7he CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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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.
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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.