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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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hospital d in in g room were filled to th e ir lim it w ith
stu d en ts and visitors, all being w aited upon by th e
em ployes.
AFTERNO O N GAM ES
A t 2:30 p. m. the galleries and platform in th e gym
were over-crow ded w ith people to w itness th e first
public gam e of basketball for th is season. A picked
team from Brewer H all played a like one from M itchell
H all. E n th u siasm was ram p an t. T h e gam e was
won by Brewer H all.
SCHOOL SO C IA L
T h e social held C hristm as n ig h t in th e gym was
largely atten d ed by visitors an d stu d e n ts and rarely
have our people enjoyed them selves b etter.
A fine
sp irit prevailed.
IN S P E C T IO N B Y A L U M N I A N D S E N I O R S
A v isit was m ade by th e A lum ni and Seniors to all
of th e b u ild in g s on W ednesday m o rn in g . E very d e
p artm en t w as in spick and span o rder.
T h e v isito rs w ere especially interested and the en tire
p a rty enjoyed th e inspection.
T h ere w ere tw o basketball gam es d u rin g the after
noon, one played by team s of g irls from W in o n a and
M cBride H alls, w hich was won by M cBride, an d the
other by boys from Brew er H all and th e class of ’16,
won by the class of ’16.
R E C E P T IO N A T M IT C H E L L H A L L
T h e young men gave a recep tio n on W ednesday
evening to the you n g ladies of M cBride H all, to g eth er
w ith special guests from W in o n a an d Brew er, and a
num ber of the faculty. T h e b u ild in g w as b eau tifu lly
decorated for the occasion. L ig h t refresh m en ts were
served in th e read in g room as well as in p ractically all
th e room s. T h e young men m ade sp len d id hosts and
gave every effort tow ard properly e n te rta in in g the
125 y o u n g ladies. T h is reception was a success.
A L U M N I A N D S E N I O R S ’ M E E T IN G
A feature of the week was the A lu m n i program on
T h u rsd ay evening, w hich was presided over by R eggie
D ow nie, p resident. Speeches wrere m ade by S u p er
in ten d en t H all, M r. Jerry M eeker, M r. Silas M oon,
M r. F ra n k Johnson and th e president. A m usical
pro g ram , consisting of songs by the m ale q u artet,C ly d e
F ields and R ussell A dam s, and a cornet solo by F ra n k
P eratro vich, added to th e ev en in g ’s pleasure, All of
th e talk s w ere good and especially so was th a t of M r.
Downie, in his closing rem arks.
T H E “H I K E ”
T h e v isitin g m em bers of the A lum ni and Seniors
took a long “ h ik e ’ ’ on T h u rsd ay m o rn in g . T h e a fte r
noon w as spent w itnessing a gam e of basketball be
tw een th e ‘varsity and crack Brewer H all team . T h e
m idgets also lined up and gave an ex h ib itio n of th e ir
powers.
BASK ETBALL
T h e m ost hotly contested basketball gam es of th e
week took place on F rid ay afternoon, w hen th e Mc
Bride H all team of girls defeated the W inona H all
g irls by a score of 14 to 6, and the Brew er H all officers
defeated th e M itchell H all officers, score 16 to 15.
T hese tw o gam es were fast and snappy and kept th e
crow d w orked up to a high p itch th ro u g h o u t.
m cb rid e h a l l e n t e r t a in s
T h e y o ung ladies of M cBride gave a reception on
F rid a y evening in th eir building to M itchell H all
boys and invited guests from Brew er and W inona.
T h e b u ilding w’as in gala holiday attire and th e room s
had th e artistic touch th a t only you n g ladies know
how to give. One of the pleasing features of th e
evening was th e program .
T h e u ku lele club grouped on th e stairw ay gave some
clever num bers and w ere com pelled to respond to sev
eral encores. T h is b ro u g h t th e crowd tog eth er and
th e club as a final encore m arched dow n th e hall lead
ing the crowd to the large living room w here a short
program consisting of m usic and recitations was given.
L ig h t refreshm ents w ere served in th e m usic room .
T h e y o ung m en pronounced th e young ladies d e lig h t
ful en tertain e rs and th e tim e of d ep a rtu re cam e all too
soon.
S O C IA L I N G Y M
On F rid a y evening from 7 to 9 all of th e y o u n g er
stu d en ts who wTere not included in the M cBride recep
tion w ere en tertain ed in th e gym by d an c in g and
m usic.
A LUM NI BANQUET
T h e crow ning feature of the week was the banquet
given by th e A lum ni to th e visitors and seniors. Covers
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