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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1921)
PAGE 2 T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD HALL, Superintendent Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class Mail Matter SUBSCRIPTION - - 25Cts PER ANNUM ATHLETIC NOTES W ilford E vans of th e E x celsio rs was easily high point man of the track m eet last S atu rd ay . W ith a total of 20 points he stood high above an y of his nearest com petitors. Jo h n H an so n and E lm er T h e rria u lt came n ex t in line w ith 10 points each. I he track and field m eet held betw een the E x c e l siors and R eliance societies S atu rd ay was ex citin g and in terestin g th ro u g h o u t. A lth o u g h R eliance won h a n d ily by a com paratively large score every ev en t was characterized by th e closeness at the tape, in several events ju st an inch or so was th e d ecid in g factor. Mr. Bent has ju st received w ord from th e U niversity of O regon statin g th a t th eir ’varsity baseball team could not come here n e x t week end as th ey had scheduled, but will send th eir F resh m en team instead. O ne of the two gam es is to be played on th e league g ro u n d s in Salem. M r. B ent in ten d s to take th e band to th a t gam e. If th e team d o n ’t m ake a hit th e band will. T h e track m eet was a success last S a tu rd a y in th a t it served its purpose. T h e idea was to aw aken those w ith ability to do track w ork. M ore first-class m a terial was presented th an we had any rig h t to e x pect and has caused some of th e le tte r m en to w onder if th ey had not better g et in and w ork if they w ant to retain th eir suits even d u iin g t h is year. W e will w ager th a t the boys not only surprised the spectators b u t them selves also. JUNIOR NOTES W hen ex h ib it day comes, n o tice th e fu rn itu re p ro duced by th e carp en ters of th e ju n io r class. E ast week for his ex p e rim en t in ch em istry , G eorge T hom as show ed the class how to m ake red flash lig h ts. T hese Ju n io rs are on th e honor roll for M arch: E lizab eth C h u rch ill, W allace M organ and Dewey Sam pson. W henever it comes to solving algebra eq u atio n , the class of ’22 look to F ra n k S ookum and W allace M organ for help. T hose on th e honor roll in th e eig h th grade B are: Rebecca C arpenter, Roy C ourville, C ruz M cDaniels and Irm a EeC laire. E essons in chem istry are g e ttin g in te re stin g now, because an explosion occurs nearly every d ay in th e lab o rato ry . If th e re are any m ore experim ents on ch lo rin e gas th e ju n io rs will have to in v en t some k in d of gas m asks. SENIOR NOTES Mrs. Iliff, principal pro tern, gave the class a good practical talk one m orning last week. S unday afternoon found the girls of the class down at the bear pit interview ing S am p so n , th eir m ascot. On M onday of last week th e class of ’21 made a special trip to Salem to have pictures taken for the an nual. T h e boys say the g irls can take th at sour, anxious look off th eir faces now as they all found they passed in D. S. finals. T hese nice w aim sp rin g evenings m ake it hard to go inside early and stu d y , b u t the seniors are at it ju st th e sam e, as was show n by th e im proved report cards on F riday. T h e seniors have been too busy to have a class song period lately, but F rid ay after letters were finished they p u t on a good little im p io m p tu program of songs, recitations and class yells. T h e botany class has m ade som e very life-like w ater color p ain tin g s of various wild flowers of th is v ic in ity . Some look so real th a t it seem s you can sm ell them , for in stan ce th e sk u n k cabbage. T h e com m encem ent operetta has been decided upon and w ork is b eginning. A fter th e production of Snow W h ite ” on n ex t F rid a y evening th e au ditorium will be in use a great deal by th e seniors. C larence E dw ards, th e algebra w izard, is again honor m an in the period averages; he stan d s n iuty-one per cen t. C larence was also honor stu d e n t of his class w hen they were ju n io rs. Seem s to be a habit! DOMESTIC SCIENCE NOTES Clara 1 horpe is cook for this w eek. A ny m ore birthdays? b irth d ay cakes. A sk th e ju n io r girls about I he ju n io r girls will soon be ap plying for positions, for they all passed in the test. T h e ju n io r girls took th e ir final test on T uesday. T h is com pletes th eir course of stu d y for th e ju n io r year. H attie C ayton, E thel H en ry , E au ra W au n and Joyce Sim ons have proved th e ir skill in cake baking th is w eek. T h e senior dinners are over and th e girls have done them selves proud. E llen Beall gave h e r’s M onday noon, E lizabeth Beall W ednesday noon, and Opal Pearson W ednesday evening, H a rrie t Cain gave h e r ’s F rid a y noon. T h is finished the y e a r’s w ork. Opal P earson has th e highest average for th e year w ith Mabel B lodgett a close second in w ritten w ork. T h e ju n io r girls have accom plished a g reat deal. T h is is show n by th eir grades in th e test, E lizabeth C h u r chill g e ttin g 100 percent, and Joyce Sim ons 95 percent, Rose G rey 91 percent, E th el H en ry , M illie Bennett,’ an d F ran ces F itzp atrick 90 percent, F rances Thorpe,’ H a ttie C ayton, L aura W aun, E lizabeth Poitras,’ V ictoria S ansaver, Ione H enry, and M argaret Jack- son in grades ra n g in g from 80 to 90 percent.
