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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
A gorgeous bouquet of carnations was sent from
Portland by Julia and Martha Fratis and Anna La-
Rance to their Sigma mother and sisters.
Marguerite and Henrietta Chamberlin, who are now
Mrs. Tweed and Mrs. Bulgin, with their husbands
were in attendance at the Sigma party on Saturday
evening last.
Supt. and Mrs. Chalcraft and daughter, Miss Hallie,
spent Monday night with friends at the school. They
were out to the valley on a combined business and
pleasure trip.
Julia Fratis, Louise Silverthorne, Catherine Brooks,
Mrs. Anna Stone Brown, from Portland, were week
end visitors at Chemawa, being here to attend the
Sigma Phi Delta party.
Mrs. Effie Davis White, class of ’22, writes from
Salyer, Calif., that she and her husband, Ray White,
have just started a community store and are doing a
good business. They work hard, but are well and
happy. Effie was a rustler when at school.
Miss Catherine Reed, a Chemawa graduate, is now
a full-fledged graduate nurse in a hospital in Los
Angeles. She is at the head of one of the three largest
wards. Catherine says she feels it is quite an honor
on account of its being the largest hospital in Los An
geles, and graduates from all over the United States
are employed.
During chapel last Sunday evening Supt. Hall gave
a splendid talk on the value of time in which he
stressed the importance of punctuality. It was a good
talk on a live topic. The orchestra played “Land o’
Dreams” by Schumann, Reno Booth sang “Smiling
Through” by Penn, a mixed quartet sang “Only
Thee” by Berge, and the choir sang “Out O’er the
Deep” by Wilson.
Addie Merrill writes from Eureka, Calif., that she
read with great joy, also with regret, that Chemawa was
to have a complete High School Course. She rejoices
at the opportunity afforded the students here now.
but regrets that she could not have had the same oppor
tunity. Addie graduates from Eureka High on June
12. She will then take up a secretarial course which
she has already half finished.
Mrs. Hall very nicely announced the engagement
of Louise Silverthorn, a graduate of Chemawa, 1920,
and Catherine Brooks, an ex-student, who are em
ployed at Portland, at the Sigma party. They will be
married this summer. Mrs. Hall read during the even
ing various radiograms from the Sigma girls scattered
all over the coast country and northwest, including
Alaska. This society has grown stronger and better
each year since it has been organized and has up-lift
ed hundreds of girls, and an effort is made to keep
in touch with them all.
The Annual Spring Party given on Saturday evening
last by the Sigma Phi Delta girls was certainly a
“hummer.” This is the eighth social given by this
popular organization and at no previous one was there
more joy unconfined. Sufficient to say the gym, in
the language of the guests, “was like fairy land.”
There was nothing neglected for the pleasure and
happiness of the 180 hostesses and guests present.
The program opened with a mock initiation portraying
the ideals for which Sigma Phi Delta stands and the
ten blocks on which Sigma was founded. This cere
mony was very impressive and beautiful. Refresh
ments were served in beautiful May baskets of all
colors and hues. There were favors presented to all
in the shape of beautiful paper caps, with umbrellas
for girls and noise makers for boys. The evening
ended amid much merriment with the throwing of
confetti, sepentine, and large balloons in profusion.
This party, attended by our older students and faculty,
is the social event of the year and is always looked for
ward to.
ACADEMIC NOTES
The questions in current events were especially good
last Wednesday. Since the number of questions that
may be asked is restricted to three there is no time for
any but the most important items in national events.
News of prize fights and murders not wanted.
This is the last week for the supervised study hour.
This does not mean that we are going to quit studying.
Not by any means! It means that every available
moment must be utilized from now until after the
final examinations, for who wants to be a failure after
a year of work?
Even though it is the merry month of May, exam
inations are here, a few of them—just enough to whet
the appetite for what is coming later. This is the
schedule: May 4, Conversational exercises, grades 3
to 6 inclusive; Penmanship, grades 3 to 10 inclusive;
May 5, Reading, grades 3 to 8 inclusive; Music,
grades 3 to 10 inclusive.
Representatives of the second and the third grades
responded nobly with their assignment for the school
assembly last Wednesday. Edward Anderson read a
story on the life of Robert Louis Stevenson, and Eliza
beth Kirn recited one of his poems, “My Shadow,”
as representatives of the third grade. The second
grade pupils were Norman Plummer, who read a short
essay on Stevenson’s life to the 1st division, and little
Mary Gardipe who recited “The Swing.”
DETAIL FOR WEEK
Sunday escort for girls, May 10
McBride Hall
Winona Hall
Carpenter
Teacher No. 10 *
D. S. Teacher
Dairyman
Escort for girls to Salem, May 9
Teacher No. 7