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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1927)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Santa Claus will be here “right away.” Basketball is the athletic topic of the day! Miss Judd was responsible for the beautiful stage decorations on Sunday evening. Some very pretty drawings are being made by Francis Ross of the junior class. Great improvements have been wrought at Mitchell Hall recently, adding much to the convenience of things at that building. Commissioned officers of Chemawa’sarmy have been issued regular officers’ caps, such as are worn in the regular United States Army. At the meeting of the Catholic Boys on Thursday evening they chose for the name of their organization, “Catholic Boys’ Association of Chemawa.” Mr. and Mrs. Carroll were Mrs. Posey’s dinner guests on Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs. Bent and George were Miss White’s guests on the same date. Drilling for the year by the different troops has been on tapis for some time. Several new officers have been appointed at Small Boys’ quarters—they are on probation. Volley ball has been introduced among the em ployees and when things get better organized there will be a league formed. The women will be asked to take part. The Junior class held a rally on Wednesday evening to cheer their boys to championship on Thursday. The Seniors did likewise. However on account of the weather few attended the football game. Raymond Haldane, Reggie DePoe and Charles DePoe went to Walla Walla to play on the Willamette Uni versity team against Whitman College. The boys re port an enjoyable trip and a good time regardless of their defeat. Following is the personnel of our school orchestra at present: Ruthyn Turney, John Dexter and Clyde Cooley, violins; Allan Shepard, clarinet; George W. Bent and Alec Gouley, cornets: Robert Hall, trom bone; Omar Bewley, double bass; Mrs. Ruthyn Tur ney, piano; William Wall, traps. There is evidence of considerable outside demand for the services of the orchestra. The large dining hall of the students was most attractively decorated for Thanksgiving. Promptly at the hour of 12 the doors were thrown open and to the strains of a stirring march by the orchestra the student body marched in. The dinner was fine and during the meal music was provided by the orchestra. This has become a custom of the Thanksgiving as has the presence of all the employes to assist in serving the dinner. PAGE 3 After an enforced lay-off of a few days on account of illness Mr. Robert DePoe, bandmaster, has sounded the call for band practice and the boys are again re hearsing. Supt. Lapps gave some unusually good, plain advice during chapel last Sunday evening. There are no two ways about it, and those who wish to be among life’s winners must profit by the advice given them by Mr. Lipps. He points the way—the wise students will follow. In addition to Supt. Lipps’ talk there was a pleasing song by a new quartet of boys, the choir gave a pleasing number, and so did the orchestra. On Thanksgiving Eve the pupilsof the lower grades staged a most pleasing entertainment in the auditorium. Considering the fact that it was for many of the young people their very first appearance it must be granted that they did excellently and to the credit of their teachers, Mrs. Reed and Miss Baldwin, who were re sponsible for the program rendered. Aside from the work of the pupils of the lower grades Mrs. Reed gave a reading and Clyde Cooley played a violin solo, both numbers being well received. “Schools for the Indian children,” an article in a recent issue of “The School Arts Magazine,” is of unusual interest. The author, Mr. Homer L. Morri son, is known to a number of students and employees at Chemawa. He is now Day School Inspector in New Mexico. The many wonderful drawings and mo tifs of Indian life are beautiful and interesting and show that Indian art is “art” and well worth study ing, not only for its beauty, but for its expression of the innermost nature of the Indian. McNary Hall has to its credit 189 boys. Among this number are found these boys who grew up at Chemawa, starting from the Small Boys’ quarters then to Brewer Hall and Mitchell Hall and finishing their good old days at McNary Hall, Royal Holst, Raymond Haldane, Peter Rassmussen, Gilbert Lambert, Clif ford Courville, Julian Smith and Lawrence Bozeroff. Mrs. Bent deserves some credit for the bringing up of these youngsters. They will tell you that in the good old days Mrs. Bent was law with them. Mr. Frost gave the assemblies of last Wednesday an excellent talk on the Philippines and the people of those islands. Mr. Frost spent four years on the is lands as a teacher. A collection of curios that would have graced any museum in the country was displayed on the stage. Mr. Frost remarked on a few of them, giving most interesting bits of history or customs con nected with some. Igarotte and Christian Philippine dresses were worn by Rose Baker, Gladys Pariseau, Lucile Gibbs and Esther Brown. Both students and teachers look forward to hearing Mr. Frost again.
