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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
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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.