The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
Mr. Kirk, our property clerk, was in Portland a
day or two of last week looking after the shipping of
supplies to certain schools and agencies of the service.
Mr. Eisle Carrow, out assistant engineer, went into
the Grand Ronde country a few days ago on a hunt
for venison. On his first trip out he “ bagged” a fine
five-point buck. Pretty lucky, we say.
“ Pete” Eipps, who is attending Willamette Univer
sity, has been pledged to membership in one of the
prominent fraternities of that institution of learning
the Sigma Tau. This is quite an honor when “ land
ed,” and we know that “ Pete” will attend to that.
Martha Packineau is now assistant domestic science
teacher at Flandreau, S. Dak., and is getting along
nicely. She was a member of our last graduating class.
She wrote that Maybelle Biemner, of the class of ’28,
is also employed at Flandreau in the capacity of laun
dress.
Every season brings its quota of “ fish stories,”
good or bad, true or false. One of the most interest
ing of the season, so far as we know, is one told of
Mr. Ratzburg, our gardener. It appears that while
fishing he caught a fine salmon and in some mysteri
ous way it cliinbed a tree and got away from him.
Ahem! See Mr. Ratzburg for details’
Mr. and Mrs. Omar Bewley made a brief call at Che -
mawa one day last week to greet some friends. Mr.
Bewley transferred to Dixion, Montana, at the‘first of
the year and he was spending his “ annual leave” in
Salem, together with his wife. They started back for
Dixon last Thursday. They are getting along nicely
and like it up there, excepting for the cold of winter.
Among all of the articles that have come to our at
tention, pointing the way for young people to go, we
can recall nothing finer than ‘ ‘A Message to Young
Men,” by David Starr Jordan, Chancellor Emeritus of
Stanford University., Our young ladies will lose noth
ing by a careful study of this remarkable bit of good ad
vice, even though it is addressed to young men. The
article appears in another column.
We are^happy to note that Supt. Jas. H. McGregor
has received promotion in the Indian Service. Mr.
McGregor was at one time superintendent at Chemawa
—just before Supt. Eipps took charge. From here
Mr. McGregor transferred to Flandreau, S. Dak., as
superintendent of that school. This was two years ago,
and just recently he has been promoted to the position
of district superintendent of South Dakota. Thiswili-
be good news for Mr. McGregor’s many friends in
Chemawa and elsewhere in the service. Mr. McGre
gor will always prove a credit to any position which he
may undertake to hold.
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The football game between the state universities of
Oregon and Idaho, which occurred in Portland last
Saturday, drew a large number of our people, both
employes and students to the metropolis. Oregon won
out in a score of 34 to 7 in a hard-fought game.
The new officers of the Y. W. C. A. were formally
installed at the regular meeting on Sunday afternoon,
with a very impressive service, after which each new
officer responded with a short talk on her plans and
hopes for the organization for the coming year. Sun
day also marked the opening of the anual membership
drive, and little yellow tags were pinned on new mem
bers by the cabinet girls who are in charge of the
drive.
Dr. Norman K. Tully of Salem was the guest of
the Chemawa Y. M. C. A. on Sunday evening at the
regular meeting. Dr. Tully spent three months in the
Orient this past summer and his description of his trip
through Japan, Manchuria and China, with his inter
esting observations regarding the people, their customs,
their food, and their industrial situations was most
interesting indeed. Aaron Spokum, president of the
Y, presided at the meeting.
After many years Mr. Albert H. Gillette returned
last week for a visit at Chemawa. Some fifteen or more
years ago Mr. Gillette was employed here as farmer
and teacher of agriculture. After several years of ser
vice here he resigned and went to teaching in our pub
lic schools. At present he is principal of the high
school at Cresswell, Oregon, a shqrt distance south of
Eugene. He reports that he is getting along nicely.
The growth of our plant was a revelation to him ,
Assistant Superintendent Mote was happy in intro
ducing Chief Scoutmaster West of the Salem division
as the speaker of the evening for our chapel exercises
last Sunday. The gentleman proved a most able and af
fable gentleman and his talk was not only of sound merit
for its philosophy and logic, but for its general interest
and its practical application to everyday life. It may
have been classed under two captions—* ‘Kodak as You
Go,” or “ Carry Your Own Pack.” In addition to
the above address the choir rendered a splendid number
and the orchestra contributed a fine concert arrange
ment of famous melodies of years ago, the work of
Eake.
East Monday evening a series of chamber music
concerts began at Chemawa. A trio will be the means
of introducing the master works to be rendered, and
Mrs. Turney will be at the piano and Messrs. Kunkel
and Cooley will complete the ensemble as violinist and
cellist, respectively. The senior class was honored
last Monday evening and we wish to commend them
for the splendid attention they gave. A standard
Mozart number was the trio rendered, after which Mr.
Turney played a viola solo, Mr. Kunkel a violin solo,
and Mr. Cooley a cello solo in the order mentioned,
Mrs. Turney playing all accompaniments. It was
gratifying gig see so many employes in attendance.
The program was well rendered and in every way the
beginning of this series was most auspicious.