Weekly Chemawa American., January 29, 1904, Page 13, Image 13

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THE
CHEMAWA
M r. Chas. A. G ray, one of S alem ’s m ost
able business m en, m ade C hem aw a a v isit
T h u rsd ay , in com pany w ith his son, Geo.
W. Gray.
Thos. S c o tt, a form er p u p il of Chemawa,
is now engaged in business for h im self a t
Keswick, Calif. He has a boot an d shoe
store, an d is doing well.
R obt. Davis and G eorge W elfelt have
com pleted papering an d p a in tin g th e em ­
ployes’ recep tio n room . I t now p re se n ts
a very “sw ell” appearance.
A u th o rity has been g ra n te d fo r th e erec­
tio n of a greenhouse; an d also fo r th e
p urchase of a lo t of sh ru b s an d p la n ts to
be added to o u r alread y p re tty cam pus.
The boys of Mrs. C am pbell’s school
room are p racticin g a song for th e n e x t
e n te rta in m e n t. I t w ill be th e ir first a t­
te m p t to sing in public.
D on’t get
frig h ten ed boys, b u t do y o u r best.
On
in sp ec tio n S u n d ay m orning to
M itchell H all, th e boys’ room s were fo u n d
to be very n e a t an d well arran g ed . The
girls of M cB ride H all will have to w atch
o u t or th e y will be o u td o n e by th e boys.
W hy d o n ’t th e
ja n ito r tak e m ore
pains when d u stin g th e chapel? The boys
an d girls, an d teach ers too, h ate to get
th e ir nice clothes d u sty w hen th ey sit
down.
L e t th e ja n ito r see if he c a n ’t
m ake th e chapel th e p re ttie s t and m ost
a ttra c tiv e room in th e school building.
Jos. Teabo, R ueben S au n d ers and Sam
M orris, th re e of C hem aw a’s illu strio u s
baseball players, are receiving some good
offers fo r th e ir services d u rin g th e com ing
season. E ugene as well as Salem , is very
anxious to engage Mr. S au n d ers an d offers
a very su b sta n tia l financial in d u cem en t.
A ll th re e of th e boys are in receip t of le t ­
te rs from E a ste rn m anagers who are e n ­
deavoring to engage them to play a t th e
W o rld ’s F a ir a t St. L ouis d u rin g th e su m ­
m er.
A lively c o n te st was on am ong th re e of
th e k itc h e n boys, J o h n L a B ounte, H a rry
S to d d a rd and G eorge D oud, la st S a tu rd a y
afternoon. A prize was offered to th e one
who ro asted th e best pan of coffee and th e
re s u lt showed th re e well ro asted pans of
coffee an d th re e poorly ro asted In d ia n
boys. .John L a B ounte w alked off w ith
th e dish of p ear b u tte r an d cream ; w hile
H a rry S to d d a rd took second place, an d
G eorge Dowd won th e buby. The boys all
did th e w ork exceptionally well.
AMERICAN.
ITEMS BY THE P U P IL S .
May S ay lo r is now w o rk in g in th e d in ­
ing hall.
The class in A g ric u ltu re h a d ex am in a­
tio n M onday.
The L u m m i boys all seem to lik e C h e­
mawa p re tty well.
M rs. A u p p erly of Je ffe rso n was a C he­
mawa v isito r on M onday,
Miss Ire n e C em pbell p lay ed a t a piano
re c ita l in Salem S a tu rd a y .
H ave y o u n o ticed th e lovely bed of h y ­
a c in th s in fro n t of th e office?
M innie H ick m an is w orking in th e sew ­
ing room an d is doing good w ork.
The law ns h ere a t C hem aw a look like
th e y do in th e sp rin g tim e a t hom e.
The farm boys are w o rk in g h a rd on th e
farm , h a u lin g an d b u rn in g stu m p s.
S u p t. P o tte r b ro u g h t som e v ery nice boys
a n d g irls to Chem aw a S a tu rd a y n ig h t.
Mrs. C am pbell is s till en co u rag in g h e r
p u p ils to get to th e six th g rad e th is year.
We u n d e rs ta n d th a t th e R elian ce and
h o n p a rie l Societies are to have a jo in t
debate.
W e believe th a t o u r g irls can b e a t any
team of boys on th e g ro u n d s p lay in g
basketball.
M iss Ja n e E v an s is a s s is ta n t la u n d re s s
an d helps Mrs. B rew er w ith th e work q u ite
a good bit.
T he E ste lle R eel p ap er is g e ttin g to be
a fine little paper.
I t is a little larg er
each week.
A lice W illiam s is alw ays glad when it is
h e r tu r n in th e d o m estic science room . I
w onder why?
L ena Y oung has re tu rn e d to school and
h e r m any frie n d s are glad to have h er
back because she is a good, n e a t g irl and
we alw ays welcome su ch girls.
L o u isa M urray an d M ice W illiam s work
in th e m ess k itc h e n h a ll an d are very n e at
w orkers. T hey seem to be alw ays happy
ju d g in g from th e way th ey sing w hile at
th e ir work.
S u p t. P o tte r gave th e school a little
ta lk la st S u n d ay an d I te ll y ou it was in ­
te re stin g .
W e all lik e to h e a r him ta lk
ab o u t how to m ake o u r hom es clean er
and b rig h te r an d how to h e lp in o th e r
ways.