2 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN j, LOCALS g The blackberries will soon be ripe in the garden. Robert and Gussie Cameron went to Salem, Tuesday. A great many of the boys go out to pick berries every day. Have you heard the Seniors' Class yell? It is a good one. Examinations are now on for those who were at Chautauqua. Warren Smith is out again after hav ing been ill for sometime. The band boys have been taking their, final examination this week. Mr. Goudge organized a Bible class last. Sunday, composed of boys. Mr. Burdette and his industrial boys cleaned up along Rose Avenue on Tues day. Miss Irene Campbell played in the state tennis tournament at Portland last week. A number of girls chaperoned by Miss Royer and Miss Steponech went to Salem on Sunday. New school-room work has been put into the glass cases in the hall of the Academic building. About fifty boys are picking berries every day for the farmers in the sur rounding country. Miss Irene Campbell is drilling Dollie Case and Esther Nopoleon, who will play commencement. Joe Dillstrom is making the letters for the Seniors' pennant. Violet Bourner will make the pennant. ' The teachers have been busy during the last few days cleaning their school rooms for commencement, Chemawa will miss the seniors after they leave here. Most of our best ath letes belong to that class. It is whispered about that the Seniors have a very nice present to give the school when they graduate. A number of the boys have been cut ting runners in Mr. King's hopyard near Chemawa during the last two weeks. Miss Noble is getting the Club in. fine shape. The improvement there is com mented upon by every one. The dining room iooks much better with the new linoleum on the floor. Rev. Goudge is busy during the vaca tion days. He sets a good example to our boys as he is earning money to com plete his theological course. We hope he will be successful. The graduates are busy preparing for commencement. All are looking eagerly forward to the day when they shall be pre- I sented with the coveted diploma, which means so much to them. All the pupils are enjoying their school gardens. They are permitted to use what they have planted and find it wan quite worth while to go to ihe trouble of keeping down the weeds. Mr. 'lurney has reason to he proud of his mandolin club uhich gave such a I satisfactory concert at Woodburn last ! week. The notice from the Woodburn paper which appears elsewhere in these : columns indicates the character of the concert and the appreciation shown by the musicians who attended it. Mr. Turney's untiring efforts are respon sible for the degree of excellence attained by the members of the club.