The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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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.