The Chemawa American, February 28, 1923, Page 3, Image 3

T H E CHEM AW A AM ERICAN
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T h e constru ctio n of th e big d o rm ito ry for boys is
going forw ard rap id ly .
A bouncing baby boy was born to M r. and M rs.
H au ser on S u n d ay . Both m other and son are doing
finely.
M rs. V an d ag rift is confined to her room w ith a
severe case of la grip p e. She certain ly has the sy m ­
p a th y of all her friends.
T om orrow is th e first of M arch. T h ere is an old
saw to the effect th a t if “ M arch com es in like a lam b
she goes ou t like a lio n ,” or vice versa. G uess w hat
it shall be.
On S unday afternoon M r. B ruce and his band boys
concluded to give us a concert. Some very pleasing
num bers w ere played, to th e d elig h t of both stu d en ts
an d em ployes.
M rs. E ato n , clerk, left on th e southbound Southern
Pacific overland train for Los A ngeles on M onday,
having been called by telegram to the bedside of a
very sick b ro th er.
M r. F red B ruce, assistant discip lin arian and band
in stru c to r, w ho resigned last fall to tak e effect upon
th e arrival of a successor, leaves us n ex t S atu rd ay to
tak e charge of a ran ch he recen tly purchased near
M olalla, in th is valley.
A fine dem o n stratio n d in n e r was given last W ed ­
nesday evening by O ka P au lin a , m em ber of th e Senior
class. T h is is th e first senior d in n er, and will be
follow ed by each senior girl giving a dem onstration in
her tu rn . O ka did herself proud and won th e com ­
m endation of every guest.
A large num ber of friends of M r. and M rs. G eorge
W . B ent su rp rised th is new ly-m arried couple th e other
evening by calling upon them in a body and presenting
a chest filled w ith a com plete set of silver as a w edding
p resent. Miss R oberts m ade th e presentation speech
on behalf of th e em ployes and o th ers, and Mr. and
M rs. B ent responded very feelingly, ex pressing th eir
deep appreciation.
L ast S un d ay , F eb 25, was the 43rd anniversary of
th e b irth of o u r school. I t is a good age for an in sti­
tu tio n of learn in g . In th e 43 years th at Chem awa
has Jived she has done a g reat w ork. H er w orth and
vigor increases w ith each passing year, and she is go­
in g stronger rig h t now th an ever before. Chem aw a is
now the oldest school in th e In d ian service—long
m ay she live!
T h e first lot of baby ch ick s will be hatched out
n e x t w eek. W e find th a t in order to accum ulate a
flock of w o rk in g hens th ere is considerable culling to
be done, and th e en largem ent of the flock com es com ­
paratively slow . W ith 2,500 chicks we o u g h t to
finish w ith 1,000 good pullets. O u r strain of W hite
L eghorns comes from tlie fam ous breed of H an sen ’s
n ear C orvallis, w ho has th e record of producing the
best W h ite L eg h o rn lay in g hens in the world.
M rs. O . W . M oore and niece, Miss H ester K err, of
B rooks, C anada, were g u ests of S u p erin ten d en t and
M rs. H all over th e w eek-end. M rs. Moore is the
wife of th e assistan t su p e rin ten d en t of the engineering
d ep a rtm en t of the C anadian Pacific railroad, p erta in ­
in g to land and irrig a tio n . T h e Moores at one tim e
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were residents of R iverside, C alifornia, and at present
are neighbors of Mrs D uncan T . R itchie, sister of
Mrs. H all.
Mr. Joseph E. Jam es, who resigned his position as
tailor at Chem aw a last sum m er in order to go to his
hom e at B ellingham , W ash in g to n , to attend personal
affairs, has been reinstated and will en ter on d u ty
M ar. 1st. Mr. Jam es is an excellent tailor and a fine
m an. Chemaw’a is glad to welcome Mr. and M rs.
Jam es’ re tu rn .
A letter from F red C ardin, leader of the C ardin-
L ieurance Co. w hich appeared here last D ecem ber,
bears the sad intelligence of the death of F re d ’s father.
Too aw fully bad! and all C hem aw a people extend
th eir sym pathy. Mr. C ardin S r. was well know n to
both S upt. and M rs. H all, who rem em ber him as a
man of sterlin g character. D uring th e absence of
Fred in attendance at his fa th e r’s funeral W illie Red-
die, cellist, and a form er Chem aw a boy, was in charge
of the com pany on the road.
T h e W ashington B irthday en tertain m en t w’as given
by th e pupils of the fourth and fifth grades th is year
u n d er th e direction of Miss S tanley and Miss G u n n ,
teachers. I t consisted of a panoram ic scene of the
R evolution, p o rtraying th e Boston tea party, the m in ­
ute m en, P aul R evere’s ride, Valley F orge, and
various acts in clu d in g recitations and songs, all of
m uch in terest. T he stu d e n ts took th eir parts well;
the costum ing was m ost excellent, and altogether the
en tertain m en t was well ren d ered . A p atriotic and
historical pantom im e, or d rill, by tw elve girls, called
th e “ S tar Spangled B a n n e r,” closed the perform ance.
D uring chapel exercises last S u n d ay evening the
orchestra played “ A u tu m n B reezes” by K ing, a sep ­
tet of girls sang “ T he S tars are B rightly S h in in g ” by
Bronte. Mr Bruce played as a clarinet solo a S ere­
n ad e” by M issud, R obert Johnson recited “ T h e
H eig h t of the R idiculous” by H olm es, th e choir sang
an a n th e m —“ T h e L ig h t of the W o rld ” — by B rackett,
and S u p t. H all closed the exercises w ith one of the
very finest talks th a t he has ever given in chapel.
“ A m b itio n ” was his subject of discourse and if he
left any phase of the topic untouched we know not
w hat it was. It was an unusually fine talk , one th a t
could not be th e w ork of chance, but w as conceived
in research, experience and stu d y of m ost serious
character. It was sim ply splendid.
W e appreciated having as guests at chapel last S u n ­
day evening Rev. E lm er E . H igley, N ational S u p e r­
in te n d en t of In d ian M issions for the M .E . C hurch,
and Rev. Doctor G ilbert, S u p erin ten d en t of Mission
W ork am ong foreign language speaking peoples.
Both gentlem en, on invitation of S upt. H all, made
short addresses of a most in terestin g character. Rev.
M t. H igley, who has visited us before, was quite e n ­
th u siastic over the w ork and progress at Chem aw a.
H e paid a splendid trib u te to S upt. H all, in w hich he
m entioned the wide circle of friends M r. H all has won
in all parts of th e co u n try , his m agnificent achieve­
m ent as a school man in th e service, both in the past
and the present, and his profound conviction th at Mr.
H all is in his ptoper field.