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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1922)
T H E CHEM AW A AM ERICAN LOCAL Tw elve new pupils were enrolled in the academ ic d e p artm e n t F rid ay . E leven of these are from A laska, th re e of the boys are from P etersb u rg , w here as the boys plaintively expressed it, “ N atives are not allowed to attend public sc h o o l.” T he T h an k sg iv in g en tertain m en t was given th is year by pupils of the low er grades and th eir efforts were appreciated by all present. It is very hard for some of th e younger pupils to appear on the stage, but the experience is good for th em — a valuable p art of their school w ork. PAGE 3 most teachers, revealed a very noticable stiffening of the backbone in the vocational classes T h is was d ue to the fact th at our busy S u p erin ten d en t took tim e to have a personal interview w ith each stu d e n t in this d ep artm en t who had failed to m ake a passing grade for th e last period. H is interest in th e progress of each pupil, his determ ination to remove every obstacle from the p ath s of those boys and girls who w ant to stu d y , his urge for greater effort, m ade a deep and lasting im pression on the m ind of each child who had this interview . C A R D IN -L IE U R A N C E COM PANY T h e R eliance L iterary Society held th e ir open session on M onday evening. W e have not the space neces sary to w rite up th eir “ sh o w ” in detail, but suffice it to say th a t th e boys did well and succeeded adm irably in e n te rta in in g all present. T h e o th er societies were out in full force and su p p o rted the R eliance boys w ith society songs and yells th a t were clever and e n te rta in ing. Miss McDowell gave one of her splendid talk s to the pupils in assem bly last W ednesday. A fter recitin g a sh o rt poem th at convinced us of the value of each and every m inute, Miss McDowell gave a brief talk th at was a pleasure and benefit to all present. A nna Lee T h o m as and A ddie M errill asked p u zzlin g qu estio n s in cu rren t history th at called for real inform ation if one hoped to give an answ er. T h e beautiful golden oak ex h ib it cases th a t were presented to th e school by the class of ’22 have been placed in the fro n t hall of the academ ic b u ild in g . T he school ex h ib it will be placed in th e new cases as soon as some m in o r ad ju stm en ts are made in the doors. T h e old cases were moved to the back hall w ith the ex h ib it in tact. E ach day stu d e n ts linger to look over th e w ork of the various classes; the new cases give m ore space to ex h ib it such w ork, they are valued, too, because they were m ade by th e boys of last y e a r ’s g ra d u a tin g class. T hose who w ould be well inform ed on c u rre n t events w ithout ta k in g tim e to glean such inform ation from th e daily papers m ight have profited by h earin g the recitations in th e Senior room at cu rren t event period last F riday E very topic was covered from the latest news in radio to the most recent happenings over seas. W ith o u t a nam e being called for recitation each s tu d en t rose, cam e to th e front of th e room , discussed his topic, w hich, of course, was of his own choosing, then, if he w ished, took an o th er topic and covered th at sub- je c t fully. T h ere was not one, “ I d o n ’t k n o w ,” nor one m o m en t’s hesitation in the en tire recitatio n period. F rid ay , alth o u g h it was the day follow ing th e big T h an k sg iv in g “ e a ts ,” a day called “ im possible” bv Last F rid ay evening chronicled an event w hich will long be rem em bered at C hem aw a. W e were given a com plim entary concert by the C ardin -L ieu ran ce O r chestra and Q u artet, and th e com pany is headed by F red C ardin, who left C hem aw a some five or six years ago as th e first violinist of th e In d ian S trin g Q u artet w hich toured the E ast w ith pronounced success u n til the war d raft disru p ted th e organization W illiam Reddie, who w is th e cellist of the q u a rte t, is th e c e ll- ist of the com pany of artists who favored us last F rid a y evening. Both are featured on th e present to u r as soloists and it is needless to state th at they are high- class in th eir a r t— their w ork proves it. T he com pany is com prised of three ladies and three gentlem en, all nice, clean, serious-m inded and lovable folk in m any ways an unusual com pany. Miss G oodding, vocalist, is th e th ird soloist, and her art charm ed all. She, too, is very clever. All in all, it is in unusually w ell-balanced and stro n g com pany. Mr. C ardin spoke feelingly of his love for th e old school, of th e appreciation of both him self and Mr. R eddie for w hat the school and the people at Chem aw a had done for them . H e m ade a good talk. It is not possible in ou r lim ited space to say all we would wish, but suffice it to say th a t at th e close of th e concert S upt. H all m ade a rousing good talk, in dorsing the work of the evening and em phasizing th e pride we all felt in the retu rn of “ O ur B oys.” At the conclusion of his rem arks he presented F red and W illie w ith block Cs, ” an insignia of ran k at C he m aw a and the highest honor we can confer. E very member of the com pany he also presented w ith floral trib u tes. T hen followed ’rahs for all by the stu d en t body— it was good to yell. S upt. and Mrs. H all did ev ery th in g in th eir power to en tertain the com pany w hile here and th e rem arks o f the artists on th eir d ep artu re was testim ony a-plenty that they succeeded adm irably, for all went th eir way voicing love for Chem aw a and her people— all were Chem awa boosters. H IG H SCHOOL NOTES Three of the th irteen delegates to go to th e Y .M .C .A . conference at E ugene were high school boys. The H igh School stu d e n ts enjoyed a w hole w eek’s vacation. T hey are now w orking harder than ever. Do you notice how clean the A u d ito riu m looks la te ly? T h e floor is sw ept by th e high school bovs every S atu rd av .
