The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
lee skating was one of the sports here last week,
and the ice was plenty thick.
Miss Alice Judd was called to Astoria recently on
account of the serious illness of her father.
Our shoe repairers have had a lot of extra work of
late, owing to the ravages of snow, etc., on the stu
dents’ shoes.
The students here have excited our admiration
recently by their solicitude for bird life at Chemawa.
They could not possibly have done more for their
‘‘feathered friends.”
Mr. Teter has had a most serious time of. late with
an infected hand, being compelled to go off duty, and
George Meachem is now in sole charge of our dairy
herd and all that pertains to it,
During our recent cold weather our engineers were
a busy lot, as the oil got so heavy it would not flow.
It is reported to have acted like “ molasses on a frosty
m orning,” and th at’s pretty bad.
Drosaliná Citnino, a graduate with last year’s class,
until; recently has peen employed in Portland, but a
week or two ago she went to Fort Lapwai, Idaho, to
join her mother who is employed at the government
school there.
. Mrs. Steward of the domestic science department says
that the girls of her classes prepared and served four
dinners last week, honoring members of the eighth,
ninth, tenth and eleventh grade classes. This was no
small order, we fancy.
Miss Elizabeth Codding is here at the school visit
ing her mother, Mrs. Daisy Codding, who is a nurse
here. Elizabeth was a member of our graduating class
of last year. We understand that she has employ
ment at Oswego, Oregon.
The open session of the Winona Literary Society
took place last Friday evening in our auditorium.
The girls gave a program that was in every way pleas
ing and their efforts met the hearty approval of all, as
it was in every' sense free from the slap-dash idea.
Mrs. Herlits is the advisor for this society of girls and
to her as well as the young ladies themselves must be
given thanks and the credit for a memorable evening.
The Junior boys' class in the Presbyterian church
of Minot, .N, Dakota, recently sent two pictures to the
boys’ club room of Chemawa, located in our Protes
tant church building. One of the pictures is of Col
onel Lindbergh of aviation fame, and the other is of
“ The East Supper.” This is a courtesy appreciated
by all of the boys and those who are interested in
their work and advancement, and we desire to add
The American to the list of those who return thanks.
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East Sunday afternoon the forces of the school were
divided and for an hour or so there was a battle royaj
on the school campus. Snowball throwing, face-wash|
ing, ancl rolling each other in the snow provided m irth
and merriment for nearly all of our students. It was
just one grand time. Ordinary weather conditions
here in the Willamette Valley do not often permit win
ter sports such as we’ve had lately and when the op^
portunity comes our young folks certainly make the
most of it.
Supt. Lipps returned last Saturday from Fort Lap?
wai, Idaho, where he attended the funeral of the late
Dr. Geo. O. Keck, whodied suddenly of heart failure’
on the evening of January 11th. Dr. Keck was buried
in the Masonic Section of Normal Hill Cemetery at
Lewiston, Idaho. He left no children, but left sur-;
viving him a wife whose people live in Oakland, Calif,|
and a brother who lives in Pennsylvania. Mrs, Keck/
plans to come to Chemawa soon and spend some time^
with Supt. Lipps’ family pending the settlement of her
business affairs in Idaho.
During chapel exercises last Sunday evening Supt.
Lipps started his"discourse with the weather as hi#
theme, as he said it was the most interesting subject
in the countiy at the time. From weather to settle«/
climate he found an easy step, as he did in going from
zone to zone, in speaking of the effect of climate in
the development of the human family. His observa
tion on the development of man were of far more than*
ordinary interest and we believe that our students prof*'
ited largely from the address. In addition to the.
Superintendent’s address the choir sang a pleasing^
number and' the orchestra played a standard overture.,1
Last Saturday night at about the hour of tep>
Principal Mote fancied he heard cries, of distress an<L
investigation proved that his- 'ears had not deceived»'
him, for one of our agile lads was discovered to be'
riding the roof of- our auditorium. He had sneaked
iris id ^ u p in the loft) in order to witness a “ movie,” *
and not wishing to.chance being discovered when th</
show was over, he went out through the roof, expect^
ing to drop off into the snow at a certain point. B u i'
his calculations failed, owing to the icy condition of*
the roof, and he slid the wrong direction and realized
that his life was in jeopardy, hence his vigorous an,d
continuous S, O. S., which, fortunately, was heard by/
Mr. Mote. Getting him down safely was a feat taxing
to the combined skill of an able seaman and a first-*
class Boy Scout, especially as it was dark. Let us hope
that the lad has had a good lesson, and that others,»
too, will profit from his experience. It is better alw aysi
to pay your way as you go through life, or “ stay '
home. ”
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