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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1902)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN. Pupils' Items. We are making dressee for the new girls that came lately. The days are beginning to looklikeralny weather hat begun. Elmer La Due hm been promoted from the fourth to the fifth grade. Irene Sorter writes from Haskell saying she liken the ecbool very much. We are nearly through' with the girls' work dresneB, in the Bewi'ng room. , The InduBtrial teacher and his boys are cleaning a place to build the large boys' dormitory. Nels Wollnn, the youngest brother of Jo seph Woilan, one of our '02 graduates, 1b now enrolled as a pupil. , - There- are many more large' girls now and Mrs. rhetpz, 1b glad so she can move to the new building. Division A. of the fourth irrade has four of- the new pupils that Mr. Potter brought with him,' .,,-. Alias O'Here will be glad tostarton Borne, .new garments, as making bo many work dresses gelt monotonous. t ., . Foot ball boys you had better 'leave all kinds of desserts alone if you I a tend to be a good man to carry the hall.. Mr, Stoudenmeyer Mr. Farrow and their helpers are painting, the wood work of the dining ball, they are getting along nicely. Boys study hard, don't play while you are in the achonl room. Don't play like you are out of school, when you are in the school room. The girlB and boys from different places are coming to Chemawa on almost every train. So we mUBt be ready to meet them with pleasant smiles. The rain has come and the boys have be gun to play marbles, they must like to play in the mud for they never get out to play till the ground is muddy. Miss O'Here and her girls are quite buiiy making the, school aprons for the girls this week, after those are finished they ' will start in with the girls' school uniforms for this winter. . In California It Is so 'hot that Borne of the 1 people walk around until the morning and then go to bed. But the rain never forgets Oregon even when it'U'dry In the summer -we have fine cool weather hero. It la very encouraging toa teacher, to have a fine, manly, looking.young fellow come into the schoql room, and take, hold of the work, as if he came here for an education, inateadof killing lime, and annoying the other pupils wbo wish to learn.. The black smith shop fa a very busy place now. There, are boy at every fire; some learning to weld, some learning to draw and shape, ifon, etc. The new boys are first laugbt the names of the different tools and what they are used for. Francis See-Bee is the latest addition to the black-amilhiBhop detail. 8ilaa Meeker says he came to Chemawa' to learn bjack Pmithlng and to finish his education, and does not intend to fool away any of his lime. Silas Is a bright boy and is learn ing fast. " The Chemawa foot-ball team Is practlc Ing eveiy night and morning. They played a game with the Becood team and came out ahead. The Chemawa foot-ball team is not so sir ng as it wag last year, but by ' the time the Beason Is in full swing our boys will aatoiiifh thn natlvea. Here in Chemawa I am working, in the tailor shop; I have learned a great deal of my trade. I have iicreeded so far and I have courage to learn more. Although I may not learn it thoroughly I have it in my mind, tbat when I leave thin plane I intend to buy iut a shop In sqme town, orciiy. What I have said in tfiene few liner I intend to' stick right, to. 1T .Otto. . ."The Chemawa American" must be hav ing a good time with their fruit and their school. We are glad to see the descendant of Poor Lo being educated and preparej for citizenship. High School Sentiment.