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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1924)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL PAGE 3 lightful hour Sunday evening after chapel as the guests of Mrs. Hall and the Sigma girls. The evening was During the last few days we’ve had some pretty nip ^pent in progressive conversation, singing class and ping frosts in this section. Society songs and listening to a musical program over The Southern Pacific Company has done considerable the radio, Supt. Hall being the “manipulator.” Re work recently improving the depot property at Che- freshments consisting of ice cream and cake were served. mawa. Among other things the roof was entirely re Joseph W. Burns, of the Chemawa class of 1911, shingled. writes us from Mescalero, N. Mex., stating his pleas A letter from Irving Shepard assures us that all is ure at again receiving The American. A gratifying moving nicely with him at the Hoopa (California) feature of his letter was a dollar bill enclosed in pay school. Both Irving and his wife have employment at ment for two year’s subscription. Joe is in the ma chinist and automobile business and says he can out- the school and we are pleased to note that they are buzz the “busy bee.” He informs us that Mr. M. W. doing well. Cooper, for many years an employe at Chemawa, is at Mescalero in the position of principal teacher. Best Mrs. J. S. Osmond from Chignik, Alaska, visited wishes for both of them. with some of the pupils from Chignik. She has taken During chapel last Sunday evening the orchestra a great interest in the children from that locality and played “Les Adieux” by Sarasate, Anna Peratrovitch makes them a yearly visit, bringing them news from sang “Fallen Leaf” by Logan, Edna Audette recited No Room for Mother, ” a chorus of girls sang ‘ ‘ Hark their parents. the Mandolin” by Parker, the choir sang “Ashamed Last Wednesday the new members of the Nonpareil of Jesus” by Benjamin and Supt. Hall gave another Literary Society were treated to a “Goat” ride. cf his splendid talks in closing the exercises. He took They tell us that it was similar to the Pendleton up the matters of promptness and the value of time Round-Up. Let’r Buck! Who was guilty of holding in regard to character building and gave a lesson that all should have taken to heart on to the horns? On Saturday evening the Excelsior Literary So Arthur W. Johnson, who graduated here a few ciety gave its annual open meeting at which time years ago, is still attending the Teachers’ College at programs are always in order for the entertainment of Chico, California. In a letter he states that he is society guests. The program on this occasion proved going to stick it out till he finishes. He has been unusually good and of just the right length. Mr. playing on the varsity football team. Iliff, critic of this society, and his boys have a right to feel satisfied over the program given, as it more Basketball teams, wrestling an boxing teams are now being organized in vocational classes to compete for than pleased the large crowd present. The Nonpareil, honors during the holidays. The seniors are setting Winona and Reliance societies are each to give an the pace and have their teams organized already and open session program later. Last Friday was home-letter writing day and it have had at least a few workouts together. marked the end of ten weeks in school. The grade An immense quantity of celery is shipped from Che- cards of pupils go home to parents or guardians along mawa every fall by the Japanese gardeners nearby. with the letters. It should be a source of great pride The greater part of the celery is shipped into various to send home reports showing fine vocational and sections of the great Mississippi valley. No finer academic standing. There is no good reason why all celery than is grown here can be found in all the of our students cannot boast of good grades as the world. opportunities are the same for all. All who lack The new uniforms that recently arrived have kept the pride and are downright lazy will always have low tailors busy fitting the right uniforms to the right boy. grades. They claim that they can work for any Jew in the JUNIOR NOTES “cloding” business now. It is for most of us to real The Junior girls have adopted another new song to ize just how’ much work is ever present in other de partments beside our own at Chemawa. It is also a the tune, “It ain’t gonna rain no mo.” Albert Orr wore a 100-percent smile when he re matter of no small importance that certain work is faithfully preformed early in the morning while ceived his 100-percent algebra grade for the period. Lorraine Hoptowit was much disappointed that she most of us are peacefully sleeping. Especial mention is deserving of the boys of our dairy, who rise at 4:00 could not stay with us here. We hope she will be rain or shine, hot or cold, clear or cloudy, and report back next year. Raymond Jones has been out from school for some to the dairy barn where they take care of and milk time, on account of his sore eye. We hope that he the cows. It is a fact wrorthv of mention that during the first seven days of this month these boys delivered will be able to continue his studies soon. Every place you go yon can’t help seeing some to the school kitchen 3040 pounds of milk from 17 cows. We desire to express our appreciation for the Juniors boys and girls. Junior carpenters are doing faithful work of these boys, and to let them know that the most work at the new Domestic Science and Junior we realize the importance of the work they are doing electricians are doing the light wiring. Junior girls at all hours of the morning and in all kinds of weather. are busily engaged in arranging costumes for the elaborate play being staged by the prevocational class The second division of the Junior girls spent a de for the Thanksgiving celebration.
