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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1931)
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN BREWER HALL Page 3 brating the opening of the Olympic Loop Highway a beauty contest for the Indians of the Northwest was Brewer is almost filled to its capacity. Arnold McKay has returned to take up the exten held. The successful beauty, who won a five dollar prize, is a member of the Tahola tribe. sion course in electric engineering. The week beginning October 1 was a busy one for Harold Masten, who is attending the business col lege in Salem, is acting publicity man for the athletic the kitchen boys, as it is reported that 18 barrels of saur kraut were to be put up. Inasmuch as our home teams. We know Harold will do the job justice. making department says kraut is an extremely valua Warren (“Lefty”) Wilder, whose name appeared in ble food, we hope it will find many friends in the din the “Believe It or Not” column of the Oregonian last ing hall. year, is acting as student manager of athletics. The auto shop classes are showing a splendid spirit in keeping up the high standard of shop practice set at MISCELLANEA the beginning of the term. Cleanliness, neatness and Peter Sulky entered school this week, making a total safety were the three chief aims of the first month. of twelve boys in the fifth grade. The classes are divided into three groups and each Steam engineers, during the past two weeks, have group has an automobile which it will overhaul com overhauled two boilers and are now re-laying the steam pletely as a first project. line to the dairy barn, Mr. Sherman, instructor, in John Peltier, a boy from the leather working class, forms us. after one year’s experience in this shop under Mr. Those in the fifth grade who have averaged 90 or DeCorah’s instruction, was accepted as instructor in above in history and geography for the first month leather craft for a boy scout camp last summer at a are, Jacob Jackson, Clifford Day, Catherine McGovern salary of $10.00 a week. This is fine experience for the boys and it is hoped that more will find like occupa and Marion Robinson. Three sixth grade pupils have been promoted this tions another summer. The junior and senior classes in the commercial week to the seventh grade after taking intelligence and achievement tests. They are Bernice Frye, Wilma department are progressing nicely, although the lack of texts in typing and shorthand during the first two Mesplie and Robert Olney. The tinsmith class is just completing a milk cooler weeks made the work harder, and delayed progress a for the dairy. This is a new type of cooler and those little. Upon the arrival of the shorthand texts every who have used it say that it will cool the milk better one set to work with a will, and all are now awaiting the arrival of the typing manuals. than any other ice cooler. The girls’ music club, under the leadership of Mrs. Mrs. Cornich, matron of McNary hall, has offered a prize of $15.00 for the best kept room this year. Mc Turney, held their first meeting on September 28. Nary hall, the “Big Boys’ ” dormitory, has always had The following girls were elected to hold offices: Helen Welch, president; Lena Louie, vice-president; Esther a reputation for its neatly kept rooms. Willman, secretary-treasurer; Alma Hawley, reporter. The painting class took their first lesson in wall pa ‘ ‘Treble Clef’ ’ was the name decided upon for the club. pering while putting on the finishing touches to the The club will give their first program on October 10. Brewer Hall Apartments. The painting is completed and by next week all tenants will have moved in. LOCAL The machine shop is in full operation with the ex ception of the milling machine and two lathes, which Mitchell Hall celebrated last Thursday evening when require new parts. Mr. Kleihage, the instructor, has a party was given for honor conduct and excellently outlined an extremely interesting course for this work. kept rooms. The party was given for the following The class in applied electricity is busy laying out boys: Theodore Kover, Stanley Smith, Victor Smith, lighting circuits and familiarizing itself with the ma Hamilton Greene, Walter Majhor, John Arnoux, Gale terial and methods used in commercial house wiring. Bobb, Wilfred Matt, Elmer George and Joe Monroe. It will soon be ready to start its first project, rewiring The following were invited guests: Miss Patterson, Miss Lemley, Mr. Bent, Mr. and Mrs. Ryan, Mr. and the heating plant. Mrs. Hicks, Edna Wells, Gladys Majhor, Marina Paul, High school girls who are interested in the organ Della Snyder, Melba Arnoux, Agnes Smith, Mildred ization of the Winona Debating Club are asked to sub Smith. Sponsor, Mrs. Wilcox. mit the required entrance paper not later than October Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Walton, Mrs. W. H. Stewart, 15. Further particulars regarding the club may be and three daughters, and Mr. Thomas Ducy, were had from the sponsor, Miss Wentzell. here at the school the first of the week. They were Mr. Allen has organized his drafting classes to pro taking Mrs. Stewart to her home in Seattle, Wash vide the necessary fundamentals for the various ington. Aside from Mrs. Stewart and daughters the trades. The sheet metal boys will learn sheet metal the party reside in Crecent City, Calif. Old-timers drafting, the carpenter boys blue print reading, and will remember Mrs. Stewart as Bertha Grimes, a for the machine shop students to read machine drawing, mer Chemawa student. Mrs. Walton was also a stu- * as well as to make them. dent here, her name at that time being Viola Brown. Our eighth grade class contains an All-American The Waltons took their daughter, Loraine, home with beauty. Last August during a two-days festival cele them—she having been enrolled at Chemawa.
