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.
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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.