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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1921)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N O.A C. VS. CHEM AW A L ast w eek-end our v arsity played the O A .C . team two gam es at C orvallis and finished each contest with th e sm all end of the score. O n F riday ev ening th e A ggies passed th e ball and threw baskets alm o st at will w hile our m en, as it a p peared, could only m ake a feeble defense. T h is was all on account of g o in g in to th e gam e w ith overloaded stom achs, w hich kept the men d u ll and dead on th eir feet T h e gam e ended 31 to 18 in favor of tlie A ggies. On S atu rd ay evening our team gave a b etter d em on stratio n of w hat they really could do. From th e o u t set this gam e prom ised to be th e snappiest and the hardest gam e th e A ggies ever experienced on the hom e floor, and it was. In appearance it was an e n tirely different team th at took the floor th e second nig h t for Chem aw a. O u r varsity regained th a t old fight and pep it possessed before the holidays and by q u ick , ste ad y passing and shooting we nosed ont ahead in the first half 11 to 10. T h e second half was a repetition of w hat happened in the first, each m an going the lim it and th e team s ex ch an g in g baskets till th e last 40 seconds, when Coach R u th e rfo rd called a h alt to give his men counsel w ith th e score 25 to 23 in our favor. F o rty seconds is not a very long period and sh o rtly after th e gam e sta rted ag ain , Sam pson, our tim er, cam e near going ’round and round w ith the O A .C. tim er who held the g un and would not shoot. T h e w riter will let the le a d e r guess w hy. H ow ever, S tin so n , the crack A ggie forw ard, grabbed th e ball and am id the sh o u tin g of the sp ectato rs to shoot, threw th e ball from alm ost th e cen ter of the floor. W hile the ball was trav elin g th ro u g h the air, bang, off w ent th e gun and the ball hit in th e n et, ty in g th e gam e 25 to 25. D uring th e five m inutes of overtim e play the A ggies m ade one field goal and converted one foul, en d in g the gam e 28 to 25. R ath b u n of O A C officiated. SE N IO R NOTES PA G E LOCAL O u r daily attendance d u rin g December were 692.9. E x am in atio n s are the chief order of th e d ay th is w eek. P erk up, everybody. Joe B ettles, our school dairy m an , visited th e d airy at O .A .C . last S atu rd ay . H e retu rn s w ith som e v alu able ideas. M em bers of th e basketball squad were en tertain ed by Mrs. H all after chapel last S unday evening. Ice cream and cake w’ere served. O ur ’varsity hoopers will play the cham pion team of P o rtlan d , South P arkw ay, on T h u rsd ay n ig h t and th e A rleta team on F rid ay n ig h t. Both gam es are to be played in P o rtlan d . G eorge B arrett is th e recipient of m any com pli m ents for his splendid rendition of th e “ C radle S o n g ” at S u n d av ev e n in g chapel. G eorge perform s frequently and is alw ays appreciated. In a recent letter for E lizabeth M ontgom ery, wdio is finishing her nurse train in g at th e Good S am aritan H ospital, we learn th a t she received all " E s ” in a re cent ex am in atio n . T h is show s th at E lizabeth is d o ing well. S upt. H a ll, M r. B ent and M r. H au ser w itnessed the basketball contest betw een U niversity of O regon and W illam ette last F rid a y evening. The O. A . C. young m en who w’ere e n tertain e d at Chem aw a last week for supper and breakfast a t th e dom estic science are loud in th e ir praise of the profes sional m an n er in w hich th e m eals w ere served as well as the w ell-balanced m enu so palatably cooked. W e are proud of our dom estic science d ep artm en t w here w illingness and harm ony reign. T hese qualities a l ways insure success. O ur vocational girls are voluble in th e ir rem arks concern in g appreciation of th e tr a in ing received in th is efficient d ep artm en t. T h e class of ’21 bids M r. Devol farew ell and good T h e open session en tertain m en t given by th e boys luck. of the R eliance literary society on T h u rsd ay evening T h e V alentine p arty is now th e center of social last was one of the best boys’ events given in years at in terest in the class of ’21. I t is not long u n til F e b Chem aw a. T h e play, “ T h e H igh School F re sh m a n ,” was so happily chosen and the boys perform ed th eir ru ary fo u rteen th . p arts so n atu ra lly th a t it was a joy to be p resent. The decorations in the school room have dw indled to a few knots of color and a p e n n a n t, b u t th e senior T here was not a dull m om ent d u rin g the evening, for between acts specialties such as saxophone, accordion spirit is larger th an ever. and cornet solos, q u artet and a declam ation were C larence E d w ard s is again the honor stu d e n t of the given. T h e en tire en tertain m en t was of a high order class in general average for the period; E dw in Lilje- and reflects credit on th e m em bers of the R eliance gren, has the h ig h est vocational grad e. Society. T h e seniors are to have a little relief from th e O ur Sunday evening chapel service was m ost in te r m echanics of E n g lish and spend som e tim e on co m esting in every way. T h e orchestra played “ M om ent position w ork. M usical” by S chubert, a septette of girls sang “ T h e O ne of th e g irls was fro w n ing and an o th er asked if S tars are B rightly S h in in g ” by B ronte, G eorge B a r her head ached. Y e s,” she replied, I ’m trv in g to re tt gave as a ’cello solo a “ C radle S o n g ” by G odard, get all of them into my b rain so I can pass th a t p h y si the choir san g " F o rth F rom the D ark and S torm y ology final and it's hard c ra m m in g .” S k y ” by B riggs. A t the close of the m usical program T h ere was a little confusion about the correction S u p t. H all gave the stu d e n ts a talk w hich could not pages of the E nglish notebooks recently and it took fail to benefit them , as it was true to life and its possi several hours of hard w ork to bring them up to the bilities, d ep ictin g the stro n g and the weak points of credit m ark. H ow ever, all were com plete in tim e to the hum an fam ily, and proffering sage advice. It enter the grades on the i eport cards on F rid ay . was a fine talk .
