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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published W eekly at the Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD H A LL, Superintendent
Address all comm unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager
Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second-
Class Mail M atter
boxing. In the basketball relay betw een the Seniors
and Ju n io rs, the Ju n io rs defeated the Senior girls, but
in th e b o y s’ contest th e Seniors defeated th e Juniors.
T h e tug-of-w ar betw een the Senior* and Ju n io rs
w ent to th e Juniors.
N ew Y ears Day the Sophom ores and F reshm en met
in a contest in the different stu n ts th a t had been carried
on d u rin g th e w eek ,th e Sophom ores w’in n in g th e co n
test by a score of 9 to 6.
L IT E R A R Y SOCIETIES
W inona
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ATHLETIC NOTES
T he an n u al clash betw een M itchell H all and Brewer
H all was played on C hristm as Day. E ach year this
contest is looked forw ard to by th e stu d e n ts with as
m uch enthusiasm and in terest as the A n n u al W orld
Series in Basketball.
Brewer H all has sallied forth w ith th e honors for
th e last few years and th e general opinion favored
Brewer to duplicate th e trick .
All dope was upset, w ith the score at th e end of the
first half 19 to 11 in favor of Brewer and defeat alm ost
in sigh t for M itchell. M itchell took a brace in the
second half and had a real “ come b a c k .” T h e team s
played for all th ey could give; N ix w as shifted to tor-
w ard for M itchell and th ro u g h h is sh o o tin g baskets
soon p u t M itchell in th e ru n n in g and overtook the
lead Brew er had.
W hen the final w histle blew the w inning streak of
Brew er had ended and M itchell H all took the bacon
ho m e” — score 33 to 29.
T he Shop L eague composed of th e B lacksm iths,
D airym en, P ain ters, E ng in eers and C arp en ters played
the series d u rin g the holiday afternoons for th e cham
pionship of Chem aw a and th e C up th at was offered
by H au ser Bros.
T hese gam es were hotly contested and th e ad h eren ts
of each team were there w ith th e ir su p p o rt. T here
seemed to be more enthusiasm in th ese hom e gam es
th an th e outside gam es. T he band was th e re at each
gam e to add to the occasion and we appreciated the
m usic. T h e B lacksm iths won th e honors and did not
suffer a single defeat. T he closest they cam e to being
defeated w as in the gam e w ith th e D airym en, when
at the close of the gam e th e score w as a tie and
an e x tra five m inutes were played to decide th e
gam e, th e B lacksm iths w inning out by a score of 26
to 24. Jo h n so n for the B lacksm iths was in ju red in
th e gam e w ith th e P ain ters and was unable to finish
th e series w ith his team , Berry rep lacin g him as cen-
ter.
Blacksmiths
Dairymen
P a in te rs ----
Carpenters .
E n g in eers..
STANDING OF TEAMS
Games Points
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101
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54
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58
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13
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13
Points Against
46
51
57
29
59
In betw een th e basketball contests different stu n ts
w ere pulled off. such as basketball relay, tug-of-w ar,
relav racin g , obstacle races, In d ian w restlin g and
T h e W inonas held th eir first m eeting of the New
Year on F rid ay evening.
Because of the holiday a c
tivities th e re was no prepared program so the president
asked for volunteers. T h ere w asan excellent response.
R uby W h ite, C arrie A nderson, A nn S exton, Lucy
S ex to n , E d n a H ill and H attie M artin gave recitations.
C h arlo tte B rennier and A gnes H enderson sang a m erry
little song. F lorence G ensaw sang. M ildred H oover
played th e m andolin, E m m a Carlson the m o u th h arp ,
and Louise S ilverthorne, A nn S exton and A nnie M il
ler san g a trio. Jessie Cleveland read th e “ W inona
W ar W h o o p .” T h e visitors, Mr. and Mrs. F itch of
C orvallis, and M rs. Brickell, spoke very encourage-
in g ly of th e splendid school spirit of C hem aw a. V iola
Beyers then led th e society in songs and yells, clos
in g w ith the Color song.
Reliance
T h e R eliance L iterary Society held its m eeting in
room 6 on F riday evening, Ja n u a ry 2, 1920, Vice-
P re sid e n t’S hepard presiding. A fter th e business rout-
tin e , a sh o rt program followed. G eorge T hom as gave
an essay, A llan S hepard and W illiam K ennedy an
in stru m en tal duet and th e society sang an d gave yells.
M r. Ja m e s,o u r visitor, gave an enco u rag in g ta lk , as
did our advisor, Miss McDowell. T h e society a d
journed early.
VOCATIONAL DOMESTIC SCIENCE NOTES
A nna P eratrovich is w ith us again after a few d a y s’
absence on account of sickness.
T h e D om estic Science girls are very th a n k fu l to
M rs. B rickell for the box of hom e-m ade candy she gave
them for C hristm as.
Delora K eeler is absent from the Domestic Science.
S he is on th e sick list. Delora is greatly m issed and
we all wish her a speedy recovery.
T h e D om estic Science 2nd year vocational girls,
D ivision B .g a v e two dinners last w eek, one e n te rta in
ing a few of th e em ployes of th e cam pus on F rid ay
evening and one on S aturday evening for th e visitin g
basketball team of R oseburg. T hey are now p rep ar
in g to serve dinner for tw en ty -fo u r stu d en ts on T h u rs
day evening.