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.
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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.