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
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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.
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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.