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T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
P u b lis h e d W e e k ly a t t h e S a le m I n d ia n T r a in i n g S c h o o l
C h e m a w a , O re g o n , H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e r in te n d e n t
A d d re s s a ll c o m m u n ic a tio n s to
R u th y n T u rn ey , M an a g e r
L o v e ,” and C harles W illiam s sang “ T each Me to
P r a y .” A special treat was a piano solo by Cecil
Deacon of Salem . H e played for his first num ber an
Irish air, and responded to an encore w ith S in d in g ’s
“ T o S p rin g .”
LOCAL
W e are delig h ted w ith th e octette boys— they sing
well.
E n te r e d a t th e C h e m a w a , O re g o n , P o s to ffic e a s S e c o n d -
M iss E velyn W oods cam e up from P ortland and
C la ss M a il M a t t e r
sp en t th e w eek-end w ith her p arents at C hem aw a.
T h e Ju n io r and Senior girls have com pleted their
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do m estic science w ork for this year and are now fin
ish in g u p in the dom estic a rt.
E lw ood T ow n er has been offered a position at K lam
C H E M A W A W IN S
ath F alls as an ante m obile salesm an after he graduates
L ast S atu rd ay afternoon oui baseball squad and
at S alem H ig h School this year.
some tw enty rooters w ent on th e school tru ck to Salem
S u p t. H all gave a real talk to the e n tire stu d en t
w here they defeated the state prison team 9 to 5.
body
last S unday evening. M r. H all alw ays gives
Both team s displayed good w ork, both at the bat
real ta lk s, b u t th is one was m ore “ re a l” th an any of
and on the field, w hich m ade th e gam e ex c itin g and
th
em .
in terestin g . O ur team show ed m uch im provem ent
A lex W illiam s is p reparing th e tract of land across
over th e gam e of a week ago
T h e b attin g and field
th e lagoon for potatoes. T he m ark in g is nearly com
ing was m uch im proved, hav in g tw elve clean h its to
pleted, and w ork of p lan tin g th e potatoes com m enced
their credit and only two erro rs ag ain st them .
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esterd ay.
D aniel Law rence started th e gam e for C hem aw a w ith
a b urst of speed and curves, b u t was found in the
Irv in g and A llan Shepard and Elw ood T ow ner
second in n in g w hen ’ T h e O ld R eliable Jo e ” was are w o rk in g out of evenings on the race track train in g
for the in te r-h ig h school track and field spo rts to be
called in to relieve him , and w ho im m ediately began
to do as he did in the gam e last w eek—send them
held in Salem soon.
back to warm th e bench. B ettles not only has
E ig h t little girls of the Ju n io r Y . W . C. A. rendered
m ore on the ball th an th e cover, b u t slam s the ball
a song at the chapel services last S unday afternoon.
occasionally for two bases. M r. H au ser played th ird
T h ey did exceedingly well and this show s only a part
base. H is h ittin g and fielding stren g th en ed the team
of th e good w ork these little folks are doing.
considerably. A ndrew W h ite has found his b attin g
W e are a little afraid th a t all of our big beautiful
eye of two years ago and found the “ p e n ” pitchers w aln u t trees w ere frozen d u rin g the severe cold spell
for a couple of tw o-base h its and a single out of four last w in te r. If such is the case it will be too bad for
trip s to the plate.
th e re aie a large num ber of them scattered about our
T h u rsd ay afternoon the team will play W illam ette
b eau tifu l cam pus.
U niv ersity at Salem and on S atu rd ay they will play
T h e bears got out of the pit one day last week and
th e N o rth Pacific D ental College at P o rtlan d .
it looked as th ough there would be trouble g ettin g
Score by innings:
them back in till Lem m ie B oatm an, th e ir care tak er,
Chemaw’a— 2 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0
appeared on the scene who m erely waved his hand
O. S. P .— 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
tow ard the pen and said g o o n and they w ent back in.
T h e Sigm as have ju st received a letter from B ertha
Y . M . A N D Y . W . C. A . N O T E S
G rim es, class of ’19, statin g th a t she expects to be at
T h e Y. W . C . A. had a very en jo j able outdoor
m eeting Sunday afternoon on th e cam pus near M cBride C hem aw a d u rin g com m encem ent th is y ear. E lizabeth
H all. T h is is the first of a series of outdoor m eetings R einville, class of ’19, w rites th at she also hopes to be
th a t th e girls expect to hold, as th e w eather grow s p resen t at th e exercises. B ertha holds a position in
w arm er. Elizabeth C onners was the leader and the a m ercan tile store at C rescent C ity, C alifornia, and
E lizab eth is a p h y sic ian ’s assistant at P endleton, O re
discussion followed th e topic, “ T h e G lory of a C hrist-
gon.
like L ife .”
O w ing to a shortage of coal and consequent absolute
W . P. W alters, Y. M. C. A. secretary for M arion
d ea rth of lig h ts there w ere no m eetings of the lite r
cou n ty , was a visitor at Y . M. C. A. m eeting S u nday
ary societies last F riday evening. H ence, there are
n ig h t. H e explained to the boys th e new co u n ty
no rep o rts in th is issue. W e tru st we shall not again
m ovem ent, know n as “ H i Y C lu b s .” M r. W alters
soon be so upset in every way as resulted from the re
has flourishing clubs in all the h igh schools of M arion
cen
t outlaw strik e on the railroads. W hile S u p t. H all
co u n ty , and there is possibility of such a club at C h e
m anaged as well as possible in every way the fact re
m aw a. T h e C hem aw a boys are glad to welcome M r.
m ains th a t it is im possible to k e e p every dep artm en t
W alters for he alw ays brings a live m essage.
of a school like this fu nctioning up to th e “ 100 p er
S u n d ay afternoon R ev. H . C. Stover of the C entral
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t m a rk ” w ithout am ple pow er, heat and lig h t—
C ongregational ch u rch of Salem addressed the P ro te st
an t stu d e n ts of C hem aw a. M r. Stover gave a m ost and we depend on coal for this. No train s m ade up
of freig h t w ere handled by th e outlaw s, consequently
in te re stin g object talk on “ R u n n in g U pside D o w n .”
we could secure no coal.
P reced in g the serm on the Ju n io r choir san g “ S pelling