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LOCAL
The ever-observant eye of ye reporter has noticed
that our bakery shop has been dressed up with a newly
painted sign above the door and the door itself shining
with a fresh coat of paint.
The Catholic boys’ association and the Little Flower
society held a Valentine party in the Catholic club
room on Tuesday evening. The members enjoyed an
evening of light dancing, games and refreshments.
The boys’ and girls’ music clubs participated in a
joint program last Saturday evening. The music was
of a varied nature and displayed a great deal of musi
cal talent among our students. Mrs. Turney and Mr.
Shepard are the sponsors.
The double garage at the Showalter home is nearly
finished and an authentic report has it that one or two
more days will see it completely ready for the painters
to work on. The senior boys in the carpenter shop
have done all the work from the very beginning.
The senior commercial class in the company of their
most esteemed instructor and Fred Rickard journied
to Salem to honor the United States National bank and
the Statesman Publishing company with a call to mas
ter the secrets of successful banking and publishing,
respectively.
R. H. Bitney in a report to the Commissioner on
IECW activities at Neah Bay, Wash., made among
others this interesting remark: “The truck drivers are
young Indians wTho received their training in the Salem
Indian school, at Chemawa, Oregon. They take great
pride in keeping up their trucks, washing and greas
ing them, and are very careful as regards their oper
ation.” It is always a great pleasure to see such com
ments about our students.
The Winona hall girls were pleasantly surprised on
Monday evening by the Serenaders and the campus
orchestra with all the necessary appliances fora dance.
Everyone at once repaired to the large court in the
center of Winona hall where the boys sang several
popular songs. Next the orchestra settled themselves
and filled the air with foot-tickling tunes while every
one danced dull care away.
After a length of
time that seemed too short the boys all thanked Mrs.
Wilcox heartily for the privilege of entertaining the
girls and left for their own building.
On February 21 the Y. M. C. A. has scheduled a
Silver Tea to raise funds for the re-decoration of the
“Y” room. Everyone is asked to attend. Tea will
be served from four until five o’clock. Bring your
silver and leave it with the servers. By “silver” we
mean any piece of money that has any silver in it.
Also a very special program is being planned for the
entertainment of the guests. It’s a silver tea and it’s
on February 21, in the “Y” room.
In the November issue of Indians At Work, Com
missioner Collier’s journal on Indian Conservation
Work, an article is featured which tells of the family
work in the Two Medecine IECW camp on the Black
feet reservation in Montana. The writer is Mylie
Lawyer who is an educational worker in the family
camps of Montana. The article is preceeded by a fine
introductory paragraph in which Mylie is lauded for
her excellent work here, at Willamette and after school.
The new brick building that is being built on the
site of the old well-house and ice plant is nearing
completion. This building was put up entirely by
the engineers and the only skilled laborer was a brick
layer from Salem. When finished it will be able to
house three large trucks or busses and the small school
bus besides leaving space for supplies. On the other
side from the main doors the fire-fighting apparatus
will be located with doors for each hose cart. Next
to this building is the dry-cleaning plant which is also
nearly completed. These fine buildings will certainly
be of great value to everyone concerned and without
doubt will see years of fruitful service.
FIND FORGETFULNESS AT LOG CABIN
A hilarious evening was spent in the log cabin by
the student councilmen and the advisory committee
and honored guests, Mr. P. H. Ringle and Mr. G. P.
LaVatta.
Beside a blazing fire the afore-mentioned parties
popped corn, made coffee, hamburgers and pancakes,
burned their fingersand ate to their heart’s content.
The enjoyment of the evening was added to by the
soloing of James Rosario and Billie Orr and a reading
by Dean.
After the party was over, down through the lane,
in the hazy gloaming came two weary candlebearers,
clumsily avoiding puddles and mumbling in the lan
guage of their forefather’s something which their in-
tererpreter translated as: “That sure was a swrell
party!” For the sake of their future happiness we
withhold their names.
It is our sincere wish that all the weary and care
worn will visit the cabin and find blessed peace and
forgetfulness as we did.