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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1929)
'Ihe CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Louis Pitt recently enrolled at our school. Mr. E. T. Judd of Salem, has been spending the past week with his daughter, Miss Alice Judd. Mr. L. M. Churchill, of Wrangell, Alaska, was here visiting his son, Howard, who is attending school at Chemawa. The boys in the kitchen have proved such a suc cess that Mr. Bond is going to make every effort to use boys throughout the department. At last “old Jupe” has pulled the plug from his water can and no one can now say that the great Northwest is in a parched condition. It was a surprise to us to hear that William McKorkle was married this fall to Nettie Queahpama, at Warm spring, Oregon. He was a graduate of the class of ’29. Mr. Sanders and his detail of boys have made a wonderful improvement at Mitchell Hall. All of the rooms have been fixed up and two coats of paint ap plied. Mr. and Mrs. Mote and family motored to Port land last Saturday. We suspect that they went down to see Santa Claus, whom we believe is in Portland at present. The shoe and harness makers have done wonder fully during the months of October and November. They repaired 654 and 597 pairs of shoes respectively, by details. One evening last week there was a meeting of the officers of the Students Activities Association and mem bers of the Advisory Committee—the latter group being composed of employes. We were told that refresh ments were served. We are all looking forward to the return of Supt. Lipps who was called to Washington, D.C., some weeks ago for conference on matters of great moment to our school. It is thought that Mr. Lipps will ar rive at Chemawa within a few days now. During the early part of last week Mr. J. S. Kunkel, our plumber, gave a wonderful dinner—a chicken din ner, if you please—to a number of his young men as sistants, and some employe friends. From reports to reach us we feel that we missed a treat. Mr. C. A. Kells, Secretary of the Salem Y.M.C.A., was a recent speaker before the Chemawa Y.M.C.A. He told about the growth of the Y.M.C.A. from the first Y.M.C.A. of ten members to two million, and the first Y.M.C.A. building costing eight thousand dollars and the one being built in New York City cost ing three and a-half million dollars. He invited our older boys to attend the Willamette Valley Older Boys’ Conference at McMinnville, Dec. 13 to 15. Page 3 The carpenters have completed a job at the power plant. They put in new windows and a new stair way. Miss Lena Burcham of Cottage Grove, Oregon, is again visiting Chemawa, gathering data for her mas ter thesis. Last Saturday evening our entire population was regaled by a movie entitled “Geraldine.” It proved to be a polite comedy in character and was in truth pretty good entertainment. Our people, young and old, are very fortunate in being treated so liberally in the matter of good movies. The Y. M. C. A. cabinet gave a farewell meeting on Sunday evening for Aaron Sookum, president of the Y. M. C. A., before he left for the sanitarium at Toppenish, Wash. The cabinet members wrote jolly train-letters and presented him with a little gift in appreciation of his faithful work as president. From reports to reach us there remains no doubt whatever regarding the success of the Excelsior So ciety’s “open session” last Friday evening. It is impossible for us to touch upon all of the “screams,” as reported to us, so we shall content ourselves by stating that it was really “some show!” There was everything, from tragedy to comedy, and from the sublime to the ridiculous. Mr. Klein, advisor, and his boys certainly did their work well and made more than one “hit.” On call of Principal Mote, who is in charge in the absence of Supt. Lipps, the majority of our employes gathered at the Wigwam last Thursday evening for a dinner and what Mr. Mote said was the beginning of a series of monthly meetings. Mrs. Stewart and her domestic science girls certainly ‘ ‘did themselves proud’ ’ in the repast they served, and all praise is due them. At the close of the repast many of those present were compelled by duties coming up to leave, but the great er number remained for the reading and the discussion that followed. Principal Mote, who was in charge during our chapel services last Sunday evening, gave a good talk on the matter of giving, citing the time-honored quo tation that “It is more blessed to give than to receive. ’ ’ He also read a most interesting story connected with a mythical Christmas—an allegory. It was truly very fine. It was most timely and should be remembered by all during the holiday season that is soon to be with us. During the evening the choir contributed a special number, the orchestra played the “Hungarian Fantasie” by Tobani, and Mr, Kunkel played a violin solo most beautifully, it being entitled “Adagio Relig- ioso” by Bott. We wish to especially commend our student body for their splendid order during the exer cises.
