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CHEM AWA^)AMERICAN
Mrs. Grace E. Hall, well-known author and poet,
was a visitor at the school last Sunday, the guest of
friends.
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or disaster were frankly discussed in the Y. W. C. A.
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meeting Sunday afternoon. The devotional service
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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.