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.
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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.