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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1927)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL PAGE 3 Mr. Fisher gave a very interesting review of the Miss Hinkel made a business trip to Portland last relations of the United States with Mexico and Nic aragua to both divisions on Wednesday. Eleanor Wil Thursday. Miss White is reviewing Civics preparatory to the son and Sophia Bremner asked current event questions. mid-term exam. Charley Morgan was called home last Monday a Miss Martha Fratis, now of Portland, was a campus week ago on account of the death of his brother Wil son on that date. The following Thursday his sister visitor on Thursday. Won’t our new dining hall—Crampton Hall—be fine Lois died. Charley will return to Chemawa soon. At four o’clock last Tuesday afternoon the band boys when completed? The roof is now on. under Mr. Riley gave us a concert from the bandstand. Gideon B. Grub reports the completion of the task This was in the nature of a “farewell” for Mr. Riley, of overhauling a neighboring farm tractor. as on Saturday he bade goodbye to his friends at Che The blue and white division of the 7th grade phys mawa and returned to Salem. iology class was 100 percent perfect for last month. Helen Peratrovich and Martha Kinnanook certainly Josephine Sommers, Ida Escholt and Eva O’Brien deserve credit for the preparation and serving of their attended the Winona Open Session Friday evening. demonstration dinner on Thursday evening. Their Supt. McGregor was called to Grand Ronde on busi guests were Supt. McGregor, Mrs. Brickell, Mrs. ness last Friday and did not arrive home until late in Woods, Miss White, Mr. Kline, Miss Strout, Anna the evening. Peratrovich and Ferol Porter. The Kappa Alpha Boys initiated Jake Atkins, Clif Miss Virginia Thornhill left Chemawa on Wednes ford Meachem and George Meachem into their Fra day for Hoopa, California, to which place she accept ternity on Thursday evening. ed a transfer. The pupils and her many friends hated Last Friday Mr. Kline told the Senior boys of his to see her leave. Miss Thornhill had asked for a experiences in France. He showed a collection of transfer after being here for about three years. The coins made while he was in Europe. best wishes of Chemawa go with her. The carpenters have been busy repairing and put The Junior Class are now traveling the “Oregon ting new seats in the gym, and are installing two new Trail.” Moses George and Eli Karabelnikoff in the cupboards at the Wigwam for Mrs. Brickell. boys’ class, and Eva Bean and Ruby Paul in the girls’ This evening our orchestra and the Octette Girls class, recently traversed quite a bit of the “Trail” ver will appear in a concert which they will render at bally, to the delight of the class. Margaret Maupin and George Flack continued the story on Monday. Monitor, some 18 or 20 miles from Chemawa. Last Wednesday our orchestra and the Boy’s Octette Both pupils and employees will be pleased to learn journeyed to Oak Lawn and gave a program of good that Supt. and Mrs. Chas. L. Davis have arrived music to the people of that section. They found the safely at home in Whiteriver, Arizona. Many new working implements have been installed people of that section to be “live wires” and most in the machine shop. These new tools make Che- appreciative of the splendid efforts of our organizations. mawa’s shop as good as the best, according to its size. They had an audience that over-crowded the commun ity hall. Miss Virginia Brickell, who was a student at the Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. DePoe arrived at Chemawa University of Oregon last semester, has decided to be nearer home and is now attending Willamette Univer last Friday evening from Neah Bay, Wash., having transferred from that place to our school. Mr. DePoe sity. has the position of bandmaster and entered upon his Mr. Bewley and detail have installed a fire siren duties on Sunday. Mrs. DePoe will be a member of near Winona Hall. It will be connected with the our academic teaching force. All Chemawabids them various students’ quarters and Supt. McGregor’s welcome. home. The Y. W. has changed its meeting hour from The physics department is to have a new set of send Sunday afternoon to Wednesday evening, and will ing and receiving telegraph instruments soon. Mr. meet in the McBride Hall assembly room. This change Francisco visited the Senior Boys’ class and explained was made for the benefit of the girls that found it a few things in telegraphy to them. impossible to be at the Sunday meetings. Last Wed The Senior Girls entertained Major and Mrs. Bubb, nesday the topic discussed was “Making good, or just Supt. and Mrs. McGregor, Mrs. Brickell, Mr. Eldon getting by.” It was a most profitable meeting. Brickell, Mr. John McGregor, and Capt. and Mrs. Last Friday evening was the date of the Winona Stacy at dinner on Sunday evening in the Wigwam. Society’s open session—always an important affair in Ferol Porter acted as hostess. our school life. We have not the space at our disposal Supt. McGregor was a speaker in Salem last week to go fully into details, but from beginning to end it before the Salem Woman’s club, and it is reported that proved a most entertaining session. It was truly he gave a splendid address on matters pertaining to a literary program of merit. The “Mikado” and the Indian—his disposition, likes and dislikes, and- “Sylvia” provided a couple of numbers, there was an his adaptability to institutional life. In addition, he interesting debate, for which Mr. Carroll, Capt. Stacy gave a cordial invitation to the ladies at the head of and Mr. Kline acted as judges, and many other features. the “Indian Welfare” department of the club to visit The Winona girls really did themselves proud and our school and get first-hand knowledge of what we praise is certainly due them and their advisor, Miss Judd, for a memorable evening. are doing.
