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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1920)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAGE . A IT The CHEMAWA AMERICAN ------------------ —— ------------- - - Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School Ohemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD HALL, Superintendent Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager Entered at the Ohemawa, Oregon, Postoilice as Second- Class Mail Matter SUBSCRIPTION 25Cts PER ANNUM Last T uesday afternoon, a week ago, our basketball hoopers left on a to u r th ro u g h the n o rth ern p art of the state and in to W ash in g to n and were victorious in two of th e th ree gam es played. T uesday evening the Pacific U niversity shooters opened up w ith a b u rst of speed and took our boys dow n the line for th e first defeat of the season by the score 43 to 18. C hem aw a defeated P . U. here and such a stro n g com eback w as n o t expected. H ow ever, our bovs were n o t disheartened by the loss of this gam e and came back stro n g in th e follow ing tw o con tests. . W ednesday m o rn in g th e team jo u rn ey ed on to V ancouver and defeated th e A m erican Legion team there 39 to 18. T h e gam e started fast and furiously and the score zig-zagged back and forth and th e con test nromised to be a w hirlw ind and anybody s till th e latter p art of th e half w hen our boys broke away w ith some fast, snappy passing and m ade two g ran d shots for baskets and ended th e half 23 to 18 in o u r favor. In the second half o u r hoopers came back w ith ,™e same old pep and d eterm in atio n aud netted 16 p o in ts w hile the L egions converted only th ree fouls, to ta l ing the score 39 to 18 in o u r favor. T h e th ird gam e on th e trip , and th e hardest g^nie our boys an ticip ated , was w ith th e m uch-tooted S outh P ark wav team . T h is team is a com bination th a t has played together for th e last four years and h aa not m et a defeat in th ree years. T h is was a gam e w here the Jew and th e In d ia n m et to show his ag ility , speed and accuracv. A b u n ch of th irty loyal com radestook up th e trail to P o rtlan d to su p p o rt th eir team w ith th e ir veils and songs. T h is p u t pep into the v a r sity th a t p u t an end to th e conquering heroes and gave S o u th P ark w ay its W aterloo. T h e O regonian says: “ In th e speediest basketball contest th at has been played here th is season th e C he m aw a In d ian School five won th e S outh P a rk w ay q u in te t last n ig h t on th e Y .M .C . A floor by a score of 24 to 18. S uperior passing and checking on th e p art of C hem aw a proved too m uch for th e locals. T h e P o rtlan d N ew s says: C hem aw a is rated as one of th e best non-conference team s in th e N o rth w est. Downie and B ettles, tw o forw ards, are fast and clever N ix , a veteran g u ard , is back in th e line-up along side of N uckolls. T hese two form a defense th a t is h ard to p en etrate. Irv in g S hepard at c e n te ris a h u sk y , ran g y m an and has played consistent ball all season.' ’ DOMESTIC SCIENCE NOTES “ ; ^ tK " . ^ f ,1 ,e ,u n io r C ,a s s T h e th ird year v o c a tio n a l, or Ju n io rs, now compose th e class operating in th e dom estic science d ep artm en t. It is th e largest class yet h andled by M rs. B nckell. I he m em bers are en th u siastic over th e w ork and in stru ctio n given and look forw ard to great im provem ent th ro u g h o u t th e present detail. T h e dom estic science alw ays en te rta in s th e various v isitin g ath letic team s and it seem s to be well know n th ro u g h o u t the n orthw est by th e baseball, basketball, track and football team s th a t C hem aw a excels w hen it comes to p u ttin g up th e m eals for th e ir benefit. T h e girls, as well as th eir teacher, handle the m atter ef ficiently and w illingly. O n F rid ay evening the m em bers of th e victorious basketball team , com posed of R eginald D ow nie, Irv in g S h ep ard . G eorge N ix , Joe B ettles, Roy N uckolls, E dw in L iljegren and A rth u r Johnson, w ere e n te rta in ed a t supper, in honor of the able way they did cred it to C hem aw a d u rin g th eir trip , w hen they won the two gam es at P o rtla n d and V ancouver. Louise D einacon and K ath e rin e L oftus acted as hostesses and M ary M otanic w aitress, w hile th e rest of the class prepared th e m eal. It was a splendid success. SENIOR NOTES M r. Devol ta u g h t senior science w hile Miss H e n d rix w as sick last w eek. M arguerite C ham berlin spent the w eek-end in P o rt lan d w ith her parents. H a ttie M artin took ch arg e of the Ju n io r Y. W .s in the absence of Miss E ak iu last S unday. M arv W are has had a very artistically d ecorated blouse in th e dom estic art ex h ib it case recently. ' Tack” Johnson w ent w ith the basketball team last w eek and helped b rin g hom e these excellent scores. T h e Senior girls are w ell pleased w ith th eir dom estic science w ork. T h ey say it is h ard , b u t very in te re st ing. T h e senior boys m ade tw o trip s recently to aw ay- from -hom e basketball gam es. T h ey m ade good ro o t ers and helped w in victory. T h e g irls’ basketball team is fine th is year and the class of ’20 is proud of its co n trib u tio n — little Jett, or Effie Davis, and Rose Goff. Effie Davis. H a ttie M artin, A nna M iller and M ar g u erite C ham berlain have been su b stitu tin g for Miss Ju d d and Miss E ak in recently. MISS SKIPTON ENTERTAINS On W ednesday evening M iss S kipton delig h tfu lly en tertain ed about tw enty of her C hem aw a friTn^® at h er ap artm en ts. T h e V alentine m otif w as artistically carried o u t. A m ost enjoyable evening was spent in g am es and conversation, M r. Bradley and M rs. W oods being th e successful prize w in n ers, th e prizes consist in g of a volum e each of one of th e latest books. An elaborate lu ncheon, such as Miss S kipton know s so well how to p repare, was served. M an>' we7® th a n k s and co n g ratu latio n s show ered on th e hostess by th e d ep artin g guests.
