THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
Miss Gunn was a Portland visitor on Sunday.
Everybody is “hats off” to Mrs. Brewer and her
McBride Hall girls for their 100 percent grade on
Fair Day.
Eli Karabelnikoff has returned from the “far north”
to continue his studies here. Many friends are pleased
to see him return.
Our football team has certainly made a good start
this season. If they continue as they’ve commenced
they will be far from defeated this year.
Allan Shepard made his debut as clarinetist of the
orchestra during chapel last Sunday evening. He ac
quitted himself creditably and proved of value in our
organization.
Mr. Vesper, who has been engineer at Chemawa
three years, has accepted a transfer to a like position
at Haskell Institute. The best wishes of Chemawa
go with Mr. Vesper.
Mrs. Bessie Bruechert went on duty October 1st as
small boys’ matron. Mrs. Bruechert comes to Che
mawa from Jennings, Oregon, and is new to the
service. Mrs. James has filled this position for the
past two years. She will assist at Winona Hall.
Our chapel program last Sunday evening was most
pleasing in every way. Supt. McGregor outlined a
plan for future chapel exercises which will prove an
innovation at Chemawa and which, we believe, will
prove of great interest. We will give full details later.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCully of Portland visited
Chemawa last Saturday for a few hours. Mr. Mc
Cully is a former Chemawa graduate and he is one
who is also making good with a plus. He has em
ployment on one of the United States dredges and gets
a good salary which he is saving. We were truly glad
to see this goodly couple.
The teacher’s cottage is somewhat musical, Miss
Gunn and Miss Earlougher have radios. Miss Caryl
has a phonograph. Miss Thornhill has a ukelele and
sings to her own accompaniments. There was a piano
delivered to Mr. Stacy’s room on Saturday. Mr.
Fisher, Mr. Huskey and Miss David will have to buy
something in “self-defense. ”
The orchestra played at the State Fair on four after
noons last week and more than made good. It seems
that, from what people tell us, they look forward to
hearing the orchestra at the Fair from year to year.
Our orchestra seems to have made a place for itself at
the Fair grounds. This year our boys’ octette sang
during the orchestral programs instead of the girls, as
had been the plan in former years. The members of
the girls’ octette failed to return to school in season for
this engagement. The boys all acquitted themselves
nicely. Raymond Haldane and Joseph Kahklen con
tributed vocal solo.-.
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Mayor Walker, of New York told the new cham
pion, Gene Tunney, when he returned to New York
that “those who know your character and the citizen
ship you represent, and the high principles you
learned at your mother’s knee, not only look upon you
as the champion boxer of the world, but as a cham
pion model American young man.”
Extensive road work is in progress on the stretch
between our school directly east to Pacific highway,
probably a little more than half a mile. We are
told that it is intended to pave the road all the way
from the highway west to the Kayser schoolhouse.
This will certainly be a fine thing and will please
everyone at Chemawa, as wrell as many others.
Chemawa had “the finest ever” exhibit at the State
Fair this year. It was a credit to our school and all
who participated >in it and we have no doubt but Supt.
McGregor was pleased. On the day that our student
body and faculty attended the Fair everything moved
off nicely; in fact, Supt. McGregor was well satisfied
with the splendid conduct of all the students. They
were a credit to themselves and their school.
Frank Johnson, for many years a student at Che
mawa, and later a medical student at the University
of Oregon, came down from his home in Alaska last
week and paid us a visit. He has arranged to con
tinue his medical studies at the university. Frank
ranks as one of the most worthy young men who ever
graduated from Chemawa and we hope that he may be
able to continue his medical studies until his graduation
from the medical college.
Sunday afternoon the Freshmen were defeated by
the Sophomores by a score of 27-0. Francis Ross and
the Meachem Brothers were the stars for the Sopho
mores, while Fagerstrom and Oliver both played a good
game. Edward Walker and Allie Smith put over
several plays for the Freshmen and were “heros” on
the sidelines with the fans. This was the first class
game of the season and the interest manifested by the
students was keen. Hurrah for the Sophomores!
With Reggie DePoe, Jacob Atkins and Raymond
Jones as guests, the Kappa Alpha Boys “did” Salem
on Saturday. First they were the guests of Mr.
“Bob” Bordman at the Y. M. C. A. plunge. For
some two hours the “piscatorial pleasures” were en
joyed, after which the pool tables, tennis, gymnasium,
piano, graphophone, and reading rooms received due
attention. At five o’clock they departed for the
“Black Cat,” where they had lunch. During lunch
football returns were received. About one-half hour
of window shopping was enjoyed before they entered
the Elsinore Theater to see Thomas Mieghan in “Tin
Gods,” after which they went to the Greybell and had
“Chemawa” sundaes. They then started for home,
singing.