THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
Chemawa is 45 years old today.
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Our Boy Scouts under Mr. Bent have the right
idea—doing a good turn each day. It is noticed
that the Scouts are manly, polite and genteel.
Mrs. Brickell and daughter Virginia spent the past
Mrs. Jessie W. Cook, most favorably known in the
week end in Portland to do some shopping and to
Indian School Service for many years, and now on
visit her mother and sister.
Mr. C. D. Wagner of Forest Grove spent Sunday as the retired list, has moved to San Diego, California,
the guest of Supt. and Mrs. Hall. Mr. Wagner was and ordered the American sent to her new7 address.
connected with the Indian Service some years ago.
Mrs. Parks, matron of Winona Hall, has been
Mrs. Hall entertained a number of the campus peo confined to her room for the past week or more on
ple on Monday evening and also Wednesday afternoon. account of a severe cold. She had a relapse Sunday
Mrs. H. H. Samson of San Francisco was the honor and was taken to Portland for treatment. Her mother,
guest
who is visiting here, accompanied her.
The musical programs prepared by Mrs. Turney,
The second semester opened with everyone on his
music teacher, for our Sunday night chapels are tip-toes. The first half of school over with some be
invariably of a high order. The quartettes of both hind in points, as is ever the case. It now’ requires
sexes, octettes, solos and choruses rendered by members some brilliant thinking on the part of those in the rear
of the choir are always enjoyed and complimented ranks in order to win out in the second halt. Take to
highly.
heart the Superintendent’s talk on “Carelessness” and
Mitchell Hall is holding its own in cleanliness and you will be a grade ahead in the end.
appearance with the rest of Chemawa’s well-kept
Williamette Blakeslee, assisted by Nellie Rinehart,
dormitories. This building has been unfortunate in
the last year or so. We are beginning to feel proud seniors, gave their demonstration dinner last Wednes
of Mitchell again, which at one time was considered day in the Senior Domestic Science practice house.
The invited guests were Superintendent and Mrs. Hall,
the banner building at Chemawa.
Mrs. Turney and Miss White have selected the Mis. Woods, Mrs. Samson, Mrs. Blakeslee, Mrs.
operetta ‘Paul Revere” by Dodge for the closing Brickell and Miss Strout. These young girls did
entertainment at commencement time. The scores much credit to themselves in the manner in which this
are on hand and cast is being chosen. Active re seven course dinner was cooked and served.
hearsals will soon begin. The musical numbers are
The 125 smaller girls of Hawley Hall are a happy
said to be fine.
lot. It is w’orth one’s time to visit Hawley Hall and
The boys’ quartet certainly put up a splendid song observe the spirit of contentment, happiness and pride
entertainment last Sunday evening in chapel. It is of the little girls. These little girls under Mrs. Gibson
seldom that our students are so enthusiastic as they are receiving the training we have dreamed of for
were on this occasion. Reno Booth, George Johnson,
years—in a building by themselves, and motherly
Nick Stepetin, and Raymond Haldane have good care, daily talks and constant instruction is bound to
voices and are well trained.
count heavily in the lives of these most fortunate little
Emma Olney, who had the misfortune to swallow a girls.
good-sized open safety pin some time ago, was oper
Each evening from supper until study hour our
ated on Wednesday. The pin lodged in the stomach library is filled with boys reading newspapers, maga
and was beginning to give trouble and the removal was zines, ect., or looking up references concerning the
necessary. She is doing nicely. The new surgery next day’s lessons. It is quite inspiring to observe
was used for this case. The doctors and nurses are the intentness of the boys and the appreciation shown
very much pleased with our up to date surgery.
by them for the privilege of using the library. We
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Waddell, Mrs. Freeland and wish the girls had as convenient a period each day
Miss Freeland motored to Chemawa on Sunday in their for they would also make as good use of the privilege
new Willys-Knight, returning Mrs. Brickell and Vir as the boys do.
ginia, who had been visiting them in Portland, to
Our girls’ basketball team has been rather unfortun
Chemawa. Miss Freeland and Mrs. Waddell are em ate this year. They started out at the beginning of the
ployed in the Veterans’ Bureau in Portland, and Mr. season splendidly, winning all the first contests, but
Waddell is engaged in the real estate business in the later owing to a number of the very strongest players
metropolis.
becoming slightly incapacitated at times when impor
The dinner cooked and served by Lydia Davis and tant games w’ere to be played, thus preventing such
Gertrude Caisse on Tuesday evening as a senior demon good players from taking part, crippled the team as
stration in their domestic science course was certainly far as winning the bigger games was concerned, losing,
capably done
This is the third dinner of a series however, only by small margins each time. But our
given by the senior girls for final markings. These girls, under Mrs. Rose Downie, coach, secured the
dinners are held under the supervision of the Princi benefit of friendships and good associations with
pal of Home Economics in the Home-Makers’ Wig outside high school girls and teams, which means
wam, so called by the girls. It was a seven-course much to our girls. Our Chemawa girls are known
dinner, planned, cooked and served unassisted by the throughout the Willamette Valley as good clean lady
two girls. It is a pretty fair test. No w’onder our like sports, and are always entertained highly by the
girls are in such demand in the best homes of Port parents and students representing the schools with
land and elsewhere.
whom the girls come in contact.