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.
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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.