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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1917)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N NEW CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM If you w ant to be a volunteer, now is the tim e to en list. A fter December 15, w hen the new d raft re g u latio n s become effective, men of d raft age will not be p erm itted to enlist v o lu n tarily in th e arm y , navy or m arine corps. U nder the new classification system th ro u g h w hich th e d ra ft will be conducted after Q uestionnaires to be sent every registered m an in th e n ex t few weeks have been answ ered and returned to local boards these m en will be held for service u n d er th e draft. H eretofore any man of d raft age w ho had not been called u p before his local board for physical ex a m in ation could en list v oluntarily if he so desired. T h is will co n tinue to be th e case u n til Decem ber 15, b u t on th at date th e new ru le goes in to effect. T h ere are only tw o exceptions to th is new ru le. H ere is th e exact language of th e reg u latio n in reg ard to the first exception: ‘ U pon presentation to a recru itin g officer of a cer tificate by his local board to th e effect th a t his class and order num ber are so low th a t he is not w ithin the c u rren t quota of his local board, any reg istran t may enlist v oluntarily in the navy or in th e m a rin e c o rp s.” B ut no provision is m ade for voluntary enlistm ent of d raft age in th e A rm y. T h e other exception has to do w ith medical stu d en ts, hospital in tern es, d entists, d ental stu d e n ts, v eterin ar ians or veterin ary stu d en ts, w ho will be perm itted u n d er reg u latio n s to be draw n up by th e Surgeon G e n eral of th e A rm y, to enlist in th e E n listed Reserve Corps of th e M edical D epartm ent. T h e new ru le does not affect v o lu n tary en listm en ts by men not of d raft age. REPORTER’S NOTES By Robert Downie E dw in Rousselle w as announcer at the gym program on F rid ay last. H e did well. M any C hem aw a football fans w itnessed th e O regon- O. A . C. gam e at P o rtlan d T h u rsd ay . H en ry Davis retu rn ed to school on W ednesday last. H e ex p ects to attend school at Salem H ig h again. P h ilip Rees, an ex -stu d e n t, is on th e ex peditionary force in F ran ce. H e is stationed th ere as a locom otive engineer. On F rid ay last the gym classes rendered a short pro gram w hich was composed m ostly of gam es b\ the little fo lk s. T h e T u rk e y Day gam e at C hem aw a w as a m uddy b u t fast one. T h e m em bers of both Jim L oos’ Sailors and E . A .s ’ Sam m ies showed class, but th e Sam m ies proved to be too fast for th e Sailors and won by a score of 6-3. I F ra n k John so n , better know n as “ D o cto r,” visited Chemaw’a last w eek. H e is now atten d in g th e U n i versity of O regon at E ugene, O regon. T h e m em bers of th e E xcelsior L iterary Society w ere guests of th e N onpareil L iteracy Society on F rid a y last. A program was given followed by lig h t refre sh m ents co n sistin g of w afers and cocoa. T h e w ork of th e N onpareils seem s to be progressive. BASKETBALL T h e prospects for a good stro n g team are probably b rig h ter th is year th a n they have been for a good m any seasons. F o u r of last y e a r’s le tte r m en are back on th e squad and are ro u n d in g into shape once m ore. T h ey are: A dam s and D ow nie, forw ards; C ham berlin and P er- atro v ich , g u ard s. Service, w ho played center, has en listed , and is being replaced by C ham berlin, w hile N ix is filling th e vacancy at g u ard . T h e m anager is busy w ith th e schedule and is tr y in g to arran g e pre-season gam es w ith U . of O . and O . A . C. H e is also secu rin g gam es for th e g irls ’ basketball team . From now on the girls will be given m ore of a chance to p articip ate in athletics. T h ey cheerfully d o n ate th e ir sum to the ath letic fund and alw ays do m ore th a n th eir sh are on th e stand in th e ch eering an d ro o t in g section. A t present there are some thirty-five g irls try in g out for th e team . W e are all g oing to stand back of them and help m ake th eir team a su c cess. OUR THANKSGIVING GAME A football gam e betw een a team selected from th e Brew er H all boys, know n as E . A . s Sam m ies, and M itchell H all classed as I. S. L oos’ Sailors, was played on th e C hem aw a field T h an k sg iv in g afternoon d u rin g a heavy dow npour of rain. T he stu d e n t body was on h an d how ever to cheer favorites to victory. N o gam e of th e season was m ore hotly contested. Both team s played w ith a dash and ab andon, re g a rd less of physical consequences, th a t k ept th e crow d keyed u p th ro u g h o u t th e four q u arte rs of play. T h e field in places w as a veritable lake. T h e Sailors seem ed to take th e initiative at th e sta rt and it looked like th e ir gam e, m aking good gains th ro u g h th e line and th e ends, but as th e gam e progressed th e Sam m ies began to show th e ir class by sm ashing th ro u g h th e ir o p p o n en ts’ line for good gains, using th e foward pass effectively, and by quick w ork won th e gam e by a score of 6 to 3. R obert D ow nie was captain of th e Sam m ies, w hile H e n ry Cam pbell occupied a like position w ith th e Sailors.
