THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
Next Saturday evening the orchestra and boys’
octette will put on a program at Siletz.
Sunday was known in the Willamette Valley as
“Blossom Day” and many thousands of people took
advantage of the lovely weather and toured through
the valley and visioned such natural beauty as is seen
but once a year.
Our orchestra and boys’ octette put on a program
at Marquam last Friday night. The work of our
organizations went over big and to the credit of our
school. An unusually fine banquet was served our
party at the conclusion of the program.
Raymond Jones is making a library table as his
assignment in the carpenter shop. The wood used is
yellow poplar which was taken from the house in
Indiana in which Mrs. McGregor was born. Ray
mond is said to be doing fine work on it.
An up-to-date fire escape is being installed at the
hospital. It is a chute-de-chute affair and we fancy
that convalescants will find it hard to resist the temp
tation to try a “slide” now and then. It seems to us
that this was a good move on the part of Supt. Mc
Gregor.
Supervisor Roy Bradley arrived about a week ago
from Fort Wingate, N. Mex., in response to a tele
gram informing him of the serious injury of his father
in an auto accident. In addition to work at Chemawa
Mr. Bradley has on hand an immense project in New
Mexico.
Mrs. Brickell entertained a delegation of ladies rep
resenting the Salem P.E.O.s last Monday evening.
The boys’ and girls’ singing organizations provided
music for the guests. Extended mention cannot be
made for lack of space, but the occasion is reported to
have been enjoyable in every way.
The work of rehearsals for the operetta to be given
as a part of our commencement program is well un
der way. This is always a big undertaking. Mrs.
Turney has the musical end of it in hand, while Miss
White looks after the dramatic. The work chosen
for this year promises to be most interesting in every
way.
Our chapel exercises last Sunday evening were in
charge of Supt. McGregor and a feature of more than
ordinary interest and merit was an oration by Mr.
Charles Redding, a member of Dr. J. O. Hall’s class
at Willamette University.
His oration was fine.
Supt. McGregor closed the exercises with a splendid
talk to the students along practical lines. His appeal
to them evidently hit the mark, to judge by the re
ception he received. In addition to the above the
orchestra contributed a number, the octette girls sang
“June Brought the Roses” by Reichardt, and the
choir sang a splendid number.
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In our last issue we cited an old saw to the effect
that if it rains on Easter Sunday we are in for “seven
rainy Sundays” immediately following. We asked
our readers to “keep books” on this and prove or
disprove the saw for themselves. Well, last Sunday
proved there is nothing in it, so you might just as
well close your books.
We are pleased to report that Mrs. McGregor, who
recently submitted to a mastoid operation in a Salem
hospital, is gradually recovering. Also that Mr.
H. S. Bradley, who was badly hurt recently and who
is in a hospital in Salem, is improving. It is hoped
that it will be but a matter of time when these good
people will be with us again at Chemawa.
Last Sunday forenoon photographers from Salem
operated on our campus, taking pictures of various
groups composing school societies, and of the entire
student body in different formations, the latter being
panoramic in character. The band was also “in the
pictures.” It is thought that the work will prove
satisfactory for it seemed that the day was ideal for
photography.
We are informed that the Haskell orchestra is en-
tour and will probably pass through Oregon sometime
during the summer. Mr. Nelson, a well-known mu
sician, is in charge of the orchestra. Cruz McDaniels,
for a time a student at Chemawa, and for the past
year or two band and orchestra director at Haskell,
is with the organization—one of the most prominent
members beyond doubt.
Mr. Fisher was in charge of affairs during the
Wednesday school assemblies of last week, and he
turned the matter over to the Reliance Society and a
splendid program was rendered, as follows: Recita
tion, George Flach; vocal solo, Reno Booth; dialogue,
Moses George and Raymond Jones; vocal number by
Wm. Markishtum, Tom Anayah, Reno Booth, Moses
George and Raymond Haldane; current events by
William Johnson.
Among many ex-students who have responded to
the school invitation to our alumni members to be
with us during our coming commencement exercises
was R. D. Holt, who graduated as a tailor more than
twenty years ago. Mr. Holt probably will not be
with us on the occasion mentioned, as he is a very
busy man, but he wrote a commendatory letter to the
graduating class and supplied some interesting data
regarding himself. Since leaving Chemawa Mr.
Holt completed a course of cutting at the John J.
Mitchell Cutting School at New York City and then
established himself as a tailor in Yakima, Washing
ton, where he enjoys a splendid reputation as a
citizen and a tailor and has a lucrative business. He
is in every sense a credit to his alma mater.