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T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
PAG E 2
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
P u b lish e d W eekly a t th e Salem In d ia n T rain in g School,
Chem aw a, Oregon, H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e rin te n d en t
A d d ress all com m u n icatio n s to R u th y n T urney, M anager
E n te red a t th e C hem aw a, Oregon, Postoffice as Second-
C lass M ail M a tte r
S U B S C R IP T IO N
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2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M
C H E M A W A VS. S E A S ID E
T uesday evening C hem aw a opened its basketball
season by defeating th e stro n g Seaside team from
A storia. Ju d g in g from th e crow d and the ro o tin g in
the gym , the en tire stu d e n t body and faculty m ust
have w itnessed the contest. H ow ever, th ey w ere well
repaid for th e ir loyalty for th eir team “ b ro u g h t hom e
th e b aco n ” after a h ard -fo u g h t gam e, by a score of
25 to 20.
Both th e Seaside players and Coach M atthew s of
W illam ette U n iv ersity , w ho refereed th e gam e, com pli
m ented our boys on th e good team -w ork and clean
playing of the team . R eginald D ow nie, forw ard, w ent
out of the gam e early in th e second half on account of
in ju ry and was replaced by his b ro th er Bob.
In ten se in terest and en th u siasm prevailed th ro u g h
out th e e n tire gam e, as each point was g ain ed only
after good, h ard w ork.
H ard ly a team com es to C hem aw a w hich does not
m ake som e favorable com m ent about its w ell-kept
cam pus and th e ex cellent co n d itio n of th e q u arters
w hich they v isit. T h is team w as no exception. T h ey
praised th e b o y s’ q u arte rs and th e delicious m eals pre
pared at th e dom estic science by the girls for them .
W e not only won th e basketball gam e from them ,
but th e ir respect and frien d sh ip , too. T h a t’s w hat
counts.
R E P O R T E R ’S NO TES
By Robert Downie
Eogan F an n an d E dw in G ilbeau did fine w ork sew
ing th e “ C hem aw as” on th e su its of th e ’varsity team .
Irv in g S hepard, trea su re r of the S tu d e n t Body,
accom panied th e basketball team to P o rtlan d on W ed
nesday last.
E ast week the n in th g rad e class m ade a special stu d y
of lig h t. T h is was an u n u su ally in terestin g ch ap ter
in th e physics book.
W ade C raw ford, an e x -stu d e n t, was recently m ar
ried at h is hom e in K lam ath F alls, O regon. W e w ish
him th e very best of success in his new life.
•T he afternoon chapel services before en terin g the
class rooms prove to be very helpful and in terestin g .
E ach day one of teachers and a few stu d e n ts tak e
ch arg e of th e m eeting.
H en ry D arnell, w ho recently joined the colors, was
one of C hem aw a’s loyal rooters at the gam e in P o rt
land last W ednesday n ig h t. H e states th a t he will pay
“ dear old C hem aw a” a visit before he is tran sferred
to some other cam p from V ancouver.
On S atu rd ay our v arsity basketball team will play
th e stro n g M t. A ngel team at M t. A ngel. A good hard
and fast gam e is an ticip ated . R eginald D ow nie who
was in ju red in th e first gam e of th e season has fully
recovered from his in ju ry and will appear in th e
gam e S atu rd ay .
On W ednesday last our basketball team w as defeated
by th e S outh P arkw ay team by a score of 29—10.
T h e defeat is not nearly as bad as th e score indicates,
as o u r team was handicapped by th e conditions of
th e ir gym . T h e o th er half of th e sto ry will be show n
w hen th e same team appears on our floor th e 2d of
F eb ru ary .
T h is afternoon our Ju n io r basketball team will play
th e stro n g M t. A ngel Ju n io r team at M t. A ngel. T he
M t. A ngel Ju n io r team has not been beaten
in the last four years. E ast year they beat the Chem aw a
Ju n io rs by a large score, b u t o u r team is going back
w ith g reat enthusiasm and expects to retu rn th e com
p lim ents of last season.
Y . M. C. A.
“ Stones of C h a ra c te r” w as the topic at th e reg u lar
m eeting of the Y. M. C. A. on S unday evening. E l
wood T ow ner acted as leader and the follow ing p ro
gram was rendered:
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A udience
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S crip tu re R eading
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Psalm s 1
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L eader
T h e C orner Stone
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Russell A dam s
Stones of T ru th
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H e n ry Davis
Stones of H onor
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R eginald Downie
Stones of Justice
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Irv in g S hepard
Stones of P u rity
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Jam es C rane
Stones of Loveliness
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W ade M inthorn
Stones of R eputation
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A llan Shepard
Closing R em arks
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Rev. H ood
T h e In d ian S trin g Q u artet, com posed of F red C ar
d in , A lex M elovidov, W illiam P alin and W illie Red-
die, is receiving th e h ig h est of com plim ents from th e
m usicians of th e E a st. T h ese young men are heard
from reg u larly and th eir loyalty to C hem aw a and
frien d s here is fine.