T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCAL
L et all rem em ber th eir m any blessings tom orrow
and be th a n k fu l.
A rchbishop C hristie and p arty were d in n e r guests on
S unday of S u p t. and Mrs. H all at th e T ea ch ers’ C lub.
Mrs. Plum ber, m other of o u r M rs. B aker, is v isit
ing her d au g h ter at C hem aw a and will rem ain fo r
T h an k sg iv in g .
A big delegation of C hem aw a boys will atten d the
th ree-dav s Y .M .C .A . conference at th e S tate U n iv er
sity at E u g en e the last of this w eek.
I t is h ard ly necessary to say th a t th e d in in g -ro o m ,
kitch en and bakery forces are busy today p rep arin g for
th e big T h an k sg iv in g d in n er to be given tom orrow .
M r. David S. T u rn e r, head ag ric u ltu rist, is tak in g
his vacation, after a year of stren u o u s w ork in success
fully h an d lin g our large ag ricu ltu ral and h o rticu ltu ral
requ irem en ts.
Mr. and M rs. Bradley and fam ily are located in one
of th e cottages i n “ H a ll’s A d d itio n .” T h ey will te m
porarily be one of C hem aw a’s fam ilies. M r. B radley is
g iv in g his atten tio n to m aking u p lists of m aterials
for the new D orm itory.
Rev. M r. L o n g of th e first P resb y terian C hurch a d
dressed th e jo in t m eeting of th e Y .M .C .A . and Y .W .
C .A . societies last S unday evening. M r. L ong is a
stro n g speaker an d certainly know s how to talk to
y o u n g people. H is address was fine in every wav.
Mr. H a rry W . Cam p, au d ito r for th e In d ian Service,
dropped in on T h u rsd ay last for an official visit. Mr.
Cam p is an indefatigable w orker and very valuable in
ex p lain in g erro rs in the accounts and assisting our
force follow ing th e regulations. H e has visited C he
m aw a a num ber of tim es and each visit has taken no
little in terest in our school activities.
T h e em broidered sm ocks ju st finished by the d o
m estic art d epartm ent for th e g irls ’ com pany C of W i
nona H all, and worn to chapel on Sunday evening,
are, in th e opinion of th e w riter, about th e prettiest
uniform s th a t the C hem aw a girls have had for a long
tim e. I t would be very effective if all of o u r girl com
panies had them or som ething sim ilar.
O ne of the best talks of this year was given by S u p t.
H all last S unday evening in chapel. It was on p racti
cal lines, as are all of his addresses, and was given
w ith conviction— a fine talk for all present. D uring
th e excercises the orchestra played by request the
F e s t’’m arch of P e rfe c t, a m ixed chorus sa n g “ T h an k s-
g iv in g ” bv Pleyel, O ka P aulina recited “ P a trio tism ”
and th e choir sang an anthem e n title d “ E x to l Y e the
L o rd ” by Shaw ker. I t was a well spent evening.
M r. Iliff, who has had t o spend a good deal of his
tim e at various lum ber mills inspecting lum ber for
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m any of th e superin ten d en cies of th e Indian service
th is fall, has about com pleted th e w ork in hand and is
gratified now to tu rn his full atten tio n to school duties
at C hem aw a, w hich are at all tim es u rg en t and press
in g . H is large class and dem onstration room w hich
adjoins the office of the S u p erin ten d en t of In d u stries
is being cleared of th e various shop ex h ib its and m e
chanical draw ing desks p u t in their place. V arious
classes of th e bovs will im m ediately be given the
course in m echanical d raw in g by Mr. Iliff.
E very em ployee and pupil of Chem aw a can be class
ed as p a rt of a b uilding gang, and w ith his or h er own
w ork to do, th e ir part of th e stru c tu re to be accounted
for. T h e g an g m ust w ork to gether on a definite
plan, or we shall have little of an y th in g at the end of
th e day to show for our most indu strio u s efforts. T here
m ust not be one sh irk er, one loafer, one slacker in the
w hole g ang. I t is for ourselves th a t we m ust build,
and the sons of C hem aw a, our w hole service, our
In d ian people. W e m ust build bodies and m inds and
ideals and moral ch aracter. W e m ust go to ou r
w ork hum bly and th o u g h tfu lly , w ith earnestness, w ill
ingness, d o in g ou r p art well and proud of th e p art we
play.
T h e w riter has observed recently, th a t som e of our
stu d en ts do not use th eir brains. T h ere seem s to be
lack of co n cen tratio n on the w ork in hand. F or in
stance, recently a boy undertook to loosen a n u t w ith a
w rench th a t was bent so th a t it w ould not hold properly.
H e w orked, stru g g le d , and finally narrow ly missed b e
ing h u rt because he did not «top long enough to h it the
w rench w ith a ham m er and stra ig h te n it so it w ould
hold. M oral: Use your head some and you w on’t
need your hands so m uch. T h e bov who is described
as a w orker, and who is also credited w ith w orking
to advantage, and g e ttin g th in g s done, is th e lad that
does not expend useless energy on tools th at one blow
of the ham m er would m ake th o ro u g h ly serviceable.
T H A N K SG IV IN G D A Y SPORTS
Bang! Bang! Bang! All are ready for the big
day. T h an k sg iv in g Day, and the big gam es. T he
first gam e on the list of events will be played, as usual,
in the s tu d e n ts ’ d in in g room. S tu d en ts vs. th e big
feed. No dope needed on this event. S tu d en ts alw ays
lose. All h an d s will slow ly move from th e d in in g hall
sm iling and happy but defeated. But from then on the
outcom e of events will not be so certain and will be
held m ore or less in th e balance till th e very end, as the
Seniors and Sophom ores have com bined against the J u n
iors and F reshm en and are p ittin g th eir very best to d e
fend the honor and d ig n ity of their respective classes. A
special program of events has been arran g ed to suit
even the most rugged of those w arriors. Will it be a
thriller? W ell, we guess it will, for w hat some of these
huskies did ju s t about a year ago still lingers in our
m em ory and these upper classm en are all hopped-up
and ready for the fray, as p reparations for th is day
have long been u n d er way. Class songs, class yells
an d classsp irit will ru n high th ro u g h o u t the afternoon.
T h ere will be school fight and pep a-plenty.
A tug-o-w ar th a t gives prom ise to be a real, honest-
to-goodness contest will be the first event betw een the
four classes.