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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 29, 1928)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL We are now in the midst of Lent. Tomorrow will usher in the month of March. Mrs. Brickell arrived from Portland last Friday for a few days visit. Clifford McLeod left for his home in Arlee, Montana, last Monday evening. The Excelsior Society will hold their regular open session on Friday evening. Mr. Iliff was absent a part of last week, in Portland and other places, on school business. The auto mechanics have just completed Randolph Allen’s car and it is now ready for use. Pearl Buckles of the Junior class left for Portland last Sunday. She will enter school there. The Chemawa girls’ basketball team will play a team from St. Paul, Oregon, here, tonight. There are innumerable fine radios on the grounds. The latest installed here is the set of Mr. and Mrs. Kirk. Don’t forget to hand in your drawing for the High way Arch Contest. The honor of winning and the $10.00 are worth your efforts. The contest closes March 15th. We’ve had potatoes in the ground all winter, ac cording to a report that just reached us, and the boys of the farm detail are now digging them. They are also busy sorting onions. The Sophomore boys are quite proud of a letter recent ly received from the Browning High School of Mont- tana. The letter was “all praises” for the book on Benjamin Franklin sent to that school. One of the scenes especially painted for the Wash ington Birthday entertainment in our auditorium last week was the work of Nicolai Nelson. It was good and we can now boast of another artist on the grounds. The Home Economics Club held a meeting on Feb. 23rd for the purpose of electing new officers and the following were elected: President, Vina Smith; vice- president, Pauline Pratt; secretary, Drosalina Cimino; treasurer, Ivy Dupuis; song leader, Vera Korter. Last Friday evening our orchestra and the boys’ octette put on a program at Bethany church, near Silverton, ten miles east of Chemawa. There was a large and demonstrative audience and every number was well received. Our orchestra played splendidly and the octette boys never sang better. It proved a “Chemawa night.” The boys of the carpenter’s detail have been busy of late at the task of making furniture for the hos pital. William Markishtum has just made an at tractive medicine chest for the same place. John Edelman and Billie Williams are each making a writ ing desk for use at the hospital. Our boys are hard to beat in work of this character. PAGE 3 The plumbers have completed work on one of our new cottages and are now ready to start the plumbing on another cottage. During the chapel hour last Sunday evening Supt. Lipps spoke of Chemawa’s 48th birthday just passed. He recounted many things which have come and gone, and also which are still with us, which were invented or discovered since the establishment of our great school in 1880. After listening to Supt. Lipps it. is not difficult to arrive at the conclusion that we are fortunate to be living in such a remarkable age. It was truly an exceptionally fine talk. In addition to the address the boys’ octette sang “Invictus” by Huhn and did it splendidly, too. The choir and or chestra contributed a pleasing number each. Some children have original ways of gaining ad mittance to the hospital. Two of our tiniest girls during last week have said they swallowed pins, and wanted to stay in the hospital. We let them stay. Last night another one came, saying she had swal lowed a button! We did not keep her. A word of advice to you who value your small sewing basket articles: Keep them under lock, for you might miss ' your gold thimble if the pin and button stunt ceases to work. We have no seriously ill patients. Mae Pepion, Florence Ross and Ruth Black who have been with us for some time are doing nicely. Wayne Backman now walks without crutches and will soon be back in school. Chemawa celebrated her 48th birthday last Friday. Mrs. Brewer, as one of “the goers through and eye ball witness” of the founding and early days—and all the days since—gave a most interesting talk to both divisions. The songs, poems and yells were all ex ceedingly good. Every class deserves special mention for something. In the first division the Freshmen took first place on the song, the Sophomores on the yell, and the Seniors on the poem. In the second division the Seniors took first place on the song, the Freshmen on the yell, and the Juniors on the poem. Mrs. Hunter, Dr. Johnston and Miss Strout were judges for the songs; Mrs. Posey, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Mason judged the poems; Mr. Bauer, Mrs. Davis and Mr. Bent judged the yells. Miss Virginia Edwards and Mr. Harold Shellhart of Willamette University were guests at Chemawa on a recent Sunday morning, when they spoke in a most interesting way to the Protestant Sunday School, giv ing their impressions of the great Student Volunteer convention which met recently in Detroit, Michigan. Willamette sent four delegates to this convention, which was attended by 3,500 students from all parts of the world and from many different races. Miss Edwards and Mr. Shellhart both spoke of the prob lems of race misunderstanding which were discussed, the present trend of missionary work in foreign countries with the rise of efficient native leaders in most countries, and of the importance of our conduct and standards in America in relation to the work missionaries are doing in foreign lands. Both speakers stressed the impression which they had received that students of the every race and country are facing the same needs and problems, and all are seeking eagerly for adequate solutions.
