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.”
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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!