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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1921)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N LOCAL H ad we accepted all applications C hem aw a would have over 800 eligible stu d e n ts. T h e lib rary is open every evening from 6 to 8 and the boys m ake fu ll use of th e privilege. W ork in every d ep artm en t of the school is p ro g ress in g finely and pupils are show ing m uch interest. S tudy hour is from 8 to 9 of ev en in g s. T h e school seems deserted d u rin g th a t h our, ev e ry th in g is so q u iet. Mrs. Alice M ayer, of Spokane, W a sh ., entered on d u ty as assistant m atron M onday, being a probational appointee. T h e farm ers have d u g and stored in the root house nearly th ree thousand bushels of sp len d id potatoes and th e end is not yet. W e play the P o rtlan d A rleta A thletic Club team next S atu rd ay on the C hem aw a g ro u n d s. It is said th a t the visitors are a husky lot of players. M r. Iliff inspected a couple of car loads of bridge tim ber at M olalla and one car at Silverton th e other day for th e In d ian D epartm ent, to be shipped to A ri zona. S upervisor W . W . Coon arriv ed on M onday and is w ith us on an official inspection of th e school. Mr. C oon’s te rrito ry covers th e states of W ash in g to n , O re gon and C alifornia. H uck leb erry F in n featured th e m ovie last S atu rd ay n ig h t. I t was th o roughly enjoyed by the stu d en t oody. T h e im p ro m tu orchestra, led by W allace Beebe, furnished m usic for th e occasion. C ruz M cD aniels left on M onday to join Miss H e n d rix at the Indian school near D elores, Colorado. Cruz has been a good stu d e n t and he will be missed in the m usical circles of Chem aw a. T h e football gam e on S atu rd ay betw een C hem aw a and the Salem H igh School b ro u g h t o u t a good crow d from Salem . O ur team was too m uch for th e H igh School. 1 he resu lt was 14-0 in o u r favor. Coach Downie is m uch encouraged over the progress m ade by th e inexperienced players on his squad. D uring chapel exercises on S u n d ay ev ening the orchestra played “ In H appy M om ents’’ by W allace, a cho ru s of boys sang “ Soldiers of th e C a p ta in ’’ by Spolir, Joyce Sim m on gave a recitatio n — T h e W ind— th e choir san g “ H e C areth for M e’’ by Bemis, and S u p t. H all gave an unu su ally able talk in w hich he adm onished o u r y o u n g people to be moral in every sense of th e w ord— in high ideals, correct aim s, the form ation of good habits, of steadfastness of purpose. I t was a talk on sound sense lines th a t could not fail to benefit all. T h e exercises were all of g reat interest and value. Tw o S enior carp en ters are p u ttin g the finishing touches on th e new cottage on the “ W est S id e .” T h e Ju n io r and Senior girls were th e m oving sp irits in th e farew ell reception given to Mrs. M oody, th e M cBride H all house m other, on T h u rsd ay evening. S u p erin ten d e n t and Mrs. H all an d Mrs. Brickell and Miss T y rrell, the new house m other, were the g u ests. Mrs. M oody has m ade m any friends am ong the girls and they regret to have her leave. FOOTBALL E v ery season our ath letic coaches face the problem of b reak in g in and tra in in g new m aterial for our team s ju st th e sam e as other schools. T h is year w hen school opened and our tra in in g season began th e squad was w ithout even one varsity man around whom to build a team . F in ally G eorge N ix . tackle, and Dewey S am p son, halfback, decided to retu rn and co n tin u e th eir studies and so far they are the only two men w ith v arsity experience to lead the rest of ou r y o u ngsters on the field. T w o w eeks ago the team w ent to O . A . C ., and although out-classed and out-w eighed considerably, played plucky ball till th e final w histle and stood up m ighty well ag ain st the terrific line plunges and end ru n s of O. A. C .’s tw o h u n d red and ten pounders. Because of their y o u th , light w eight and inexperience O. A . C. had little difficulty in m aking long gains and piling u p the score till the boys got over th e ir stage frig h t th e n they held the big fellows to tw o touchdow ns in th e last half. O ur back field was unable to advance the ball against th e stro n g O. A,. C. defense, yet they m ade som e b rilliant attem p ts. Joe B ettles m ade several long spiral p u n ts and in spite of th e line breaking th ro u g h and h u rrv jn g his kicks every one was gotten off nicely. Y. M. A N D Y. W. C. A. NOTES T h e last m eeting of the interm ed iate b ranch of th e Y. M. C. A ., otherw ise know n as th e C lim bers C lub, was an u n u su ally in te re stin g one. A fter a brief song and devotional service, four boys who were in A laska near M t. K atm ai at the tim e of its eru p tio n a few vears ago, told of th e ir experience in th e vicinity of th is vol cano. T h e talk s were m ost instructive and in terestin g . T hose p artic ip atin g on th e program w ere L aw rence Davis, Eli K arabelnikoff, A lex P etellin and G eorge C hya. L ast S u n day afternoon th e Y. W . C. A. held its first discussion of this year. Service was th e them e of th e m eeting. Rebecca C arpenter spoke on Service to ch ild ren ; K atie Cleveland on Service in the Sunday School; A nna H olst on Service to the ch u rch ; Rose G ray on Service to our com m unity; and F rances F itz p atrick on Service to the sick. A fter the program a sh o rt business session was held, at w hich tim e Jo se phine C orbett was elected p resident to succeed E sth e r P aul, who is not re tu rn in g to school, and Rebecca C arp en ter was elected chairm an of the social com m it tee. T h is is m em bership week in the Y . W . C. A . and the co n test for new m em bers is in terestin g a large g ro u p of girls.
