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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1917)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N FOOTBALL NOTES O ut of th e four gam es played C hem aw a has tied th re e and lost one. Coach W arn er alw ays has so m eth in g up his sleeve. H e still co n tin u es to give th e team new , trick y plays. T h e V ancouver team will outw eigh our team about ten pounds per m an. O ur team averages 165 pounds per m an. E very m em ber of th e squad is in fine shape and it will be a good, stro n g team th a t rep resen ts C ham aw a n e x t S atu rd ay . C aptain P eratrovich is a good p attern setter an d his team m ates have been follow ing his exam ple in the last three gam es. A lw ays w orking hard and playing ball every second. L ast n ig h t th e m anager received a m essage from the 4th E ng in eers at V ancouver sta tin g th e w eight of th e ir team and the officials selected. O u r boys play th e E n gineers n ex t S atu rd ay at V ancouver. F rom all in d icatio n s we are led to believe th a t the stu d e n t body p iesid en t is going to call a m eeting and send th e team to V ancouver w ith such “ v im ” and “ p e p ” th a t will not soon leave th em . LOCALS R ehearsals by th e various classes are ta k in g place for th e T h an k sg iv in g e n tertain m en t. M r. J. D. R u d d , secretary of th e b o y s’ w ork in O regon and Idaho, m ade a brief visit at C hem aw a last week. M uch in terest is being show n by our g irls in le a rn in g to k n it. T hey devote every spare m in u te to th eir k n ittin g . T h e ag ric u ltu ral teacher, M r. Daly, has his h a n d s full these days teach in g th e various classes and su p e r vising th e w ork on the farm . T h e lady em ployes’ crochet club has changed its nam e to k n ittin g club, and is now m ak in g woolen socks for C hem aw a soldier boys. M r. W illiam T ow ner has been a visitor at C hem aw a th is week in o rd er to be near his son G ilb ert, who is recovering from an attack of pneum onia. T h e h arn ess d ep a rtm en t is m ak in g 250 book strap s for use of th e g irls. T h e W inona g irls have already been supplied and are very g ratefu l to th e boys of the harness shop. A hard gam e of football is looked for w hen C he m aw a plays th e 4th E n g in eers at V ancouver B arracks, W ashington , on S atu rd ay n ex t. O ur men are in fine fettle and will rep resen t the school to th e very best of th eir ability . Russell A dam s w ill play end in place of M r. H au ser and A ndrew W h ite will fill M r. S an d e rs’ place at g u ard . PAGE Mr. Roberson m ade a visit to P ortland on S aturday on official business. H ealy Jones and David F orsm an are the latest C h e m awa boys to join th e arm y. Mr. Ross, g ardener, is rapidly filling up th e new hot house w ith p la n ts and is a rra n g in g beds of new p lan ts for early use next spring. T h e heavy g u sts of wind on S unday n ig h t brought dow n show ers of leaves and th e yard force is busy rak in g them up and hauling them aw ay. P ractically all of the older girls are m aking baskets of every shape and size to be used for the basket so cial to be given soon for th e purpose of ad d in g to the C hristm as fund. T h e general inspection of the en tire p lan t on W ed nesday of each week is proving to be helpful to the stu d en ts and those in charge of the various d e p a rt m ents. As soon as th e alarm of fire was given on S unday evening Joe Bettles, a vocational dairy stu d e n t, tu rn ed o u t all of th e cattle in the dairy barn. Joe is a young m an th a t acts upon his ow n initiative. M r. F reed , fire chief, who resides tw o m iles d istan t, h eard th e fire signal on Sunday n ig h t and in a very few m inutes th ereafter arrived on th e scene, having driven here in an autom obile. H e is a m an of action. M rs. Brew er, so far, is the cham pion sock k n itte r at C hem aw a. She can easily com plete one sock a day besides k eeping up her regular w ork. W ere she to devote full tim e to th e w ork she could supply a good m any of o u r soldier boys w ith socks. M rs. H all is m eeting w ith th e various vocational classes as well as w ith the several com panies of the older girls at different periods each week g iv in g them helpful talk s. T h e girls appreciate th eir round-table m eetings as they bring all concerned closer to gether and give an o p p o rtu n ity to exchange ideas and con fidences. A visit to M itchell H all any evening after stu d y h o u r will find g ro u p s of y o ung men in various room s d isscussing the questions of the day, reading, stu d y ing, sin g in g , p lay in g some m usical in stru m e n t, and devoting th is h o u r to self-im provem ent. T h e hom e like atm osphere and healthy fellow ship pervading the q u arters reflects credit on all concerned. Mr. and M rs. M. W . Cooper, principal and seam stress at th e T o n g u e R iver school, have been transferred to like positions at K lam ath, O regon. T hey w ere given a farew ell p arty by th e em ployes of th e school and a very pleasant tim e was passed w ith gam es and m usic. T h e school orchestra, u n d er th e leadership of M r. C . E . L arsen, co rn etist, furnished the m usic. M r. and M rs. Cooper w ere em ployes at Chem aw a for m any years. M r. L arsen is a form er Chem awa stu d e n t and em ploye.
