'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.
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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.