THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
Well, we had pretty good weather, anyway.
No more issues of The American until next fall.
Principal Carroll was a mighty busy man during
commencement.
Johnson Black and his brother of LaPush, Wash
ington, visited Chemawa on Monday.
Mr. H. W. Camp, government auditor, paid Che
mawa an official visit just last week. Mr. Camp has
many warm friends here.
The members of the orchestra thank Dr. R. W.
Hans Seitz of Salem for his assistance as cellist in the
production of “Pepita,” the operetta.
Mr. Coquelle Thompson, Sr., of Siletz, came out to
see his son, Coquelle, graduate. This was most
pleasing to us, as both father and son are favorites
here.
There were three sets of brothers in our graduating
class—Louis and Floyd Dupuis, Reginald and Charles
DePoe, Gus and Elmer Logan. Rather unusual, don’t
you fancy?
Supt. McGregor’s first commencement set a new
mark—established a higher standard—in many ways.
We’ll wager that he already plans to raise the mark
a little higher a year from now.
Ernest Hill, a former member of our force, and a
graduate of the school, was a visitor for a brief time
last week. He is now working at the printing trade
in Spokane, Wash., and getting along nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Larsen of Siletz attended
our various commencement functions and we were all
delighted that they w’ere here. Mr. Larsen is in
charge at the Siletz Agency as the representative of
Supt. McGregor.
A week or so ago Mr. Roger Mason arrived at Che
mawa from Fort Windgate, N. Mex., where he had
worked at construction work for the government dur
ing the winter, leaving his family here. At present
he is employed here, working on our new dining hall.
The newly organized Alumni Association of Che
mawa starts out with the following officers: Robert
N. Service of Toledo, Oregon, president; Mrs. Rose
Downie of Chemawa, secretary; Mrs. Katie Mason of
Chemawa, treasurer; Charles E. Larsen of Siletz,
Oregon, historian.
Frank Corbett, now in government service as a
disciplinarian at a school in Arizona, revisited his
alma mater last week. All is well with him he re
ports. It is his intention to take a short summer
course at the Oregon Agricultural College in physical
education before returning to duty in Arizona.
Robert Downie, for many years on our printing
staff, and a young man of capacity, motored down
from Tacoma, Washington, in company with his
mother and sister to attend our closing exercises and
to visit his relatives and friends. We were always
strong for “Bobbie,” and our sentiment abateth not.
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Supt. and Mrs. O. H. Lipps came down from Lap
wai, Idaho, to be in attendence at our commence
ment, and we were most happy to have them with us.
During the past few days the exodus from Chemawa
has been such as to encourage the transportation com
panies to continue in business. Next fall these various
companies will be “fatted up” for a hard winter
when our students come back practically en masse.
Chemawa is a fine place to secure an education and
they know it.
Among the welcome old-timers to spend a few
days of last week at Chemawa were Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Service of Toledo, Oregon. They are both
graduates ot our school and are now parents of an
interesting little family. Mr. Service is prominent
in newspaper circles in Toledo. At one time lie was
a valued member of the American force.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sicade of Tacoma, Wash.,
spent a day or two with us during our closing events.
Mr. Sicade was the principal speaker at the alumni
reunion. He was a member of the first class of stu
dents assembled on the establishment of the school at
Forest Grove, Ore., in 1880. He is now a prosper
ous and prominent business man and property owner
in Tacoma. Urgent business obliged him to cut
short his visit with us.
Mr. E. L. Chalcraft, for more than forty years a
prominent Indian Service employee, and for many
years superintendent at Chemawa, but now retired
and residing in Seattle, was a guest at the school
during the greater part of our commencement days.
He was greatly pleased at the splendid progress of
the institution which he noted in every department of
our school. He was truly a welcome visitor and we
wish that he could be with us more frequently.
Supt. McGregor was in charge of our chapel exer
cises last Sunday evening and during his talk he
touched upon the past, the present and what the fu
ture promises at Chemawa for the worth-while boy
and girl. He gave some mighty good advice. Frank
Corbett, an old-time student, was on the platform and
on introduction by Supt. McGregor he gave a very
interesting talk and a plea to our students to appreci
ate the opportunities afforded them at Chemawa.
Many of our people are entitled to “special mention”
in connection with our commencement, in fact, there
was scarcely an employe who did not respond to extra
demands, and so far as we know’, cheerfully, too.
The Annual Fashion Show made a lot of extra work
for the domestic art heads, and the girls' costumes for
the operetta, “Pepita,” added a lot of labor, and it
was all most creditably executed. Mr. James and his
tailor boys had their share of work, too, and for a
certainty it was well done. The dramatization of the
Indian Suite fell upon Mr. Bent and the reception by
the public proved that his efforts were not in vain.
The long grinding task of putting on the operetta
fell to the lot of Mrs. Turney, who looked after the
musical side of the production, and Miss White, who
was responsible for the dramatic side. Miss Foster,
too, had much extra work in assisting with the
dancing choruses and in presenting her own solo
dance which was so artistically done.