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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1918)
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 ra in 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 te red a t th e Chem aw a, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class M ail M a tte r S U B S C R IP T IO N - - 2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M L IT E R A R Y S O C IE T IE S N onpareil T h e m ost successful m eeting of th e year was held in the au d ito riu m on F rid ay evening. A well- prepared, p atrio tic program was ren d ered , as follows: Chem aw a V olunteers . . . - Society R e c i t a t i o n ...........................................M ary Damon P iano S o l o ..........................................S arah A dam s Ju n io r Red Cross Sym posium - Several G irls P antom im e - - - M arg u erite C ham berlin C u rren t E v en ts - . . . - G irls W ar S tory - - - . M rs. M cCrosson T h e sto ry by Mrs. M rC iosson was especially ap preciated, being a story taken from the present day. — E va W h ite, R eporter. C H E M A W A 6-W IL L A M E T T E O Before a large crow d of en th u siastic spectators, C he m awa defeated the U niversity team for the second tim e th is season in Salem last S atu rd ay . On account of m a k in g tra in connections th e gam e w as called at th e close of the six th in n in g . T h e w ork of Bettles, o u r “ so u th -p a w ” pitcher, w as exceptionally good, h o ld in g th e collegians to one lone h it an d strik in g o u t seven m en. Speas, p itc h in g for W illam ette, fanned six men and was clouted for eight solid hits. H en ry D avis, C hem aw a’s th ird sacker, played his usual good gam e, assisting in several plays an d p u ll ing one bee-liner th a t looked like a safe h it out of th e air w ith th e grace and ease of a big leaguer. W apato got the only h it made by the C ollegians and m anaged to w ork around to th ird , w here he rem ained w hile B ettles th rew one o u t at first and benched th e other. A n um ber of our boys and th e band w itnessed th e contest. A loyal bunch th ey w ere and held th eir own in the ro o tin g section against th e W illam ette backers, and cheered th e ir team on to victory. W allace A dam s of W illam ette um pired the contest. H is decisions w ere m ost satisfactory. W illam ette will play here on th e 18th of M ay. N ex t S a tu rd a y our Loys will play th e S tate Prison team in Salem . A close contest is expected. A M AN ANLAYZED W h a t is a man? H ow m uch is he w orth from a scientific view point? T h e P o p u lar Science M onthly W inona Ju n io rs Bid F arew ell to W inona Seniors asks th is question and then proceeds to answ er it. T h e W inona L iterary Society m et for the last tim e A ccording to one way of looking at it, a m an is th is year on M ay 3rd. T h e Senior m em bers were w orth ab o u t $2.50 a day from his shoulders down and honored by th e Ju n io rs, w ho gave th e follow ing fare anyw here from $50,000 to $1,000,000 a year from his well program : shoulders up. T h is may be said to be th e estim ate Song - - - - - - - Ju n io rs of th e average successful business m an. R ecitation - - - - - M aybelle H eay T h e scientist, how ever, looks at th e question from D ialogue - - Ju lia Grom off, B ertha G rim es an o th er angle. A ccording to him , a m an is w orth P en P ictu res - - - E lizab eth R einville $2.25 for illu m in atin g purposes, since a m an w eigh C u rren t E v en ts . . . - Ju lia M ills ing 150 pounds contains 2500 cubic feet of oxogen, h y d ro g en , and nitrogen in his co n stitu tio n w hich at C h a r a d e s ........................................... - Ju n io rs F arew ell A ddress - - - - P resid en t 90 cents a th o u san d cubic feet equals th e price above. Also a m an contains enough carbon to m ake 9360 lead A fter th is program th e follow ing v o lu n teer program pencils; enough phosphorous to m ake 800,000 m atches, was given: or enough to kill 500 persons, and en o u g h w ater to R ecitation - - - - - M aybelle H eay fill a ten gallon keg. F u rth e rm o re , it m akes no difference how sour a Songs - - - - - A gnes Sw anson man may look, he contains about 60 lum ps of sugar, R ecitation - - - - - T h elm a Orsen also a g reat deal of starch , chloride of potash, m a g F arew ell Song - - - - - Society nesium , su lp h u r and hydrochloric acid in his system . M iss W ootton, M r. Roberson and Miss Scholder T h ere are 50 grains of iron in th e blood of an o rd i w ere th e visitors. A fter a sh o rt business m eeting we nary m an, enough to m ake one spike large enough to hold his w eight. disbanded for th e y ea r.— E lizab eth R einville, rep o rter. W h a t is a man? T h is is th e som ew hat cynical answ er of one scientific m an: Break the shell of C haperones for th e girls who go w alk in g on Sunday afternoon n e x t are Mr. Brace and M rs. F ra tis for W i 1,000 eggs into a huge pan or basin and you have in nona; M r. Roberson and M iss S arah Brew er for M c g red ien ts from w hich to form him from his toe nails to the m ost delicate tissues of his brain. B ride.
