I
T H E CHEM AW A AMERICAN
LOCAL
M rs. Iliff is su b stitu tin g as teach er of the 5th grade.
T he school band under M r. Bent is com ing up rap
id ly .
M oving pictures n ex t S atu rd ay evening in t h e a u d i
torium .
Mr. an d M rs. R isser of L an caster, P a ., are visiting
w ith th e ir d a u g h te r, M rs. Ada B. R isser, th is week.
M rs. S herm an, head m atro n , rep o rts th a t her d o rm
itories are fully occupied, th e re being considerably
over 300 g irls here.
Miss M arie E . R oberts, upon her own request, has
been tran sferred from th e position of teacher to house
m other at M itchell H all, en te rin g on d u ty last M onday.
M rs. P eairs, nurse, who was tran sfered from th e
Y akim a B oarding School after it was abolished last
Ju n e , has resigned in order to be w ith her aged parents
at Scio, O regon.
T h e liv in g room in C ottage H all has been m uch
beautified by n et cu rtain s and silk over-drapes, d o n a t
ed by Miss G ertru d e E ak in , P ro te sta n t w orker. T h e
teachers ap p reciate th is gen ero u s gift very m uch.
U sually the fall m o n th s in th e W illam ette valley
are sufficiently dry to enable the g rain and hay crops
to be p lan ted , but th is year th e re have been incessant
r a i n s s i n c e t h e t e n t h o f S eptem ber.
T he f r u i t g r o w
ers have lost m any th o u san d s of d o llars in the loss of
th e ir p ru n e crops on account of wet w eather cau sin g
the pru n es to sp lit an d m ould.
M iss H e n d rix en tertain ed d elig h tfu lly on T h u rsd ay
eve in “ C ottage H a ll,” h o n oring M rs. Jaq u in s and
ou r four new teachers, Miss O rr, Miss A h ren s, Miss
E arlo u g h er and M rs. M cM eahan. T h e large living
room was filled w ith th e seaso n ’s m ost beautiful blos
som s, au tu m n being suggested in every d etail. A
d a in ty collation was served by the hostess, assisted by
Miss E ak in and Miss Ju d d .
M r. C has. E . L arsen, clerk at Siletz A gency, spent
a few day s w ith Chem aw a friends since our last issue,
re tu rn in g hom e on M onday. M r. L arsen is a
Chemaw’a product an d a m an of whom we are proud.
On reach in g m anhood he became an em ploye here,
h olding his position for m any years, d u rin g w hich
tim e he w as b an d m aster, in w hich capacity he was
m ost successful. W e w ere all pleased to have him
visit us.
A t S u n d ay chapel th e o rch estra played “ D evotion”
by M ackie-B eyer, M aud C raig san g “ A lone W ith
G o d ” by A bbott, N ancy M atheson gave as a read in g
“ T h e W reck of th e H esp eru s, ” the choir sang “ S aints
of G lo ry ” by G abriel. S u p t. H all, wdio had the se r
vices in ch arg e, gave an u n u su ally stro n g talk on a
subject of in terest to all and the atten tio n given him
m ade it plain th a t th e value and im portance of w h at
he had to sav was not lost by those present.
PA G E 3
Mr. and Mrs. M ason, M r. and M rs. D ow nie and
M r. Bent gave a “ farew ell” to M rs. Ja q u in s on F r i
day evening in the gym nasium . A very lively pro
gram w as planned to fill the hours u n til 10 o ’clock
w hen M rs. Jaq u in s took the train for her hom e in
C alifornia. T h e guests accom panied her to the S. P.
statio n on the school cam pus, w here she departed w ith
the good-byes and best w ishes of her m any Chem aw a
friends
C H E M A W A V S W IL L A M E T T E
L ast S atu rd ay our varsity met defeat at the hands
of the stro n g \\ illam ette U niversity eleven by the
score 14 to 6. T h e score hardly indicates the closeness
of the gam e. T h e Bearcats did not register u ntil th e
second half, w hen they carried the ball from the
cen ter of the field to o u r ten-yard line and w ere held
till th e fo u rth down when R arey charged in to the line
and slid around th e left end for th e first score. L ater
in th e th ird period L ym an m ade certain victory for
W . U. when he scooped up the ball on a fluke play
and ran th ro u g h a clear field for th e second touchdow n.
Irv in e kicked both goals.
A fter a series of line plunges, end ru n s and a long
forw ard pass L ouis Colby ca rrie d the ball across
W illa m e tte ’s line in the last q u arte r, registering our
only score. Dow nie failed to kick th e goal.
T h is m arked the initial gam e for ou r squad th is
season and each m an did him self credit in his position,
ex cep t for th e num erous and costly fum bles to w hich
we can ju stly cred it the loss of th is gam e. O ur in
ability to h an g onto th e pigskin and not the inability
to m ake yardage spelled our defeat. O u r backfield
consistently made long gains th ro u g h W illa m ette’s
line o nly to lose the ball on a fum ble w hen a score
appeared certain .
T h e defensive w ork of our line and the backing up
of th e lin e by our back field was such th a t it w ould
have been a credit to any team in its first gam e. W il
lam ette found it alm ost im possible to p en etrate our
line. T h ere w as no yardage gained after a tackle was
m ade. In m ost instances th ree m en pinned the r u n
n er to th e ground instead of one.
We are confident th a t th e two dozen men tu rn in g out
for practice each evening will give a good account of
them selves in the rem aining gam es on our schedule.
N ex t S atu rd ay th e varsity will play th e O .A .C . F re s h
men at C orvallis, an account of w hich will be given
in the n e x t issue of the A m erican.
T h e line-up: M artin Colby, left end; C harles E der.
left tackle; A lex W illiam s, left g u ard ; A rth u r J o h n
son, center; A lbert Spearson, rig h t g u ard ; R obert
D ow nie, rig h t tackle; E dw in L iljg ren and Irv in g
H e n d rix , rig h t end; R eginald D ow nie, q u arter; Roy
N u ckollsjand Joe Bettles, rig h t half; D ew ey S am pson,
full back; L ouis Colby, left^half. Roy K eene from
O . A. C .,referee; M r. H au ser, um pire; Mr. S aunders,
headlinesman