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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!