THE
CHEM AW A
AM ERICAN
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ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
U N D E R S U P E R V I S I O N O F M ISS M. V . G A IT H E R , Principal
S A L E M B R ID G E D A Y
'H E m em bers of th e Band w ere invited to attend the
Salem Bridge Day, w hich was held on M arch 19th,
in honor of the opening of th eir new railroad bridge
w hich was com pleted across th e W illam ette River.
T h e tow n was all decorated w ith flags and o th er dec
orations th at were h u n g by th e people. T h e bands
played th ro u g h o u t th e day, and in the forenoon the
five bands in attendence m arched to th e bridge, w here they had the
pleasure of seeing th e first trainload of people cross in the passenger
train , am ong them was Mr. W adsw orth, our su p erin ten d en t. A fter
the train had crossed the bridge, the A m erican flag was used as a g ate'
w ay. A bout a half h o u r later the train retu rn ed ; on the front of the e n
gine was G overnor W est, of O regon, and other prom inent m en. T h e
train stopped w ithin a few yards of the flag, which was rem oved, and
the G overn o r’s little d au g h ter threw carnations on both sides to the
people.
In th e afternoon th ere was a long autom obile parade, all carry in g
banners of every description. L ater in th e afternoon our baseball team
m et th e W illam ette U niversity team on th eir field; w here there was a
large g ath erin g of people to w itness th e gam e. T he Chem aw a Band
did its share in boosting for the bridge, and helped the baseball team
to carry the honors from the collegians, the score being four to th ree in
our favor.— R a lph S e l l k w .
E X C E L S I O R -N O N P A R E I L D E B A T E
R ecently tw o literary societies of the school, the E xcelsior and the
N onpareil, debated th e question, “ Resolved th a t U nited S tates Senators
and the P resident of th e U nited States should be elected by popular
v o te ." T h e E xcelsiors, defending the affirm ative side of the question,
won the decision of th e judges. T h e w in n in g team are Patsy B arrett
and R eggie Downie. T h e N onpareils were represented by Lubova Sift-
soff and E leanor M cCully. Both societies are ju stly proud of the effort
made by th eir debaters. I t is rum ored th a t the N onpareils would like
another chance to m eet th e same society in a sim ilar friendly contest