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.
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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.