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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1931)
Page 2 7 he CHEMAWA AMERICAN CHEM AWA^)AMERICAN Mrs. Grace E. Hall, well-known author and poet, was a visitor at the school last Sunday, the guest of friends. PublishedWeekly at the U. S. Indian School, Chemawa Problems in a girl’s life that may lead to happiness Oregon. <I.Address all communications to or disaster were frankly discussed in the Y. W. C. A. Ruthyn Turney, Manager meeting Sunday afternoon. The devotional service 50 Cts per Annum Subscription was appropriate to the Lenten season and was con ducted by a group of the girls. LOCAL Mrs. Middleton gave a delightful party last Wed Miss Nye accompanied Miss Ellis to Corvallis last nesday evening in honor of Miss Dorothy Ellis, super Friday on what we were informed was purely a bus visor of home economics. There were twenty lady iness trip. employes in attendance and it was a most delightful Supervisor Moore and Mr. Larsen left here early social event in every particular. Jack Galbreath and James Walters have just com last week on a two-day trip to the Siletz and Grand pleted the task of putting in new steps on the north Ronde agencies. The month of February was not a dull period for side of the domestic science building, for the conven the shoe makers, as they repaired 627 pairs of shoes in ience of those who are connected with the domestic science and domestic art departments. that time—a short month, too! Mr. H. N. Stoudenmeier, well-known bandmaster, Leota LeSieur arrived a few days ago from Ft. Hall, Idaho, and has enrolled for post graduate work at formerly director of our band, attended the concert of Chemawa. She is a graduate of Sherman Institute. our organization last Saturday evening on a special invitation from Bandmaster VosBurgh. He had many Flora Harper, member of our last Graduating Class, nice things to say of our organization. writes from Tanana, Alaska, that she is enjoying her Rev. George N. Taylor, financial secretary for Al work as cook at the Government Orphanage at that bany College, was the speaker on Sunday morning at place. the Protestant church. He illustrated his sermon in Mrs. Carrie L. Wilcox, Advisor’s Assistant, arrived a unique way with blackboard sketches, and the ser at Chemawa last Sunday, having been transferred vice proved most interesting to all who attended. from the Sante Fe school. She will be quartered in The Y. M. C. A. vocational discussion on Sunday Mitchell Hall. evening was on the building trades. Interesting talks Last Saturday afternoon Miss Ellis called a meeting were given by Roland Booth, Louis Pitt, Harold Berys, of those of our school who are in any way in touch Frank Dumont and Warren Wilder. The Y. M. C. with our home economics department. It was in the A. quartet offered a pleasing selection at the close of nature of a conference. the discussion. Now is the time for those who desire a Senior An Mrs. Louise F. Brickell left last Saturday for the nual to take advantage of the ‘ ‘advance of publication” Yakima country in Washington, where she will re offer of $1.00. After they are off the press they will main for about three weeks. Her visit there will be cost more—worth $5.00. devoted to work of an “outing” service nature, gath Friends of Cecile Pepion will be sorry to know that ering data for a sort of “follow up” on what our In she is confined in the Hospital at Browning, Montana, dian people are doing. with tuberculosis. We all sincerely hope for Cecile Last Monday the girls at the Domestic Science de an early and complete recovery. partment entertained at luncheon Miss May Work- The new band uniforms certainly add to the appear inger, Appointment Secretary Oregon State College, ance of our band and we imagine they even play bet and Miss Evelyn Bently, Extension Worker, Arizona ter in their new attire. The uniforms are a great State University. Miss Bently was for several years credit to Mr. James and his tailors. an employee in the Indian Service and is now working At a meeting of the Winona society last Saturday for her Master’s Degree at the Oregon State College. an election of officers was held which resulted as fol In her extension work at the Arizona University she lows: President, Christine Muller; vice-president, covers a large area of the Papago Indian Reservation Theresa Newman; secretary and treasurer, Cecelia and in co-operation with Indian Service Workers she has been conducting a home improvement program Steve; song leader, Lucile Gibbs; critic, Agnes Smith; among the Indians. Chemawa appreciates fully the sergeants-at-arms, Grace Marshall and KatherineGar- interest of these two capable educators and hopes that they will visit us again. telman; reporter, Veda La Jeunesse.
