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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1926)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Miss Daisy Lefler of Portland was a week-end guest of Miss Houk. PAGE 3 From the Capital Journal of April 27th we glean the following: Mr. and Mrs. Will Heaton of Spokane spent several hours visiting Mrs. L. F. Brickell and Miss Catherine Clemens of Portland spent the week daughter Virginia, at the Indian school Sunday. Mrs. end with Miss Virginia Brickell. Heaton is a sister-in-law of Mrs. Brickell. They Supervisor Coon left us for California on Sunday stopped on their way from Portland and visited other morning. Chemawa is always glad to see Mr. Coon relatives, then motored to McMinnville for a short and we always hate to see him leave. stay with friends there. This is the first meeting for Mrs. Carrol is again on the teaching force, Miss over seven years. Mrs. M. A. Freeland, mother of Lacy being called to her home in Salem. Miss Lacy Mrs. Brickell, and Mrs. O. M. Waddell and Miss E. came out and spent Saturday night with Miss Strout L. Freeland, sisters, were also present at the reunion. and attended the Sigma party. The Sigma Phi Deltas held their annual party last Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Hans Seitz of Salem were the Saturday evening. The hall was beautifully decorated guests of Chemawa friends last Sunday evening. Dr. with plants and wild flowers; Japanese lanterns and Seitz played cello with the orchestra during chapel parasols added much to the spring-like appearance. The Sigma girls, all dressed in white, with thin red and proved quite an acquisition. and white regalias, sang toasts to the guests whom Mr. Bent and the band boys gave pleasure to many they wished to favor. Dainty refreshments were people on Sunday afternoon when they gave a nice served during the evening and as the hostesses lined concert. Such concerts can be made quite a feature up to serve the refreshments they sang a number of at Chemawa, and we trust that they will be. songs. Everyone wore a smile from the time they Miss Roddy has received the sad news of her were received by their hostesses until they sang their father’s death, in Vancouver, B. C. Miss Roddy “good night” hymn. and her mother and brother left immediately for Van The nurse girls in training had the pleasure of meet couver. The campus employees sympathize deeply ing and talking with Miss Borland’s friends, Miss with the Roddy family in this sad trouble. Phelan, Miss Thompson and Mrs. Blakely. Miss Phelan is at present connected with the National Child Salurday noon, Supervisor Coon, Mr. Camp, Supt. Health Bureau of Washington, D. C. Miss Thomp McGregor, Mr. J. C. H. Reynolds, Mrs. Brickell and son is supervising nurse, Child Health Demonstration Mrs. Iliff were entertained at dinner at the Wigwam. of Salem, and Mrs. Blakely is the State Supervising Mr. Reynolds is on the program committee for the Indian Congress to be held in Spokane from July 21- Nurse of Oregon. These visitors were guests at lunch of Miss Borland and were interested and enthusiastic 27, in which pupils of Chemawa may take part. visitors. Miss Phelan and Miss Borland are graduates Chemawa is quite proud of the fact that in the past of the general Hospital Training School of Rochester, week the school was informed that its hospital train New York. Chemawa is always glad to welcome ing met the requirements of the higher state institu such visitors. tions and the girls finishing the hospital training at During chapel exercises on Sunday the orchestra Chemawa would be accepted in such institutions, and played “On Mountain Heights” by Kiesler, Reno after two years’ training could become graduate nurses. Booth sang “You in a Gondola” by Clark, Clifford We have just received an announcement to the ef McLeod gave a recitation, the girls’ octette sang fect that Betty Esther arrived at the home of Mr. and “The Swallows” by Cowen, the choir sang “The Mrs. James Evans in Metlakatla, Alaska, on April the Author of Salvation” by Gabriel, and Supt. McGregor 24th. The father was formerly one of our esteemed gave a splendid talk to the students. He spoke to printers, but at present he is the postmaster at Metla- them on “What Chemawa Can Do for the Students” ketla and also the manager of a large co-operative and made it clear that our school has much to offer in store. many ways—but the students must do their part, too. Mr. Charles E. Larsen, in charge of the Siletz DOMESTIC SCIENCE NOTES Agency, arrived at Chemawa on Sunday afternoon. The 7th and 8th grade girls prepared all the fine It was business first that brought him out, as he wished French pastry for the Sigma party. This was their to confer with Supt. McGregor; secondly, he was glad first week in the Domestic Science and for some the to have the opportunity to visit with some of his first cake-making. Chemawa friends. He reports everything going The Wisteria which grows on one side of the Junior nicely at the agency. Domestic science building is blooming for the first The assembly programs Wednesday were given by time in five or six years. the Sophomore class. In the morning Moses George Marie Andrews and Anna Ponchene are preparing read the story of “Robin Hood.” The class sang the high school lunches this week. “The Tinkers’ Song” from the opera of Robin Hood. Nellie Hawley, an eighth grade girl, prepared two This song was excellently given and heartily applaud nice looking trays for the health demonstration. One ed. Raymond Jones asked questions on current events. was a typical fluid diet for a very sick person, the In the afternoon Margaret Maupin gave the Biog other was a convalescent diet. raphy of Benjamin Franklin, Marie Bauer gave “Say We will soon have radishes from our little garden ings” from “Poor Richard’s Almanac” and Josephine spot in back of the department. Next year we hope Summers asked current event questions. to have a real garden.
