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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1937)
TKë CHEMAWA AMERICAN VOCATIONS FARM NEW S The farm is putting in a big drainage project to drain the beaver dam land so it will be fit for farming. They have men from Grand Ronde and Siletz work ing on it. LEATHER CRAFT The leather craft shop has been very busy getting out the large amount of shoes that are coming in the shop. The rotators are just begining to learn the art of shoe repairing. BARBER SHOP During the past few weeks the barbers have done their regular work. They took a n examination- in which half o f their work must make up for half of their grade; the other half came from the book work which includes all that they have studied in the past. Each one of the barbers gave a shave, shampoo, haircut, tonic and mas sage as part of the test. door in the wall in Mr. Showalter’s new class room. Vernon Jackson is making a dining room table of walnut. Eeonard Bighorn is making a panel desk. Reslie Warrior has just finished a large cabinet. Victor Desautel -is busy putting the finishing touches on a walnut stool. PRINT SHOP The print shop has been very busy the past two weeks. Two booklets on the care and treatment of trachoma have been printed which will be used for a* clinic that is scheduled to be held sometime this month. Other small jobs and routine work has also been on the menu. TAILOR SHOP The tailors are still very busy. Joe Reddoor and Wallace Zundle are making suit coats. Henry Abbott is making suit pants and Jay Hedderick and Clifford Day have just finished making the All-Star basketball trunks. John Sharp and Jay Hedderick are now learning how to draft pants and coats. They hope to be experts in the near future. AUTO SHOP . Since the cold spell all the cars on the campus have been in to take their-‘-‘snort’ ’ of alcohol. All the car owners have been quite care ful. So far only one car has been in with a cracked heqd. "The tool room is being rearranged and ft he checking system, which has proved very useful, is to be started. PAINT SHOP The Paint shop boys are going to be quite busy this week and next. Mon day they gave the ceiling, walls, and stairs leading up to the Art room a sec ond coat of paint. It was a day and a half job, but by putting the full force on the job at once, they finished in record time. CARPENTER SHOP William Spotted Eagle and Sam Burd are repairing t^ie floor in the shop. They are getting gopd experience from this work. Alvin Amera and Reofiard Bighorn are making some waste paper baskets for Winona hall. Rollo Brown, assisted by William Settler, has cut an opening and placed a JUNIOR COMMERCIAL The past week or so has been a clean up week for the Junior commercial stu dents. Each pupil has'been taught how to keep their machines and desk in order. We hope there will not be any untidy stenographers when they leave Chemawa. In business science, everyone kept a schedule of what he did for a day'and a half to see how much time was wasted. Most of them found out they wasted more time than was necessary. HOME ECONOMICS Christmas vacation is over, and all of the home economic students have at last settled down to their routines. The girls who take productive sewing from Mrs. Hauser have been very busy making pillow cases so that in case of a time when it will be necessary they will be all ready. In Mrs. James’ department the girls have been occupied in making layettes and working on some o f their embroidery work that they did not finish. A dinner was served Saturday, January 9th, honoring Mr. Hirst and Mr. Ripps. The girls of Mrs. Groop’s cooking class prepared and served the meal. 3 Mrs. Cecelia Shoeship has been visit ing her son who wassick in the hospital here. Virgil Carson, a student of this school, received an injured leg while riding on a sleigh, Sunday afternoon. The boys enjoyed the unusual snow of the season by having many snowball fights and face washings last week. Martha Bingham and Wilma Yellow- robe went to inspect at McNary hall Sun day and found the boys’ rooms very neat and presentable. Misses Josephine Peas and Hazel Strom visited the campus over the week-end. We are glad to have them come and see their “ old friends.” Margaret and Marjorie Skahan arrived here Friday night to enroll as students. We all hope they like it here and will make the best of everything. The cold weather proved destructive to the hospital when a steam pipe broke on the second floor and flooded the first floor. Help was immediately sent from McNary hall. The grade school girls gave a tea in Winona hall Monday afternoon in honor of their former teacher, Mrs. EaDuc, who is leaving and also to welcome their new instructor, Miss Bradford. Rouida Osbourne was very highly hon ored by being admitted to the officers body. Because of her kindness and atti tude shown towards her fellow classmates, teachers, and employees, she acquired this position. Robert Strong, one of the students, has been given a position as a cook in Salem, Oregon. We hope Robert may succeed in his new job and make good use of the training he has had here. The occupants of room 32, Henry Champine and Jay Hedderick, won a large box of candy for the best decorated room during the Christmas vacation at McNary hall. On New Year’s night, through the rigors of an elimination tournament, Ver non Jackson emerged undisputed check er champion of McNary hall. He is said to be looking for a worthy opponent in Winona hall.
