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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1931)
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Page 2 CHEM AW a £ u MERIC AN Published Bi-Weekly at the U. S. Indian School, Chemawa Oregon. <I,Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager 50 Cts per Annum Subscription SENIOR NOTES The seniors have been very busy of late working on the school annual. At a meeting of the senior boys last week George Thompson was elected yell leader. Bertha Peratrovich, Mildred Ross and Hazel Pete have been practicing at the home management cottage for two weeks. A dinner was served by them last Wednesday evening and the following were invited to attend: Elizabeth Ides, Emma Celestine, Anna Baine, and Miss Terry as honored guest. The dinner was a great success for the girls. The seniors gave a pay show last Saturday in the auditorium, entitled “The Big Trail,” in order to raise money for the annual. The Boys were privi leged to escort their girl friends and from what we hear the show was acclaimed a great success. COMMERCIAL CLASS REPORT The commercial class has been studying parts of the typewriter, so that each student may learn to proper ly care for his own machine in an office. As part of our work, Mr. Christy volunteered to in terview a couple of our students taking commercial work. Lena Louie and Arnold McKay volunteered. It was a typical and thorough interview and both of the students did well. Miss Hoffman, having a cold, called on Charles De Poe to take charge of the shorthand class, which he did well and most efficiently. For the past few days we have been taking up oral English as a part of our class work. Very fine talks were given by all the commercial students. and October: This work has been done in Mrs. Kirk’s room: Four hundred gym suits, 800 sheets, 665 pil low cases, 3876 towels, 421 dresser covers, 72 aprons for kitchen or dining room, 6 club uniforms for the waitresses, and 12 covers to be used by auto mechanics, 4 curtains. SENIOR ROTATERS The Senior Rotaters held their usual meeting on Wednesday, November 11, in room seven of the school building. Peter Paquette, the vice-president, presided. The following program was rendered: Remarks, Peter Paquette; cornet solo, LeRoy Pep- ion; talk, “Qualities that go to Make Up Valuable Business Employes,” Mr. Allen; solo, Victor Smith; talk, “Commercializing Art,” Miss Davis; pledging new members. The talks were based on business subjects and were very interesting. AUTO MECHANICS The boys in the school kitchen challenged the auto mechanics to a football game. The mechanics were to work for the kitchen boys two hours if they lost the game and to get a beefsteak dinner if they won. But the kitchen boys didn’t show up when the time came to play, so we have a steak dinner coming. Mechanics revised version: Oily to bed and oily to rise—you know the rest. CARPENTER SHOP NOTES The garage roof is almost finished and weather per mitting the sides will soon be on. Several of the boys are now working on specially de signed projects. Henry Beauvais is making pulleys for an additional lathe soon to be installed. Wonder if Mark Penter still thinks tea is served on a “T-bevel”? GIRL SCOUTS Troop 2. Nov. 5: Opened our meeting in McBride reception room. Fixed ropes for future use and started on Nature study book course. Adjourned with Scout song and salute. Nov. 12. The outstanding book covers belonged to Elizabeth Wynaco of the Owl Patrol and Lena Leigh ton of the Crescent Patrol. Practiced on knots and adjourned. MRS. KIRK’S CLASS Mrs. Kirk’s junior clothing class girls are busy mak ing their new gym suits. The 7th grade girls are doing very nicely in their sewing classes. They are finishing gingham dresses so they can soon start work on their gym suits. Following is the production report for September CAMPFIRE Latonah Campfire group and their guardian, Miss Newell, met on Nov. 6, 1931. Business was discussed and the rest of the meeting was devoted to learning their new Indian names. Then the meeting was ad journed.
