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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1928)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Miss Strout was a Portland visitor this week-end. Have you seen the beautiful flowers in MissGunn’s garden? Raymond Jones left for Alaska on last Thursday evening. Mr. Carroll and Mr. Lobdell visited Portland last week-end. Daniel Constantino spent the week-end with friends living near Salem. Mrs. Brewer made a flying trip to and from Tacoma during the past week. Frances Ross, who has been ailing in the hospital, is now around as usual. Many of the boys are planning to attend C. M. T. C. at Vancouver this summer. Since our last issue Supt. Lipps made a trip to Warmsprings on official business. George Meachem and Cecil Stagner were Captain Stacy’s dinner guests on Sunday. Mrs. Olney, sister of Miss Foster, is here with her little daughter from the Yakima country. William McCorkle is again out with the ball team for daily practice after a few days in the hospital. Miss Judd gave a most interesting lantern slide lecture on birds to the school assemblies last Wed nesday. Work has started on the construction of north and south wings to our hospital. They are to be one- story structures. Karl Muller is making a beautiful novelty in inlaid wood. Many beautiful pieces of furniture have been made during the year in the carpenter shop. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sturges and family of Longview, Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clayton of Victoria all “kinery” of Mr. and Mrs. Davis, were here Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Sanders and his detail of painters have been busy during the past few days repainting our band stand. The stand is now on its new foundation just in front of Cramton Hall. For use in our students’ dining hall the school re cently secured six ten-gallon milk cans. The plumbers have just completed the task of soldering faucets on the cans to facilitate their use. Next Friday evening our orchestra will play for the great Ibsen drama, “The Master Builder,” which is being put on at the Capitol theatre in Salem by Wil lamette University students under the direction of Dr. J. O. Hall. The orchestra is advertised to play a short concert before the drama opens. PAGE 3 Mrs. Stuart and her sixth grade girls entertained Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Culbertson, Capt. Stacy, Fred Rick ard and “F” company at a picnic dinner on Friday evening. Sunday evening Mrs. Johnston arrived from Illin ois, where she was visiting relatives. Dr. Johnston is no longer in the club, as the Johnstons are keep ing house in one of the new cottages. Ground has been broken for the construction of a cottage just north of the hospital. This will be occupied by Dr. Johnston, and it will undoubtedly prove a fine location for him, it is so near to the hospital. This seems to be the time for setting out tomato plants and our gardeners have proved themselves cognizant of the season by planting a lot for Chem- awa. The patch is located just west of Pigville, our hog metropolis. Raymond Ready, a former Chemawa student now working on the Salem Statesman, had quite an il luminating article in the Sunday issue of that paper. The article dealt with “Totemism,” and was of more than ordinary interest. Last Thursday Captain Davis of Vancouver Barracks addressed the boys over sixteen. Quite a number have signed up to go to C. M. T. C. *5omc 61 the Chemawa boys were in Captain Davis’ company last year and were delighted to have him visit the school. There was never a time in our recollection when there was so much construction work going on at Chemawa as at present. The old dining hall for students has been moved to a location near where the root house which was razed recently stood. It is to be fixed up as a Catholic chapel and possibly for other purposes we understand. At present the upper floor is occupied by Father Gall as a chapel. As Supt. Lipps was absent on government business last Sunday evening Mr. A. G. Wilson, head clerk, was in charge during our chapel exercises. During the evening the orchestra played a number, Mrs. Reed sang a solo and also gave a musical reading, the oc tette boys rendered a number, Rosamond Ecoffy gave a reading as did Lawrence Crofoot, Mr. Bent played a cornet solo in which he was accompanied by the orchestra, and the choir gave a pleasing number. This is a week of consternation at Chemawa. It is a time of “final exams,” and consternation is largely the inheritance of those who would not heed the many admonitions given them to study seriously—to get down to real business. The “scare” may prove a lesson to some of our pupils, at least we hope so. It is impossible to get an education without work. Education is of itself an evidence of industry, of application, of a capacity to vision something of life and its needs—and demands. Without further mor alizing we will state that we hope that every student passes, even though doubt assails us.
