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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1930)
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Page 2 CHEMAWA^JAMERICAN mwiiHiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHHiiiinuiiHiiiinniiiiiiim Published Weekly at the U. S. Indian School, Chemawa Oregon. Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager UllllllllllllWlilWIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIillllllllllUIIIWIIIIIIIlUIIIIOIIIW Subscription ------- 60 Cts per Annum LOCAL Easter Sunday is not far off. Girls, better be look ing for your Easter bonnets! The carpenter boys have just finished three beauti ful tables for use in Kola Tepee. There is an old saw to the effect that “if it rains on Easter it will be followed by seven rainy Sundays.” Let us hope! Plowing is just finished in wdiat is known as “the lake field.” It will be our truck patch, or vegetable garden this year. Mr. Pemberton’s daughter, Helen, aged 9 years, enjoyed a birthday party with a number of her little friends last Friday. Miss Bertha Eckert, national secretary of the Y. W. C. A., arrived in Chemawa last Friday and was a guest here until yesterday. Last Saturday evening our students and many em ployes enjoyed a movie put on in the auditorium. The title of it was “From Headquarters.” Mrs. Steward was called to Walla Walla, Wash., last week on account of a serious surgical operation which her mother was compelled to undergo. Principal Mote ordered a fire drill on Friday after noon. The siren has a thrilling tone and all buildings were emptied in a hurry. No damage from fire! New head slabs have been placed above the graves in our cemetery. The work was done by the carpen ters and painters and it is in every way most creditable. The seventh grade girls enjoyed a picnic in the woods last Friday afternoon. They were chaperoned by the domestic science girls. A good luncheon was enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Mason, Mrs. Brewer, Sarah Frances Chamberlin and Miss Peters formed a party that motored to Champoeg Park last Sunday and enjoyed a picnic luncheon. Advance agents of the Swallow Colony arrived at Chemawa last week. It always gives us pleasure to see birds about the campus. The world would be a drab place without birds. Karl Muller, one of our graduates who is now at tending the Oregon State College at Corvallis, paid Chemawa friends a visit the last week-end. Karl is getting along nicely with his college work. Miss Dorothy G. Ellis, demonstration teacher of Home Economics, arrived at Chemawa last Sunday evening from Tulalip school. Just how long her duties will hold her at Chemawa we were unable to learn at the time of “going to press.” Messrs. Chas. E. Larsen and Hermann A. Kunkel motored to Corvallis on Saturday afternoon to attend the contest of the various high school bands of the state which was staged in that city at that time. They report having had an enjoyable trip in every way. Principal Mote was in charge at the employes’ meet ing which he had called for last Friday evening. The meeting was held in the “Y” quarters which are presided over by Miss Eakin. Mr. Mote was chairman and the business part of the meeting lasted about two hours, the first half being devoted to reading by the chairman. Then followed a general discussion of various school matters. Social conversation, games and refreshments closed the evening. Palm Sunday (last Sunday) started out as a nice day but it failed in its “final test.” Late afternoon and evening was not pleasant by any means. A thunder storm started the rain, which was at times a deluge. And this was the day that Salem had designated as “Blossom Day,” and throughout the valley hundreds, yes, thousands, of motor cars carried people into the country to view the beauties of nature. The weather might in the main have been a lot better and it could have been a trifle worse. As a matter of fact “Blos som Day” was a week too late. Our orchestra was the attraction at the weekly ‘ ‘open house” event of the Salem Y. M. C. A. last Friday night. A “capacity house” greeted our musicians on their arrival and the orchestra played unusually well and proved splendid entertainers in a fine program, many prominent people voicing most complementary views on the work of the organization. Raymond Hal dane accompanied the party as a vocalist and he, too, proved a “hit,” being recalled on both of his solos. He was in splendid voice and did credit to himself and our school. In every way the concert was of high order. Last Thursday evening the boys of the Reliance Literary Society gave their “open session” program to a full house. For many weeks the boys had played in bad luck in the preparation of their program—owing to sickness on the part of various participants they were obliged to postpone the event from time to time. However, the affair on Thursday evening was a great success. Dialogues, declamations, skits, “takeoffs” and music all assisted in making the evening enjoyable. The boys received much favorable comment on their efforts as entertainers and together with their advisor, Mr. Fisher, they are entitled to feel more than grati fied with the success of their evening.
