The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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LOCAL
Well, any way, May Day was ideal for queens.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hall of Siletz were week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Larsen.
Mr. Irving Shepard, now head advisor at the Wah
peton (N. D.) Indian School, is planning on being at
Chemawa to attend our commencement exercises
early in June.
The last issue of The American Indian, published
at Tulsa, Oklahoma, reprints two articles that were
written for our paper by Victor Smith. Victor gets
due credit for his work.
Mr. Larsen went over to Siletz Agency on Monday
to be on hand to represent the government in the
matter of sale of the agency grounds and buildings.
He is expected home today.
The grade school Girl Reserves devoted a large part
of last Wednesday evening to the making of May Day
baskets and filling them with wild flowers, later placing
them on the doorknobs of friends.
Little Jack Mote contributed a vocal solo during
our chapel exercises last Sunday. He sang “Trees”
by Rasch. It was a trying ordeal for the little lad,
but he acquitted himself creditably.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schrum of Westport, Oregon,
spent a few days of last week at Chemawa, the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Larsen. Mrs. Schrum is a
sister of Mr. Larsen and at one time was a student at
Chemawa.
Our shoemakers report having repaired 694 pairs of
shoes during the month of April. This seems to us a
big lot of shoes. It is a record in this line for the
present school year. Last October came nf^r it, with
650 pairs repaired.
The Protestants enjoyed their last evening of Bible
study for the year last Thursday, when pictures of the
life of Christ were thrown on the screen. It has been
a good year for this class and the attendance for the
year has been especially good.
The chef at the large dining hall of the students
suggests that as the kitchen is the place where food is
prepared and where there is a nice equipment that all
should observe strictly the rules of cleanliness and
sanitation by keeping hands, clothing and equipment
immaculate.
Last Sunday broke the spell for “Seven Rainy Sun
days” that started with rain on Easter Sunday, as the
old saw has it. The day was ideal and thousands of
motorists were abroad in the land viewing the beauties
of the gi eat Willamette Valley at a season when Nature
is at her best.
Mr. Chas. E. Larsen, our head clerk, made a trip
into the mountainous country southwest of Corvallis
last week to appraise some property. He got into a
section where the roads were almost impassible, and
wherein placesfthere was only one-way-traffic. It was
a hard trip but all was well in the end.
The Y. M. C. A. meeting of a recent date was at
tended by 48 of our high school boys. A number of
the boys spoke of what the “Y” has meant to them
during school year and Charles DePoe and John Frenier
made statements regarding the value of Y. M. C. A.
affiliation to the young man after finishing high school.
Troop 7, Boy Scouts are putting on a paper drive
to raise money for some needed supplies in carrying
on their work. If you have any old newspapers or
magazines that you have no use for, notify any scout
in troop 7, or leave word with Mr. Henderson, at the
store, and a boy will be sent to your quarters for the
papers. We thank you for any contributions.
Just recently Mrs. Steward gave a dinner to 40 of
the youngest children of the school and in many ways
the affair was both memorable and unique—it was in
a class all its own. Aside from the little fellows there
wrere invited “grown-ups” as follows: Mrs. Brewer,
Miss Semanski, Mrs. Mote, Mrs. Walker, Miss Cruise
and Miss Judd. We have heard that this was the most
appreciative dinner group of the present school year.
Last Saturday evening there was a benefit, or pay,
social held in the big gym and the attendance was
truly surprising and proved that the Chemawa students
are a long way from “broke” yet, even if it is near
the end of the school. One of the largest crowds of
the year gathered in the gym for a social time of two
or three hours duration. The evening closed with the
serving of delicious refreshments. In every way it
proved a delightful evening.
This is National Music Week and there will be
musical activity throughout the nation in behalf of
better music. This reminds us that at Chemawa such
effort is not confined to one week of the year, but is
a yearly affair, the work never ceasing, but going on
year in and out. We are always “doing our bit,”
and will assist on outside programs this year as usual.
It is likely that Mr. Kunkel and his band boys will
participate in a program to be staged in the Salem
armory tomorrow night, and Friday evening our or
chestra will give a program at the State Tubercular
Hospital.