T he CHEMAWA AMERICAN
P age 4
most words was given to Mr. Mason. The “booby”
went to Mr. Carrow. Ice cream, cake and coffee was
served. We all had an enjoyable evening.
We feel
sorry to have Mr. and Mrs. Shilling leave us and we
wish them success in their new responsiblity.
Miss Charlotte Jones, one of our students, went out
ing for the week-end. She worked for Mr. and Mrs.
Tom DeLaney of Salem. Charlotte Jones belongs to
the former group of practice house girls. She did
very nicely while there.
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W hy I C hose C arpentry A s A V ocation
By
W illiam S ettlkr
I chose carpentry for my vocation here in this school
because I like this kind of work, I think it will be
very helpful to me after I leave this school, and there
is an especially good course offered here.
When one enrolls for carpentry he is really in line
for two vocations, because he has the advantage of
getting a fairly good foundation in drafting too. This
helps him to use his own ideas, when he wishes to
make things. He draws his plans, after he has his
idea all in mind, then he carries it out in his car
pentry work.
A carpenter has many ways of making a living
besides building houses. He can make all kinds of
furniture, work as a laborer on a large or small con
struction project, and if he is a good mechanic, and
can manage men and tell them what to do, he can be
a contractor.
If a person knows something about carpentry, he
will be better able to know about things for himself.
If he wants a house built, he will know about the
plans, the kinds of lumber that is used, and if he is
paying what it is worth or is not getting his money’s
worth.
So, I chose carpentry because: I like the trade; it
will help me earn living; it will inform me generally
on the subject of building, which is a knowledge that
everyone should know.
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The carpenter shop boys are having a contest to see
which detail of boys in their respective groups can enjoy
the reward offered by Mr. Mason. The reward is a
trip to Salem, a show and a big feed after the show.
The winners will be announced in the next American.
Willie Spotted-Eagle has almost completed an im
posing table for the print shop.
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The Senior and Junior nurses held their first meet
ing and elected officers for the year. The officers are
as follows: president, Josephine Juneau; vice-president,
Myrtle Dupree; secratery, Florence Grenier; treasurer,
Onlee Normandin; reporter, Aradona Aguilar.
We also had some eats after the meeting was over,
Josephine was the “official toaster,”
Also, Mrs.
Hankins and Mrs. McKinney were present.
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M y V isit
O regon S tate L ivestock
E xposition
to the
By T homas J ones
The Livestock exposition alone is a wonderful educa
tion for any boy and girl who is going to deal with
the bigger, better and more modern work from the
farm to the office worker.
The livestock exhibits were the finer registered breeds
of cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, chickens and all other
domesticated animals.
The best canning of the American housewife is shown
here. The most delicious looking fruit in natural
colors. It also had a very fine exhibit of Oregon fruits,
nuts, corn, potatoes and all other farm products, which
surpass the expected.
All in all it should be well taken in by any Chemawa
student because for anything he or she may be inter
ested in. It is sure to be exhibited at the National
Stock Show.
CHEMAWA “HOOKST” BY OREGON CITY
In a game played in mud ankle deep a week ago
Friday, the redskins lost a tough game to the pioneers
at Oregon City. The result of the score does not in
dicate that the game was a walk away. The lighter
and inexperienced redskins did themselves proud by
throwing the pioneers for a loss time and again.
A
nice bit of broken-field running was done by the
“kinky” haired lad “Stork” Harris who ran 18 yds.
in that field, which is indeed something to boast about.
In this game the line played a good exhibition of
football. But the pioneers took advantage of every
break, the final score being 24-6. Chemawa’s lone
score came by means of a blocked punt by the redskin
left end, Ed “Bad” Case. Matt Adams and Peter
Berger played a whale of a game in the line. “ Peger’ ’
Berger is well known for his “shoe-string” tackles.
Chemawa will journey to Medford on Armistice day
to try their luck on the pear-pickers.
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Some interesting news, indeed! The senior, junior
and, in fact, all of the classes of girls have organized
volley ball teams and are well on their way to stardom.
It certainly looks like we are due for some excitement
because they plan to compete with one another in the
near future.