The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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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.