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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1922)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAGE 4 ACADEMIC NOTES W ith in a day or tw o the th ird division of th e fourth and th e fifth grades will be clim bing the stairs to— w hich room has not y et been d eterm ined. T h is change will leave only th e prim ary d ep artm en t and th e fo u rth grade on th e first floor. Miss M allory, who was chosen by th e B division for a five-m inute talk in assem bly, provided a su b sti tu te by giving the pupils th e pleasure of h eariu g three records on her E dison. T h e selections were well ch o sen and the hearty applause th a t greeted each num ber show ed th e ch ild re n s’ appreciation of good m usic. T h e boys in the carp en ter shop are rep airin g a table and m aking benches for some of the small folks in the first grade. T h is will take care of the six pupils in this grade for whom we have no desks small enough for com fortable seating. T h e 77 boys and 49 girls who atten d school all day in the prim ary grades fill th is d e p artm en t to overflow ing and make th e problem of p ro viding desks and places to p u t them look like a great big q u estio n m ark. A t a recent teach ers’ m eeting the prevocational and prim ary teach ers m ade a division of their forces for th e production of the th ree en tertain m en ts scheduled for th eir d ep artm en ts d u rin g the year. T h e fourth and six th grades, u n d er th e direction of Miss Lam b and M r. G riffiths, will give the T h an k sg iv in g e n te r tain m en t on W ednesday, N ovem ber 29 T h e second and fourth grades, under th e direction of Miss Ju d d and Miss M allory, will stan d responsible for th e C h rist m as en tertain m en t and the th ird and fifth grades, d i rected by Miss S tanley and Miss G u n n , will produce the en tertain m en t for W a sh in g to n ’s B irthday, F eb ru a ry 21. A L U M N I A N D E X -STU D EN T NOTES H en ry D arnell, ’l l , is now located in P o rtlan d in the advertising business u n d er th e firm nam e of ‘ Darnell & B all.” W hile here H en ry was a m em ber of the p rin tin g force and was one of the real live wires of the school. E m m a S hepard, class of 1913, is a linotype operator on th e leading new spaper at S anta M onica, C alifornia. W hile here Em m a was very active in m usical circles and traveled w ith the school band on its concerts as a vocal soloist. M r. an d M rs. N ick H atch , nee H attie M artin, of th e classes of T 3 and ’21 respectively, are living at U nalaska, A laska, where N ick has a position as an electrical en g in eer. M r. C harles E . L arsen is th e chief clerk at the Siletz In d ian agency. W hile here M r. L arsen was a very p ro m in en t ath lete and m usician. In later years he conducted th e school band w ith m uch success and was also d iscip lin arian . Silas Moon has followed his trad e as blacksm ith co n tin u ally since leaving school and is now the head blacksm ith for one of th e largest logging firm s on the Colum bia R iver. “ C v ” was a real football player and had a rep u tatio n th ro u g h o u t the no rth w est. G ordon H obucket, ’08, w ho was a m em ber of our teach in g staff for several years, is now financial clerk at the T aholah In d ian A gency at H oquiam , W ash in g to n . G ordon is one of our loyal alu m n u s who m akes it a p o in t to visit his alm a m ater at le ist once each year. Jam es E vans, class of 1913, is the postm aster at M etlakatla, A laska. W hile here “ Jim m y ” took an active p art in all lines ol th e school w ork and was lik ed by all. H e was one of the best clarinetists th e school ever tu rn ed out and now plays w ith the fam ous M etla k atla B and. W illie R eddie, class of ’14, left here as cellist of the In d ian S trin g Q u artet, tu to re d by Mr. T u rn e y and sent E ast as a C hem aw a p ro d u ct. U ntil disbanded by the w ar d raft the q u a rte t m ade good on th e big eastern lyceum and c h a tau q u a circ u its. Since the w ar W illie has been in m usical w ork of the highest order. H e will be in th e N orthw est for a short tim e this w inter and prom ises to visit C hem aw a. H e is reputed to be th e w o rld ’s best In d ian cellist. ITEM S FROM TH E TRA DES T h e p ain ters have finished th e tw o school room s at th e academ ic b u ild in g and also a considerable am ount of other w ork. T h e tailors, shoe and harness-m akers are ra th e r cold in th eir shops, b u t conditions are som ew hat im proved for th e tailors since they p u t up a stove. T h e carp en ters are as busy as ever w ith repairs and a house m oving job also. T h e porch at th e rear of the dom estic science has had a share of atten tio n re c e n tly . T h e plum bers are on th e ru n try in g to stop leaks and m aintain service over the plant. M any of our rad iato rs are old and are inclined to leak, but th a t, too, will be corrected in tim e. A gain we request p atien c e. O ur new h eatin g system is underg o in g adjustm ent. Please be p atien t and we will soon have it w orking properly. I t seem s ra th e r stran g e to th e engineers to have no coal to haul in and ashes to ta k e o u t, but thev say th a t they are not grieving about it. T h e recent rains have m ade th e harvesting of potatoes difficult, ow ing to the fact th a t the potato dig g er c a n not be used and th e boys have to use forks to dig by hand. W e are h o ping th a t a few b rig h t days will put the g ro u n d in shape so th e digger can be used again. S ubscribe for T h e C hem aw a A m erican —50 cents a vear.
