The Chemawa American, April 01, 1914, Page 43, Image 43

THE CHEM AW A
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gives th e story of A pple Seed J o h n ,” whom we consider the founder
of A rbor Day in our co u n try .
We cannot tell you all th e good th in g s Professor Peck told us. We
m ust tell you, how ever, th a t he said in selecting a tree to plant, g et one
th a t is adapted to the soil and clim ate and, m ost im p o rtan t of all, select
one th a t will live m any generations, th u s it will not o nly please the
present generation but gen eratio n s to come. O aks, m aples, elm s and
firs are excellent trees for th is purpose. T he N orth C arolina and L om ­
bardy poplars are too short-lived to endure. Let natu re trim th e tree,
we can aid her m ethods, b u t cannot im prove upon them ; the trim m in g
of trees in fantastic shapes spoils th eir beauty.
A fter listen in g to Professor P eck ’s address and the recitations from
pupils of the lower grades the school ad journed to th e cam pus to enjoy
the cerem onious p lan tin g of th e 1914 Class tree. T h e program will be
found on another page. T w o m em bers of th e class dressed in w orking
clothes did the m anual labor u n d er the directions of an o th er m ember,
w hose directions they followed in trim m in g th e lim bs and roots, p re­
p aring the hole and filling it. A fter th is A rbor Day selections were
recited w hile two of th e girls decorated the tree first in th e class colors,
afterw ards w inding it about with the A m erican flag.
Before closing th is article we w ould suggest, th a t, in those states in
w hich it has not been done, the law be am ended so as to include the
birds and th at the day be an A rbor and Bird Day instead of A rbor Day,
and th a t on th a t day the school children be ta u g h t not only to plant
ti ees, but also th at they l>e tau g h t about the song birds and th eir p re­
se rv a tio n .— M. L. D.
B R IE F SU M M IN G V P B Y M R. S M IT H , niscifilinariau
M arch 9th Chemawa crossed bats w ith O. A. C. at Corvallis and a
great gam e was played from sta rt to finish, as the score will show. It
was Chemawa 4, O. A. C. 1 until the eighth inning. At th is point C he­
m awa m ade an over throw at first base, w hich let in three runs; then a
muffed ball in cen ter field let in tw o more ru n s. Chem awa tallied one
m ore, m aking the score, O. A. C. 6; Chemawa 5. M cDonald and
H u n g ra y were on the m ound for Chetnaw a; both w orking very well for
so early in the season.
M arch 15th Chem awa lined up w ith the S tate U niversity at E u gene
and, for the first tim e in several years, the V niversitv bovs were treated