The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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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.