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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1926)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN PAGE 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon. Please address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager. JAS. H. McGREGOR SUBSCRIPTION - - - - - - - Superintendent 50 Cts PER ANNUM ATHLETIC NOTES ley Hall girls. Each girl will then make some article for our annual demonstration. The weavers are busy as well as noisy in the domes tic art department, we will have some fine rugs on display in the near future. The ninth graders are very busy finishing up em broidery work, gray uniforms and gingham dresses in the domestic art department. The tenth grade have just completed their gingham dresses and are going to have a fashion show at the close of the period. Mar tha Orsen, the practice teacher, is busy teaching her girls how to make a set-in pocket. Emma Sexton’s practice class are making curtains for Mitchell Hall. The first game on our baseball schedule was knocked DOMESTIC SCIENCE NOTES asunder last Saturday afternoon when it rained so hard The Seventh and Eighth grades are now taking les that the game with Franklin high school of Portland sons in the Domestic Science department. East week had to be called off. Next Saturday the team is sched the two classes made some very nice cakes for the uled to meet Commerce High at Portland. Excelsior party. Grace Marshall, the smallest seventh The schedule is still a long way from being complet grade girl, made one of the best looking cakes. ed, but Mr. Bent, our manager, is busy trying to round Ida Audette and Zelma Johnson are preparing up something that will look like an interesting schedule. lunches for the high school students this week. At present we have five games arranged, one of which The tenth grade girls canned smelt last week. This is tentative: is something new for them, and will be useful for April 10. Commerce High at Portland, Tentative demonstration purposes. April 17. Salem High school at Chemawa April 23. Columbia University at Portland LOCAL May 7. Columbia University at Chemawa Easter Sunday has again passed and it did not May 14. Salem High school at Chemawa make it very plain as to whether or not we are to be However it is still early and other games will present blessed with seven rainy Sundays. The general opin themselves as the season goes along and by the time ion is that it did not rain—at least not at Chemawa, the season is closed we will have our usual 12 or 15 so we are feeling quite certain of some clear Sundays games on the list. to follow. Exster was not ideal from the standpoint of nice weather, but it was not bad. A track meet is soon to be held with Franklin high During chapel on Sunday evening Mr. Iliff intro school at Portland. Mr. Sanders has been working duced Supt. McGregor, who with his family had ar his men daily on the track and field events getting rived here the day before from Rosebud, S. D. Mr. ready for it. The coach believes that each event will McGregor made a very nice talk, which though brief, be quite well taken care of, even though by inexper was splendid in the way of an introductory. The or ienced men, for they all show promise of developing. chestra played “Devotion” by Mackie-Beyer, Miss Judd contributed a splendid vocal solo, Louis Dupuis DOMESTIC ART NOTES gave an oration, the Octette girls sang “Christ is The detail has changed and the 9th grade girls are Risen” by Parks, and the choir sang “Evening of Beauty” by Lorenz. It was an interesting chapel back again working very enthusiastically on different exercise. problems assigned to them. The Excelsior Literary Society gave their annual The 10th grade girls, who have just left the depart social Saturday evening. As Capt. Stacy was sick, ment, came up and gave us a real fashion show. They the affair was sponsored by Mr. Downie. It was one all made beautiful construction dresses, and were eager of the nicest parties of the year and Mr. Downie and to show them off. It seemed impossible to decide the boys certainly made it a grand success. The decorations at the Excelsior party was unusual which dress was the best looking, as they all looked in one way—no crepe paper was used. All of the so well and fitted the girls who made them. decorations came from the greenhouse and the adja The 11th grade girls have finished making patterns cent woods. The gym never looked more attractive. and the 6th grade girls are now in the mending room The party was in every way a success and the Excel siors are proud of having the distinctive honor of wel with Martha Orsen still as practice teacher. coming Supt. McGregor and family to Chemawa. We sewing-room detail are working hard to finish Reginald DePoe made the address of w’elcome. the pretty gingham uniforms for the Winona and Haw Delicious refreshments w’ere served.
