The Chemawa American, March 14, 1923, Page 4, Image 4

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T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
ACADEMIC NOTES
Miss E ak in has been ac tin g as principal w hile M rs.
Iliff is absent.
T h e vocational classes have selected th eir rep rese n t­
atives and daily practice is now in order for th e d e ­
clam ation contest.
Several cards of ex h ib it w ork have com e in to th e
p rin cip al’s office recently. T h e second g rad e has a
very attractiv e “ W a sh in g to n ” card .
T w en ty -m in u te d rill periods in penm anship seem
very sh o rt, but even in so brief a tim e some im p ro v e­
m ent is being accom plished in the vocational grades.
T h ere seems to be a sudden en th u siasm for class
songs. T hey m ay be heard early an d late and from
all q u arters of the academ ic b u ild in g . T he songs and
cheer contest is ap p ro ach in g .
T he m ake-up class in seventh y ear E n g lish is m ak ­
ing some progress by m eeting for an e x tra recitatio n
period each evening. T hose who have been reg u lar
in attendance are m ak in g passing grades and will
soon have com pleted th eir evening w ork.
Some very p retty society posters appear on th e hall
bulletin board from tim e to tim e. T h e E n terp rise
girls have a tasteful little program in blue and w hite
th is week. T h e W inonas have an In d ian poster a n ­
nouncing their n e x t m eeting as an In d ian p ro g ra m .
T he cleaning detail problem has been solved in the
“ so p h ie” g irls ’ class. T h ree girls care for the room
for a w eek. On M onday each girl w ri:es “ broom ”
on a piece of paper and passes it to some one else.
T h e victim cannot refuse, but m ust keep th e broom
for one w eek. “ P assing th e b room ” is alw ays an
ex citin g event.
ten tio n should be given this essential. T h e lads who
em pty the trash may not see th e ir responsibility, nor
feel th a t if they miss one or tw o cans th a t it will m ake
any difference. T hey should realize th a t it is ju st as
im p o rta n t th at it should be done well, as th a t the cows
be m ilked at th e proper tim e, th e horses fed reg u larly ,
or any other job done th e best possible w ay. E v ery ­
one w ho has any w ork in tru ste d to him is responsible
for th a t w ork until it is finished, or u ntil he is re ­
lieved, and his sta n d in g a t C hem aw a is rated largely
upon his ability to assum e the responsibility for w ork
and ca rry it to a successful conclusion.
F IR E COM PANY D ETA ILS
A fter the fire drill last S atu rd ay th e hose and fire
eq u ip m ent was th o ro u g h ly inspected and several
le n g th s of hose have been replaced by m ore reliable
pieces and cart N o .l is now in the p ain t shop g ettin g
all dolled up. N o .2 will go to th e p ain ters ju s t as
soon as N o .l is retu rn ed to the fire house. T h e com ­
panies have been reorganized as follows:
H ose Co. N o .l— C harles B uchert, captain; D andro
G eorge, nozzlem an; H a rry F ro st, h y d ran tm a n .
C a rtm e n .— M erton P o rte r, E arl D onnely, John Mi-
chell, A aron Isaacs, R oger A lexander, T hom as Cla-
planhoo, C arney F rench.
H ose Co. N o .2—Jack A braham , captain; John D ex­
ter, nozzlem an; G eorge P h in n ey , h y d ran tm an .
C a rtm e n .—W illiam M in th o rn , P aul K eta, H erschel
C rim , John Sim m ons, F ra n cis P eterson, Lloyd T illot-
son, L ouis T rom bly.
D epartm ent and cart te n d e rs.—G eorge C hya and
Jesse M organ.
G E N E R A L ITEM S
ITEM S FROM TH E TR A D ES
B lacksm iths are reb u ild in g th e trash wagon.
T h e p ain ters are w o rking in Mr. B e n t’s q u arters.
T h e flower beds about th e cam pus, and the rose
hedges, are being cu ltiv ated by th e y ard detail.
T h e railin g s about th e g ro u n d s are ta k in g on a fresh
coat of green. T h is show s an o th er sign of sp rin g .
T h e carpenters have m ade a num ber of screens for
the new addition at th e dom estic science and sew ing
room .
M oney sufficient for the in stallation of a new carpet
and cu rta in s for the sitting-room in M cBride H all was
nearly all raised by the sale of “ w een ies.” P re tty
good, we declare.
A new stairw ay has been placed in W inona H all at
th e w est end of th e building. It replaces one th a t had
out-lived its usefulness and was approaching a point
w here it m ight be dangerous.
T h e m asons have tu rn ed over th e new brooder
house to the carp en ters w ho will shortly have it
com pleted.
H en ry T u rn er is grow ing q u ite e x p e rt in caring for
indisposed chickens of th e school flock. Of late he
has been obliged to give considerable atten tio n to ch ick -
ens w ith bad colds and the ro u p . H ow ever, in th e
m ain o u r flock is in a splendid condition.
New lockers at th e Sm all B oys’ H om e have been fin­
ished and painted and are now in use. T h e rem odel
ing of th is room has m ade a g reat im provem ent in the
convenience of carin g for th e boys’ uniform s.
A word to the w orkers of Chem aw a: T he keynote
of success in trades w ork is responsibility. More a t­
A period test recently given stu d e n t nurses at the
hospital dem onstrated th at M rs. R anzell, head n urse,
is g iv in g in stru ctio n and m ak in g it “ s tic k .” T h e
g irls ta k in g the test all made good grades, but in th e
rep o rt to reach us A nna P eratrovich and M arion
D c m trt m ade the highest grades.
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