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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1925)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Coach Downie has a right to feel proud of his foot ball team. Miss Barbara Burland of Rochester, N. Y., has en tered on duty as head nurse at Chemawa. Mr. Jean K. Stacey is our senior high school teacher. He comes to us with no little experience and is start ing out well with his classes. The Sophies are honored much in having Mrs. Iliff as an English teacher. We greatly appreciate her teaching. We are studying from a text book used at O. A. C. Percy Woodcock spent the summer at his home in South Bend, Washington. Percy worked on the rail road and the Juniors expect him to be a great help in making things run. Charles Moon returned on Saturday and added his “force” to the mighty Juniors. Charles’ home is in Nome, Alaska, but he spent the summer working in the hay fields in eastern Oregon. Alex Petellin, an Alaska boy and a graduate of Chemawa, class of ’22, is enrolled as a student at the Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis. Alex is a good boy and we wish him every success. Clifford McCloud did not return to his home in Montana this summer, but worked in a sawmill in Washington. He returned to Chemawa on Friday and received a hearty welcome from his classmates. Raymond Barnes recently climbed to the top of our 100-foot flag pole and passed a new rope through the pulley for raising and lowering the ‘ ‘Stars and Stripes. ’ ’ This climb demonstrated that Raymond is not “light headed.” The Sophomore Class made two houses for the State Fair. One represents the Health house, the other the Unhealth house; they are a demonstration for health. The houses were made by Raymond Jones, Jacob Atkins and Walter Metroken. Recently Irving Cobb attended the Pendleton Round- Up and a daily paper in mentioning his visit said: ‘ ‘ He showed about as much enthusiasm as a cold fried egg.” The Pendleton enthusiasts believe in people showing appreciation of their show. Mrs. Gertrude A. Turney, our music teacher, re ceived first prize at the Oregon State Fair for excellence in an oil painting which she exhibited. She has re ceived a premium on her work in painting for some years at the State Fair in competition with hundreds of other exhibitors. The Sigmas have received the announcement of the marriage on September 16th of Katherine Brooks to Mr. A. R. Taylor at the home of Mrs. Fox in Cen PAGE 3 tralia, Wash. Her husband holds a clerical position with the Chausler & Lyon Co. of Portland and her address is 142 Shaver St. The newly-married couple have the good wishes of many people at Chemawa. The Daily Portland Oregonian had the following to say concerning Chemawa: The federal Indian school at Chemawa, five miles north of Salem, is one of the best conducted institutions of its kind in the United States, according to Hon. L. C. Cramton, chairman of the house committee on appropriations, who arrived here yesterday from Michigan. He spent the afternoon inspecting the school and conferring with Harwood Hall, superintendent. During chapel on Sunday evening, Sept. 27, the orchestra played a selection from “Faust” by Gounod. Raymond Haldane sang “Bells of the Sea’ ’ by Salmon, the girls’ octette sang “Fleeting Days” by Baily, Reno Booth gave a recitation, and the choir sang “Rejoice in the Lord” by Woodcock. Supt. Hall introduced Day School Inspector Tardey of the Colville (Wash.) section, who was visiting here officially, and who made a pleasing talk. Inspector Tardey particularly emphasized for the students’ benefit the many advan tages they enjoy at Chemawa and strongly advised them to make the utmost of their opportunities— good advice. The chapel exercises last Sunday evening were largely devoted to an observation of the works of Alfred Tennyson, Capt. Stacy having a number of his 11th grade pupils give recitations of this famous au thor. The orchestra played “Carita” by Weidt, Grace Peterson sang “Crossing the Bar” by Tennyson- Cowles, Mabel Bremner recited “Tears, Idle Tears,” by Tennyson, Floyd Dupuis gave “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” Tennyson, Jesse Morgan recited “Break, Break, Break,” by the same author, a quin tet of boys contributed a request number, the choir sang “Sweet and Low” by Tennyson-Barnby, and Supt. Hall gave a most excellent talk on matters ap plicable and important in every-day life. The employes who were at Chemawa when Com missioner and Mrs. Sells visited here three years ago will remember Mrs. Sells speaking of her daughter, Miss Dorothy, taking a course at the University of London. We are pleased to read in a Fort Worth pa per of her return and a successful career entered upon. She was engaged after graduation in research work for the League of Nations at Geneva, Switzerland. Her work on the British Trade Boards System is in cluded in the University of London series of studies in economics and political science. Miss Sells is the author of a series of articles on economic subjects and they have been published by the League of Nations. We are glad that Miss Sells is so successful and is be coming famous in her work.
