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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1930)
The Page 2 CHEMAWA^AMERICAN Published Weekly at the U. S. Indian School, Chemawa Oregon. CAddress all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager Subscription • ...................................... 50 Cts per Annum LOCAL Mr. and Mrs. Pete Collins of Siletz were visitors at the school last week. Mr. Chas. E. Larsen, our clerk, returned last week after having enjoyed a week’s vacation, spent at Port land and places down on the Columbia river. Ben Felicia and Joe Ball, junior and sophomore, re spectively, are engaged at the task of making seven teen typewriter tables for use of the typists in our new business department. Coach Downie and his squad of football players unite in according high praise and thanks to the people of Astoria for the wonderful treatment given them on their recent trip to that city. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Allen of La Grande, Oregon, were visitors at Chemawa for a few days last week, guests of their son, W. L. Allen, and family. Mr. W. L. Allen is shop instructor at our school. Mr. VosBurgh, our bandmaster, made a trip to Port land last Friday in the interest of the band and also to investigate certain musical matters with a view to organizing a girls’ orchestra here at the school. Mr. R. B. Walsh, director of music in Franklin high school, Portland, and Mrs. Walsh were week-end guests of Miss Judd and Miss Eakin, coming up to attend the Willamette Home-Coming game and fes tivities. At the usual hour on Sunday the Y. W. C. A. held their meeting. The program was entitled, “Knowl edge of other countries.” The Y. W. had their first debate, “Resolved, That books are more useful than magazines and newspapers.” Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Henderson arrived home a few days ago from a trip to Coos Bay, and Southern Ore gon generally, that took them as far as Klamath Falls. At Coos Bay Mr. Henderson arranged for some Christ mas trade novelties made of myrtle wood. As a whole the trip combined business and pleasure. Last Sunday there was formed here what will hence forth be known as the “Catholic Boys’ Association.” The “Little Flower,” a girls’ society, was reorganized. These organizations will be in charge of Mr. W. L. Allen and Miss Marie Roddy, respectively, as advisors. At 6:30 tomorrow evening there is a call for the Catho lic boys to meet and perfect their organization and elect officers. It is the intention to establish perma nent quarters for these organizations on the lower floor of the Catholic chapel. AMERICAN On Sunday morning at the Protestant service a group of older boys and girls presented a pageant, “The Book of Man,” depicting the interesting and dramatic history of the English Bible. The choir gave two special numbers, “An Open Bible for the World,” and ‘ ‘Holy Bible, Book Divine, ’ ’ as well as the musical interludes of the pageant. Mr. Al. DeRyke has been engaged to decorate the interior of the Catholic church. He expects to be here some two weeks. Mr. DeRyke is an artist, sculptor and decorator, a student of the famous John Douglas Patric. His work is confined to Catholic church work exclusively. Mr. Allen has chosen of the boys in the painting department two who are above the average in natural artistic ability to act as student helpers for Mr. DeRyke. Next Friday night is Halloween and it is presumed that witches, black cats and all other detestable crea tures will be abroad. We fancy that “Jack-o’-lan terns’ ’ will be sitting around in unexpected places shed ding their pale glow and showing their black teeth in what may be termed a diabolical grin. It is all a great occasion, but we trust sincerely that our students will continue to maintain the fine reputation they have earned during recent years for orderly conduct on this wildest of wild nights. Master Robert Downie came five years of age last Tuesday which was made a memorable occasion by an enjoyable party given by the mother of Bobbie to his little friends. The room was beautifully decorated in the Halloween idea with yellow and black ciepe paper, Jack-O’-lanterns, witches, black cats and what not. After a happy hour of games and parading as ghosts behind terrible looking masks they were seated around a pretty table for refreshments. In one big whiff mas ter Bobbie extinguished the light of five burning can dles. Those present were the little host, Georgie Bent, Billy Sherman, Robert Sanders, Peter Herman Hauser, Billy Herlits and Junior Francisco. Mrs. Downie was assisted by Miss White. Our chapel service Sunday evening was in charge of Supt. Lipps as usual and his remarks were in the main confined to conditions locally and he found a great deal to commend—a little also of doubtful merit. He had congratulations for our football team on their vic tory at Astoria last Saturday which brought to his mind the preparation needed to win in athletics and he used the thought to point to the necessity of prep aration for the game of life in the great world at large. During the evening he called upon Wesley Larson, who gave some very good ideas on the importance of student manners and conduct. The choir gave a number, a group of girls sang a Gavotte arranged by Ambrose, and the orchestra played a Keler-Bela over ture, “Lustspiel.”
