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T H E CHEM AW A AM ERICAN
V A L U E OF GOOD H A BIT S
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of your class and stay th ere. All th is is easy when
the habit of co n q u erin g tak es possession of you. Y oung
reader, let us em phasize for your good, that it is m ind-
w ork th a t differentiates you from the common h erd —
th e masses.
M ental study or cu ltu re call for w ork carefully
planned, reg u lar, p ersisten t. To abuse your tim e,
have no system , chance ev ery th in g , do your w ork poor
ly, growl if you are asked to do too m uch, h u n t for
th e easy details, ch an g e often, dodge obstacles, causes
one alway to fall sh o rt of th e stan d ard of excellence.
F ritte r away in foolish th in g s the m om ents left for
self-culture and th en , you n g man or young w om an,
you will not crowd anybody very hard.
O ne year the Y ale U niversity boat crew beat th e
H arvard crew. Som e-one asked the stroke-oar man
of the Y ale crew how they did it. H e answ ered: “ It
is easy enough. All you have to do is to take the ‘get-
there stro k e ’ and stick to it. ” A fter all is said and
done th e young man or woman w ho sticks is th e one
who succeeds.
SE N IO R NOTES
Now th at the excitem ent is over every senior present
is w orking as hard as he can.
G eom etry is at last becom ing in terestin g and we
like to work out the puzzling proofs.
T he seniors are proud of R obert Johnson as he won
the debate in the R eliance open session.
F ran k Johnson was chosen as one o f the delegates
to the Y .M .C .A . conference held at E u g en e the week
end.
M innie P ataw a and C arney F rench are in th e hos
pital. W e are all hoping they will be in sciiool as soon
as possible.
G eorge P hinney and Robert Johnson of the class of
’23 both took part in the R eliance open session and
both did their p arts well.
C arrie A nderson and E rm a E tC la ir fixed a little sale
room in the Dom estic A rt d ep artm en t the other day.
T h e sale is on th e articles m ade in th e dep artm en t.
Did you ever try to w rite a news item? I t ’s a funny
s tu n t to do. Y ou have a head full of news to w rite
and when you do w rite it dow n there seems to be no
new s at all. Such is the life of a reporter
T he senior girls have all com pleted th e ir new uniform s
and are w orking on the uniform s for the other girls
who do not w otk in th e sew ing room . T hey are
sp endin g a part of th eir tim e m aking h andkerchiefs.
O ne dav last week w hile we were in the d in in g -h all
th e bell ran g and everyone quieted dow n. A note had
been picked up and b ro u g h t to Miss S k ip to n . T h e
fun began when the note was read aloud to everybody.
W ho was “ Jim ? ” W here did the note come from?
W ho was it for? T hese were some of the questions
asked. It tu rn ed o u t later to be an ad v ertisin g s tu n t
p u t up by th e n a u g h ty seniors for their play. T h at
w as all.
T h e w earing of the class caps to supper last W ed
nesday was a dedication as well as an advertisem ent
for the senior play. T h e dedication was of the five
new caps made for those who did not have one. E very
one possesses a head dress now.
DOMESTIC AR T D EPA R TM EN T
T h e hospital nurses have new uniform s, w hich w ere
m ade in the P revocational sew ing room .
T h e little m enders certainly appreciate their new
room , now th a t they can have their own sew ing
m achines.
T h e prevocational sew ing-room girls have made some
p retty ru g s and pillow covers. L ena Swan and
M arth a T itsler are the w eavers.
T h e dom estic art girls are very busy try in g to com
plete th e M cBride Hall uniform s before C hristm as.
T h ey are made plain but very attractiv e and becom ing
to the girls.
T h e senior girls, as well as th e other grade girls,
are progressing in th e ir w ork. M rs. Canfield has
m any new ideas th is year w hich she is teach in g to th e
girls and we are m uch in terested , as well as she.
T h e senior girls, who are now in the Dom estic art,
are stu d y in g on different kinds of m aterial. A t present
we are stu d y in g silks and find it very in terestin g . W e
only wish we w ere in Japan to w atch the silk w orm s.
E very one is welcome to visit our sale room w hich
is packed full of prettv th in g s on lines th a t will m ake
good presents. All the articles are m ade by the girls,
and you will get som ething w orth w hile and at very
reasonable prices.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE NOTES
T h e F resh ies are very in d u strio u s and take a great
deal of in terest in th e ir w ork.
W e expect to sta rt cooking one meal a day n e x t
w eek. E e t’s hope no one overeats.
As soon as th e cupboards are p u t in each girl w ho
cooks will have her own individual kitchen w ith all
its eq u ip m en t.
W e find th ere is no such a th in g as in d u strial tra in
in g w ith o ut th e academ ic. W e use academ ic train in g
every day in o u r w ork.
T h is has been a busy week for Dom estic Science
housekeepers, cleaning up after th e plum bers, who
have been p u ttin g in o u r six new sin k s.
H ousekeepers N o .l have some nice new sinks to
keep clean
I t w on’t be a job, b u t a pleasure to clean
sinks like those in the D om estic Science.
Each girl w ants to take a prize in cooking, but
there has been a few discouragem ents in the way of
b u rn t cakes. W e d o n ’t know who to blam e for it,
eith er. W e can bl »me th e stoves, th e good coal, and
cooks, but we shall have to leave it for you to decide.
N ora G ray holds the honor of having baked th e
best cake m ade b\ B Division girls. S h e’s a Ju n io r
th a t’s w hy. Bv the way, w hile we are ta lk in g about
Ju n io rs, w e’ll sav th at there are six of them try in g to
catch up in cooking, respectively, N ora G ray, C larrisa
G eorge, Ada Ball, Eva O ’Bryan, E d n a Crofoot and
E uella W illiam s.