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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1925)
THE CHEM AWA AMERICAN LOCAL Supt. and Mrs. Hall were business visitors in Port land last week. The girls of Hawley Hall are very proud of the new Navajo rugs for their sitting room. Mrs. Parks’ mother, Mrs. Archer of Seattle, has been the guest of her daughter the past week. “Cooney” Hansen was a recent visitor atChemawa. He is an ex-student and this is his first visit in ten years. Mrs. Eaton has recently returned from her vacation, spent with her daughter and grandchildren at Grange ville, Idaho. Some of the carpenter boys are showing their good workmanship by installing cupboards in the new ad dition to the Wigwam. The first basketball game of the season will be played at Chemawa on Dec. 17 with the Freshmen class of Williamette University. The boys of the junior class are now taking their shop mathematics with Mr. Iliff and commercial geo graphy with Miss White. Some of our local weather prognosticators are pro phesying snow for Christmas. Let us hope that they do not know their “stuff.” Charley Moon is learning to drive the Ford. He has created some amusement and great excitement, but no damage, in his endeavors along this line. Anna Peratrovich will speak the Sunday following Christmas at a Sunday School in the Kaiser District. Her topic will be, “Development of Christmas charac ter.” The Girl Reserves of the “Y” are planning to have a Christmas tree on the Sunday before Christmas. They are going to play big sisters to some of the Haw ley Hall girls. The Junior Class, Moses George, Solomon Fleury, Francis Ross, Jacob Atkins, Peter Rassmussen and Tarrence Booth were guests of the Kappa Alpha boys Thursday evening. Allan Shepard was also a guest. Mr. C. L. Gates of Portland spent Sunday afternoon with Supt. and Mrs. Hall. Mr. Gates was principal teacher at Sherman when Mr. Hall was Superintendent there. Mr. Gates is now with the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, with headquarters in Portland. Thursday evening Raymond Haldane sang at the Artisans’ Club in Salem, and Louis Dupuis recited. Both were well received and responded with encores. Mr. Bent, Mr. Norris and Mr. Bewley were also present at the function. There is not much noise in the country but our people get it at Chemawa. Our people are musical to the nth degree, to judge by the number of radios PAGE 3 installed here already—and we know others who are hoping that Santa will put a radio in their stocking. We can boast nearly as many radios as autos. The girls are using the gym from 8:30 to 9:30 each evening, after the boys get though. They are prac ticing basketball for a class tournament to be held at a later date. Mrs. Kirk, who recently submitted to a surgical operation in Portland, is getting along splendidly and it is thought and hoped that she is now on the road to a rapid and complete recovery. She desires us to express her thanks for flowers sent her by the local F. E. U. while she was at St. Vincent’s hospital. The second of a series of Sophomore demonstration dinners to be given at the Wigwam occurred last week. Lylah Crofoot and Esther Guiney of the class were the parties directly in charge and to them much credit is due, for it was a success in every particular. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Downie, Mrs. Brewer, El eanor Houk, Edna Crofoot, and Mrs. Brickell, princi pal of home economics. In the first division assembly last Wednesday Miss Thornhill told a story in a most instructive and pleas ing manner, while Lloyd Clairmont asked questions in Current Events. Miss White told the second divi sion of her past vacation and drew a lesson for the pupils that can never be forgotten on “pests” that may enter into their lives. Cleo Plasteur asked ques tions in Current Events. The talk of Supt. Hall to the students during chap el exercises was splendidly received by that body, to their credit, for it was evidence of appreciation of a most ably thought-out talk—one of Supt. Hall’s very best. In addition to the above the orchestra played “Cathedral Chimes” by Arnold-Brown, Walter Me trokin sang ‘ ‘The Top o’ the Mornin” ’ by Mana-Zucca, a mixed quartet sang an “Indian Lullaby” by Wilson, Marion Morgan and Ramona Tripp gave as a dialogue a scene from one of Shakespeare’s dramas, and the choir sang the “Voice of Many Waters” by Porter. In exchange for a portfolio sent through the Junior Red Cross last year to France we recently received a beautiful portfolio of photos and art work from the section of France which the world war restored to Switzerland. This portfolio is being examined by the different classes in the school and has aroused the keenest interest. Our students are now preparing sev eral portfolios for exchange with other schools. These portfolios are distinctly Indian, telling of Indian life and customs, and contain many beautiful exhibits of bead work and other Indians arts. Miss Eva House, through whom the exchange is made, states that Che mawa is the only Indian school that prepares port folios of Indian life.
