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PAGE 2 T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lish e d W ee k ly a t th e Salem In d ia n T ra in in g School C hem aw a, O regon, H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e rin te n d en t A d d ress all com m u n icatio n s to R u th y n T urney, M an ag er E n te red a t th e C hem aw a, Oregon. Postoffice as Second- Class M ail M a tte r S U B S C R IP T IO N - - - 25C ts P E R A N N U M G IR L S ’ B A S K E T B A L L T E A M W IN S O u r ever victorious g irls ’ basketball team stu ck an o th e r feath er in its h at last F rid ay n ig h t by d efeat ing th e fast Scio high school team 26 to 19. T h e gam e w as close and ex citin g . Both team s fo u g h t hard and checked closely in the first period, as the score, 6 to 2 in our favor, will indicate. In the second period our forw ards, M arion W asson and Rose D ow nie, played tru er to form and m ade 14 po in ts w hile th e visitors registered 4. D u rin g th e th ird and final period th e Scio girls lived up to the rep u ta tio n th a t preceded them and tallied reg u larly . A t th e close of the period th ey had m ade 13 points w hile our team m ade 6. I t was the liveliest g irls ’ gam e we have w itnessed here in a long tim e. T h e Scio team cam e here w ith a long strin g of victories and a splendid rep u tatio n so th a t m akes th e feather all the larger. C H E M A W A VS. N O R T H P A C IF IC D E N T A L COLLEGE O u r v arsitv m et th e N o rth Pacific D ental College last F rid a y ev en in g on th e hom e floor, and was d e feated 27 to 24. T h e contest was a w hizzer from sta rt to finish. C hem aw a started ta lly in g after about five m inutes of speedy passing w ith several long, pretty baskets. N ix and L iljeg ren , g u ard s, k ep t th e tooth- pullers from re g iste rin g reg u larly in th e first period and the half ended 16 to 9 in o u r favor. T he second half opened u p w ith th e same old zip and speed th a t k ep t th e spectators on th eir toes d u rin g th e first period, b u t o u r five were not able, it seem ed, to begin w here they left off; m oreover, o u r g u ard s be cam e w orried at the in ability oi our forw ards to con nect w ith th e baskets and allowed them selves to be d raw n o u t of position, w hich enabled th e to o th -p u llers to connect w ith several easy baskets and forge ahead ju s t at the close of the gam e. A t th a t it was one of th e best gam es w itnessed here in a long tim e. NOTES A lm ost every gam e im aginable is played in its sea son by our stu d e n ts a t Chem aw a. Some gam es last a m onth or m ore, som e not so long; b u t at a certain tim e every year each p articu lar gam e comes and goes in its tu rn . A t present th e sp in n in g of tops is the pastim e for our boys, both large and sm all. L ike ev ery th in g else a few are m ore proficient than others and can “ p lu g ” a top or h it a m arble or sm all coin and knock it out of a ten-foot iin g nearly every sh o t. D uring the long rain y and m uddy season all of our gam es and sports have been confined to o u r q u arte rs and the gym nasium , b u t d u rin g th e past few days everybody has been basking in the fresh air and s u n shine. A large n u m b er of the boys have been en c o u r aged to w ork out on th e race track and the w arm sun has even coaxed as m any m ore to dig up th e ir base balls and gloves. H O S P IT A L D E M O N S T R A T IO N A most unique and in stru ctiv e dem onstration was given by both prevocational and vocational nurses to a large num ber of C hem aw a people in th e school h o s pital on T h u rsd ay evening last. T h is pleasing e x h i bition of th e tra in in g given by the nurses u n d e r Miss L aurence, head n u rse, consisted of an en tire course of treatm en t for a p atien t suffering w ith a fractured skull and a broken arm as th e result of an autom obile accident. N um erous com plications set in after th e operation, w hich w ere th o ro u g h ly cared for and set forth in th e m ethods ta u g h t. T he preparation of the bed for receiving the p atien t, an ether bed an d c h a n g in g of bed w ith o u t d istu rb in g patien t, the ap plication of the hot pack as well as b andaging and tre a tm e n t, m ethod of g iving su sten an ce and an array of other hospital m ethods, all of w hich w ere very d ex tero u sly carried o u t. Miss C atherine Reed, assistan t n urse, was the anno u n cer an d explained the dem onstration as it was being carried out. Ice cream , cake and coffee were served bv Mrs. Shaffer, dietician, and her stu d e n t helpers. O U R C H A P E L S E R V IC E On S unday evening we enjoyed our in te re stin g chapel service as usual. T h e orchestra played “ La C in q u au ta in e” by G abriel-M arie, M aude C raig sang “ S m ilin ’ T h ro u g h ” by P en n , the choir sang “ T he S in n er and th e S o n g ,” C has. W illiam s, who w as v isit in g here, singing the solo parts. M r. G rover S ander son, who had ju st closed a vaudeville engagem ent in the Bligh T h ea tre in Salem , was present and sang a num ber of selections, accom panied by th e orchestra, an d his vocalism and pleasing dem eanor gave m uch pleasure. M r. S anderson is an In d ian and is tru ly , as S upt. H all stated in publicly co n g ratu latin g him , a cred it to his race. W e w ere all pleased to have him w ith us. S u p t. H all gave a stro n g talk to th e s tu d en ts in w hich he m ade plain the vast difference in th e am bitious and in d u strio u s stu d en t and th e idle, lazy, u nam bitious one who ju st d rifts. T h e talk should bring good results.
