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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1902)
CHEMAWA AMERICAN. Mr. Johnson Williams is on the sick list. Alios Williams re'urned to Chemawa after a lengthy vacation. Henry Lovelace and Gus Lncier are tak ing violin lessons from Prof. DePoe. Base-ball season is coming and the boys are making preparations to have a good Harry Holt, class of '00, who has been attending the Willamette University for sometime, left f..r bU home yesterday at Toppenieh, Washington. The girM literary societies both had a large number in attendtince while I he nuuiher present at Ihe Excelsior, Reliance anil Dewey's was limited in each. Si'as Mon i working near Salem chop ping wood. Silas can play foot-ball and Is M.tniiHlast. but he ban senna enough to t ppm-iate the value of good practical pay-1-iir work. Tf the boys and jrirls will not show suf lielent interest in literary work tojoin the. (iifFe rent societies, they will have to attend class room in the evening and gain a little more knowledge. Girl Band OF Mercy met as usual in the Girl' Hume.. A large number of the mem hern were present, as it was the last meet ing of the quarter. At the next meeting nw officers are to be elected. Grover White was verv much pleased to see his mother whr qatus fr:im SMetsi to visit the school. Grover's mother has reasons to be proud of the excellent record her son in making for himself at Chemawa. Mr. Charles M. Oilman has been appoint el a assiHt'tnt engineer, where Henry . Kmwn was temp warily filling the place. M. Oilman comes highly recommended hiiving been in the sen-ire for the past eight years. , Charles Refinery, Hivnes De Witt and Simon Kills compose the program o ni iiiittwe.for the present quarter. The Reli ance expects to hve some interesting pro gram?. Julius Diuiell ami Paul Hill joined the Reliauce Thursday evening. John Baub, the president of the V. C. A. announces that courage will be ubject of the Y. M. C. A. meeting Sunday night. Messrs.. Stoudenmeyer and Woo are now going to Manila, so they say tloipation is better than realization. I Stoudenmeyer is after riches jyid ' Wood in after h wife. Mr. Potter, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, In Campbell, .Mr. and Mrs. Becker, M trench ,MIbs Wondln, Mrs. Adair, M Dolme, Mr. Overman, Mr.Htudenmeyer, ? Teaho, and a few o( the boys of the hlal grrides attended the excellent performat of "The Moiitebank" given iu the Gr Opera Hous of Salem by the dtstingulel actor Frederick Warde and Company. Mr. Woods, instructor of the carpenteri department, gave an excellent lecture Wednesday evening on tools, etc, used his dspartment. He described the use (he rule, square, hammer, saw, plai chisel, etc. and the different kinds nails. His talk was instinctive not o. to the pupils but also to the employ whose pood fortune it was to be present. The Rev. Father G. C. VanGoethn, Pumamichaii, B. C., spent a day last we visiting the who 0, end two of his Hi Mends, Mary and Bessie Bides who wi former pupils of Ids In the Orphami Home in British Columbia, seemed to Joy his visit very much. The Fat I wan greatly pleased with the work he s; done in the shops and school room", n the pupils we'e delighted a'nd greatly bet fitted by his wise and cheerful address thern in the various school moms. Mr. I'lieo lore M. Thompwn, who h been c omened with the school in the p( tic. 11 of hariiesaniaker for the past ten yoai ha reigned oi are unit, of ill health. M Thompson has been an exemplary employ and has atways kpt hU department In I front ranks. F if the past consecutive fr yearn the h miess department under his i ficient management has taken the first pri at the Oreiron State fair, against allcomp: i ors Mis ninny Trieod-4 regret to nee hi go and he has the best wishes of all.