THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
Janies Thompson is now acting chief engineer and
doing a good job, too.
The maple trees are putting out leaves rapidly, as
are all the trees in our orchard.
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Mrs. Gibson, employed at the Uintah and Ouray In
dian School, Utah, has been appointed Assistant Ma
tron at Chemawa and will report for duty soon.
The new playground for our girls presents a mighty
lively scene each evening after supper. Such games
as basketball, volleyball, baseball and other activities
are enjoyed by hundreds of the girls. It is under
stood that hurdles are being made in the carpenter shop
for the girl hurdlers.
Details throughout the school changed on Monday,
the last change of the school year.
Miss Skipton is quite proud of the new clock recent
ly put up in the students’ dining hall.
X w o volumes ot the Junior Annual have just appear
The prevocational declamation contest takes place
ed on the campus. They were composed, illustrated,
Friday evening of this week in the auditorium.
The various industrial departments are making bound and delivered by the two divisions of the ninth
grade. There are about four hundred pages of very
plans for very complete demonstrations this year.
clever material. The production of these books was a
The mason detail is consructing cement walks in
bit of project work in the English class.
front of the residences in “ Hall’s Addition” this week.
One thousand bushels of oats were delivered to a
Mr. Ross, in charge of the campus, has a battery
of lawn mowers operating regularly. The lawns look firm in Salem at a price of 66 cents per bushel. This
represents the excess over our needs. Several hun
fine.
dred bushels of wheat is on hand and will be sold.
Mr. Iliff has inspected several cars of lumber at
Each year Chemawa sells thousands of dollars worth
various points in Oregon for Indian Schools in the
of hay, grain and hogs. Without this annual income
Southwest.
it would be a difficult matter to operate our school.
We heard that Ray Sanderson made 100 percent in
The most attractive poster of the year now adorns
arithmetic for the period, and Jennie Berger made 99
the bulletin board in the academic building. It
in English.
A. M. Doolin, of Virginia, has received assignment announces the Winona-Reliance joint meeting and is
developed in the colors of their societies. There has
to Chemawa as Chief Engineer. It is said he will re
been a group of interested admirers about the board ever
port about May 15.
since the poster went up. It is almost unnecessary to
A try-out between the Willamette University and add that it is the work of Allan Shepard—the quality
Chemawa baseball squads took place on Thursday. of the work tells that fact.
Both schools bid fair to have good teams.
The engineers of the various shifts are vying with
Miss Eleanor Houk, a student at the Oregon Uni
versity at Eugene, spent the Easter holidays at Che each other in an endeavor to see who can burn the
least oil under the big steam boilers and still maintain
mawa. Eleanor looks upon Chemawa as her home.
a good head of steam. It is a very commendable idea,
The Sigma Phi girls met Sunday evening after for every barrel of fuel oil saved means about one
chapel to perfect arrangements for their annual spring dollar. During the cold weather of last winter we
function which takes place the last Saturday evening used an average of about three barrels an hour. At the
of April.
present time it has been reduced to a barrel and a-half
Owing to the failure of regularly detailed chaper an hour. It is hoped that one barrel will be sufficient
ones to report for duty on Sunday afternoon the during the balance of the year.
Superintendent and Gardener took the girls of Wi
During chapel exercises on Sunday evening the
nona and McBride on their regular walk.
orchestra played a concert march by Perfect, Eva
During the past week Mr. Bruce, formerly band Martin sang “ I love You Truly” by Bond, Frank
master at Chemawa, paid his school friends a visit, Johnson recited “ The Home by the Side of the Road,”
bringing with him Mr. and Mrs. Elbode, his neigh George Johnson sang “ Will She Come From the East”
bors. Mr. Bruce is now located on his farm near by Berlin, the choir sang “ Forth From the Dark and
Molalla.
Stormy Sky” by Briggs, and Supt. Hall closed the
Mr. Roy Bradley, Superintendent of Construction, exercises with a very strong talk. He emphasized
has pushed the work so rapidly on the new dormitory the necessity for the exercise of tenacity and grit dur
that the brick work is all completed and a large gang ing school days as well as in all walks of life which
of carpenters are putting on the roof and other wood follow. It was just such a talk that benefits all,
work. Mr. Bradley has many words of commendation whether young or old, and we believe many will profit
for the brick men.
by the lesson.