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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1925)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL New furniture made in our shops has added to the appearance of the upper floor of Winona hall. Superintendent and Mrs. Hall and Miss Skipton were dinner guests of Mrs. Brickell on Sunday at the teach ers’ club. Mr. Stacy is assisting Mr. Bent by acting as Scout Master of Company B, about 40 boys constituting the company. The orchestra organized by our band instructor, Mr. Norris, furnished splendid music at the party last Satur day evening. The small boys in their new uniforms look natty. Mrs. James was proud of the appearance of her 140 little fellows last Sunday. Chemawa, as usual, is full to the roofs with pupils, and also, as usual, we think our student body is com posed as a whole of the finest material ever. Our academic teachers take turns in decorating the stage on Sunday evening for chapel exercises. Miss Gunn showed much artistic ability last Sunday. Professor Newton, of Phillips’ Academy, Andover, Mass., Mr. Loomis, of Connecticut, Mr. Marsh and Mr. Roy Dowd, of Albany, were chapel guests last Sunday evening. So far this fall our weather has been ideal. No frosts or much rain up to the present time. The porch boxes and baskets and outdoor flowers appear the same as during summer time. Mr. Huskey, our poultryman, and agricultural teacher, Mr. D. S. Turner, spent parts of several days last week inspecting the flock of chickens and culling out those not profitable to keep. The addition to the vocational domestic science kitchen now being constructed will add greatly to the efficiency of that department. The Wigwam dining hall is certainly a thing of beauty. Some changes in our academic schedule went into effect on Monday last, which rendered it necessary to change the industrial schedule also. All is smoothing out, however, and the machinery will soon be working as usual. It is a joy to visit Hawley hall and observe the homelike, orderly appearance of the building and witness the well-trained happy 130 little girls. Their song, “Hawley hall is the best of all,” is sung with good effect. Chemawa is putting out a winning team in football and in consequence there is much enthusiasm on the part of students and faculty over its success, being victors in the first three games. Coach Downie is proud of his boys. Our employes and some of the older students ap preciated the opportunity to be able to select first hand genuine Navajo blankets which were received here recently from Navajo Indian county. This is the first opportunity our people have had to select the certified blankets. We greatly appreciate the service of the boys drawn from the several details during the past week to help get the beans picked and brought in to the kitchen for canning. It is the cheerful performance of work of this kind that is of benefit to all the school that shows PAGE 3 the proper spirit. We extend our thanks for their services. The vocational and prevocational classes in cookery have been busy at the big kitchen, domestic science and hospital, canning string beans and tomatoes. About 2,000 bushels of tomatoes and an equal number of string beans are available and are rapidly going into the jars. Chemawa certainly raises ample vegetables and farm products in season. It is always gratifying to observe a large number of interested employes at the Sunday evening chapel ex ercises. It indicates a loyal bunch who not only are interested in their own department, but in the school as a whole. More of you come out; it will help our student body by showing that you are loyal and stand ing with them in their education. Everything is starting up fine this year in a manner that indicates an unusually successful year at Che mawa. Both faculty and students are interested and enthusiastic, and cooperation seems to be the order of the day. The army slogan as drummed into of ficers reads as follows: “Do any intelligent thing consistent with the general plan of the work in which you are engaged.” We commend it to our employes. Walter Iliff, junior at Willamette University, was elected to be editor of this year’s Wallulah, annual magazine put out by the student body at Willamette University. Walter is a member of the Epsilon Delta Mu fraternity and the Chrestophilian literary society. Amos Iliff, who entered Willamette this year as a freshman, has made Epsilon Delta Mu, and also the glee club. These young men are sons of our Mr. and Mrs. Iliff. Saturday morning the second team of Chemawa de feated the Parish Junior High, the score being 31 to 6. Grant Johnson, Tom Anayah and James Lane each carried the ball across the goal for Chemawa, while Elmer Logan had the honor of carrying the oval across twice. The visitors only made one touchdown, but failed in annexing the extra point. Chemawa failed four times to kick goal, but Dewey Matt annexed the additional point following the last touchdown. Rarely has it been our pleasure to have a more pleasant and affable official visit us than Hon. Louis C. Cramton, who very carefully inspected every part of our school not long since. His wife and brother from Montgomery, Alabama, with his wife and daughter, comprised the party. They came practically unannounced, but our domestic science class, being equal to the occasion, prepared an early dinner for the party. Mr. Cramton had an engagement in Portland that night. _____ SOPHOMORE NOTES Avex Miller, Solomon Fleury and Ernest Charles are the latest addittion to the class. Avex visited for a short time at his home in Prineville, Oregon, and the remainder of the time before returning to Che mawa he was employed in Eugene, Oregon. Solomon did not go to his home in South Dakota, but worked in Nebraska. Ernest made a short visit to his home in La Conner, Washington, then did carpentry work for the remainder of the time in Tulalip, Washington. In the football game with the Freshmen, William Markistrum, Albert Orr, Royal Holst, Aaron Isaacs and Raymond Jones played a good game.
