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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1930)
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Page 2 CHEM AWA^AMERICAN Published Weekly at the U. S. Indian School, Chemawa Oregon. <I.Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager 50 Cts per Annum Subscription LOCAL Mr. and Mrs. VosBurgh, Mr. and Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Brickell made a trip to Portland by motor last Friday. The trip was made on account of school business. “Yippy” Nelson, a student here 28 years ago, and at that time a member of our school band, was a visi tor here last week. For some time he has been locat ed near, or in, Seattle, Wash., and seems to have done well by himself. Mr. Teter and Mr. Austin, both on our faculty, made a trip to Corvallis last Friday to confer with people at O. S. C. on dairy stock and also to get some data regarding the purchase of ten head of holstein milch cows for our school. Members of the Ecclesia luncheon club met last Thursday noon at The Spa in Salem for their weekly meeting. Supt. Lipps was the special guest and also the speaker of the day and was reported by a Salem paper as having given “a most interesting talk on the early ownership of the country by the Indians.” An announcement has been received by Mrs. Lipps of the birth of a baby boy, Thomas Clayton, to Mr. and Mrs. Lee C. Davis, on Nov. 20, at Port Town send, Wash. Mrs. Davis, as will be remembered, was economic’s teacher at Chemawa in ’27 and ’28. Their friends at Chemawa extend congratulations. The detail of Mr. Boyes at the students’ kitchen were reported recently as determined to make 750 gal lons of saur kraut. We have been informed that they did not stop at 750 gallons but put up 950 gallons. It seems that once they got on the job their enthusi asm became so great that they ran over their mark 200 gallons before they could stop. Ahem! Last Friday evening Mr. Lobdell and his harmoni ca band and Mr. Carl Turner’s magicians made their public debut at the Buena Vista school house, a few miles northwest of Chemawa. Our young people really acquitted themselves in a most pleasing manner and proved themselves a credit to our school and their instructors mentioned above. There was a packed house to greet them. We had Mr. O. P. West and Mr. F. Douglas Haw ley, high boy scout executives, with us during our chapel exercises last Sunday evening and Supt. Lipps introduced Mr. West who in turn made known Mr. Hawley, who made the principal talk of the evening. It was an enlightening address that Mr. Hawley gave us and his knowledge of Indian history, the customs and arts of the various Indian tribes seems almost un- believeable, so vast is its scope. There is much of Indian art of great value and worthy of cherishing, according to the speaker, and in this his views are in line with what Supt. Lipps has time and again ad vocated. Mr. Hawley knows more about Indians than we know about ourselves—he is a writer of works on our Indian people and their arts. In addition to the address of Mr. Hawley, Mr. Nelson, who was on the platform, was introduced as an old-time student, and he made a most earnest talk to our students, ad monishing them to adhere strictly to a half-dozen fine points that he enumerated for them. His, too, was a good talk. During the evening there was a special choir number, Melba Arnoux sang a fine selection, and the orchestra played an overture. PROMINENT VISITORS Last Saturday morning a delegation of prominent ladies connected with the Oregon State College at Cor vallis arrived at Chemawa for an inspection of our school with its various vocational departments and its many evidences of unusual artistic ability on the part of students enrolled here. Mrs. Lipps met the ladies and conducted them on a tour of our campus and we can truthfully state that they were a delightfully pleasant group of ladies to meet as they were all eager for information regarding our fine school and the work we are doing. After a couple or more hours spent in visiting our numerous departments the luncheon hour arrived and the party repaired to the Wigwam, where Miss Nye and Mrs. Steward and the girls of the ninth B grade in domestic science had everything in readiness to re ceive our visitors. During the luncheon hour our ever popular “sextet vocalists” gave some pleasing musical numbers, each of the girls of the organization being introduced by Miss Judd. During the luncheon Cecile Steve played a piano number. In every respect our musical young ladies did themselves and the school proud. Supt. and Mrs. Lipps were in attendance at the luncheon and both were kept busy answering and giving detailed information on various matters. It was a great occasion for Chemawa. We are happy to be able to give the following list of those who were present on this occasion from the college extension service: Miss Ava B. Milam, Dean School of Home Economics; Miss A. Grace Johnson, Head Household Administration; Mrs. Jessamine C. Williams, Head Foods and Nutrition; Miss Alma Fritchoff, Head Clothing and Textiles; Miss Melissa Hunter, Director of Dormitories; Mrs. Merle Davis, Home Economics Education; Miss Mildred Chamber- lain, Clothing and Related Arts; Miss Claribel Nye, State Leader of Home Economics Extension; Mrs. Zelta F. Rodenwold, Specialist in Household Admin istration Extension; Mrs. Harriet K. Sinnard, Spec ialist in Clothing Extension; and Miss Frances Clinton, Extension Agent-at-large.
