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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1927)
THE CHEM AWA AMERICAN LOCAL Anna Augusta of the Senior Class returned on Fri day. Carl Woods visited his brother, John, of the Senior class, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Keta, former students, were school visitors last week. The Florence Nightingale Society have held their third meeting this term. The last being Wednesday, Oct. 5. Supt. Lipps left on Monday evening for Tacoma, Wash., on business that needed attention. He is ex pected home today. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Frost and son Jack arrived at Chemawa since the last issue of the Chemawa Ameri can. Mr. Frost is a teacher and comes to us from Owyhee, Nevada. He has charge of the seventh grade. Joseph Kahklen writes that on account of the poor fishing season in Alaska he will not be able to return to Chemawa. Joe is a fine boy and his many friends at Chemawa are sorry to know that he will not be here this year. A big picture of Coquelle Thompson, our star full back and trippie threat man of 1925-1926, appeared in the Oregonian of a week ago Sunday and it appears that Coquelle is already making a mark athletically at O. A. C., where he is now attending College. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk arrived home on Sunday after noon from a motor trip to Seattle, where they had accompanied their daughter, Miss Uinta, who was taking the boat for Juneau, Alaska, where she will wed Earl Hunter, Jr., and make her future home. Last Wednesday evening the Protestants were favored by having an interesting speaker at the Bible study, Dr. Mitchell. He comes from the Navajo country. He had many interesting stories and ex periences to tell about our Navajo brothers and sisters. Frank P. Corbett is now in the Service at Parker, Arizona, holding the position of Disciplinarian. He writes us that everything is going nicely for him in every way. Last summer he was up in this section for a visit and while here took a short course at O. A. C. in physical education work, which he declares has proved of great benefit to him. Supt. Lipps was in charge of our chapel exercises last Sunday evening and made a memorable talk. It is our pleasure to print it and it will be found on pages one and four of this issue. This is an article well worth reading and re-reading—studying most seriously. In addition to the address of Supt. Lipps the orchestra played an overture, a quartet of girls contributed a vocal number and the choir rendered an anthem. PAGE 3 A letter just received informs us that Cruz F. Mc Daniels has accepted a transfer from Haskell to Fort Yates, North Dakota. Those who were here during the summer just past will recall that Mr. McDaniels was through here as a bass player with the Haskell orchestra and paid us a visit. Having studied string bass here during his student days he is well known to many employes and some of the older students. A fine lad is Cruz. An honor student is one whose grades average 90 or above and whose deportment is satisfactory to all employes. At the close of the first month of school we had the following honor roll: Tenth grade, Aaron Sookum, Leo Cottonware; eighth grade, Jasper Anth- anum, Benjamin Pikutarik, George Weeks, Josephine Hughes, Rose McAuley, Flora McAuley, Christine Muller, Myrtle Rinehart, Lillian Trottier; seventh grade, Mary Emily Hauser. A recent letter from Joe Bettles tells us that he is getting along fine at Pendleton. We are always glad to hear from Joe. As well as being an unusually good student, Joe was one of our bright stars athletically. Joe played football, baseball and basketball all equally well. At one time he was picked as an end on the All-Star non-conference eleven. He still plays, so we notice by the papers, and is going to turn out with the Union Pacific eleven at Pendleton. At a recent meeting of the Y. W. C. A. the follow ing officers were elected: President, Vina Smith; vice- president, Lila Crofoot; secretary, Carmen Chamber lin; treasurer, Zelma Johnson. The following com mittees were appointed: For Services—Cleo Plasteur, Vera Korter. Social committee—Matilda Larsen, Emma Sexton. Program committee—Florence Doug las, ‘Martha Packineau. Music committee—Mattie Turcotte, Pearl Buckles. Organist, Julia Walker. Big Sister committee—Anna Peratrovich, Alfreda Kipp. Reporter, Eva Bean. It is a far cry from the Pribiloff Islands to the Hollywood Bowl, but such has been the experience of Alex S. Melovidoff, violinist. For many years Alex, as a boy, was a violin student at Chemawa. He is a most talented fellow, a true artist, and is just now ripening for still greater activities. He left here some years ago as a member of the Chemawa String Quartet which toured the east at the beginning of the World War. The war draft broke up the quartet and since then Alex has had many and varied musical experi ences. Just recently he was a violin soloist at the Hollywood Bowl, being supported by the Los Angeles Little Symphony Orchestra, directed by Tandler. It is talent and real merit that has carried him to so high a standing in the musical world. DETAIL FOB WEEK Escorts for Girls to Salem: October 22, Teacher No. 9 Sunday Escorts for Girls Walking: October 23, Teacher No. 2, Dairyman, Teacher No. 4
