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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1925)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL On Sunday last the first dress parade of the season was held on the athletic field. The birds are nesting again. We trust that our small boys will not molest their nests. Mr. Bewley has just purchased a fine cornet. a Holton—that is recommendation enough. It’s Mr. Bruce was over from Silverton last Sunday even ing. He played clarinet with the orchestra during chapel. Chemawa w’ill have mighty fine gardens this year, both vegetable and floral. The recent rain is de clared to have been a good thing. Mrs. Gibson, matron at Hawley Hall, spent a week or so in Salem recently receiving treatment for illness. She returned on Monday somewhat improved. Harriet Cain, class of *21, now Mrs. Jay Kirn, writes from Poplar, Montana, and says she has a baby girl 3 months old. Harriet says she is happy and getting along splendidly in her married life. John Dexter appeared in the role of violin soloist at the Bligh theater in Salem a few days ago. We have been informed that John did well and we believe it readily, for we know that John can play ‘ ‘some fiddle” when he is in the mood for it. A letter received from Anna Lee Thomas informs us that she expects to graduate from Healds Business College, San Francisco, some time during the coming summer. Anna was a member of our graduating class of last year and she is evidently doing splendid work. For some time the girls under Mrs. Downie have been practicing before breakfast physical exercises in the gym preparing for the out door exhibition during our closing week. The classes are double the size they were last year. Fancy drills are also being prac ticed. Many of our students may recall Ruth Van Tassel, whose father was the engineer at Chemawa some years ago. A letter just received from her states that she is living in Detroit, Mich., is married and is a mother, that she continues to play violin in an orchestra there, and that life in general for her is very rosy. The Salem Boys’ Chorus, composed of 75 boys from 6 years up, under the direction of Dr. H. C. Epley, gave a program in our auditorium last Sunday after noon to the school student body and faculty. About sixteen numbers were given. It was a delightful concert and showed what able training can do to bring out the voices of the little people. It was a kindly act on the part of the parents to bring the boys to Che mawa and also a mighty pleasing thing for Doctor Epley and the boys to give us the concert. PAGE 3 Dollie Flynn, who has been at Chemawa for the past twelve years, having come here when just a little child, left for her home at Iliamna, Alaska, on Satur day last. Military drilling and dress parades are now more or less the order of the day at Chemawa. These features show up annually about the time the final exams hit our student body. Elizabeth Montgomery, now Mrs. Charles Williams, of Arcata, Calif., writes that they have a little son 17 months old. She says that they have a radio assembled by Charles, her husband, also an automobile. They are happy and getting along well. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are both graduates of Chemawa, class of ’20. Catherine Wilder, now employed in San Francisco, writes that she often sees the Chemawa girls who are in San Francisco. There are about ten ex-Chemawans there, some of them married, and others working or attending business school. They often meet for a “Chemawa evening,” when they sing Chemawa and Sigma songs and talk over old times. The Freshmen gave a party last Saturday evening in our gym. It was one of the best class parties given this year. Miss Gunn handled the arrangements and showed a very artistic hand at the decoration of the gym. Mrs. Strout and her class catered. The num ber present was about 180. A delightful evening was spent. Eldred George and William Brendible were managers and gave out favors. The matter of co-operation and team work on the part of our student body furnished a subject for dis cussion by Supt. Hall at chapel last Sunday evening. It proved a splendid talk, too, for it dealt with con ditions right among us and apparent to all. Other features of the evening were a number by the orches tra. Florence Murchison sang “My Task” by Ash ford, Frank James played “O Sole Mio” as a baritone solo, Evelyn Whitebear recited the “If” which espec ially applies to girls, and the choir sang “The Voice of Many Waters” by Porter. Last Friday evening the young people comprising our girls’ octette and boys’ quartet provided the enter tainment of the evening at “Brush College,” over in Polk county. Anna Peratrovich, Reno Booth and Raymond Haldane sang solos in addition to their part in the ensembles, and Nick Stepetin and Reno Booth gave recitations. As a closing number all joined in singing our school song. Mrs. Ruthyn Turney was the accompanist. The efforts of our young people were thoroughly enjoyed and they all acquitted them selves with credit. Splendid refreshments weie served at the close of the program. Mr. and Mrs. Mason chaperoned the party.
