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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1925)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL School will close this year on June the tenth. Easter was a beautiful sunshiny day. It was per fect—apparently made to order. The students seem to enjoy the weinies, hamburger and chipped beef served each week. Our splendid menu is maintained. Our plumbing department, under Mr. Kunkel, is one of our busiest forces. You never find his plumbers loafing. Mr. Camp, the Auditor for this district, is with us. He visited Siletz for a few days and returned to Che- mawa on official work. The custom of seating the Senior class together in the dining-room from Easter until the close of school was put into effect last Sunday. The eighth grade girls have started to make the costumes fur the operetta, “Paul Revere,” which is to be given during commencement week. Chemawa was all prepared to witness a good game of baseball between Salem high and our team last Satur day. The rain interfered and the game was postponed. Following a custom established in former years, the Seniors had their annual breakfast in the woods on Easter morning. Miss White, their teacher, accom panied them. There are altogether 18 boys on the dairy detail— divided on a seven-eleven basis. They are milking 19 cows and some of the cows give something over 50 pounds of milk per day. Archbishop Christie, well known to all at Chemawa, died last week in Portland. Special services were held in the Catholic chapel here in memory of the good man, Father Gall officiating. Last Sunday was “Blossom Day” in the valley. Thousands of auto loads of people visited Salem and vicinity to view the beautiful orchards abloom. Inci dentally many people called on Chemawa during this day. Our holstein herd of cattle consists at present of 20 head of cows, 13 heifers, one bull and one bull calf. At present our herd is being pastured on what we call the lake farm, where the grazing is said to be excep tionally good. Eva O’Bryan, who graduated from Chemawa with the class of ’24, entered Salem high school last Sep tember and will complete the two-year course in one year by taking summer work. Eva means business and expects to fit herself to be a teacher. She belong ed to the Winona Literary Society and was a guest of Chemawa over the week-end in order to attend the Winona party last Saturday evening. PAGE 3 If anybody desires a “close up” of a man who is dead in earnest and who is operating a department at Chemawa, we advise that he calls on Mr. Bewley. An Associated Press dispatch in recent issues of Portland papers advises that the Interior Department has orderd a full high school course to be installed at Chemawa next year. This is mighty good news for all concerned. Last Monday morning practice on the part of the girls for Mrs. Downie’s various drills for commence ment, known as Campus Exhibition in Physical Edu cation Work, started. A period before breakfast each morning is to be used. Owing to some deductive mathematics employed by the House Committee in Congress our appropriation was reduced so that $8,000.00 were taken from us, hence all temporary employes that it is possible for us to function without have been laid off. Mr. W. W. Coon, our supervisor, left on Friday for Klamath Agency, after having given Chemawa a thor ough inspection in every department. He held a num ber of meetings with employes—both academic and industrial—to the profit of all concerned. It is quite a sight to view the many hundreds of little chickens nowshelteied in our three large brooder houses. There are about 1500 eggs now in the incuba tor. Altogether we hope to raise 1500 pullets, after culling Mr. Henry Turner, our poultryman, is an expert in the business. Dr. Arthur P. Wedge and Mrs. Wedge arrived for two-weeks’ stay at Chemawa. The Doctor addressed the student body on Sunday evening on the subject, “What Are You Worth?” He certainly held the in terest of the audience and drove home a lot of truths which the children and others no doubt will remember with profit to themselves. Chemawa during the last two weeks has entertained many prominent women of Oregon. One party of forty D. A. R.’sof McMinnville and twenty ladies from Salem, including the officers of the Eastern Star, spent a full afternoon going through the school and accepting entertainment at the Superintendent’s resi dence and being served refreshments at the Senior domestic science practice house, known to us as the “Wigwam.” The Eastern Star ladies were luncheon guests of Miss Skipton. Another party of one hun dred club ladies from Oregon City, vicinity, and Port land, also spent a full afternoon here. They were ex tended the well-known Chemawa hospitality. All of the ladies were certainly enthusiastic over our school and were loud in their praise of the work being done, and were truly surprised at the ability shown by our students, not only in regard to literary and vocational attainments, but in appearance and in musical ability as was demonstrated by the fine programs given.
