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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1931)
■ Page 2 T he CHEMAWA AMERICAN CHEMAWA^AMERICAN PublishedWeekly at the U. S. Indian School, Chemawa Oregon. <Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager 50 Cts per Annum Subscription LOCAL It will soon be over—Baccalureate on May 31st and Graduation on June 1st. Mr. Melovidoff, violinist, was soloist last Friday eve ning on a program given at the Jason Lee M. E* church in Salem. The Lipps, Sanders and James families and Miss White went to Nescowin and had a picnic on the beach of the Pacific last Sunday. Of late lights have been kept burning at various places about our campus until midnight. An estimate of the cost of installing and operating a large arc light is now receiving consideration. At the hour of going to press yesterday our orchestra was scheduled to play at the noonday luncheon of the Kiwanis Association in Salem. This evening the or chestra is to give a program at the Blind School, also in Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Melovidoff and Mr. and Mrs. Turney were guests an American Legion banquet at the Gray Bell last Saturday evening. Mr. Melovidoff appeared as a violin soloist, Mr. Turney played solos on the double bass, and Mrs. Turney was their accompanist. Girl Scouts from Salem, Keizer and Chemawa en joyed a picnic and an athletic contest at Englewood Park last Saturday. Baseball, relay races, bat ball, dodge ball and knot-tying contests helped to pass the time. Englewood took first place with Chemawa sec ond. One evening last week Troop No. 1 of Girl Scouts enjoyed a party in the grade building, inviting a num ber of their boy friends. Mrs. Middleton sponsored the affair. Games of a varied character were played and the evening came to a close all too quickly with the serving of delicious refreshments. Five boys of the senior class took the State exam nation in Old Testament history a few days ago. The grades have just been received from the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and are indeed gratifying. Ira Booth received a grade of 96, Fred Sandberg 93, Frank Johnson 92, Matthew James 90, and Herman Goudy 87. George Lucie of the fresh man class also passed this examination. This entitles each of the students to one semester’s credit toward graduation. The 4th, 5th and 6th grade girls have garden plots on the south side of their building and they are spe cializing in vegetables. The American fears that the market for garden truck is doomed to experience a collapse. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peratrovich, Jr., surpiised their Chemawa friends by coming down from Seattle to pass the week-end here at their old school. They are sched uled to sail from Seattle next Saturday for Klawock, Alaska. It was pleasing to many of their friends to have this estimable young couple again visit Chemawa. The school gave the seniors a dinner on Friday eve ning. The affair took place in the Wigwam and dur ing the affair each member of the class gave a talk on “dreams of the future.” Mr. Ryan was toastmaster. The dinner proved of such an impressive and enjoyable character that it will never be forgotten by the various class members. The sophomore girls in domestic science prepared two dinners last week, which were in every respect just right. The guests of the first evening were Mrs. Hauser, Miss Lundquist, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Wilcox and Miss Peterson; and for the second dinner Mrs. Lipps, Mr. and Mrs. Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. Melovidoff and Mrs. Brickell were the guest». The Y. W. C. A. girls on Sunday afternoon wrote their letters for the Treasure Hunt, which will be a feature of the opening meeting of the school year next September. This has become an annual event in the Y. W. C. A. and the greetings from this year’s group to next year’s group form a delightful means of carry ing over the spirit of the organization to the new mem bers who come in. We have had the pleasure of seeing a music satchel that was made on short order by Mr. DeCorah for the use of Alice Slater and Marie LaFrance in their work at Hotel Davenport, Spokane, Wash. The work is a tribute to the art of Mr. DeCorah and certainly entitles him to feel proud of the new sign at his shop, “Leather Craft.” After viewing the above-mentioned satchel we are inclined to think that “Leather Art” would be more appropriate. Last Friday morning Alice Slater, Marie LaFrance, Theo Bird and Margaret Hoptowit, chaperoned by Mrs. Brickell, departed for Spokane, Wash., where the girls will be employed at Hotel Davenport until September 1st. Mrs. Brickell was to return the first of this week. All Chemawa hope that our girls will measure up to all expectations and more. It will mean a lot more for them to come through with flying colors than they perhaps realize. They are carrying the banner of Che mawa, as well as their own, and are in a sense torch bearers for their race. The torch must burn—it will burn!
