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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1926)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Mr. Fisher was dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Palm er on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders and Miss Peters spent the week-end at Siletz. The Y. W, girls held their usual song service on Sunday afternoon. Supt. McGregor and family went up on the Columbia Highway on Sunday. On Thursday evening Miss Eakin showed some beautiful slides of the Slav people. Mr. A. R. Baker, superintendent of the Hammond Lumber Co., visited Mr. Teter recently. Ferol Porter, Harriett Hill and Williamette Blakes- ley went to Portland on Friday with Mrs. Cardy. The Sigma Phi Delta girls are busily preparing for their party which is to be May 1. The party is to be sponsored by Mrs. Downie. This force is duly appreciative of the new steps placed at the entrance of the print shop by Mr. Blakes lee and his detail. Thanks! Beginning on Monday, Mrs. Downie assumed charge of the girls’ gymnasium classes. All of the girls are enthusiastic over the club and wand drills. Take a look at our new front steps and you will discover that Mr. Sanders and his detail of painters have been busy on them. Thanks, again! Joe Bettles, former Chemawa athletic star, is now a member of the Umatilla Reservation Indians’ base ball team. As a pitcher Joe is certain to prove an acquisition worth while for any team. J. J. Spencer, member of the class of ’22, writes from Honolulu to subscribe for The American and to send best wishes to former friends. He is now sta tioned there on duty with the U. S. Air Service. Mr. and Mrs. Turney, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll, Mr. Fisher, Miss Roddy and Raymond Haldane went to Dallas on Sunday aiternoon. Raymond was presented by the Dallas Choral Club in a group of songsand was enthusiastically received. Mrs. Turney played his accompaniment. The Kappa Alpha boys held their regular meeting on Thursday. After a short business meeting they were invited to enjoy Miss Gunn’s radio. Some splen did music was heard. Refreshments were served and all had a “good time.” William Johnson was a guest during the social hour. The plans for the new students’ dining hall have arrived from Washington for Supt. McGregor to pass upon. The dimensions of the dining hall, as estimat ed, will be 66x164 feet, inside measurements, and the kitchen will be 39x73 feet. In addition the plans call for quarters for cooks, dining hall matrons, closets, pantries, etc. Mrs. Frank Tully, Mrs. Edna Carlson and Miss Blanche Brewer, nieces of Mrs. Brewer, visited the school last week. The late David E. Brewer was one of the founders of Chemawa and these ladies must take pride in the fact when they see the school as it is today. They are all residents of Tacoma, Wash. They were accompanied here by a friend, Mrs. Phillip Been. PAGE 3 Supervisor Coon arrived at the school on Monday for a few days’ duty with us. Welcome, Mr. Coon. Mr. Bent conducted the opening exercises of the Boys’ Junior Class on Tuesday morning. Come again, Mr. Bent, we are glad to have you. Last Wednesday evening Mrs. Turney presented her octette of boys in a vocal program at Monitor at the invitation the Odd Fellows lodge. John Dexter, violinist, was assisting artist. Every number pre sented was well received and our boys returned home with the knowledge that they had again made good, and more, too. Louis Dupuis and Reno Booth each gave recitations. Miss Elizabeth Levy presented a number of her most advanced pupils in recital on Monday evening. Among them were Bernice Blakeslee, who played the “Piz zicato Serenade.” Later on the program Bernice, Henrietta and Williamette played the “Indian La ment” by Dvorak-Kreisler. They were in Indian cos tumes and certainly did credit to their teacher, their selection, and the famous composers. The program in Wednesday’s assemblies were given by Mrs. Palmer’s seventh grades. The numbers in the morning were: Biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Margaret Sisson; recitation, “Old Ironsides,” Doris McCarty; history of “Old Ironsides,” Alice Mae Clark; current event questions, Zelda Plummer. In the afternoon Charles Motchman, Alex Louie, Louis Orr and George Courville gave the same numbers. Both assemblies were good. In all departments there is a little tenseness become- ing apparent on account of the approaching final ex aminations. No instructor wants the students under him to fail, but it often happens that a student makes his own failure inevitable. The instructor cannot pass the examination for his student—that is the student’s affair. Let our students, one and all, give heed to this warning and review past lessons a little. In this way they will benefit and will also help to give “Chemawa a good name.” Try our suggestion. During chapel exercises last Sunday evening the orchestra played “Neapolitan Nights” by Zamecnik, Grace Peterson sang “Love is Calling” by Zamec nik, George Courville gave a recitation, the Boys’ Octette sang “Little Cotton Dolly” by Geibel, and the choir sang “His Name Alone is Excellent” by Woodcock. Captain Stacy made the talk of the even ing and he chose “Work” as his topic. He cited a number of cases in supporting the truth of the honor of honest labor and his talk proved an interesting one. It carried a moral. Under the caption, “Chemawa Boy Given Honor,” the Salem Capital Journal of April 21 states that “John Dexter, local student, who has been attending the Salem high school, was selected by the Salem high school faculty to take part in the graduation exercises of the senior class. The faculty voted at its meeting to have Dexter give a violin solo.” John has proved himself to be very talented musically and he is making a name for himself as a violinist. He is from Golovin, Alaska. He completed the tenth grade at Chemawa and is now completing the full course at the Salem high school. It is a fine record.
