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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1926)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Miss Eakin and Miss Judd are driving a new Chev rolet. Dr. Roland spent Friday night as the guest of Mrs. Brickell. A carload of cord wood has just arrived for use at the school. The engineers have been busy the past week repair ing the water pumps. Mr. Bent is limping slightly from injuries obtained while alighting too “agily” from an auto. The Juniors are quite proud of the Indian designs painted by one of their class, Jack Abraham. The harness shop has repaired the rubber carpets at the hospital and they are now as good as new. The regular student body social la.-d Saturday even ing proved to be the enjoyable affair it always is. George W. Bent, jr., received as a birthday present the other day a collie pup, presented by Miss White. The carpenters have just completed extensive repairs to the cellar underneath the domestic science building. Walter Farrow and party stopped at Chemawa on Thursday to visit with friends. They were enroute to Pendleton. The carpenter boys are making an oak dining-table for Supt. McGregor’s cottage. Another chemistry table is also well under way. From the blacksmith shop bulletin board: “You don’t know how much you have to know in order to know how little you know.” Joseph McNeal’s father visited his son and other relatives on the campus recently. Mr. McNeal is just from Boston and is enroute to Alaska. Charles DePoe is again on the carpenter’s detail. Charles is just as glad to be again on the “hammer and saw” detail as the carpenters are to have him. Martin Colby and Fred Wilder, former students, passed the week-end at Chemawa. They are employed in Portland. They were Sunday dinner guests of Miss Houk. The girls of McBride Hall are giving special atten tion to the flowers growing around their dormitory, and they are amply rewarded by the fine appearance of everything. The Kappa Alpha boys held their regular meeting on Thursday evening. Special attention was given to the three new members, Solomon Fluery, Moses George and Floyd Dupuis. Mr. Fisher and Miss David read very interesting papers at the academic teachers’ meeting on Monday. Miss David’s subject was the “Kinds of Test,” and Mr. Fisher’s was the “Lesson Plans.” Mr. Cardy and his details have been whitewashing quite extensively of late at “Pigville.” He reports an increase of pig population of late to be about 50 new arrivals. My, what a prospect for “ham and—.” A contest is on at Winona hall between the various companies with regard to deportment and general ex cellence in every way. D company at present has a slight lead, but is hard pressed by others for first place. Ida Escholt, Edna Audette and Harriet Hill served a delightful eight-course dinner on Wednesday even ing at the Wigwam. Covers were laid for Supt. and Mrs. McGregor, Dr. Roland, Miss Borland, Miss Co- valt and Mrs. Brickell. PAGE 3 Mrs. Iliff decorated the stage for the Declamation Contest on Friday evening and Miss Thornhill decor ated it for the Sunday evening exercises. Tulips were used in both instances and the stage was certain ly beautiful. Frank Johnson, aChemawa graduate of the class of ’23, and also a graduate of Salem High, was a most welcome visitor to the school on Thursday. While only here for a few hours with his sister, Grace John son, and friends, it spoke well for him that he could not tarry but had to be “back on the job” at once. Such industry as Frank has is in demand. Do you wonder that he could stay only a few hours? At the last meeting of the Nonpareil literary so ciety the following program was given in an “all to be desired” way: Recitation, Marie Bauer; violin solo, Evelyn lyall; stunt, Audry Alvarez; guitar solo, Matilda Turcotte; dialogue, Ida Audette, Carmen Chamberlain and Grace Monson; colored vaudeville act, Lillian Marion and Josephine Alberts; vocal solo, Grace Peterson; Things that never happen, Marion Packineau. On PYiday evening the prevocational classes staged their annual declamation contest—and it was a good one, too. There were nine contestants and there was really not one who made a poor showing. In fact, it must have been a difficult task for the judges to make the awards conscientiously. Carmen Clairmont was given first place, Myrtle Rinehart second, and George Doughty third. The judges were Miss Earlougher, Miss Roddy and Mr. Carroll. Mrs. Martha A. Freeland, Miss Freeland and Mrs. O. M. Waddell, mother and sisters of Mrs. Brickell, accompanied by Miss Louise Ingram, a teacher in the Portland schools, and Miss Ada Matheson also of Portland, spent the week-end with Mrs. Brickell. While Mrs. Brickell’s “folks” have visited Chemawa before and are enthusiastic and welcome callers, it was the first visit of Miss Matheson and Miss Ingram, who said that Chemawa was “an inspiration and revelation” to them. During chapel on Sunday evening the orchestra played a “Bolero” by Eno, Raymond Haldane sang “Shipmates o’ Mine” by Sanderson, Jesse Morgan gave a recitation, a mixed octette sang “Spring” by Haydn, the choir sang “Stand Up for Jesus” by Miller, and Supt. McGregor gave a fine talk. He continued on his series of discussions of what will make Chemawa a greater school and made it clear that the good name of our institution rests largely with our students, both while here and after they leave school. It was a timely talk and a good one. On Wednesday the Seventh Grades, Miss Gunn\ classes, gave the assembly programs. In the morn ing Carmen Chamberlain gave the biography of Burns, Lelah Barkley recited “A Man’s a Man for a’ That,” Natalie Buzeroff asked current event questions; eight girls sang three songs, the words being poems written by Burns. In the afternoon Eddie Phares read a sketch of Wordsworth’s life, George Morrow recited “Daffo dils” and Henry Moon asked current event questions. Supt. McGregor was present at the morning assembly. The programs at both assemblies were well given and reflected added light upon the “chesty” seventh graders.
