CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
5
Senior class meeting lo-night.
The class in book-keeping is doing good
work.
Mr. Potter went to Portland on Saturday
to meet his sister.
Good-bye, nasturtiums. The frost the
other night settled them.
Mrs. Campbell's grade entertained the
school . on Friday. Subject Drake and
Halleck.
Our new students are very earnest and
studious and seem to appreciate the ad
vantages offered them at Chemawa.
Gertrude Brewer, one of our Senior girls
will graduate also from theC 'nservatory of
music at the Willamette University this
year. '.'
Christmas presents are engaging the at
tention of most of our young ladies now.
Some very dainty work is being prepared
by their deft fingers.
It is a pleasure and very encouraging to
the faculty to see so many boys and girls
taking their hooks out to study. One girl
has frequently been seen taking her book
' to meals,
A nice Christmaspresent forour students
to send to parents or friends at home
wouldbea yeirs sutwrfo'ion tothe Amr i- '
can. This would be a present repeated
every week in the year.
Mr. Scott, our competent and efficient
h'acksmith was culled to the relief of the
printing office to repair a bad brik in our
press, He dirt a first elss job and ha the
thanks of the entire offiee force including
the "devils".
A history club has been organized and
wi 1 he known a the "Self Helping His
tory Club". So far, Mr, Williams HtidMr.
AllenaretheohJy members. Theclnb meets
every evening at 8:00 o'clock P. M. in t lie
ntuy of the former. There is room for one
more, and anv one who is willing to strain
liin intellectual faculties in digging for the
record of past events, will be admitted free
of charge. For full information consult
Dr. Allen.
1NDUST1AL NOTES.
The wagonmaker boys are making- some
necessary furniture for the Printing Office.
The carpenters have the thanks of the
printers for the nice miter box, which
they made for the office.
Many new apprentices were admitted to
the Industrial Department, but the names
were not handed in to the Old-Man- tithe
Tower. ,
Mr. Woodin.made a largedrawing of the
news cases which has been placed on ihe
wall of the printing office for . the informa
tion of the "devils".
Haynes Dewitt and Walter Card are do
ing most of the lettering on the doors of
Large Boys' and Girls' Homes and they can
do nice work when they try.
The Industrial Teacher's force of boys
are kept busy these day9 carrying wood
and gathering vegetables for tit kitchen.
Mr. Hunt reports that he has many new
boys and that they are doiug nicely.
While Mr. Rcott was repairing the press,
a broken chase was shown him and he
was asked if U could be fixed. Yes, he re
plied, I will teach Andrew Smith how to
doit and then be will know how to do
that kind of work.. Andrew did a first
clnss piece of work as a result of his in
struction. Chemawa's new buildings are being rap
idly constructed Our new Laundry is al
ready under roof and when completed and
our n-w machinery installed we will have
a laundry snoond to none in the service.
The roof of our new industrial building is '
nearly on. This will give us an improve
ment of which we are justly proud. Our
mechanics can now be housed in a good
up-to-da'e .building and when equipped
Chemawa will have industrial facilities
second to none. The brick work of the
firsr story of our new girls' dormitory is
completed and Mr. Lucus says if he can
get the brick he will be done by Christmas.
The steam heating and electric light exten
sion will follow the completion of our new
buildings.