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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1920)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAG E 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published W eekly at th e Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARW OOD H A LL, Superintendent Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager on the follow ing F rid ay afternoon. T w o gam es have also been arran g ed w ith the h igh school team of S ilv erton. One to be played at S ilverton on F eb ru ary 13 and th e o th e r at C hem aw a on F eb ru ary 20. SE N IO R NOTES 19 2 0 Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class Mail M atter Some of the “ M echanics of E n g lis h ” are m aking tro u b le for the busy seniors this period. SU BSC R IPTIO N W e S eniors find our new science w ork very interest- in g and not so difficult as the last term w ork. - - 25C ts P E R A N N U M CHEM AW A Q U IN T W ON In w liat was called th e fastest gam e played on the hom e floor th is season, C hem aw a defeated the fast Mt. A ngel q u in te t by th e score of 42 to 27. T h e gam e w’as a fast, clean one from sta rt to finish, and aroused m uch sp irit at tim es. T h e first h alf ended w ith the score in favor of th e visitors, b u t our boys were not to be d au n ted an d cam e back stro n g and th e score shows th e resu lt. N ix at g u a rd played an exceptionally good gam e, m ak in g 16 p o in ts. Dow nie and Bettles w ere not playing in th eir old form b u t never-the-less scored from tim e to tim e. N uckolls w ent out of the gam e in the second half on account of slig h t in ju ries. H e w as su b stitu ted by L iljeg ren , who prom ises to be come a real “ dark h o rse .” T h is m akes th e third successive victory for Chem aw a. CHEM AW A Vs. PACIFIC U N IV E R S IT Y On last S atu rd ay our boys defeated th e fast Pacific U niversity team in a snap p y , clean gam e. T h e score at th e end of th e stru g g le stood 39 to 22 in C hem aw a’s favor. S hepard, B ettles, N ix , N uckolls and Downie com prised C hem aw a’s lin e-u p and each played a good, steady gam e. Pacific has a good team and each man is a ball player th a t is h ard to beat. T h e good team w ork and accurate basket sh o o tin g is w hat won th e gam e for Chem aw a. A t th e b eg in n in g th in g s looked ra th e r d o u b tfu l, bu t after th e invincible q u in te t had “ w arm ed u p ” th ere w as no doubt in a n y b o d y ’s m ind as to who was going to w in. C hem aw a featu red w ith successful shots from all angles of the floor and excellent team w ork. On F eb ru ary 3 we play P . U . a re tu rn gam e at F o rest G rove. O u r team w ill play th ree gam es on th is trip , th e A m erican L egion team of V ancouver on th e 4 th , and the D u n n iw ay P ark team of P o rtlan d a t th e Y . M. C. A . b u ild in g on the 5th. T h e g irls’ basketball team has been practicing faith fully in p rep aratio n for th e ir first gam e th is season ag ain st th e Salem high school here th is W ednesday ev en in g . T h e girls will play a retu rn gam e in Salem T h e Seniors are g rateful for being allow ed an e x te n d ed study ho u r. Lessons are h ard and tim e is short. O ne S enior was discovered try in g to arran g e a bal anced m eal for an adult by an algebra form ula— th a t’s correlation! D uane K im ball read an original story on F rid a y ’s program . T h e unexpected conclusion was p ro d u c tive of m uch applause. R uby W h ite represented the class on the Sunday assem bly program w ith a good recitation of “ A F o o l” o n e of S ervice’s R hym es of a Red Cross M an. M arina N elson sang her little “ C ro w ” song for the class on F rid a y and th e g ills ’ q u a rte t gave a very p leasing num ber. R uby W h ite gave a recitation. I t w as freshm en week to sweep th e hall and stair- w av. T h e S eniors got m ixed and sw ept. T h e F re sh m en cam e la ter and sw ept again— c a rry in g away a panful of d irt. G eorge B erry and A ndrew W hite were on the p ro gram for a dialogue. A ndrew was absent so of course it could not be. G eorge prom ised to be ready n e x t F rid a y — unless he was absent. H IG H SCHOOL NOTES All h ands are busy p rep arin g for the m id-year tests. T h e hig h school stu d en ts expect to stage a d ram a som e tim e in the early spring. G eorge Lekanoff and L ogan F an n continue th e ir com m ercial arithm etic class at the high Rose O ’B rien, a senior at th e h ig h school, for h er class in the basketball gam e against the comedy to lead school. starred ju n io rs. C h arles E d er, who received a severe in ju ry in the han d w hile sleigh rid in g d u rin g th e cold spell, has a l m ost recovered and is once m ore able to attend his classes at the business college. A llan S hepard, who cartoons the basketball gam es for us here, and other announcem ents of school activ ities, received honorable m ention in a poster contest at th e Salem H igh School d u rin g Good E nglish week. R ev. W . C. K an tu e r, pastor of the h irs t C ongrega tional ch u rch of Salem , held services in th e school au d ito riu m on S unday.
