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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.”