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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1929)
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Mrs. Bent, and son Georgie and Miss White were visitors in Portland last Saturday. Dr. Collard has been removing the tonsils of many of our students during the past week. A little band of senior girls showed their interest and spirit by yelling throughout the Senior-Junior game a couple of days ago. One of the Seniors received a letter from Alfred Ber nard and Francis Ross, who are last year’s graduates. They are in the marine service at San Diego, Cali fornia. Good luck to them! Clyde Cooley, our able young cellist, is to appear in Salem this morning in a number of cello solos. Dr. R. W. Hans Seitz will be his support at the piano. Clyde is studying cello with Dr. Seitz. The Bell Telephone Co. is laying an underground line from Portland to Salem. This is an immense un dertaking and large crews of men are employed all along the line. For the past two or three weeks work has been in progress right adjacent our campus and it still continues. We have been informed that the cost of the work mentioned will be in neighborhood of $1,000,000.00. This office has just issued quite an edition of 24-page handbooks for use about the campus. All faculty members and older students will be supplied. This work was in the very nature of things a “hurry-up job,’’ but we trust it will fill the bill for this season. Probably we can get started on a handbook for the next school year at an earlier date, in which event we can promise an improvement on the little work just off the press. Our small boys are nicely domiciled in Mitchell Hall, which has been thoroughly renovated and re paired just recently. How affairs and conditions change! Not so many years ago Mitchell Hall was the prize hall, coveted home for the older boys—now it has been eclipsed by two other domitories for boys and has become the habitat of our little fellows. The wonders of yesterday are commonplace today. Miss Semanski is the efficient matron at this building. Last week our large student body was treated to a real battle when the seniors walked on the juniors to the tune of 19 to 0. Though the score is a little lop sided the juniors did some of the walking, too, by the looks of some of the seniors. They were all smiles though and proud of the little souvenirs of the game. The dope was just a little against the seniors before the game was called, but those boys soon got “hot” and managed to score in almost every quarter. This week the juniors play the sophomores. Page 3 There has been a great deal of labor expended re cently in filling in low places on our campus. We, the class of ’30, are glad to hear that Fred Motch- man and Myron Anderson are now attending High School at their homes and are doing well. On call of Assistant Superintendent Mote quite a number of employes and prominent students met in Winona Hall on Monday evening for the formation of what may be termed a student officers’ corps, or cabi net. Supt. Lipps and Mr. Mote, Mr. Downie and James McKay were the principal speakers at this most important meeting. We hope to be able to give a more complete write-up of this meeting in our next issue. The social for students last Saturday was a great success in every way. The big gym was packed with young folk, and the affair was largely in the nature of a reception to new students and these young people acquitted themselves most creditably in the “stunt” demands made of them. Victor Smith was master of ceremonies and there were no dull moments. Rus sell Hayward and Peter McCluskey, rendered a saxo phone and banjo duet to an encore during the evening. The orchestra was on hand to contribute to the pleas ure of the occasion. A copy of a recent number of the Oregon Trail has come to our desk and we are pleased to note, with thanks, a complimentary mention of our school paper. The Chemawa American. There was in addition a very nice item regarding the work of Miss Gertrude Eakin, our Protestant missionary. Among other things we note and reprint the folic wing: Miss Eakin is rejoicing in the remodeled building given for the use of her religious work at the Salem Indian School. The ministers at Synod made a substantial contribution to aid in its furnishing. The Board in New York sent on $1,000 and various other friends have helped. One evening of last week, on call of Assistant Super intendent Mote, the entire school, both faculty mem bers and students, assembled in the auditorium and during the meeting Mr. Mote went into many affairs of the school and conduct thereof most fully. New student officers were assembled on the platform and pledged and it was evident that much reliance is to be placed upon these young people and we sincerely hope that they will not be found wanting. After the stu dent body marched out there was a short employes’ meeting, all in the hope of a better understanding all around. Mr. Mote conducted the meeting, but he asked Supt. Lipps on a couple of occasions to give his views and advice. Both of these speakers gave to all words of encouragement and many good suggestions and it seems to us that there must follow only good results.
