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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1922)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAGE 4 SE N IO R NOTES A nna La Rance proved herself q u ite an orator when she recited “ Casey at th e B a t” at assem bly. T h e senior girls are p racticin g on tailor m ade pockets so they can p u t them in th eir new blue serge dresses. O u r old friends, th e crows, are back. T h ey rem ind us of the class of ’19 and th e ir mascot song about th e the crow s an d Joe M att. In botany class we are d raw ing th e p arts of a p u m p k in . W e are g ettin g ready for N ov. 30, w hen we hope to draw the pum pkin pie. F ran k Johnson again leads in class sta n d in g for the period. G eorge P h in n ey , follows, w ith E rm a L aC lair and O ka P au lin a tied for th ird place. It looks as if our senior fam ily had reached its m a x im um . F or it is said th at N ov. 1 is the latest d ate a pupil may en ter and expect to g rad u ate. W e senior girls reg retted leaving the Dom estic Sci ence, but after a d a y ’s work in the sew ing room , we decided th at it w asn ’t so bad after all. F ran k Johnson, o u r class engineer, has learned how to fire the new oil b u rn ers at th e pow er-house. You o u g h t to see him m ake those boilers p u rr; ju st like a k itte n — a large k itten . If the lil’ old Ford begins to get stu b b o rn and w o n ’t go why call on us and take your pick of the three sen ior m achinists, A lbert O rsen, C arney F ren ch and A lex B eauvais.— “ A d v .” O ne day at the D om estic Science tw o senior girls cam e ru sh in g into th e dining-room to see the bird they heard sin g in g . But it was only O ka P au lin a leaning over the fish-bowl w h istlin g to the fish. “ D on’t tease th e gold fish. O k a .” T h e seniors have acquired the art of d escrib in g a n y th in g from an over-grow n w hite elephant to a lonely little m ouse. But since we have learned enough of th a t, n arratio n is th e n ex t th in g on th e program . H e re ’s w here we see the great w riters and story te lle r’s sh in e up. ITEMS FROM TH E TR A D ES M r. T u rn e r, our farm er, is on leave a t present and M r. W oodard is d irec tin g th e w ork. T h e m asons are com pleting the m anholes th at are necessary for the recently laid h eatin g m ains. T h e carpenters have recently com pleted a num ber of stu d y tables for M cBride H all. T h e fact is th e car penters are always m aking som ething, an d it is not all noise eith er. T h e coffee mill for the stu d e n ts’ kitchen has also been o verhauled by th e m achinists and a new d riv in g m echanism has been connected w ith it. It is a p ro nounced success. T h e farm detail is m oving the fence w est of the pow er p lant to m ake a p astu re for the horses. T h e farm boys tu rn ed to w ith a rig h t good will and helped us unload a car of wood recently. W e appreciate th eir prom pt efficient service. T h e hack saw th a t was u n d e r construction by the m achinists was tried out th e other day and proved to be a success. T hey state, how ever, th a t they have decided on some im provem ents w hich will be em bodied in the n ex t model w hich will be in evidence before a g reat w hile. T h e plum bers and engineers are w orking day and n ig h t to keep us w arm and com fortable. If there should be some delay in th e ir answ er to your requests please rem em ber th a t C hem aw a is a big place and there are m any th in g s to see to and th a t they will get to yo u r w ants ju st as qu ick ly as possible. T h e blacksm iths and au to m echanics recently th o r o u g h ly ovei hauled our Fageol tru ck and th e crew have given the chassis some p a in t. T h e carp en ters added th e ir bit to help out in re p a irin g the top and p u ttin g on th e w indshield. T h e resu lt is a b etter appearance, b etter perform ance and a b etter and m ore com fortable operation for the driv er and crew . ACADEMIC NOTES T h e T h an k sg iv in g en te rta in m e n t will be given on W ednesday evening, N ovem ber 29, in the au d ito riu m . T h e open session of the R eliance L iterary Society will be held in the auditorum D ecem ber 1, instead of N ovem ber 24, as scheduled in the calendar. T h is week three new pupils joined our stu d en t body of m ore than seven hundred stu d en ts. A ngelo K n ig h t, w ho was in th e arm y d u rin g the W orld W a r, en tered th e fourth grade. Am y P ete and G oldie W ainaniw it classified fifth. A t our school assem bly last W ednesday m orning Miss Lam b gave a splendid illu stratio n of the stre n g th of ch aracter, m ind, and body th a t tru e education de velops. Miss McDowell was chosen for a five-m inute talk for n ex t W ednesday. R obert Johnson asked th e stu d e n ts five questions on cu rren t events. T h e s u r prise came when th e boys sp ran g to th eir feet, som e tim es two at th e sam e in sta n t, w ith ready answ ers. A ddie M errill was elected to propound puzzling q u es tions on c u rre n t history at n ex t assem bly. In the afternoon session Miss C onnolly favored the stu d e n ts w ith the first poem to be recited in assem bly th is year. H arry F ro st asked five questions on c u r re n t events. A lthough the q u estio n s were such as could be answ ered by those only who are well in fo rm ed on c u rre n t history the stu d e n ts were quick w ith th eir answ ers until he asked the last one, “ W hat is one of the main item s in the platform of the new I n dependent p arty ?” H arry had to answ er th a t him self. A nna Lee T hom as was chosen for cu rren t events for n ex t W ednesday.
