THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
We believe that tomorrow is “Ground Hog Day.”
How these national events roll around!
We thank The Oregon Statesman for splendid publi
city given our school in the issue of last Sunday.
Leander Wilson entered the Chiloquin High School
last Monday. Chemawa’s best wishes are with him.
The members of the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. are
very happy over the gift of fifty new hymn books for
the “Y” room. The gift was a total surprise to these
groups, coming as a New Year’s remembrance from
the Presbyterian church of Grove City, Pennsylvania.
A dispatch from Washington, D. C., says: Kiutus
Tecumseh, who claims direct descent from the famous
Indian chief, Tecumseh, presented President Coolidge
today with a box of apples grown on his father’s farm
at Wenatchee, Wash. He was clad in full Indian re
galia.
Joseph Alexander of the Sophomore Class won the
first one dollar prize for the best article turned in for
publication in the Chemawa American. Joe’s article
was reprinted in the Statesman. The interesting way
that Joe told the life of Dr. Carlos Montezuma deserves
the recognition that Joe is receiving.
The Y. W. C. A. meeting on Sunday afternoon was
attended by a large group of girls who discussed the
topic, “How to build character.” Lorraine Jude was
the leader for the meeting and the devotional service
conducted by Olive Diaz and Cleo Plasteur. Special
music for the afternoon was an instrumental solo by
Josephine Redstone.
Our orchestra and an octette of boy vocalists made
the trip to Silverton last Friday evening and put on a
program in one of the churches. There was a large
and enthusiastic crowd in attendance and the efforts of
our musical organizations “went over” in fine style.
In every way the trip and everything attending it
was a splendid success.
The public school department of Portland is
inaugurating a broadcasting series of national historical
events and will begin with “The American Indian”
on next Tuesday evening from 7:00 td 7:45 o’clock,
February 7th.
Mr. Bent will go down and confront
the microphone in a talk of some length and the or
chestra will also be in attendance and broadcast one of
Mr. Turney’s “Indian Suites.”
Rev. H. S. Killen of Olympia, Washington, was a
guest at Chemawa on Sunday and preached to the as
sembly of Protestant students at the Sunday School
hour. Mr. Killen is a very interesting and unusual
speaker and his address on “The Wise Men’s Search
for God” held the close attention of every listener.
He is always a welcome visitor on this campus. The
Sunday School choir added to the pleasure of the ser
vice by singing a prayer anthem.
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A report from the hospital reads: There is very
little serious illness at the hospital these days. Leona
Normandin and Charlotte James, who have been with
us for several weeks, have both been given their free
dom. Wayne Backman, who has been very sick with
pneumonia and complications, is responding wonder
fully to treatments. We hope he will soon be able to
walk again. We seem to be having favorable results
in the treatment of acne and impetigo and expect to
clear the school of them before long.
Supt. Lipps gave a splendid talk to our students
during the course of chapel exercises last Sunday even
ing. He is absolutely correct in his ideas on thorough
ness in all things, as thoroughness leads to mastery,
and we trust that our students will remember what he
had to say and profit thereby. In addition to the fine
talk of our Superintendent the Nonpareil Society was
represented in a recitation by Carmen Chamberlain,
the octette girls sang a pleasing number, as did the
choir, and there was the usual number by the orchestra.
The Excelsiors and Winonas gave an open door pro
gram on Friday evening. These societies meet in ad
joining rooms and the door between was opened and
the following program rendered in an excellent way:
Music (guitar solo), Charles DePoe; Recitation, Dor
othy Green; Vocal solo, Lawrence Bozeroff; Vocal
duet, Helen Peratrovich and Lucy Craig; Life of
Washington Irving, John Edelman; Prophecy, Joseph
ine Redstone; Things that never happen, Nathel
Stagner; Recitation, Bernice Blakeslee; Dialogue, Lor
raine Jude, Margaret Ball, Helen Peratrovich.
Superintendent Davis of the Genoa school opened
two new entrances to the dining room so that four
lines of pupils could enter at a time instead of only
two. The main element, however, was the installa
tion of a series of electric bells which can be rung by
the dining room matron when the food is starting to
appear on the tables as a warning to the pupils to
line up in their buildings. A second alarm rung
when the food is nearly all on the tables warns the
matrons and disciplinarians to start the pupils for the
dining room, with the result that they appear at that
place just as the food is served and while it is still hot.
Here is an opportunity for some Chemawa student,
who may perchance be bubbling over with originality,
to make a little “pin money.” The Salem Ad Club
offers $10 as a prize for the best plan, or design, for
an arch with appropriate wording, for placement at
the Chemawa-Hazelgreen and Salem-Portland inter
section, better known as the “Four Corners.” The
purpose is to tell the traveling public that “One-half
mile to the west of the sign is located the most impor
tant school for Indians in the world. ’ ’ Now, students,
get busy. Here is a real opportunity—somebody is
going to get $10 for this task. Address your efforts
to: Secretary, Salem Ad Club, Room 301, U. S.
National Bank Bldg., Salem, Oregon.