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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1903)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN. 5 Enily Dvke is working in the Dinning Hall. Mr. Wes'ly and his boys are working in the orcliard ' Mr. Godwin and his boys are unloading a coal car. Martha Decker is working in the lanndry. Tie Deweys are invincible as debaters. They can give the Admiral himself points ou nnnihilating the enemy. The Second Grade is learning a new sa lu'e to the flag. Our teacher, Miss Hultinan, is very kind to the boys and girls. She does not like to heir noise. Walter Dyke is an expert wagon-maker and if any one wan's their wigons fixed go to him he will fix them up in grand style. Nora, Hattie and R jn Mann have just finished Hewing 8 pounds of carpet rags which after being wov into carpet, will be put, in their njw home which is being built out of theold tailor shop. Rohert D ivis and Eugene Williams are goo 1 paper hangers. The excellent work they did in Mrs. Cloutier'a room isagi'od advertisement for the hoys, and certainly reft cts on their instructor, Mr. Stouden meyer, The Carlisle commencement programs for 1903. a copv of which we have j ist re odvpd, are unique an ! beautiful, and dis p'ay excellent taste. The graduating lass numbers fortv-sevpn, which speaks volumes for the spln lid wort? of that the largest anl oldest Indian school in the United Stv.es. Col. Pring'e shewed his great generosity and kindness f heart, last Tu'slay night when he purchased 100 i;k"s for thn enter tainment, given bv a traveling comptny and placed that in the hands of Mrs, Theisz for the girls of her Department. The Mc Bride trirls enjoyed the show immensely and wi'l never forget Co!, Pringle's great kindness and thoughtfulness. We congratulate Pnyal'up in the excel lent prospect of getting $30,000 for im provements next year. The Ft. Shaw Indian girls are the cham pion basket ball players of Moutana. Gwd for them. Will the Chmawa girls win the championship of Oregon? We hope so. Hence forth chapel will be held but twice a week, Tuesdays and Fridays, thus giving the pupils more time in their school rooms, A Morrisville schoo'ma'am was teaching her class the mysteries of grammar. "Now, Johnny," saidshe, "in what tense de speak when I say, lam beautifu ?" The little fel low auswered, quick as wink, "The past." I cime from California to Chemawa schoc.l to get education and alsoto learn to bo an engineer, and I And this is a very fine place for one to get an education and learn a trade. Auy how I am very glad I came here. v Millie McMillan, a former student of Chemawa, married and is now living at WiPits, Ca'ifornia. Her husbands name is J. VV. Br.atton. We wish them much success and happiness. Did you evnr notice that dogs always go around with their heads down. It is their nature and prfectly proper for them to do so. But men who are men nver do so. The man who goes around with his head down can be p it do A n as to disloyal schemer, false friend, and a deceitful cur. lie is a fit object to be shunned and despis ed. An Irish priest had labored hard with one of his flock to induce him to give up whiskey. "I tell you, Michael," said the priest, "whiskey is your worst enemy, and you fhou'd keep as far away from it as you can." "Me enemv, is it, fathei ?" respound ed Michael, "and it was your riverinne's self that was tellin' us in the pulpit only last Sunday to love our f menies!" "Sol was, Michael," rejoined the priest, "but I didn't tell you toswallowthem." Sacred Heart Review.
