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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1927)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL The senior boys and the honor students visited the State Legislature on Thursday. Miss Eakin, Miss Judd, Anna Peratrovich and Flora Dexter attended a chicken dinner at the Kaiser School on Friday evening. Mr. Iliff, superintendent of industries, has great commendation for the utility of some shop order blanks which this office recently issued for him. He says that they are proving all or more than he had hoped for. A flock of robins seem to have arrived at Chemawa at the wrong season. Our recent cold weather has been hard on our “feathered friends,” and, recog nizing this, our students have done their best to feed the birds. Mr. Chas. E. Larsen left on Sunday for his home at Siletz after having assisted with office work at Che mawa for a week. Mr. Larsen is in charge of the Siletz Agency, as a representative of Supt. McGregor of Chemawa. Mrs. Fratis and her girls on the kitchen detail gave Mrs. Vesper a warm welcome a few days ago when the latter reported for duty after an attack of the “flu. ” It was a case of “everybody glad,” for Mrs. Vesper was glad, too. We are informed that some of our singers are billed to put on an entertainment at the Salem Y. M. C. A. building next Friday evening. We trust our young singers scheduled to participate may be in good voice on this occasion. New stand pipes have been installed at Winona Hall, the hospital, and the Small Boys’ Home. The machinists made some brass reducers to be used in connection with this work and Eli Karabelnikoff was given special mention. Vina Smith and Pearl Buckles gave their demonstra tion dinner last night at the domestic science. Covers were laid for Supt. and Mrs. McGregor, Mrs. Brickell, Mr. and Mrs. Cardy, Mrs. Vesper, Mrs. Brewer, Miss Strout and Cecile Smith. The carpenter shop has just received a consignment of hard wood. The intention is to utilize this wood in demonstration problems—making fine furniture, etc., for school exhibits to show what the boys of that de partment can do. A fine idea. Secretary Work says: “To get the Indian from the wigwam to the permanent home, to preserve bis health, to educate him and make him self-supporting, so that he ran take his rightful place in American citizenry, is the beginning and the end of the Govern ment’s policy to save the red man.” PAGE 3 The Reliance party on Saturday evening was a suc cess from every point of view. The gym was beauti fully decorated in the society colors, green and gold. Delicious refreshments were served and favors too numerous to mention were given. Wm. Johnson acted as master of ceremonies. Plans are on foot for the construction of new toilets and baths at Mitchell Hall. Perhaps we should say that the plan is one of remodeling, for in reality it will be work on that line. The work will be largely con crete and it will be done with student labor. This seems to be a fine move. The students had a “social” on the ice pond north of the school last Sunday afternoon. Many employes were present. Skating, sledding, snowballing and face-washing constituted the main features of the event. All had a fine time and not an accident of any nature to mar the event. During the recent past there has occurred on our campus a very heavy pruning of the fir trees. This, it seems to us, was a good move, as it makes the cam pus buildings more readily seen by the traveling pub lic, makes for better light in the buildings, and more sunshine on the lawns which will assist in making them even more beautiful. A group of our boys have developed into first-rate carvers of totem poles. They are really artistic in their work. Perhaps, at the present time, Robert Perkins is the outstanding carver. His work along this line during the year has brought him quite a tidy sum of money. We are pleased to see our boys take an interest in work of this character—it is a good sign. The B. S. degree has just recently been conferred upon Frank Johnson, better known to us as “Doc,” by the University of Oregon at Eugene. This high hon or have been won by ‘ ‘Doc’ ’ by his own persistent effort to get there and we heartily congratulate him. By his own congenial manner and most friendly way he has won for himself many friends here and we know that when he starts out for himself as he expects to do at the end of this school year, he will make many more. Despite snow and cold, and a bad highway condition, our orchestra and Girls’ Octette kept their promise and motored to Monitor where they gave a concert in Odd Fellows’ Hall last Wednesday night. The affair proved a great success and the people were immensely pleased with the work of our organizations. After the concert many people sought information regarding our school and in many ways showed that they were awakened to the good work of the institution. After delicious refreshments began the trip home—a cold ride!
