THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon. Please address all communications to
Ruthyn Turney, Manager.
JAS. H. McGREGOR
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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.