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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1932)
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Page 2 CHEMAWA^AMERICAN Published Bi-Weekly at the U. S. Indian School, Chemawa Oregon. CAddress all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager 50 Cts per Annum Subscription RGANIZATIONS O DEPARTMENTS Contributed from Various Sources time Glenn Sireech is in the hospital. We all hope for his speedy recovery. Besides institutional work the boys have completed the following: Robert Phrenetterne and Andrew Ides have made a couple of picture frame jigs for the carpenter shop. Philip Broncheau has completed the jig for cutting gas kets and Charles Peterson has completed a steel gear for one of the lathes. The boys are learning to go ahead with their work without as much assistance from their instructor as at the beginning of the school year, which is very grati fying. CARPENTER SHOP NOTES The carpenter-cabinet worker boys, spurred by the In the first class game the senior boys defeated the Christmas spirit, did some commendable work during the past two weeks. juniors. The girls lost to the junior team. A number of wrecked chairs were completely rebuilt Several members of our class spent the Christmas and are again in service. Also several Christmas gifts holidays at home. The senior class enjoyed their Christmas tree on the were designed and completed. A number of boys are working on furniture designs. 23rd. The ex-students and graduates now of the commercial class were our guests. Supt. and Mrs. Selecting their own project, they use a design of their Ryan, Mr. Christy, and our advisor, Miss White, were own to enrich the project. Along this line Fred Grin present. After the distribution of gifts dancing was nell is doing some excellent work. Benjamin Palmer has just finished a physics labor enjoyed by all. Jesse Jim, a member of our class, won a cross-country atory table, which that department is in need of. A race in Salem. He ran against a large group of con second one is well along the construction road. Next semester furniture design and decoration and testants from the Salem schools. He is now owner of elementary carpentry will be stressed, a beautiful cup which was the first prize. SENIOR NOTES Rosalia Grounds rook Miss Cruise’s place as Eng lish teacher last Wednesday morning and taught the rest of the class some thrilling verbs. All were very attentive. Christine Muller filled Miss Terry’s position as sewing room teacher while the latter was having her Christmas vacation in Los Angeles. Josephine Hughes, a senior, was the last one stand ing at the end of the spelling contest. She is the best speller of the high school section. Ray for Jo! Cretonne curtains have been made by the senior girls for the beauty parlor and barber shop. Lillian Halsey has just recovered from a week or so of illness. She was in the hospital during the Christ mas tree program. The Senior Class gave her a poinsettia plant for a Christmas present. We are glad to have Lillian back in class again. MACHINE SHOP NOTES Vacation time has cut the attendance^quite heavily the past week. Demmert, Mahone, Dumont and Stewart are away on vacation, but the rest of the boys have been working industriously. At the present COMMERCIAL The Senior Rotators held their regular monthly meeting on Dec. 21st in the commercial room. The fol lowing were initiated: Henrietta Blakeslee, Elizabeth Ides, Jesse Crook, “Chuck” DePoe, Tiny Smith, Fred Rickard and Arnold McKay. A talk by Miss Roddy, refreshments, and a social period were enjoyed by the members. “Chuck” DePoe “subbed” as a commercial teacher while Miss Hoffman motored to Mt. Hood last Wed nesday. Nevertheless, we did not permit the absence of our regular teacher to interfere with the thorough review of our commercial subjects. DRAMATIC CLUB NOTES The Girls’ Dramatic Club is working on a new play. The date of the production has not been set, but it will be interesting to know that Lucille Powakee is taking the lead. Each girl in the Dramatic Club is writing a skit in hopes of getting one of the prizes that Miss White has offered for the best skits. Dramatic Club Girls were well represented in the operetta, pageant, and various Christmas activités.
