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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1908)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN 9 ELSEWHERE While the school was at mass Tuesday morning the large dormitory at the Catho lic Mission schoolon Cour de Alene reser vation, Idaho,was entirely destroyed,with its contents, by fire. The loss is placed at $85,000 Dina McLane continues to advance in her training -as hospital cook, judging from the dainty Park House rolls she has recently sent as a sample to Superin tendent Hall. Sherman Bulletin. Mr. MacArthur in speaking of matters in his department says: "Our new dairy barn is only two-thirds full of cows, but those now occupying the comfortable quarters are producing some milk. For the month of January they made an average of eighty gallons a day, besides several calves being vealed and the amount of milk consumed by them not recorded." Indian Leader. A. A. Breuninger thinks it would be a fine thing to have a reunion of all the old band-boys at Haskell at Commence ment time next year. It would be de lightful, but why not wait one more year and celebrate our twenty-fifth anniversary with a general reunion of as many old pupils as can come? Indian Leader. The oldest Indian reservation is at White Earth, Minn., which was in charge of Bishop Whipple for many years. It contains 1,200 Ojibways. Indian Leader. Father O'Brien addressed the student body and faculty on Sunday upon the subject of "Obedience and good Ex ample." Seldom have our pupils ex- hibited more interest and given better I attention. Father has the faculty of getting at the root of things and always impresses his audience strongly. Such talks are good for the Sherman students. Sherman Bulletin. The Phoenix editor says there was a great deal of ingenuity display ed in Phoe nix on Saturday night in fitting keys in to rusty locks of saloon doors which had never been closed before. Sunday clos ing of saloons in Phoenix ia welcomed at last. Native American. The composition on the "Home of Lin coln," in another column, was written by a little Navajo girl eleven years of age, who came here when seven years old with no knowledge whatever of Eng lish. The penmanship is also excellent. -Native American. In an editorial of the last number we advised you to adjust your football suit, to get in line, tackle low, and to use the 3, 16, 18 play for the goal. On that team you must play either center, tackle, ' or guard. You cannot be a quarterback in mathematics, halfback in Science,full back in Latin, and end in English to score your credits. The Columbiad. An advertisement is running for con structing a hospital and making addi tions to other buildings at Leupp school, Joseph E. Maxwell in charge , Leupp, Arizona. Bids are to be opened in Washington, March 17. NativeAmerica. Our girls receive a good many advan tages at Sherman, but none of which seems so important as cooking and serv ing a well-prepared meal. Not only do they secure such training in the domes tic science department,, but at the hos pital, the ranch, the teachers' club, and in the homes of twelve families who have cottages on the grounds. Sherman Bulletin.