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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1926)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Thanksgiving Day comes next week. Nice rain we’ve just had—and more coming! Chemawa has a goodly acreage plowed this fall. Daniel B. Ann is a late arrival at the school. Wel come! Mr. McGregor and family were Portland visitors this week. None of the roads leading to our school are what they should be. The Excelsior initiation on Monday evening was a “howling success.” Mr. Carroll attended a Principals’ meeting at Mon mouth on Saturday. Jack Abraham attended the O.A.C. football game in Portland on Thursday. Chemawa gave Columbia University a hard game in Portland last Saturday, losing in a 7 to 6 score. Coquelle Thompson was the guest of Supt. McGregor at the Rotary “Father and son” dinner on Wednesday. Who will win the class football championship? The odds now favor the undefeated Sophomores—but watch these “Green New Freshmen!” Mrs. Orville Olney, of Toppenish, Washington, has been visiting her children the past week. She has two daughters and a son enrolled here. Our band is certainly showing evidence of taking on new life, thanks to Mr. Riley, our bandmaster. He is interested himself and has the faculty of enthus.- ing his boys. We are in favor of a good band and propose to “root” for it. The Senior girls entertained Mrs. Preston at six o’clock dinner on Sunday evening at the Wigwam. Plates were laid for Mrs. Preston, her mother, hersis- rer and nephew, Supt. and Mrs. McGregor, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll, Mrs. Brickell, Mr. Eldon Brickell, Miss White, Anna Peratrovich, Mabel Bremner and Capt. Stacy. The Senior Girls in the domestic art department are now busy making their uniform middies. They have completed their skirts. Besides their general class work they do fancy work and some clothing work. The class is now studying color harmony in dress. At the end of each week work is handed in that is as signed by their teacher, Mrs. Cardy. The high school students in Miss Morris’ class have organized and elected the following officers: President, Grace Peterson; vice-president, Margaret Maupin; secretary, Vera Korter; treasurer, Mabel Desautel. A name for the class has not yet been selected. With the leadership of Miss Morris the future gives promise of a more interesting Sunday School class. PAGE 3 Pacific College of Newberg will play Chemawa here next Saturday. Companies A and B and the Band paraded in Salem on Armistice Day. They were heartily applauded. A sextet of our girls appeared in vocal numbers on a program at the Kayser schoolhouse last Friday even ing, with great success. Mr. Newmeier, a veteran of the Civil War, recently gave two very interesting talks to Mrs. Palmer’s 8th grade history classes who are now studying the Civil War. Mr. Newmeier was in Sherman’s famous march to the sea and many important battles. It will not be long that history classes will be permitted to see and hear “those hearts of gold” that fought in the Civil War. Miss Meinzer entertained the first division in assem bly on Wednesday. Sophia Lambert asked current event questions. The Senior boys entertained the second division with the following program: Song, Class; violin solo, Augustine Logan; recitation, Archie Reins; Chemawa spirit, Jack Abraham; current events, Albert Bercier. Percy Woodcock acted as chairman for the class. The Reliance Literary Society gave their annual “open session” program in the auditorium last Friday evening. The program consisted of music, vocal and instrumental, recitations and dialogues; the Reliance Brass Band; a pageant, “In Flander’s Field,” and “stunts” of various characters. Harry Frost, presi dent of the society, opened the evening with an ad dress. According to what we gather the big hit of the evening was a “Fashion Show” that some of the boys staged. Any way, the evening was voted a big success and the critic, Mr. Fisher, and all members of the society have made good with a plus. Our chapel exercises last Sunday were in charge of the senior girls and they certainly did themselves proud in every particular. Maybelle Bremner acted as chairman and was a credit to herself and her class in that capacity. During the evening the orchestra played the “Fair Maid of Perth” by Widdel, Ferol Porter gave a recitation, Grace Peterson sang “Four- Leaf Clover” by Coombs, John Dexter played as a violin solo “The Violet” by Turney, a quartet of girls sang “The World is Waiting for the Sunrise” by Seitz. The address of the evening was made by Mrs. Preston, Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Washington. In every way the address of this noted woman was excellent. Throughout her talk there was held forth the value of true ideals, of sturdy manhood and womanhood, of morality, of industry, of all that goes into the moulding of American citi zenship. A truly memorable talk and all Chemawa joins in both praise and good wishes for our noted speaker of last Sunday evening. Undoubtedly her visit will bear fruit and be productive of more good than she will ever realize.
