The Chemawa American, November 29, 1940, Page 6, Image 6

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From the Vocational Departments
T ailor S hop : Suit pressing is the greatest a-
mount of work that is done in the tailor shop.
Three of the new boys are working on pants, and
others are learning to take measures and draft
patterns for pants and are doing good work.
S hoe ; S hop : In the shoe shop the boys are al­
ways busy doing any kind of work that is to be
done in the line of shoe repairing. The boys are
working just in the mornings and they claim that
they put out more shoes than the “ Shirt Tail
Tribe” is wearing around.
M achine : S hop : In the absence of Mr. Allen
the boys in the machine shop are busy with Ber­
ger and Max Jackson as foremen. They take turns
welding the back stairway of the McNary hall,
and have put on a new side railing. The new boys
are learning the different tools that are in the shop.
A uto M echanic : Stanley Wilder, with the
help of his assistant, Eddie Nicholson, are tight­
ening bearings on Coach Bennett’s car. “ Shorty’ ’
Cross and Elliott Brown are overhauling the
goverment pick-up truck. Walter Mesplie, the
foreman, is fixing the carburetor on the project
truck.
P aint S hop : With Robert Charles as foreman,
the boys in the paint shop refinished the tables
in McBride hall. They also replaced broken win­
dows in McNary hall, hospital, and the green
bouse.
E lectric S hop : The boys in the morning di­
vision spent last week installing under-ground
telephone cables, and the afternoon division with
Chester Paul, as foreman, installed wall switches
in the halls of the vocational building.
P lumbing : The boys in the plumbing shop,
consisting mostly o f NYA students, are repairing
the pitchers in the students’ dining hall and in­
stalled a laundry tray at Mr. Salter’s quarters.
They repaired faucets and installed valve handles
on the wash sink valve at Brewer hall.
M anual T raining : The manual training de­
partment is devoting the rest of their time in
making Christmas toys for the smaller children in
Brewer and McBride halls.
C arpenter S hop : The two special students,
Eodge and Douthit.have just finished the chim­
ney on the new practice cottage. Wilfred Teton
made a table out of a n old condemned piano.
Alfred Whitford is starting to turn out a myrtle
wood lamp for a Christmas present.
B akery : Along with the regular production,
the bakery boys have started the study of the
ingredients used in making bread. Elour a n d
shortening are the two subjects for this week.
Production for this week are as follows: 10 pans
of cocoanut cake, 600 ginger cookies, 100 coffee
cakes, 100 cream pies, 10 pans spice cakes, 1500
biscuits and 940 loaves of bread.
B arber S hop : The boys in the barber shop are
without the service of hot water since the tank
sprang a leak, and so they have to shave with
cold water. Mike Finley and Louis Beaudry are
in the hospital getting their tonsils removed.
Woundedeye is getting more practice in cutting
the little girls’ hair and in giving massages.
P roductive S ew ing : The seventh grade girls
are making piece work for pillow tops for their
rooms.
The Freshman girls are busy sewing sheets,
and have finished several hundred sheets.
The girls in the Junior class have been making
night gowns for the smaller girls, and are kept
busy doing this.
The Freshman girls in Miss Sadongei’s sewing
class have finished making underslips, and are
studying the various kinds of cotton materials.
The Sophomore class, in child care, have start-
ed a unit of, “ Heredity and Environment of a
Child.” Dr. Faxon visited the class one day and
answered many questions on health.
C ommercial : The Senior class is progressing
very well in their shorthand and typing classes,
and have started on the more difficult work in
shorthand. All are doing good work in their typ­
ing class.
The Special class have new books entitled,
“ Shorthand Dictation Studies,” and are start­
ing to study from this book. In the typing class
they have been working on rough drafts, and
have cut all the stencils for mimeograph work for
the school.
C lothing : The girls in the Junior class are
working on rain coats for the small girls, and
will soon have them completed. The knitters
have finished caps and scarfs, and have started
making knit blouses. They are continuing their
study of textiles.
The Sophomore girls have finished their house
coats, and dresses for smaller girls. Those who
have completed the dresses for the smaller girls
will start on a simple wool dress or skirt for them­
selves.
F oods : The Sophomore girls are still on the
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