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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN PAGE 2 TÛC 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 e n t A ddress all com m unications to R u th y n T urney, M an ag er E n tered a t th e Chem aw a, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- C lass M ail M a tte r S U B S C R IP T IO N - - 25C ts P E R A N N U M T H E COU RSE OF STU D Y But a few m onths ago the m em bers of the C hem aw a teaching force, both in d u strial and academ ic, wore th at tense, strained look w hich tells of a stru g g le w hose outcom e is yet in doubt. T h e older and more resp o n sible pupils shared th is stra in . All C hem aw a seem ed keyed up to the b reak in g point. O ccasionally ta u t nerves would yield a bit and some one w ould say, “ I t ’s Im p o ssib le.” But occasionally, and m ore and m ore often, a face w ould b rig ten , a set jaw w ould relax and a w inner would say, “ T h e course of stu d y is all r ig h t.” Because success is far more infectious then failure, today we hear no one d o u b tin g the possibility of our course of stu d y . A lready th e g reater throes of the pains of ad ju stm en t are th in g s of th e past and we w onder why we m ade such hard w ork of it. Does th is m ean we do less work? N o. W e do far m ore. But th ere is th is difference: In th e b eg in n in g we w orked blindly, not to say hopelessly, b u t now we begin to see results, excellent results. T h ere are yet m any k n o ts to be untangled in o u r academ ic w ork, m any difficulties to be su rm o u n ted in our in d u strial w ork, an d grave trials of stren g th and patience to be m et before we shall have reached p er fection in o u r adm inistration of this plan of education. But we now attack all these problem s w ith confi dence in th e plan and confidence in ourselves. W e have joy in our work for we have “ glim psed th e v is io n .” E X C E L S IO R R E L IA N C E S P E L L IN G M ATCH On F rid ay n ig h t the stalw art E xcelsior team m et defeat at the hands of th e R eliance spellers. But the victory was- not an easy one. F o r over an hour th e official pronouncer, M r. Daly, fired sw ift w ords into the little group of boys. A gain and again the w ords cam e back unchallenged and the audience began to w onder about breakfast. T h en Roy F razer, L ouis V an Pelt, Elw ood T ow ner. F rancis Boyce and F red W ilder each failed to satisfy th e ju d g es. T h is left H en ry Davis and Law rence Tillotson for the Reliance, w ith L ogan F a n n to defend E xcelsiors. E xcitem en t was high in th e ran k s of both b oys’ societies and perp haps even h ig h er on th e g irls’ side of th e a u d i to riu m . S uddenly L o g a n ’s to n g u e slipped and tw o little letters changed places. T h ere was a brief pause, th en th e ch eering and clap p in g broke loose. R eliance had w on. T h e line-up was: E xcelsiors, F a n n , T ow ner, Boyce, V an Pelt. R eliance, F razier, W ilder, T illo t son, Davis. P ron o u n cer, M r. D aly; Ju d g es, Mr. Devol, M rs. M cCrosson, M iss R oberts and Mrs. Risser. EM PLOY ES’ PA R TY T h e m onthly em ployes’ p arty is alw ays eagerly looked forw ard to and th e one held in th e E m p lo y es’ C lub building last T h u rsd a y evening proved to be a m ost enjoyable affair. P rogressive gam es w ere played d u rin g th e evening, for w hich M rs. Swoboda received the first prize and Miss S cholder second. A “ m ovie” contest was th e n held and M rs. Ja q u in s was th e w inner. T he guests th en repaired to th e d in in g room , w here a d ain ty collation was served. St. P a t r ic k ’s Day decorations w ere everyw here. A little pot of Sham rock was in th e center of each table and little green flags w ere favors. T h e com m ittee, M rs. Loos, M rs. Brace and M r. M itchell, are to be con g ratu lated upon the w ell-planned an d charm ingly carried out evening. LOCAL Allie M arkusson and L ester M ack, our soldier bovs from V ancouver B arracks, spent the w eek-end at Che- m awa. A T rian g le film, “ B e tty ’s B u rg la r,” featu rin g C on stance T alm adge, has been secured for our m ovie show n e x t F riday nig h t in the auditorium . In a test given th e th ird year vocational class in dom estic science last week Ju lia M ills received th e h ig h est percent in cake bak in g and Ju lia Grom off in m ak in g pies. R eginald Downie m ade a trip to V ancouver B ar rack s yesterday to retu rn Joseph Jackson to school. Joseph had enlisted but being u nder age had received no perm ission from his p aren ts or school au th o rities. P ractice in baseball com m enced in good earnest on M onday. T h e boys are m uch interested and expect to develop into a good team to represent C hem aw a th is year. M anager R eggie Downie is a h u stler and will secure gam es w ith outside team s. T h e fourth year vocational class in dom estic science held a sale, consisting of ice cream and cake, at the general social in th e gym nasium last S atu rd ay eve-’ n in g , A neat little sum was realized, w hich will be expended in the purchase of equipm ent in th e dom es tic science departm ent.
