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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1908)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN 8 ment taken, diminishing or enlarging the size of the pattern, whichever is needed. We learn to place the patterns in a way to save the goods, not forget ting the grain, the matching of stripes and plaids, and, in woolen cloth, to cut with the nap running downward. In connection with the use of patterns we begin the drafting of patterns as you nee one of our. class now doing. We use the Vienna system provided by the De partment; this system being adapted to the drafting of patterns for any sized child as well as for the adult. Having learned to cut and make a plain dress neatly, we take up ruffling, tucking, tailoring, pressing; the last is a most important part of dressmaking. We are now-advanced to what we call the dressmaking class proper, where we cut and make our best uniform dresses. The dresses which you see us, the girls of the graduating class, wearing during these exercises, having been cut and made by ourselves, are fair samples of the sewing room training we receive at Chemawa. Not all of us can become dressmakers in the highest sense of the word, but no girl who has any aptitude for sewing, need leave Chemawa not knowing how to cut and make her own clothes. Brevities Joe Pablo returned to Chemawa Tues day from Montana, The Rose Avenue and Sunset Leagues have closed for the season. A number of visitors were on the grounds on Wednesday afternoon. A number of the pupils, have been leaving for their homes this week. Mr. Chalcraft accompanied some of the pupils to their homes on Wednesday. Alvin Pollock's friends are sorry to see him in the hospital on account of ill ness. Captain Geo. Washoe of the Chicago Derbys says he will have a winning team next season. The Big Zs won the pennant in the Sunset League, with the Amateurs one game behind. . The boys were reseated in the dining hall Wednesday, on account of so many going home for vacation. Mr. Teabo, with a bunch of six boys, left last Monday for Grande Ronde, for vacation and to hunt and fish. Mr. Venter and his boys are working hard now-a-days in order to get out sev en sets of harness before vacation. A crowd of boys are going to leave for the coast, next week, where they will hunt and fish for two or three weeks. A set of superb single buggy harness has just been completed by Mr. Venter, A person would look a lon time before finding work to equal that in question. 'Mr. and Mrs Fickle,' Mrs. Woods and daughter, Miss Evelyn, were passengers to Newport yesterday, where they will inhale salt sea ozone. They will rec reate for indefinite periods. Last Monday evening the graduates had a party among themselves. The first part of the evening was enjoyably spent in playing games, such as Black Man, Bull in the Ring, Drop the Hand kerchief, etc., in front of the Academic Building, and not until nine o'clock aid they think of leaving their games to repair to McBride Hall, where re freshments were served. When the warning lwink of the lights reminded them that it was bed time a speech was asked of each of the class of '08. This ended their happy evening and all went home in high spirits.
