THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Vocational Activities
Auto Shop Makes Use of
Old Equipment
Boys Find Printing
Interesting
The auto shop boys are all mak
ing tool boxes out of old hospital
bed stands. They take off the small
wheels and put on larger casters,
burn off the old paint, sand them
down, and paint them in bright col
ors. When they are finished a hasp
and lock vzill make the boxes a safe
place to keep tools.
Printing has been a trade for a
long time and will be for a long
time to come. It is an interesting
trade, and the boys who are in the
school print shop, Arden LaBelle,
Everett Capps, Alvin Bullchild,
Harry Foster and George Umtuch,
find it an interesting place to
learn.
An all-round printer has to know
many things. For instance he has
to know the many kinds of stock
and the best kind of ink to use for
each.
One of the interesting jobs the
boys have just finished was run
ning newsprint stock for twenty
attendance report books with sev
enty-five blanks to a book. Such
jobs require mathematics and skill
ful makeready prior to the press
work.
Paint Shop Boys Learn
By Doing
The paint shop offers a promis
ing future to boys who are willing
to learn. Besides painting, decorat
ing, wallpapering, upholstering,
and window glazing are studied
and worked at.
Some of the jobs the boys in
paint shop have completed with
this term are, painting in the
grade school, Brewer Hall. McNary
Hall, teachers’ cottage, and several
employees’ apartments.
Agriculture Classes Have
Pig Project
On December 10, the classes in
agriculture got their project pigs.
Each boy is expected to work to
pay for the pigs and the feed. The
boys will take care of the pigs until
they are big enough to sell. Then
the money will be divided among
the boys according to their work
on the project.
Each week one boy will feed the
pigs, check the water, and change
the bedding, mornings and eve
nings. While the pigs are small
they have to be kept out of drafts.
One of the ways boys work off
project hours is to get up at four
in the morning and work at the
dairy. There are various jobs to
do, such as milking cows, pasteur
izing milk, putting the milking ma
chine together, and feeding the
calves.
Spoilage is Prevented
We take care of the meat used
at Che maw a. The kitchen has
freezers in which to keep meat
from spoiling. When meat is frozen
flies do not bother it, and germs
cannot grow.
One thing is sure,—we boys have
to have clean hands and finger
nails and clothing when we cut
meat.
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Knights of Columbus
Sponsor Christmas Party
A party, sponsored by the
Knights of Columbus and seminar
ians from Mt. Angel, was given for
Catholic students at the gymnasium
Saturday evening, December 12. It
was a very pleasant and enjoyable
party.
The program consisted of several
movies, one of them a picture
about Mt. Angel Monastery. A
boys’ choir sang Silent Night,
White Christmas, and Here Comes
Santa Claus.
St. Nicholas, who
looked something like a bishop,
came out and talked to the boys
and girls, and the seminarians
passed out treats and a gift book
with a medal in the back.
When it was time to leave, every
one thanked Father Johnson and
the people who gave the party.
Girls who decorated and trimmed
the tree for the party are, Geral
dine Hamlin, Arlene Vaile, Lor
raine Farmer, Dixie Sellars, Char
lotte Runningcrane, Eleanor Rab-
bie, Evelyn Lloyd, Myrna Lloyd,
and Lavinia Johnson.
New Student Assistant
In School Office
Sarah Lewis, who has been work
ing in the library, has been as
signed to help Miss Velma Ackels
in the school office. This is a new
experience for Sarah, and she is
working hard to learn to do new
things and to be of as much help
as possible.
Shoe Shop Activities
Include Leathercraft
Boys Eager to Learn Code
In shoe shop, besides shoe repair,
ihe boys get to learn leathercraft.
We learn to tool and assemble by
hand, a number of articles such as
belts, purses, and billfolds. We do
leathercraft on Fridays and on
days when there are no shoes sent
over from the dormitories that
need repairing. The shop has all
the necessary tools for the work.
In the electric shop radio code
practice is held every morning
from 9:00 to 9:30. Three boys,
William Wyman, Charles Wyman,
and Stanford Townsend are inter
ested in taking the practice because
they want to get novice class li
censes. When the boys get such
licenses they are declared hams or
amateur radio men.