T H E CHEM A WA AMERICAIN
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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published W eekly at the Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon, HARW OOD H A LL, Superintendent
Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, M anager
Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second-
Class Mail M atter
SU B SC R IPT IO N
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25C ts P E R A N N U M
VANCO UV ER BAR RAC K S 2 5 —CH EM AW A 0
The Vancouver Post eleven, playing a tearing, line-
plunging game defeated our boys in a hard-fought
gridiron battle on the Post Athletic field, Vancouver,
last Saturday. Score, 25—0.
From the beginning, the soldiers carried the ball
down the field, using the famous Chicago formations,
which baffled our boys considerably. On Chemawa’s
five-yard line, the soldiers fumbled, Asbill recovered
the ball. Downie punted out of danger from behind
his own goal line. But the offensive tactics of Daley,
ex-Yale star, and Korleyus, ex-Chicago man, were
too powerful for the Chemawa boys, and they carried
the ball for the first touchdown, Daley crossing the
line.
In the second period the soldiers resorted to the
same style of attack. Quarterback Korleyus made a
a 25-yard run for the second touchdown. The begin
ning of the third period found the Chemawa boys as
scrappy as ever; in fact, they put up a stiffer opposi
tion in this quarter and held the soldiers scoreless,
which caused Coach Marlarky to change his style of
attack to aerial means of advancing the ball.
During the fouith period we found ourselves against
another method of carrying the ball, the soldiers using
the Pennsylvania shift formation, intermingled with
a series of long and short passes. Soldiers scored
twice in this period.
The Chemawa boys put up a great fight, consider
ing the great odds against them in weight and exper
ience. The work of Quarterback Downie in punti ng
and his fierce tackling staved off what appeared to be
certain touchdowns. Thomas at right tackle, played
a brilliant game, and with his dashing style of defen
sive playing time and again smeared up the soldiers’
plays behind their line. The fierce tackling of N uck
olls, Choate and Johnson, made the soldiers feel that
a shrapnel had hit them; four of them received seri
ous injuries. The great defensive playing of Ho-
bucket, the only veteran of the Chemawa line, stood
out; he was in every play, and down on punts, equally
as fast as the ends. All of the Chemawa boys put up
a great battle; outweighed about 30 pounds to the
man, they never lost heart; began and finished the
game with the same old fight in them.
Emil Hauser never played harder or better in all of
his years on the field. His efforts helped our boys and
put fear into our opponents.
OUR
NORM AL
CLASS
During his recent visit to Chemawa, Supervisor
Lipps gave th e normal class girls a most inspiring
talk on teaching as a profession for girls. At various
times each of the large Indian schools have had normal
departments from which have been graduated some of
the best teachers of the Indian Service. This year
Chemawa is starting her teacher’s training departm ent.
We have ten girls in our first class and they have al
ready done some very creditable work in practice
and in theory.
W ith the opening of school next fall we expect to
have our Normal Department fully established and
equipped. Our course will include pedagogy m eth
ods, child study and kindred subjects, together with
observation and practice-teaching.
Our graduates will be equipped to teach in either
white or Indian schools and either academic or indus
trial subjects.
LOCAL
Something like eighty head of fat hogs will soon be
ready to market.
Mrs. Doherty has returned from Tacoma, W ash.,
where she had been called on account of the illness of
her son, George.
Various features of the war draft are now in suspen
sion, consequently nobody will be called irom Che
mawa—at least, not at present.
Our student nurses proved unafraid, faithful and
efficient during our recent tussle with the influenza.
All of them escaped the disease on account of taking
scientific precautions. Too much praise cannot be
given these noble young women.
During the scourge of influenza at the school no-one
was more faithful to his work and at his post of duty
than Father Gall. In the presence of death, regardless
of weather inclemency or anything else he went about
quietly, doing whatever it was in his power to do.
On Thursday evening last, on account of the reported
surrender of Germany, the school held an impromptu
celebration of the supposed victory. No-one who w it
nessed the affair could doubt the loyalty of this stu
dent body - it was a scream from start to finish. The
band was out, there were whistles, and bells, and
drum s, anything to help give vent to pent-up emotions.
The Kaiser was hanged in effigy a couple of times.
‘‘There was a hot time in the old town.