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LOCAL
Saturday evening the student body enjoyed a talkie
entitled, “Huckleberry Finn.”
The barber shop is again in operation. Mr. J. G.
Hall is in charge and he and his assistants solicit the
patronage of all students and employees.
The Chemawa social season will be ushered in Satur
day night when the students gather in the gym for
the reception and dance given for the students by the
faculty.
Since the last school term 300 new books have been
added to the Chemawa library. The titles cover a vari
ety of subjects under the general heading of literature
and reference.
On July 14 Master Samuel Rainey gave a birthday
party at Hazel Green in honor of his fifth birthday.
About 21 of his little friends were present, accompanied
by their mothers, to enjoy the occasion with him.
In August Mr. G. W. Bent, Mr. M. Fisher, Mr. C.
D. Rainey and Fred Rickard visited the Oregon Caves,
Crater Lake, Klamath Reservation and Lava Cave.
At Klamath Agency they were very hospitably enter
tained by Supt. Blair and Sergeant Brown.
At a general meeting of emplovees held in the Prac
tice House on Tuesday evening, Sept. 6, Supt. Ryan
bespoke the cooperation of all workers in economizing
in every way possible during the coming year. He
spoke also on other matters vital to the welfare of the
school.
A bequest from the estate of the late Mrs. Ida R.
Hall of Portland to the Protestant religious work at
Chemawa has made possible some much needed im
provements in the chapel.
The chapel has been en
larged by the addition of a choir loft and rostrum, and
new hymnals have been ordered.
Newspapers of the Northwest carried a dispatch on
September 1st to the effect that Victor Smith, a grad
uate of our class of 1931, had been killed by a boiler
explosion in or near Ketchikan, Alaska. Since then
none of the details of this tragic accident have reached
us. Victor was a leader at the school, and a most
popular young man, and many a heart sank at the
news of his untimely end. All Chemawa was sadden
ed by the sad news.
During the latter part of the summer a series of
meetings were conducted at Chemawa by J. Norman
Spawn, Associate Supervisor of Industrial Training.
The meetings had to do with problems which arise
from day to day in the shop and school room. All
meetings were well attended and under the leadership
of Mr. Spawn were of a truly inspirational nature.
During the past summer Principal Frank Christy
was transferred to the Mt. Pleasant (Mich.) school
where he will serve as superintendent. Mr. Christy
is succeeded here by Samuel H. Gilliam who comes
from Sherman Institute, Riverside, California. The
American bids Mr. Christy a fond farewell and ex
tends a hearty welcome to Mr. Gilliam and his family.
Nearly all of our employee staff took some time
during the summer to go home, or to the beach, to the
mountains, the national parks, some nearby scenic
wonders, (with which this locality abounds) or in
someway sought relaxation and tried to forget the
trials and tribulations of daily toil. All are now back
—sun-tanned, clear eyed, refreshed and ready for
work.
Dr. George Hinman of New York City, co-author
of the new book, “Facing the Future in Indian Mis
sions,” was a guest at Chemawa over the week-end.
He is making a survey of all Protestant Indian
missions in the United Stales and is much interested
in religious work programs in government schools.
He addressed a large group of studentsand employees
Sunday morning in the Protestant chapel.
Last Sunday evening, Sept. 11, we had our first
chapel of this school year. Supt. Ryan was in charge
and at the proper time he made quite a number of an
nouncements and various beneficial suggestions, con
cluding his talk by introducing Principal Gilliam, who
was on the platform with him. Mr. Gilliam made an
interesting talk in response and by his remarks won
the good will of all. In addition to the above talks
there was congregational singing and a concert num
ber by the orchestra. A good chapel!
The carpenter shop has been open all summer, with
four boys most of the time. The school building was
repaired. That is a new floor was built in the front
hall and the doors were repaired.
The floor in the
Wigwam was repaired and new cabinets built. The
D. S. kitchen has some new cabinets. Lockers were
rebuilt and removed from the basement in Hawley
Hall. Numerous other repair jobs have been done
outside the shop. In our shop the woodworking ma
chines have been worked over. The lathes have been
put on separate motors to reduce the power bills as
well as being more convenient. Now we are ready
for another banner year with much enthusiasm.