The Chemawa American, April 27, 1932, Page 3, Image 3

The
MoNARY HALL NOTES
The Senior Play seems to be the crowning event of
the season by the appearances of preparations being
made by bovs of this dormitory. David Little Swal­
low has been shining his shoes for a week now and
they look so bright they look like mirrors. Ferdinand
Thomas, Leroy Grenier, and William “Igloo” Dem-
mert have patented a new type of hair oil which they
used for the first time in the senior play. They have
mixed whale blubber with muddy water from the Mis­
souri and snow from Glacier National Park. Every­
one is hoping for the success of this new hair oil.
Perhaps by the time these notes are published
McNary will have defeated Brewer Hall in the inter-
dormitory track meet. Both dormitories have some
good material, but McNary should win.
Isn’t it great to always have McNary the best
building on the campus?
Some would like to
know how and why reports always put McNary on
top. The reason is this: Everyone must co-operate
and work as a team; do only those things that are
beneficial to your home and see that everyone around
you does the same; respect your neighbor’s room and
property as your own; don’t put off until tomorrow
what must be done today.
One of the best reasons for the excellent condition
of McNary Hall is the close competition given by
Winona and McBride Halls. We admit that McBride
and Winona are very well kept buildings and we are
happy that we can lead such a fine list.
CARPENTER SHOP
James Walters recently built a small balcony in our
shop to store our rapidly increasing stock of projects.
The carpenters are now learning to cut braces and
rafters. They are just beginning the framing of a
small roof made on one-half scale.
The cabinet makers are studying types of wood, its
properties and adaptabilities. We have in our shop
sample panels of over twenty different species of wood.
Soon we shall have a corner section full-size house
complete in our shop.
EIGHTH GRADE NEWS
By mistake the name of Alice Morigeau was not
sent the printers for the publication in the last honor
roll.
John Craig, Clarence Cavyell and Wilbur Pepion
also made the honor roll last month. Through an er­
ror their names were omitted from the last issue.
We miss our classmate, Dora McBride, who has
been in the hospital for three weeks. She was always
so willing to recite or talk on the subject in our class.
Tuesday afternoon, April 12, during the last period
of school, 8-A-I and 8-A-II girls class went out for a
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walk and picked all varieties of flowers. We were
sotry not to have along with us, Nurine Paul, Eliza­
beth Wynaco and Dora McBride who were all sick at
the hospital at that time.
The civics class from the Yamhill High School vis­
ited Chemawa a few days ago. One girl remarked,
“We’d be very happy to have a nice big library like
this. Certainly the students here have great advan­
tages.” Another student said, “Since we belong to
the civics class we are looking for things that show
training for either citizenship or democracy.” We
wonder how many things they saw.
NEWS FLASHES FROM THE FIFTH GRADE
The fifth grade boys are in the lead in spelling in
Mrs. Nelson’s room.
We fifth grade boys are going to try hard to pass
our finals, so we can be in the sixth grade next year.
Joseph Saluskin was the only little fifth grader that
went to Mrs. Wilcox’s picnic. He had A’s in his room
all the time.
We are very sorry to say that Jacob Jackson is in
the hospital with a broken arm. We hope that he will
be well enough to take the final examinations when
they come.
We are now studying Africa in our home room and
we like it the best of all because it has such great jun­
gles and such funny wild animals. We saw a lot of
these animals in “Trader Horn.”
Our teacher has been checking up on our hands and
faces for a long time. If we come to school twice in
one week with dirty hands and finger nails we will
have to go to study hall. But if we have no bad
marks against us before commencement she said she
would give us a treat.
AUTO SHOP NOTES
The auto mechanics have received a number of very
interesting and instructive booklets from manufac­
turers of automobile parts and equipment.
We are reviewing the year’s work and bringingour
note books up to date. Note books count 50 percent
in final grades, so everyone is busy putting on the
“final touches.”
BLACKSMITH SHOP NOTES
Frank Dumont has completely overhauled a battery,
including acid adjustment, which proved to be very
satisfactory.
The batting cage for the ball field has been overhauled
and put in good condition with all connections welded.
A consumer is now under construction at the shop
for the girls’ buildings, which when put into use will
eliminate some of the trash scattered about the roads.