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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1901)
4;,.. CHEMAWA .A LOCAL AND PERSONAL: Supt,. Potter has gone to Umatilla. The Excelsiors colors are Hue and gold. Mr. Hilb wnfl a visitor to theprinting of fice last Saturday. . ; Quarterly Examinations, are keeping teachers and pupils very busy. . The little boys and girls of division one are writing letters to Santa Claus. Mrs. Johnson Williams' name has been added to our subscription list. Examination this week. Who are going to have their names on the roll of honor? A number of our faculty went into town Monday night to hear Black Patti. Four new members were elected at, the Excelsiors' meeting on Thursday night. The printers were made happy with four subscriptions sent by Mrs. Theisz to friends. Some one ?nw Santa Claus on Wednes day. He's a liberal old chap, so look out boys and girls. Roses are still in bloom On the Chemawa campus despite the cold weather of which so many complain. Joshua Gibson, Henry Vincent and Hay- , nes Dewitt dropped into the Printing Office to subscribe for the American. The Reliance was the first society this week to have their program in the new frame. The Excelsior Society is steadily grow ing in membership. It hs twice as many members as when it started the term. Mrs. Brewer is making some exquisite lace work. No one can excel Mrs Brewer in her elegant and dainty accomplishment. The Oak from the Visalia Calif. High school has beeu received and placed on our exchange list. It is a bright newsy paper. Prank Hamilton has been taken out of the paint-department for a couple of weeks and is now acting as' sergeant of the small . boys: The following young men have been ap pointed to revise the Constitution "f the Excelsior Literary Society: Chas. Larsen, Albert Payne , Nicholas Lewis, Wra. Ingram. Tommy Potter a a bucking bronco toy which is almost as much a delight to him as the real thing would be. Tommy thinks he is in luck now with his aunt Lily, little cousin md Santa Claus all com ing about the same time. Mr. Wood in a faitbful member of the "Duck bill Gun Club" made a very bril liant shot at a snipe last Saturday., He wishes everyone to understand that he killed the bird with the left barrel (after having missed one with the right barrel.) Mrs. Lil ly Carthrea, widow of the late Dr. Carthrea, of Kansas City, Mo., is here; with her baby girl, Helen, v'siting her brother, Supfc. Potter. Mrs. Carthrea, hjf her gentle, graceful manners has already; won many friends among the employes o( Chemawa. When a boy is honored by bei n put on a debate as the principal speaker he show verly little sense of propriety or courtesy in wilfully absenting himself, and plainly shows that he is not worthy the h shown him. There should be a heavy pen fine for pociety members who do the Miss Gaither. the superintendent of tl Umati'la school wrties. M The. five Cherm wa girls, whom you furnished our 'schw are making such success of their wort I wi3h to ask if you can't senrt us ): assistant Laundres." This certainHf a good showing for onr Chemawa girls, The seniors at a special class raeeli Tuesday evening, organized a font-Is' team. The line, up is as follows: ft Ingram.center; Joe Wallen, right, guar Wm. Mahone, right tackle; Jas. Sti .right end; Chas. Alexis, left guard; U Newberry, left tackle; John Raub.lefm Arthur Bensell, right-half-back; 0 Larsen. full-back; Thos.Young, lefi-W back; Nicholas Lewis, quarter-back ;& Andrew Picard, A.T.Gillis and S.Kni? John Raub was elected captain and A' Gillis manager. Tney agreed to chafe any one class in the school. Look o big foot-ball game in the near future.