The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
HOME MANAGEMENT
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Wednesday is “dictation day.” Miss Hoffman dic
tates three or four letters and we transcribe them on
letterhead stationary, from our shorthand notes.The or
iginal letters are handed in for correction and the car
bon copies are filed in individual folders in the file
case.
We gave our farewell party last Friday night and
had a grand time. Many thanks to Miss Newell.
We “practice house” girls served a dinner to Mrs.
Kirk, Mr. and Mrs. Sanders one evening recently.
It proved to be an enjoyable one.
What abreak for the “practice house” girls! Mrs.
Ryan invited them over for a waffle luncheon. “Kit
ty” Pete says she ate enough to last a week—so don’t
be surprised if she strays over to Cramton Hall for a
little (?) chat.
Hooray! We have some new decorations in the
living room. Mr. Sanders, George Thompson, How
ard Churchill, and Hi Hatfield are responsible for the
“keen” job that was done. The pictures are a great
improvement to the room.
The girls of the “practice house” were pleased to
entertain Mr. and Mrs. Turney, Clifford Olson, and
Collins Anderson for dinner last Wednesday evening.
A delicious dinner was prepared by Jeanette Bill and
served by Charlotte Jordan and Agnes Scott.
Oh dear! How we hated to leave the “practice
house!” We all want to thank Miss Newell and her
mother for the fine time we had. We enjoyed living
at the “practice house,” as it seemed like our own
home. We had practical experience in managing all
the details of a home while there and we miss the
“homey” atmosphere.
Henry Solomon and ‘ ‘Stan’ ’ Solomon are experment-
ing with a coil and spark plug tester and seem to be
interested. “Ed” Abeita overhauled and tuned up
an outboard motor. Nice work, too.
Leo Cottonoir, Lloyd and George Baker were adjust
ing the carburetor on a Chandler, and seemed to have
accomplished it, when they had a flat tire about five
miles from the shop. The driver being Lloyd Baker.
MACHINE SHOP NOTES
MISCELLANEA
In case the carpenter shop boys should chance to
read this, we would be pleased if they would take the
hint and act accordingly. More definite instructions
will gladly be given upon request.
In the near future, we hope to have a suitable cup
board, with glass doors, where these articles and others
may be placed on display. The respective boy’s name
will be cut on each article made by him.
The boys in the machine shop are justly proud of
many tools they have made during this year, such as
surface guages, tap and die holder sets, boring bar
holders, tap wrenches, center punches, screw drivers,
gasket cutters, milling machine cutters, small tap
wrenches, etc.
In studying literature the seventh grade is learning
that every country has a hero, just as America has sever
al. We are now studying the poems about “Arnold
Winkelried,” the hero of Switzerland.
The shoemaker boys repaired 784 pairs of shoes
during the month of March, 1932, and this is the
record breaker of any month since school began. The
boys feel proud, because they break their records as
they go along.
The tailors are the proud possessors of a huge land
scape in oil, the work of Wesley Larsen, a tailor, and
Alex LaFrambois. The picture measures approxi
mately 3 by 6 feet and occupies a prominent place on
the walls of the tailor shop. The workmanship is wor
thy the efforts of professionals and is the object of
much admiration from visitors.
The tomato plants in the greenhouse are growing so
fast that they will soon have to be transplanted. The
space available for growing vegetable plants under
glass is so limited that it will be difficult to find suffi
cient room for them to grow until they can be trans
planted out into the field. However, this will mean
considerable saving to us, and we will probably have
better plants than we would get by purchasing them.
COMMERCIAL
NOTES
It is nearing the end of the school year and some
of us realize, from the looks of our report cards, that
we must put forth our best efforts to be prepared for
next year’s work.
We have dropped bookkeeping and are now taking
vocabulary building.
Each day we learn six new
words, their meanings, pronunciation, spelling, and
usage. It is an interesting subject and beneficial to all.
SOPHOMORE NEWS ITEMS
Mr. Turner’s sophomore class has recently been
gathering specimens of flowers and plants. We all
find these mounted specimens interesting studies.
Since our class had to write home letters on Wed
nesday, we didn’t get to go out botanizing, but we ex
pect to go out next week if the weather conditions
are favorable.
We regret to say that Azilda Morigeau, one of our
studious classmates, has gone home on account of her
poor health. We wish you luck and a speedy recovery
and return, Azilda.
AUTO SHOP NOTES