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'Ihe CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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Christmas is next week—do your shopping early!
The high school students enjoyed a social of a
couple of hours duration last Saturday evening. It
proved enjoyable for all.
Miss Myrtle Peters, our financial clerk, began last
week on her “annual leave.” She departed on Fri
day for Tacoma, Wash., where she is visiting friends.
During the past week no one could conscientiously
have complained of any lack of rain in our section.
It seemed that the bottom was missing from “Jupe’s”
water can.
Two of our graduates who are now attending Wil
lamette University were just recently awarded letters
and jerseys as members of the football team of that insti
tution this season. Raymond Haldane and Charles
DePoe are the young men to whom we refer.
The prizes for literary work during November went
to Roland Booth and Matthew James, first and second,
respectively. Our students cannot show too much
interest in their English and submitting articles for
publication is certain to prove of the greatest value to
them.
“Bud” James left last week for San Francisco,
California, where he will have employment with the
C. C. Moore Company, boiler makers. This is the
company that installed the new boilers at Chemawa
during the past summer and fall at a price of $25,000.
“Bud” worked for the company here at the school
and made good with them, and, as he likes the work,
he decided to continue it, hence his trip to the City
by the Golden Gate.
Mr. Silas Moon is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Larsen.
He will spend the Christmas holidays at their home.
Just recently he has been in Portland, but during the
past season he has been in Lincoln county workingas
head loader for the Hutchinson Logging Company.
Silas has a reputation all over the coast as an expert
logger and he never needs to worry about employment.
He is one of Chemawa’s most upstanding students of
the good old days—a credit to himself, his friends,
and his school.
It is a pleasure to note the progress and initiation
of our students. A lad who has especially distin
guished himself is Joe Matte of the plumbing depart
ment. During the past few weeks he has done a nice
piece of sheet metal work on a range at the Wigwam;
he practically rebuilt thestove. It looked like a man’s
size job, but Joe tore into it and when he got through
the range had a new front and back, and a new oven.
His next job will be roughing in five bath rooms in
Kola Tepee (the old print shop). Joe is arriving.
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We are happy to report that Mrs. Nora Foster
Walker is again a member of our teaching staff, after
an absence of nearly a year spent in teaching in Okla
homa, and just recently at Tulalip, Wash.
On Thursday evening of last week Mrs. Mote enter
tained quite a large number of students who had
assisted her wnth the Thanksgiving entertainment.
As a large percentage of her assistants were choir
members she very graciously invited the entire organ
ization to be present—a courtesy appreciated by all.
In every way the reception was most enjoyable. Con
versation, games, etc., combined with refreshments,
made the evening pass all too quickly. All feel grate
ful to Mrs. Mote.
Since our last issue Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Klein
have taken their departure from Chemawaafter a resi
dence of several years, during which time they were
valued members of our academic staff. They have ac
cepted a transfer to Keshena, Wisconsin, wheie Mr.
Klein will have the position of principal teacher and
Mrs. Klein w’ill have one of the classes under him.
This is a promotion for Mr. Klein, and a happy one»
too, as it places him back in his home state. This
worthy couple left many well-wishers in Chemawa,
who will at all times be delighted to hear from them
and who wish them good luck wherever they may be.
Our band, under the direction of Mr. H. A^
Kunkel, played a concert in the auditorium on Surf-
day evening. Molly Charley appeared with the band
as vocal soloist and an octette of boys contributed U
couple of vocal numbers. Every season our band must
be rebuilt at the beginningof the school year, owing tp
the fact that there are nearly always important members
who do not return after the summer vacation. This
means an immense lot of work for the bandmaster and
from many points of view is more or less discouraging’.
Last Sunday marked the first appearance of our boys iti
concert this season and they certainly gave a good ac
count of themselves and pleased everybody. Like all
“first appearances,” many of the boys were a trifle
nervous, but a few more concert appearances will end
all of that. Thanks are due to Mr. Kunkel and his boys
for an enjoyable concert. The bandsmen and all of
the vocalists certainly did well. At the conclusion of
the concert Supt. Lipps greeted all of us after an ab
sence of about a month on business in Washington’,
D. C. He gave a verbal sketch of what is planned for
Chemawa and the district this great school represents.
From both the vocational and cultural points of view
the future promises to be rosy. Altogether the concert
and the address following made an enjoyable and inter
esting evening for those in the auditorium last Sunday
evening.