THE. CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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Supt. E. E. Chalcraft, Mrs. Chalcraft and daughter,
Miss Hallie, together with Mr, and Mrs. Pickering
Chalcraft and son, paid Chemawa friends a visit last
Saturday evening. Supt. Chalcraft, and wife and
Reno Booth .. was unexpectedly called upon to sing daughter are residing at Siletz, while Mr. Pickering
during chapel last Sunday evening and he made good Chalcraft, son of Supt. Chalcraft and wife, lives in
with a “ plus.”
Seattle where he is well-known as a newspaper man.
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Turner arrived home a few days Pickering and family continued on to Seattle by train
ago from an auto ,trip that took them as far south as on Saturday evening, while Supt. Chalcraft, Mrs.
Eos Angeles, California. Mr. Turner is the farmer at Chalcraft and Miss Hallie remained here over night
and returned to their home in Siletz on Sunday.
Chemawa.
Charles DePoe, a member of the class of ’24, has
On Tuesday evening the domestic science depart
returned to Chemawa to continue his high school ment gave what was in reality a health demonstration
studies at Chemawa. Charles’ home is at Neah .Bay, dinner. It was a six-course dinner and was served by
Wash. He is quite a help in musical circles at the members of the tenth grade. Covers were laid for
Miss Thompson, head of nursing; and Miss F'eary,
school.
Flora Dexter, who spent the summer vacation with her assistant; Miss Simpson, physical director—all
her parents at her home in Golovin, Alaska, arrived three representing the Red Cross of Salem; Miss
back at school last Saturday, sound and well, and Groves, supervisor of household economics in the
happy to be with us again. She is a prominent mem Indian Service; Dr. Rowland, Mrs. Iliff, Mrs. Parks
and Mrs. Brickell, It was in every way a pleasing
ber of our junior, class.
educational dinner. On Thursday these people were
The “ Girl Reserves” of the Y. W. C. A. take this at the school again and met with the teachers, matrons
means of inviting the girls of McBride Hall to attend and disciplinarians and arranged for work to be done
meetings at the “ Y ” room on Sunday afternoons in connection with our regular healthprogram. Miss
at one o ’clock. Membership is desired, but active Feary will teach the regular Red Cross course in Home
Nursing to the eighth grade class.
participation is not compulsory and any girl who feels
FRESH M EN NOTES
timid will be most welcome just, as a g u e s ts
If you wish to reap the benefits of a season ticket
“ Watch our smoke!”
A tuns Reed was also on the sick list this week.
now is the time to get one and not wait until you have
The moving picture show on Friday night was en
paid the admission price to several gaines. East year
we played fourteen basketball games on the home joyed by all.
Nancy Eouden of our class is sick in the hospital,
court, which in itself would justify one in buying a
season ticket; but outside of that we also played three but is expected to be with us soon.
The classes indeed glad to have Emma Sexton with
football games and seven baseball games at hom e^I
us again. She was out of school last year o n account
Chapel last Sunday evening brought forth thé fol of sickness.
lowing’program: The orchestra played a “ Minuet”
We are glad to see so many new freshmen students
by Valencin, Grace Peterson sang “ Four-Eeaf Clo at Chemawa, but we are just as glad to see the old
ver” by Coombs, a septet of girls sang “ Eegends” by ones return.
Pauline Kamkoff spent the summer near Portland,
Mohring, the choir sapg “ I Will Praise the Eord” by
Nolte. Supt. Hah, who was in charge of thé exercises^ Ore. Along with her work Pauline tells us that she
introduced Capt. Stacy, who- made the principal talk had all kinds of amusements.
Elizabeth Codding went to her home at Marshfield,
of the evening, and one charged with good advice to
Oregon, on June 4. She reported having had an
the students, and which was well received. Again we enjoyable time during her summer vacation at home.
had an interesting chapél.
Beulah Ray spent her vacation at her home near
Next Monday, Sept. 28, the Oregon State Fair will Polson, Montana. She tells her friends that she en
open in Salem, so it goes without saying that this will joyed the swimming and horseback riding very much
be a busy week at Chemawa in preparing the school while at home.
The freshmen class is the largest of the high school
exhibit, as we always have a large and exceptionally
class, having thirty-nine girls and thirty-one boys.
fine and varied display at the Fair. Each year in the We have been reading “ Silas Marner” and enjoyed
past it has seemed that Chemawa has ^¿proved on her the story very much.
display of the previous year at the fair and we have
Helen Peratrovich is the chief cook for the patients
now reached a point where further improvement appears at the hospital for the present. The football ‘ ‘casuals’ ’
impossible, but we will not pass judgment until Supt. say she has certainly served nice meals. One was
heard singing, “ I. Don’t Want To Get W ell.”
H a ll and his assistants have had their chance this year.
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Supt, Hall was called to Portland acouple of days
ago on business and Mrs. Hall accompanied him.