The Chemawa American, March 14, 1923, Page 3, Image 3

T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCAL
N ex t S atu rd ay is St. P a tric k ’s Day.
O ur efficient d airy m an , Mr. T eter, was a very sick
man for several days last week.
Mrs. M ason, chief, and M rs. Jam es, assistant, p re ­
side now in th e stu d e n ts’ k itch en . I t is a good team .
M r. D ahlgren, of A laska, arrived on S unday to
visit his d au g h ters, E d n a and K atie. T h e last-nam ed
is seriously ill.
Mrs. H ittie E ito n , clerk in the m ain office, retu rn ed
from Los A ngeles on S u n d ay . She reports leaving
her b rother q u ite ill.
M rs. V and ag rift, who has been q u ite ill for some
w eeks, is now able to be about and at her duties, m uch
to th e gratification of m any friends.
M rs. Brewer left C hem aw a on S atu rd ay last for
W hite Sw an, W ash in g to n , after having received m any
m erited honors from her num erous friends, both em ­
ployes and stu d en ts.
Miss E ak in and Miss Ju d d entertained Mr. an d Mrs.
H all, M r. and M rs. Bent and Mr. and M rs. Dow nie
a t d in n e r on S atu rd ay evening last at the lovely hom e
of Miss E ak in in Salem .
M r. and M rs. H u g h Sam son will leave Chem aw a
to-m orrow for San F rancisco, w here Mr. Sam son has
arranged to en ter business. Mrs. W oods, m other of
M rs. Sam son, will co n tin u e her w ork at Chem aw a.
M rs. F lora J. Iliff, p rin cip al, resum ed her d u ties at
the academ ic b u ild in g on M onday m orning, having
been confined to her home on account of the illness of
of her little d a u g h te r. Miss E ak in supplied d u rin g
her absence.
T here are m any th in g s in life w hich pass hum an
u n d ersta n d in g . F or in stan ce, it is incom prehensible
to us th a t we should have overlooked the open session
program recently given by the N onpareil literary so­
ciety, b u t we d id and we are sorry. It is now too late
to go into details, b u t the program was m ost e n te r­
ta in in g in spite of m any an n oying h indrances th at
confronted th e y o u n g ladies d u rin g rehearsals, etc.
We feel badly ab o u t our regrettable oversight.
D uring chapel last S u n d iy evening S u p t. H all gave
a m ost able talk , in w hich he set forth in term s not to
be m isunderstood the necessity for iron, pep, g rit,
courage and tenacity of purpose in the m ake-up of the
hum an being who w ants to win out in the b attle of
life. I t was a fine talk and carried a m essage to all.
A m ong other featu res of o u r program the o rch estra
played “ T h e D ervishes’’ by Cohen, the O ctet G irls
sang the “ B arcarolle” from “ T ales of H offm an” by
Offenbach, E rm a L aC lair recited “ A u O ld S w eetheart
of M ine” by R iley, and the choir sang “ N earer and
D earer” by W ilson. As a w hole the exercises of the
evening w ere m ost pleasing.
PA G E 3
B rick-laying is now' proceeding rapidly in the co n ­
stru ctio n of the new dorm itory for boys. T h e corner
stone has been placed dedicating th e b uilding. It
reads, “ M cN ary H all, 1923,” in honor of S enator
M cN ary, den o ting that the building is to be know n
as “ M cN ary H a ll.” It is reliably reported th a t it is
the in ten tio n to call the dorm itory w hich is to be
erected d u rin g th e sum m er for our small girls “ H a w ­
ley H a ll” in honor of C ongressm an H aw ley. Both of
th e above gentlem en w ere active in m aking these
buildings possible for us and we are try in g to show
our appreciation of w hat they have done for Chem aw a.
T h e Sigm as had their annual “ fish d in n e r ,” c o m ­
m em orating th eir anniversary last W ednesday evening.
T h e occasion drew forth m any clever toasts and m em ­
ories of the beginning of the Sigm a Phi D eltasociety
six years ago. Mrs. Downie was th e only ch arter
m em ber present. She gave an account of the first fish
d in n er and other hum orous incidents. M rs. H all
acted as toast m istress and gave a history of th e soci­
ety from its b eg in n in g . M r. H all, M rs. B rickell,
Mrs. Brewer and Mr. Downie were th e honor guests.
Forty-five covers w ere laid. T h e girls cook and serve
th is an n u al d in n er them selves and it is alw ays a gala
occasion and m uch enjoyed.
M rs. H all en tertain ed on T h u rsd ay w ith a b ea u tifu l­
ly appointed afternoon tea in honor of Mrs. B rew er.
A bout fifty ladies called betw een the hours of three
and five. Mrs. T u rn e y and Miss S kjpton presided
over the coffee and tea u rn s for th e first hour and M rs.
Brickell and Mrs. S herm an d u rin g th e second h o u r.
M rs. Bent and M rs. D ow nie assisted th ro u g h o u t the
room s. L ittle F rances N icholas attended th e door.
O ka P au lin a, A ddie M errill, C arrie A nderson, of th e
senior dom estic science class, assisted M artha T itsler
and Flossie S ku lka and Ida E sholtz in serving. S p rin g
flowers th ro u g h o u t the spacious living room presented
a very ch arm ing appearance. It was a delightful
afternoon for all.
T h e first call for baseball candidates was issued last
w eek, to w hich 38 men responded. E ig h t of them
are of varsity experience an d played on last y e a r’s
team w hich m akes the present outlook very b rig h t.
Jake A tk in s, catcher; C harles B uchert, th ird basem an;
D andro G eorge, short stop: W illiam M inthorne, first
base; Reginald DePoe, Jack A braham , C harles G eorge,
fielders; and G eorge P hin n ey , pitcher; are out to m ake
a stro n g bid to hold th eir jobs. Tw elve su its have
been issued to the most likely men and each has a long
strin g attached w hich will assure th e ir re tu rn if the
donner is not able to fill th e bill, as A lpheus N orw est,
R oger A lexander, T hom as C laplanhoo, W illie B rendi-
ble, A aron R acine and W illiam Johnson are only a
few of th e m any prom ising fellows tu rn in g o u t. T h e
varsity nine wiil be chosen from th e best b a tte rs on
th e sq uad.