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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1929)
7he CHEMAWA AMERICAN ............... LOCAL Raymond Charles, a former student of Chemawa, is visiting friends here at school. Messrs. Sherman and Carrow, our electricians, and their details have recently put in considerable time straightening out the wiring in our auditorium. They have a fine job to their credit. Mr. Bent, who accompanied the band to Salem and played with our boys on the Armistice Day parade, gave us a good report of the way our organization was received and there is no doubt but the band made a hit. Superintendent Lipps will leave tomorrow for Wash ington, D. C., where he has been called on official busi ness pertaining to the school. During his absence As sistant Superintendent Mote will be in charge of affairs at Chemawa. Next Friday evening the Nonpareil Literary Society will hold the first “open session” of this school year. We have no doubt but the young ladies will make the evening pleasant for those who attend. Miss White is advisor for this society. During school assembly last Thursday Mr. Lobdell entertained the students with harmonica solos, in which he is most proficient. It is simply astonishing to note what some people can do with a harmonica, and Mr. Lobdell is one of those people. During the past week we have noticed that our students are carrying their books to and from school in “nifty” new bags. This is a splendid innovation here, as it is convenient for the students and it saves the books. The bags were made in the domestic art department. On Monday, Armistice Day, our band appeared in Salem in the parade under the auspices of the Amer ican Legion Capital Post No. 9. Cammandant Carl Abrams made arrangements for our boys to provide music during the parade. At present Bandmaster Kunkel has 30 pieces in our school band. Mr. Chas. E. Larsen, our genial clerk, left a few days ago for what will be more or less an outing for him, even though he will combine business with pleas ure. He started for Grand Ronde and from there will work up and down the Oregon coast, possibly as far south as Grants Pass. He will be back home next week. On Monday evening last a “chamber music” pro gram was rendered for the Freshmen class and the attendance was splendid and we commend the class for their good order and attention. Mrs. Lipps, Mrs. Brickell, Miss Peterson, Dr. Sisco and Mr. Fisher were among the faculty members in attendance. On next Monday evening a program will be given honoring the students of the eighth grade. Page 3 .¡’ri se In our next issue we hope to give a list of all pro fessional people who so kindly assisted in our students’ health survey. Miss Lena Burcham, whose home is in Cottage Grove, is at Chemawa for the purpose of gathering data on every possible phase of Indian life and char acter and the progress of the race, and of the outstand ing achievements of individuals. She is endeavoring to secure data for a thesis to be presented at the Uni versity of Oregon and her task will probably necessitate a lengthy sojourn at our school. Following a custom which has grown in importance with the passing of the years, quite a number of our Y. W. girls went to Portland last Sunday afternoon and gave a program at the Y. W. C. A. headquarters for ex-Chemawa students who are now living in that city. The girls were accompanied on the trip by Misses Eakin and Judd, Mr. and Mrs. Mason and Mr. and Mrs. Downie. It was in every way a pleasing affair. Last Sunday evening during our chapel exercises, Supt. Lipps, who was in charge, made a splendid talk on health as a preliminary to his main theme on the subject of self-education by “thinking.” The status of the human mind since the beginning of our record of the “doings” of peoples was most ably dis cussed, to our entertainment and edification. It was a fine talk. In addition the choir and orchestra both rendered pleasing numbers. Mrs. Harwood Hall, who lived here among us for so many years during the period that Mr. Hall was our superintendent, is visiting friends in Salem and Chemawa. When Supt. Hall’s health failed he and his wife went to Los Angeles, California, where unfor tunately death overtook Mr. Hall. During all this time Mrs. Hall has continued in government work and we are told that she is now on a much-needed vacation. She has many warm friends here who will be happy to see her again. On Wednesday evening we were visited by Mr. McMannus of Portland Federal Employes’ Union, Local No. 7. The meeting was held in our library room and it was well attended and much of interest transpired. Mr. McMannus devoted considerable time to a discussion of the probable passage of an amended retirement act by the present congress early next year. Pension matters were also touched upon. During the evening officers were chosen for our own local, with the following result: Mr. Downie, president; Miss Lund quist, 1st vice-president; Mr. Kunkel, 2nd vice-presi dent; Mr. Decorah, 3rd vice-president; Mr. James, secretary-treasurer; Mr. Mason, chairman of member ship committee; Mr. Klein, chairman of social and program committee. It was a good meeting.
