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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1928)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Dr. Johnston made a business trip to Spokane this week. Misses Judd and Eakin were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Downie. March came in “like a lamb” all right. Will the month go out “as a lion?” Myrtle Rinehart is making a very beautiful hooked rug that Francis Ross designed. Ida Audette, a former student now attending school in Portland, was a Sunday visitor. Miss Wright is now driving a new Chevrolet, and Mr. Frost a new Whippet. They are both closed cars. Many of the Chemawa people attended the Fresh men Glee at Willamette University last Saturday evening. Mr. J. B. Mortsolf, Superintendent at Warm springs, Oregon, visited the school last Friday and Saturday. The ground foundations are laid for a new print shop. It will be connected with the library. Be assured that the Chemawa American force is delighted over the event. The student matrons are wearing the new uniforms in keeping with their training. The uniforms are very beautiful and are an added dignity to the young women taking this training. A number of bird houses have been placed about the grounds and they add materially to the attractive ness of our campus. We trust that the houses appeal to our “feathered friends” as they do to us. The plumbers did the work. The Sophomore girls were very sorry to lose Myrtle Maupin and Blanche Vassar. Blanche went to South Bend, Washington, and Myrtle went to Whitehorse, South Dakota. Both girls left on account of poor health and their many friends wish them a speedy recovery. At the time of going to press we were informed that some of our students were to appear in con nection with an entertainment to be given in the Capitol theatre in Salem last night. Their part on the program was prepared by Mr. Bent and Miss White, according to our information. We hope to give a full account next week. Mrs. Iliff was a most welcome visitor at Y. W. C. A. meeting last Sunday afternoon. She spoke very helpfully to the members on “The Power of a Girl’s Influence.” During the afternoon plans were made to send six delegates to the State Older Girls’ Confer ence, which is to be held this year in Albany, March 16, 17, 18. Chemawa girls have been asked to assist on the program of this conference. We are in receipt of the following letter from Mrs. Frank Hubbs, secretary and treasurer of the com munity organization near Silverton where our orchestra and boys’ octette put on a program recently: “We wish to thank you for the splendid musical program which you put on in our community last Friday even ing, Feb. 24. Our building was too small to hold the crowd that would have liked to hear you, so we are in hopes that we can have you again soon.” PAGE 3 Dr. M. C. Guthrie, Chief Medical Director of the U. S. Indian Service, was a welcome and beneficial Chemawa visitor during the past week. Mr. Fisher’s Freshmen classes had charge of the Wednesday assemblies of last week. In the morning Harold Masten, Charles Motchman, Oscar Evans, Frank Johnson and Fred Sandberg read interesting current events. In the afternoon Jeanette Belgarde, Alice Clark, Carmen Chamberlin, Rosamond Eccoffy and Eleanor Sanderson did likewise. Harriet Hill and Anna Peratrovich went into Salem on Tuesday evening to attend the meeting of the West minster Guild at the Presbyterian church. Each of the girls gave an excellent talk regarding the work which missionaries have done in their respective home communities, and the present needs of those com munities. A fine new Delineascope with a full set of films on the Life of Christ, the Parable of the New Testament, and many other interesting Biblical subjects, has been recently added to the equipment for the Protestant re ligious work. This machine comes as a gift from the Board of National Missions. It will be used frequent ly in Thursday evening Bible classes, as well as in other group meetings. Miss Olive Dahl, dean of women at Willamette University, was a guest of the Y. W. C. A. recently when she spoke to the girls on “Who should go to college, and how much it will cost?” Dean Dahl worked her own way through college, and then through the graduate school at Columbia University in New York and was able to offer a wealth of prac tical suggestions to the girls who are interested in higher’education. Dean Dahl’s charming personality and keen sense of humor, no less than her practical suggestions, made her talk most interesting to the Y. W. C. A. group. During our chapel exercises last Sunday evening Supt. Lipps gave an unusually fine talk to our students in which he drew their attention to conditions of the past, the present, and pointed out what are in all likelihood to be the demands of the future. Our students must meet these demands and requirements just the same as other students throughout the coun try. We were pleased to note that Supt. Lipps gave such a strong advocacy of things cultural as a vital necessity in the progress of our nation. A fine talk. In addition there was a pleasing orchestral number, a fine number by the choir, a recitation by Helen Don nelly, and Reno Booth sang “Pale Moon” by Logan, and did it splendidly. No doubt many of our readers will be pleased to learn something regarding Miss Grace Johnson who left Chemawa recently to accept a position with Supt. McGregor at the Flandreau (South Dakota) School. We noticed in the last issue of The Indian Leader, in “Flandreau Indian School Notes,” the following men tion of Miss Gracie: Miss Grace Johnson, a graduate of the Chemawa Indian School in the class of 1927, has accepted an appointment as hospital housekeeper here and has entered upon her duties. She is a native of Alaska, having been born in Council in that far northern country. Miss Johnson taught in the grades in the Chemawa School for a time.
