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T H E C H E M A W A AM ERICAIN PAGE 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lish e d W eek ly 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 d d ress all com m u n icatio n s to R u th y n T urney, M an ag er E n te red a t th e C hem aw a, Oregon, Postoffice a s Second- C lass 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 S IX T H SQ U A D R O N B E A T E N BY C H E M A W A , 2 1 -0 S coring th re e to uchdow ns and co n v ertin g th ree goals, our boys defeated th e fast S ix th S pruce S q u ad ron team , of V ancouver, W ash ., last S atu rd ay a fte r noon. T h e soldiers were unable to gain co n sisten tly against C hem aw a, w ho played b rillian tly th ro u g h o u t the en tire gam e. T h e gam e was replete w ith sensational plays, e x c e p t ing d u rin g the first half, w hen both team s played cautiously, th e gam e being h ard fo u g h t, n eith er side hav in g any ad v an tag e over th e other. W h atev er Coach H au ser lectured to his charges d u r ing the in term issio n , m ust have been w orth w hile listenin g to, for o ur boys got to going at the b eg in n in g of th e second half. D isplaying m ore fig h tin g sp irit and better offensive tactics, they ru sh ed th e soldiers off th e ir feet. T h e scoring started four m in u tes after the w histle blew for th e b eg in n in g of th e th ird period w hen, w ith th e ball on th e ir own fo rty -y ard line, th e visitors attem pted to p u n t o u t of d an g er, b u t Spearson blocked th e kick, E ll recovered the ball, Johnson an d N uckolls rushed th e ball to th e S o ld iers’ five-yard line. C hoate carried th e ball across for th e first touchdow n. H au se r added an o th er po in t by co n v ert in g th e goal kick. D uring th e n ex t few plays th e Soldiers opened u p w ith several successful passes, b u t failed to m ake enough y ard ag e to be considered d angerous an d w ere forced to p u n t. B ettles cau g h t th e ball on C hem aw a’s fiiteen-yard line, and raced th ro u g h a broken field, eludin g the w ould-be tack lers till he reached th e th ree yard line, w here L ilig ren overtook him . Choate, w ith splendid in terferen ce, annexed th e second to u c h dow n. H au se r kicked goal. H auser opened th e last q u a rte r w ith a kick-off to Low , who retu rn ed it ten y ard s. T h e S oldiers failed to m ake yardage and w ere forced to p u n t. O u r boys then sm ashed dow n th e field, v ary in g th e ir plays w ith line bucks, w ide end ru n s, a th irty -y a rd pass, B ettles to H au ser. O n th e n e x t play C hoate raced tw enty- tw o y ard s across th e v isito rs’ line for th e final to u c h dow n. H a u se r again kicked goal. D u rin g th e last few m in u tes of play, th e contest was evenly m atch ed . T h e w histle blew w ith C hem aw a having possession of the ball on th e S o ldiers’ fo rty -y ard line. O nce m ore th e o u tstan d in g feature of th e gam e was th e fighting sp irit displayed by th e en tire C hem aw a team , also th e ir clean playing and sportsm an lik e con d u ct on th e field, only one penalty being inflicted on C hem aw a, th a t of an offside play. M r. Bent and M r. S anders w ere th e officials and M r. C ham berlain w as head linesm an. T here was no com plaint w hatever of th e ir h an d lin g of th e gam e. L IT E R A R Y S O C IE T IE S R eliance T h e R eliance L ite ra ry Society m et in th e auditorium on F rid a y evening, N ov. 15. T h e m eeting w’as called to order by th e p resident, Jam es C hoate. M r. Devol announced th a t th e society m u st prepare for the ann u al spelling contest to be held D ecem ber 27. A fter roll call and th e read in g of th e m inutes of the previous m eeting, eighteen new m em bers wrere a d m itted . T h e society m em bers were en tertain e d by th e follow ing program : Song— “ K eep the H om e F ire s B u rn in g ;” R ecita tion, Irv in g G rey; G u itar Solo, E arl P o tts; “ O ur T rip to C h e m aw a ,” E nos H ines; “ Y our C o u n try N eeds Y o u ,” F o u r Boys; “ T h e D ay ’s D e m a n d ,” A l bert S pearson.— C harles E ll, R eporter. A T T E N T IO N P lan s are being m ade for the A nn u al Box Social to be held on S atu rd ay eve, N ovem ber 30th. T h e a r ran g em ents for th e affair are in the capable hands of th e Sigm a P hi D elta girls and th e profits w ill be used to give C hristm as cheer to C hem aw a’s little folks. G irls, get your baskets ready! Boys, save y o u r nickles and dimes! Joseph B ettles left school last M onday to go to W ash in g to n th a t he m ay help his fath er ru n a large farm . T h e place w as recently purchased by Jo e ’s fath er, who sent an S. O. S. call for Joe. W e shall miss him , for he has been here th e g reater p a rt of his life. H is am bition has alw ays been to m ake good— and in nearly every in stance he has done so. T h e follow ing in terestin g program was rendered d u rin g chapel last S unday evening: T h e orchestra played a “ S panish B olero,” by E no; a g irls ’ se x tette san g “ L ady C h lo ,” by C lough-L eigh ter; th e choir san g “ F o rth F rom th e D ark and S torm y S k y ,” by B riggs; E lean o r H ouck recited “ G ood-by, J im ,” by Jam es W hitcom b R iley; S u p t. H all read a very stio n g paper on “ T h e U n w illin g S tu d e n t.” A s conducted by th e S u p e rin te n d e n t, the exercises w ere m ade very p atrio tic in ch aracter by th e sin g in g of songs of m ili tary and th a n k sg iv in g color.
