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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1929)
7he CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL School business took Mr. Bent to Vancouver, Wash., one day last week. Wilson Sampson, a former well known student, writes us from White Swan, Wash., that he has so far recovered from his hip trouble of years standing that he has thrown his cane away and is working. Mr. Smith, chief clerk at the Umatilla Agency, paid Chemawa a short visit last week. He brought some new pupils to the school. We were pleased to have him visit us as we found him to be a most affable gentleman. Last Saturday evening our students enjoyed a de lightful social in the big gym. There was a good-sized crowd in attendance and the young folk were in every way most orderly and well-behaved. Truly, it was a pleasing affair. We are proud of our students. Last Friday a carload of fine furniture arrived at Chemawa for placement in the new Brewer Hall. In the lot are 100 bureaus with mirrors attached and 100 study tables for students’ rooms. It is all of lovely and substantial oak and fit to grace any room. It was shipped here from St. Louis, Mo. John Copeland paid Chemawa friends a visit during the past week. The past year John spent in attend ance at Chiloquin high school, in Southern Oregon, from which he graduated. He is now in Corvallis where he has enrolled for a course at the Oregon State College. Pretty good, we think. Page 3 Nick Shishkin came up from Vancouver Barracks, Wash., and spent the week-end with Chemawa friends. William Wall has returned from his home in Mon tana and is attending the Salem Business College. He is the trap man in our orchestra. During the past week we’ve had some rain, but not enough to do either much good or harm. In fact, it just rained, seemingly because the State Fair was on. George Meachem and Karl Muller, now enrolled at the Oregon State College, came down from Corvallis last Saturday and passed the w’eek-end at Chemawa, their old school. Raymond Haldane, now enrolled at Willamette University, in Salem, did likewise. All of these young men state that they are getting along nicely with their studies. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Van Horn, of Alma, Michigan, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Mason for a day or two last week. Their home is but a short distance from the Mt. Pleasant Indian School of their state. They were greatly interested in what they saw at Che mawa and loud in their praises of everything. Mr. Van Horn is prominent in the sales department of the Republic auto truck company, and Mrs. Van Horn is a music teacher. They are fine people. The great show, the State Fair, is on in Salem. It opened last Monday and will close next Saturday, showing just a week. In truth it is in many ways of interest and value. The pity is that so many of our young people desire to attend, not for reasons of edu cational interest and value, but for the excitement of the crowds and to patronize the amusement features, hot dog” and lemonade stands—often ‘ ‘going broke, ’ ’ to remain so for the remainder of the school year. Rev. Perry Ides of Neah Bay, Wash., recently ar rived at Chemawa and enrolled his daughter here. Twenty-four years ago Mr. Ides left Chemawa, where he had been a student, and commenced the real battle of life. He has remained true to the faith and his ideals have been of the best—he has lived upto them. He found so many changes and improvements here that he hardly knew the place. He was delighted with all that he saw’ and he was lavish in his praise of our great school. During chapel on Sunday evening Supt. Lipps called him to the platform and he gave a splendid talk to our student body. We were pleased to welcome him to Chemawa. A persual of a recent issue of the Flandreau Her ald of S. Dakota brought to our attention an item of more than ordinary interest as it related to John Mc Gregor, son of Jas. H. McGregor, who for a time was the superintendent at Chemawa. While here John was quite prominent in athletics. Read what the Her ald says, as follows: John McCregor, son of James H. McGregor, superintendent of Riggs Institute, was winner of many awards at Fort Lincoln training camp in North Dakota this summer. The following prizes were given him: Best “red” student in camp, bronze medal; best all around man in camp, silver cup; ten nis, gold medals for singles and doubles; discuss throw, silver medal, member of winning camp baseball team, bronze watch fob. It came to pass that Supt. Lipps acceded to a request to give one of the Uncle Remus stories during chapel last Sunday evening, and he chose the tale on “Sis Gcose.” Just before starting the story he gave a most interesting account of the writer of this series of famous folk tales, together with quite a history of the stories themselves, and of similar imaginative tales the world over. There is no denying the fact that Supt. Lipps tells these stories remarkably well and that all, from the youngest to the oldest, enjoy them ever so much. “Sis Goose” made a great impression. The orchestra and choir each contributed outstanding numbers, and Rev. Ides, on request of Supt. Lipps went forward and spoke briefly but ably to those present. It was a good chapel service.
