THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
Miss Gunnell was a school visitor on Wednesday
last.
Clifford McLeod was recently appointed a second
lieutenant.
Mrs. Seitz was out from Salem with Dr. Seitz on
Wednesday.
The Y. W. girls are very busy on their big sister
plans for Christmas.
The junior girls banqueted the junior class football
team and Miss White on Wednesday.
Mrs. Baughman has been visiting her daughter,
Lucy, and her nephew, Louis Pitt, recently.
Mrs. Hatch arrived recently from Tulalip to visit
her son, Wallace, who has been ill for some time.
Mrs. Brewer sprained her back and was “out of the
running” for a day or so, but is now out and around
as usual.
Marion Packineau, who has been a patient at the
hospital for some time, has returned to her home in
North Dakota.
The sewing room has had the Christmas Spirit for
some time and they now have ready, or nearly so,
many articles for the Christmas sale.
Mr. Kline took the senior girls to study the con
struction work of Cramton Hall. The class noted
the work from a “physics point of view.”
Mr. Joseph Alberts, a Salem banker, was a visitor at
our chapel exercises last Sunday evening and was de
lighted with what he observed. We were truly glad
to have Mr. Alberts with us.
Mrs. Lieurance and friends visited the different de
partments of the school Friday morning. She was
very enthusiastic in her praise of the work that is
being accomplished in the domestic art department.
The “Y” boys held their regular meeting on Sun
day night in the “Y” room. The topic for discussion
was “Friendship,” which proved to be an interesting
one. Elmer Flowers and Victor Smith were chosen
official delegates to the older boys’ conference to be
held in Salem soon.
Friends of Silas Moon were delighted to see him on
his visit to the school last week. Mr. Moon is another
of Chemawa s old-time boys who has always made
good. During the past season he has held a respon
sible position with a lumbering company in the Sierra
Nevada mountains in California.
Several truck loads of our students went to Salem
on Thursday evening of last week to attend one of the
Lieurance concerts. Supt. McGregor was delighted
to have the students attend the concert and did every
thing in his power to make it possible for them to do
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so. Mr. Lieurance told the writer that the splendid
attention and deportment of our students was a source
of gratification and pride to him.
Miss Caryl made an interesting talk to the pupils
in one division, while Mr. Bent spoke on Indian
Music to the other division. Ida Audette presided at
this assembly and read the story of the red cross seals.
Charley Morgan and Andrew Hogberg asked current
event questions. Both were good assemblies.
Last week Capt. Stacy and Joseph Kahklen ap
peared at the luncheon of the Kiwanis Club of Salem.
Joseph sang to the credit of himself and his school,
while Capt. Stacy made a talk. It must have been a
fine talk, too, for the substance of it traveled around
the country until it got into the metropolitan press.
Pretty good, eh?
During chapel last Sunday evening the orchestra
played “Neapolitan Nights” by Zamecnik, Bernice
Blakeslee gave a recitation, and an octette of sophomore
girls sang “Whispering Hope” by Hawthorne. The
exercises of the evening were in charge of the sopho
more girls and they had secured as the speaker of the
evening Secretary Kells of the Salem Y. M. C. A. Mr.
Kells made a good talk on lines that are practical and
necessary if any person is to make a success in life.
We were all pleased to welcome Mr. Kells to Che
mawa. Martha Packineau acted as chairwoman of the
evening, and she presided with credit to herself and
her class. Thanks are due the sophomore girls for
their interest in the evening and the success they made
of it.
We fancy that Supt. McGregor had a “tip” that
Santa Claus was making a tour of investigation prior
to his annual visit on Christmas, so he intercepted
Santa and had him and his reindeer and their herder
stop over here for a brief time Monday noon. The
news of the arrival of Santa Claus and his reindeer
spread like wild fire and youngsters shot into view
from every direction and bounded about the campus
as though charged with electricity. A more enthusi
astic crowd Santa never had. Some seemed to think
the reindeer would make good Christmas presents.
The students were not alone in their excitement over
Santa and his reindeer, as the employes took on the
vigor of youth in “getting there.” Supt. McGregor
made a master stroke when he hailed Santa.
Mr. Thurlow Lieurance and his musical associates,
Edna Wooley (his wife), soprano, and Miss Hicks,
flutist, paid Chemawa a visit last Friday. The even
ing before they had appeared in the Heilig theatre in
Salem to a good-sized house. Many Chemawaites
were at the concert of this artistic trio. No person in
all the world is doing more than Mr. Lieurance to
place Indian music and art on a high plane, where
they belong. In every particular the work of this
company is remarkably artistic, and finished to the
nth degree. It was really a revelation. During the
visit of these people to our school they proved de
lightful socially and were loud in their praise of what
Chemawa stands for. While they were here they
called upon Supt. and Mrs McGregor and other
friends.