THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
Each year new land is added to the Chemawa cul
tivatable acres, as stumps and brush are removed from
the wooded lands.
Mr. Kirk, property clerk, spent several days in
Portland last week taking samples of flour for various
jurisdictions in the Indian Service.
Mr Bent, our genial disciplinarian, had a minor sur
gical operation last week and was confined to the hos
pital for several days. He is now on duty.
About 1000 little chicks were hatched out the other
day, with double that number yet to come. Mr.
Turner, poultryman, and his detail of boys, give our
flock good care.
Next year we expect great things at Chemawa.
The higher grades will enable a good many young
Indian people to gratify their desire to take more ad
vanced work in every line.
Mr. Carrow, our hard-working and capable mason,
took his detail and cleaned out a mile of the sewer and
drainage ditch last week. Mr. Carrow is certainly a
willing worker. We find few Mr. Carrows.
Mrs. Parks, matron of Winona Hall, who has been
on sick leave for some weeks, returned from Portland
the first of the week. Mrs. Peery has been handling
the work alone during Mrs. Parks’ absence from duty.
Mrs. Bronson and Mrs. Sly, of McMinnville, were
luncheon guests of Supt. and Mrs. Hall on Saturday.
The ladies motored over in order to attend the D. A. R.
meeting in the afternoon. Mrs. Bronson was a school
mate of Supt. Hall in Salem, New Jersey, in the ’70’s,
and with whom our people are acquainted, as she vis
ited Chemawa some w7eeks ago.
The reading circle composed of Chemaw'a employes
met on Monday evening of last week in the school
library and had a most beneficial meeting. Miss
Strout, Mr. Iliff, Mr. Kunkel, Mr. Fisher, Miss White
and Miss Vesper lead the discussions gi owing out of
various chapters. These people were all well prepared
and did full justice to the subjects in hand.
Edna Audette and Mabel Bremner, seniors, certain
ly did themselves credit last Wednesday when they
entertained Supt. and Mrs. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Turney,
Miss White and Mrs. Brickell at a dinner given as their
demonstration in cooking and serving as required in
their domestic science course. These two hostesses
are the youngest two members of the senior class.
Our hospital, by reason of illness on part of Mrs.
Snapp, assistant nurse, and the resignation of Mrs.
Wells, dietitian, is short-handed. Mrs. Ranzell, head
nurse in charge, has the responsibility of all depart
ments on her hands, but she is such a good manager,
willing and efficient, that the hospital in all its varied
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interests moves along in the regular professional man
ner.
The Winona Literary Society of girls held their
annual open session last Friday night. The program
consisted of the speech of welcome, songs by society,
reading of the “War Whoop,” and other literary
stunts. The feature of the entertainment consisted of
a cantata, “The Flower Queen.” A woman, weary
of the world, goes to a vale in the forest. Here as a
recluse, she learns from the flowers the lessons of pur
ity, truth and love. The girls representing flowers
never appeared prettier or sweeter; the music was cred
itably done for such a heavy piece. Mrs. Leaven
worth did the directing, Miss Strout was pianist, and
Miss Thompson assisted with the costuming. The even
ing was much enjoyed by all. It was noticeable that
there were no waits between numbers.
The singing on the part of the school choir, as well
as the members thereof in quartets, solos, octettes,
etc., has gained quite a reputation locally. Indeed,
we are proud of the splendid harmony produced by
the vocal classes. The chapel exercises are greatly
enhanced by our musicians. Last Sunday evening
the school orchestra rendered a splendid number, “A
Romance;” Nick Stepetin sang a solo, a negro spirit
ual entitled “Ob Peter, Go Ring Dem Bells;” the
boys’ quartet sang a beautiful arrangement of “Juani
ta;” by Parks; a reading by Clifford McCloud, “A
Hero of the Furnace Room,” which was so vividly
portrayed as to startle us all. The choir sang
“Come, Thou Almighty King.” The superin
tendent drew a picture of the difference between a
trained mind and ignorance
He always has a mes
sage on some subject for the upbuilding of our students.
The D. A. R.’s of Salem, numbering possibly 50
ladies, were guests of Mrs. Hall on Saturday last.
The ladies held their regular business meeting in the
spacious parlor of the Hall home, after which they
were shown through the school. At Hawley Hall a
surprise was sprung on them by Mrs. Gibson’s little
girls who sang and recited. The entertainment was
delightful and unique. After visiting the junior do
mestic science department, domestic art and sewing
rooms, the ladies were escorted to the “Homemakers’
Wigwam,” which is the pride of Chemawa. Here
the senior girls under Mrs. Brickell served afternoon
tea. During the refreshment hour Mrs. Turney and
her vocal music classes delightfully entertained the
guests with solos, boys’ quartets, girls’ octettes and
mixed octettes The ladies were more than delight
ed and surprised with the character of work done by
the students and their ability to act as entertainers.
On April first the McMinnville D. A. R.’s will be here,
and on April the ninth the Oregon City Womens’
Club, 100 strong, will be our guests.