u p ils’ H allow e’en p arty S aturday n ig h t in the
gym , com ing on the regular party n ig h t, w a sth e sc e n e
of m uch m errim ent and fun. Mr. B en t’s orchestra
furnished good m usic. T he decorations were ja c k -o ’-
lan tern s and au tu m n leaves.
O ur school filled th is year w ithout any ap p aren t e f­
fort of the C hem aw a school auth o rities. T h e In d ian s
are ap p reciating school advantages m ore th an ever be­
fore. We have ou r school full w ith 750 stu d e n ts and
alm ost daily additional applications are received.
It is estim ated th a t our crop of potatoes this year
m easures u p to 7,000 bushels. T he root house is full
and still th ey com e. Said to be the largest crop ever
raised here, and no rain on them from p lan tin g tim e
late in May u ntil Septem ber. T h is is accounted for
by co n stan t cultivation and fertilization.
E very available space in the fru it room adjoining the
p u p ils’ kitchen is filled w ith canned goods p u t up th is
season. T h e shelves in th e com m issary and a p art of
the first floor are used to care lor the large overflow-
q u an tities of peaches, peas, prunes, etc. I t is said
th a t all records are broken th is year in the am ount of
fru it p u t up.
T h e Sophom ore Class held their first m eeting last
F rid ay . W e devoted our tim e to the election of officers.
T h e follow ing w ere elected: P resid en t, H erschel Critn:
vice-president, G race M orgeau; secretary, M adeline
W ilder; treasu rer, G race Peterson; sergeant-at-arm s,
C harles M oon; yell leader, Percy W oodcock. A fte r
an en co u rag ing talk from our teacher, Miss C onnolly,
we gave a few yells and adjourned.
A t chapel last S unday evening S u p t. Hall gave an
especially able talk to the stu d e n ts—it was a talk w orth
w hile in every w ay. T he o rchestra played the “ Joys
and S o rro w s” overture by T u rn e y , Roy C ourville
sang “ My C radle M elody” by M eyer, Billy W illiam s
recited “ T h e O ther F e llo w ,” T he choir boys sang
the “ S oldiers’ C h o ru s” by G ounod, th e choir sang
“ C alling the P ro d ig a l” by G abriel.
New em ployees at Chem aw a this year are M r. H enry
M antle, chief engineer; Mr. Bert W horley, m achinist;
M r. K u n k le, plum ber; Mr. F red B ru c e .b a n d d ire c to r;
Miss Jean M allory, Miss M ary C onnelly, Miss Mary
C. Stanley, Miss Nell Eam b, Miss T hom pson, teachers;
Mrs. G okey, assistan t m atron; Mrs. E ydia R anzell,
nurse; Mrs. M oody, assistant nurse; M rs. M artha A rm ­
stro n g , assistant in d in in g hall, and M r. Paul G reene
clerk.
Mr. David S m ith, who had gone from his hom e in
G rand R onde to Portland on Indian T re aty business
w ith the G overnm ent, paid Chem aw a a visit d u rin g the
week. He is an ex -stu d e n t of our school and was
loud in his praise of all he saw. T o quote him liter-
all v, he said: In my opinion the school is m aintained
in the highest state of efficiency in every detail.
T he
m orale of the stu d e n t body displayed excellency of c h a r­
acter and discipline. I praise the school in general
an d th an k S u p t. H all, em ployes, boys and g irls, for
th e ir kind, sociable and lady-like and g en tlem an ly
treatm en t w hile a visitor at Chem aw a.