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
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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.