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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1942)
from the Vocational 'Departments A uto S hop : The auto shop has gone into regular rou tine work, again since Shorty Cross, the shop foreman, re turned from his Christmas vacation. The shop hoys have been working on the project and W.P.A. trucks adjusting brakes. Cocoa Williams, Club Skahan and Archie Wolfname repaired the steering gear and worked on the wheels. Stub Heenan and George Stensger have been kept constantly busy by the batteries of the service cars to be charged daily. They have also checked the school bus when the basketball team returned from Southern Oregon. Foreman Shorty Cross predicted the busy days because of the unusual weather. Joe Berry has been cleaning the work room besides his routine in the tool room. C arpenter S hop : The carpentry boys have kept them selves busy building useful articles of furniture. Ray Brady completed the work on his fine writing desk. Stanley Wil liams is working on a hardwood chair for Mr. R.G. Hend erson. Ben Bearchum constructed a fine picture frame for Mrs. Cornick. T ailor S hop : The tailors have been very busy lately making suits and uniforms. Clarence La Roque and Al Davis completed a suit for Louis Beaudry and started on another. The remaining boys are working on band uniforms. They hope to complete two by next week. The color of the uni forms are red and blue, the coat is red with blue braids and brass buttons; the trousers are blue with red stripes on the outer seams. These uniforms are made like the Cadet's uni forms. The following are the tailors: Clarence La Roque, Elnathan Davis, Wilfred Buber, Edgar Saluskin, Ray Scott, and Walter Snaps. P rinting : Besides the regular production and school work, there are several jobs in from outside agencies. The ink slingers have there hands full now. Jobs were complet ed for the Tacoma Indian Hospital; two were finished for Flandreau Indian School. The printers have also improved the appearence of the shop. All cabinets in the composition room were painted by the boys and type cases are being checked over. The printing force is indeed proud of its new additions to the staff this semester. They are: Horace Small, Louis Quaempts, Simon Whitford, Gerald Hofler, Leo Alexander and Clark Hale. These boys have plenty of “spark” and we expect great things from them. Most of the junior girls have completed their projects for the first semester. These were the serge suits and tailored dresses. Preparing luncheons for themselves has been enjoyed very much by the junior cooking class. Holiday cooking, preparation of meats and vegetables and learning to prepare dinner completed the 7th grade food course. Cooking of biscuits was part of the final exams for the 7th grade everyday living class. Handicraft articles were completed for the semester. Julis Landigreen should be complimented on her fine crochet work. The senior girls are preparing furnishings for the prac tice house. They are busily finishing a braided rug of dyed kakhi remmants. The freshmen group of Mrs. Cronk have been trying to make cakes. Many of these turned out successfully. New Subjects Scheduled for Senior Class The second semester ended with the senior class taking up all new and interesting subjects. They no longer attend home room, but instead take up a course in dramatics and will be expected to produce plays for the students’ entertainment. There are eleven seniors in the journalism class who will be expected to put out the Chemawa Amer ican and do the work on the annual. Under our instructor, Mr. Bowman, the senior class is going to solve their most difficult problems in business mathematics. Another new subject is chemistry. Most of the senior girls are interested because it will be help ful especially to those who wish to continue their education. X XX X CALENDAR B akery : The bakery boys during Christmas vacation were kept very busy. Their specialty was 68 fruit cakes. Louis Youngman and Francis “Oven Man” Cashmere are responsible for the good bread received in the dining hall. Ray “Dough” Tissidimit, George Rice and Harold Joseph have been making cakes and cookies. Flared skirts and jumpers made of black corduroy have been keeping the sophomore girls of Mrs. Johnson’s class busy for a while. With the completion of these skirts their problems for the year will be finished. The everyday living class have completed their course by studying manners. Learning how to make muffins and cooking eggs (with out burning them) and various ways of serving and prepar ing food for breakfast were included in the course for the freshmen. XX £ Jan. 26—6:00 to 7:00 p. m. Boy Scouts meet with Mr. Mackie; 7:30 p. m. Employees Bridge Club. Jan. 27—Basketball game, (to be announced) here, Miss White, chaperon. Jan. 30—Basketball game at Corbett; 7:30 p. m. Movie in auditorium. Jan. 31—Grade School week-end duty, Mrs. Salter; 12:30 p. m. Boys town day. Feb. 1—Campus duty, Mr. Chase; 1:00 p. m. Girls show, chaperon, Miss Clark; 7:30 p. m. Chapel, Mr. Jackson in charge, reception following chap el, sophomores in charge. Feb. 2—6:00 p. m. Boy Scouts meet with Mr. Mackie. Feb. 3—7:30 p. m. Basketball, (to be announced) chaperon, Mrs. Rickard. Feb. 4—6:00 p. m. Girl Scouts meet with Mr Mackie. Feb. 6—7:30 p. m. Basketball, (to be announced) chaperon, Mrs. Cronk. XX XX X
