rrV r 'THE CHEMWA AMERICAN
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Lent began this week. ' ;
Mrs. Cox was in Salem last Monday. -Alice'
Chalcraft is taking lessons on
the violin.
Miss Troutman went to Salem, Tues
day, on business. . :
Miss Brown and Miss Royer went to
Portland last Sunday.
Mrs. Garrett, from Eureka, Cal., is
visiting her son at this school.
Miss Brown went to Portland, Sunday,
and reports having a very nice time.
During the absence of Miss Brown
.Margaret Lowry taught in her place.
Frank Korn, an ex-pupil of Chemawa,
is now attending the Puyallup school.
Mr. Campbell in southern Oregon going
over some very bad mountain roads in
stage and on horseback.
We will not hear so much about
basketball hereafter as the baseball
microbe has attacked us again. ,
Philip Moss, one of our new students,
is doing excellent work in the seventh
grade. He is very anxious to ex cell.
The school was very quiet on Monday
night in chapel and we heard the little
chick "peep" when Mr. Swartz'held it up.
A number of our1 employes attended
the Salem theater. on Wednesday even
ing. "The Virginian" was the attraction.
Tommy Case brought a very pretty
fern into the seventh grade, which he
cares for and which is growing rapidly.
Mr. Laren gave a cornet solo to the
C. company on the third floor in Brewer
Hall last Sunday morning. All the
boys enjoyed it.
The girls who attended the concert
given by the "Booster Club" of Salem
enjoyed it, and were especially pleased
with the violinist, LeRoy Gessner.
Mr. Swartz gave a very interesting
lecture last Monday. He especially
enterested the girls in showing them
how to test eggs io se: whether they are
fresh or not.
Do any of our readers know what
"fastnaehts" are? Miss Noble made
some on Tuesday because it was shrove
Tuesday. Maybe some Pennsylvania
people will know they are a very good
fried cake. 1 .
We are right in the midst of civiliza
tion at Chemawa -eight trains daily to
and from Portland on the electric road,
and the Southern Pacific on the other
side with its many trains going to Port
land and way down to Southern Cali
fornia! Miss Irene Campbell entertained the
Silverton basketball team at her home
on Saturday eve. The young ladies of
the Silverton team, their coach, their
referee and chaperon; the girls of our
team, Merl Poland, (our referee) and. Mr.
and Mrs. Chalcraft were the guests.
Miss Bowman, for many years an
efficient teacher in our school, was mar
ried in Seattle, Wash., Saturday7 after
noon to Mr. James AlcPherson of Alaska.'
Mrs; lvicrnerson win. D6; greatly missed:
by the employes and pupils of Chemawa,
who ail wish her long life and happiness.
Good reports have reached us of Frank
Rosenburg, Willie Carrasco, Thos. Mull-'
ings and Aurelius Talbot, who . vvork in
the engineering department from G:80 -p.
m. to 12 m. it is said that they keup
everything neat and clean in the depart
ment (luring their shift, and pay strict
attention to duty. We are pleased to
hear such reports.