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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1930)
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Page 2 CHEMAWA®AMERICAN Published Weekly at the U. S. Indian School, Chemawa Oregon. CAddress all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager 50 Cts per Annum Subscription LOCAL Many people are pleased to see Mrs. Brickell back on the campus again after a vacation of some weeks. Mrs. Lottie Turner, from the Children’s Farm Home, near Corvallis, was the guest of Miss French here at the school for a couple of days last week. Mr. Larsen was absent a day or two last week dur ing which time he was in the Siletz and Grand Ronde sections attending to some government business. The painters are busy painting the teachers’ quar ters, and a few of the boys are getting some very fine and instructive work in the decoration of the Catholic church. The domestic science girls under the direction of Mrs. French prepared a dinner for the "Baby Badgeis’ ” football team of Pacific University last Fri day evening. The company drilling the 18-inch well at Chemawa had no trouble in reaching a depth of 90 feet, but there boulders were encountered, but it is possible that at this depth there may be an abundance of water any way. Assistant Superintendent and Mrs. Ryan made a trip to Portland last Saturday and drove their car home. They had shipped it by water from Biloxi, Miss., to Portland, and it reached the Oregon metrop olis just last week. “Old and New Ideas of Work” was the topic of the Y. W. C. A. program last Sunday. There were a few questions in the “question box” which were dis cussed by all. Girls, remember to have a question handed in by next Sunday. Mr. William Goodfellow, farm foreman at Ft. Lap wai, Idaho, was a guest at the home of Supt. and Mrs. Lipps one day last week. The farm at Lapwai consists of 1,300 acres and is well provided with fine stock, having a dairy herd of 110 head of fine-bred milch cows. Mr. Goodfellow is an enthusiastic stock- man and while in this section he attended the inter national stock show in Portland. A group of nine little girls from Chemawa were in vited to sing at junior service of the First Methodist church in Salem on Sunday morning. Mrs. Locknour, who has charge of this junior church, called for our little girls, who sang very acceptably Whittier’s hymn, “O Painter of the Fruits and Flowers.” The members of the group were, Julia Cavyell, Clara Boz- eroff, Rilla Olney, Eleanor Wolfe, Annie Stevens, Rosetta Evans, Norma Hilburn, Marian Robinson and Rose Atwine. Miss Judd accompanied the girls. From the go-after-it spirit of the junior class girls in the matter of getting money in support of athletics, selling tickets, etc., we suggest that they be given more recognition in the future, as they evidently mean business. A list of Chemawa people too long to publish at tended the great football game held in Portland last Saturday afternoon between teams of Oregon State and Washington State. Beyond doubt this v as one of the greatest games ever played in Portland. The Winona Hall girls enjoyed a fine Halloween party in their quarters last Thursday at which an interesting program was rendered and refreshments were served. The girls of McBride and Hawley Halls enjoyed similar parties on Friday evening. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Larsen was the scene of a most delightful Halloween party given for their daughter, Miss Vivian, and fifteen or twenty of her invited guests. Delicious refreshments were served and in every way it proved a memorable occa sion. The freshmen class held a meeting recently forelec tion of officers with the following result: President, Woodrow Ball; vice-president, Earl Standhope; sec retary, Stella Fox; treasurer, Finley Wilson; sergeant- at-arms, Anthony Hoptowit; song leader, Alice Bauch- man, and yell leader, Denzel Smith. Mr. Lobdell took first place in the old-time artists’ contest held in Woodburn last Saturday evening, com peting in the harmonica class. It will be pretty hard to find anyone in the country capable of providing any real competition for Mr. Lobdell on the harmonica. Mr. VosBurgh played the accompaniments for Mr. Lobdell. The Excelsior Society boys held their first meeting of the year in the auditorium one evening last week and elected the following officers: President, Warren Wilder; vice-president, Wallace Hosie; secretary, Harry Archambeau; treasurer, Victor Smith; sergeant- at-arms, Bill Jones; yell leader, Peter McClusky; and reporter, Fred Sandberg. Supt. Lipps spoke of our recent well-digging oper ations at Chemawa during the chapel hour last Sunday evening and told of what came up from the well during the various stages of the work. He really gave a most illuminating explanation of the story of our sphere as given in the Book of Geology written by Nature— most interesting and valuable. From this Mr. Lipps branched off onto the value of education, touching upon the various superstitions of all races of the past and even the present. Superstition is darkness and ed ucation is light—mentally. In addition Io the fine talk a sextet of girls sang some charming numbers and Joe White appeared in vocal solos. The orchestra also was heard in a concert number.
