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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1930)
1 he CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL A social meeting for officers of the Student Activities Association and the Employes’ Advisory Board was held in McNary Hall last Friday evening and a splendid time resulted. At the time Chief Justice Coshow visited our C. A. organizations Joe Condon sang a solo and Elinor Sand erson led the devotional services. About 200 students were in attendance. A business meeting was held by officers of the Stu dent Activities Association and the Employes’ Advisory Board one evening last week and several matters of live interest were discussed and settled. Judge E. A. Hutchinson and his secretary are now in Hoquiam, Wash., where they will remain for some time, as the Judge is holding “hearings” up there. Just recently they were at Toppenish, Wash. James Kow, a former tailor, is now employed in a shop in Oakland, California, and is getting along nice ly according to our information. His trade is of value to him no doubt, and his case proves the wisdom of trade mastery for all young people. Warren Wilder and Victor Smith were awatded prizes, first and second, respectively, for literary con tributions during the month of December. We will be pleased to note a little more endeavor on the part of those comprising Chemawa’s “writers’ club. ’ ’ Now, all together! Our dairyman, Mr. Grant Teter, has suffered lately with an infected hand, but he continues on duty de spite his handicap. He ¡informs us that our herd of cows are producing from 104 to 106 gallons of milk daily, and this is pretty good considering weather conditions, etc. On call of Principal Mote all employes not otherwise engaged convened at the music studio for the regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening of last week. Mr. Mote acted as chairman and led in the work dis cussed during the session. An unusually large attend ance is recorded. As Supt. Lipps was called to Lapwai, Idaho, by the sudden death ot Dr. Keck, Principal Mote was in charge of our chapel exercises last Sunday evening. Owing to the very chilly atmosphere of the auditorium, Mr. Mote wisely decided to hold a short session. However, he took occasion to remind our students that the half- year period of our school is about over and he admon ished them to continue the excellent work they are do ing, stating that they are really a source of satisfaction to him and a student body of great possibilities. Dur ing the evening the choir sang a number and the or chestra played an overture, “Orpheus in der Unter- welt” by Offenbach. Page 3 At a recent joint meeting of the local Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. organizations Chief Justice Coshow of the Oregon Supreme Court was the speaker and it is need less for us to comment on the excellence of the address. Our Chief Justice is an inspiration for young and old alike and we always feel honored when he visits Chemawa. The recent cold snap froze ice two or three inches thick and many near-by ponds became skating rinks. The pond just south of our power plant was the scene of much merriment on the part of the younger gener ation at Chemawa. These ice-skating periods are few and far between here and when they do appear youth is glorified. The kitchen boys are in a sense assistant cooks under Mr. Bond and their instructor has many nice things to say for them—their industry and all-around capacity. The boys have the responsibility of prepar ing the lunches for our students who are attending school in Salem. They can make gingerbread, turn overs, and many other things unassisted. We know they are good to eat, for we’ve sampled them. On Monday evening there was a meeting of em ployes who are interested in the matter of Boy and Girl Scouts and the formation of companies at Che mawa. We’ve had Scouts at Chemawa for a long time—years in fact—but it seems at present to be de sired to go into this matter on broader lines and a larger scale then heretofore. We probably will have something further on this matter in our next issue. Mr. Fred W. Bovd has been appointed Agricultur al Director in the Service with all Indian domain in Washington and Oregon, with the exeception of the Klamath country, as his district. Mr. Boyd is reported to be well equipped for the position as he was with Wyoming State Agricultural Department for some considerable time, has had experience as a county agent, and has also served with the Bureau of Ento mology. At present his headquarters are at Top penish, Wash. A week ago we began to experience some cold weath er in this part of the country and two or three inches of snow decorated our landscape. During the past week the weather has been unusually chilly for this section—shivering has been the order of the day and many of us have not “fooled around” outside. The thermometer has registered as low as ten above zero on several mornings, possibly a trifle lower, which is unusual here in the Willamette Valley. Many of our young people revel in the weather conditions and have enjoyed immensely the limited opportunities for ice skating.
