T H E CHEM AW A AM ERICAN
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The CHEM AWA AMERICAN
Published W eekly at the Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon, HARW OOD H ALL, Superintendent
Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager
Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second-
Class Mail Matter
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5 0 Cts P E R A N N U M
L IB R A R Y NOTES
T h ere have been num erous calls recentlv for stories
of the K n ig h ts. F o r those who are in terested in
K n ig h ts and th e A ge of C hivalry th e follow ing book
list has been prepared:
M yer’s “ G eneral H isto ry ” and “ Book of H is to ry .”
In these books may be found the H isto ry of Feudalism
and C hivalry, a description of the Castles of the N obles
and T ra in in g of th e K n ig h ts. “ K in g A rth u r and H is
K n ig h ts ,” H ow ard Pyle; “ Men of I r o n ,” H ow ard
Pyle; “ K in g A rth u r and H is N oble K n ig h ts ,” Mary
Macleod; “ Idvls of th e K in g ,” Lord T ennyson; “ Don
Q u ix o te ,” C ervantes; “ Iv a n h o e ,” Sir W alter Scott;
’ ‘K en ilw o rth ,” Sir W alter Scott; “ Q uentin D u rw a rd ,”
Sir W alter; “ Sir M a rro k ,” a tale of the days of K ing
A rth u r, Allen F ren ch ; “ How L ittle Cedric Became a
K n ig h t,” “ K in g A r th u r ,” “ D eath of K ing A r th u r ,”
“ Selections from A lh am b ra ,” in “ S tepping Stones to
L ite ra tu re :” “ Seven O ld F a v o rite s ,” E va M arch T ap-
pan; “ Stories of L egendary H e ro e s,” E va M arch T ap-
pan; “ H eroes E very C hild Should K n o w ,” H . W .
M abie; “ W an d erin g H e ro e s,” L illian L. Rice; “ T h e
K n ig h t’s T a le ,” Geoffrey C haucer: “ W nen K n ig h t
hood was in F lo w e r,” C harles M ajor: “ U na and th e
Red C ross K n ig h t,” N . G . Royde Sm ith; “ Stories of
K ing A rth u r an d Sir G a la h a d ,” in “ H eart of O a k ”
Vol. 4; “ W ith S purs of G o ld ,” heroes of chi valrv and
their deeds, F rances N . G reen.
U P PE R C L A SSM E N E N T E R T A IN
T h e best athletical en tertain m en t we have ever w it
nessed was staged in our gym nasium on th e afternoon
of T h an k sg iv in g Day. T h e e n tire stu d e n t body and
the greater p art of the faculty, as well as the num erous
visitors th a t were here were in atten d an ce, and ev e ry
body got as big a kick and th rill out of the doings as
anyone could out of the wildest bull fight ever staged
in S pain.
It was ju st as we expected. A fight-to-the-finish
spirit held the upper han d th ro u g h o u t th e afternoon and
th e re was not a dull m om ent d u rin g the en tire program .
T h ere was so m uch ch eerin g and yelling from th e
sidelines and balcony on account of the ex citem en t
th at we d o n ’t believe any of us heard the class songs or
yells. But they were there in th eir respective corners
yelling and singing th e ir heroes on to victory. T h e
ju n io rs and freshm en won by a large m argin w hen it
cam e dow n to the cheering and decorating p art of it
and had th e seniors and sophom ores looking like be
g in n ers. But the rest of it was nip and tu c k to the
finish and the judges had considerable difficulty in d e
ciding on the w inners, although th e ju n io rs and
freshm en won the tug-o-w ar event hands dow n. T h en
C harles B uchert, the catty little ju n io r, slipped one
over on Bill M inthorn in th e first bout of the a fte rn o o n .
H erschel Crim and Silas H aw k followed im m ediately
and w restled for ten m inutes to a draw . I t was a
real d raw too. Both men p u t u p a fine exhibition of
aggressiveness. So far th a t m ade tw o w ins and one
tie for th e ju n io rs and freshm en and only one tie for
th e senior and sophom ores. T h en out tro ts D indro
G eorge, th e dark horse of th e afternoon. H e was too
m uch for his opponet, T hom as C laplanhoe, in th e tw o
tw o-m inute ro u n d s and won h an d ily . A lex Beauvais
and Roger A lexander did th e lig h t-w eig h t w restling
m atch up brow n. Both p u t up a fine ex h ib itio n of speed
and en d u ran ce as well as a good am o u n t of science.
A lex an der featured in sn a tch in g and grab b in g holds
w hile Beauvais, slippery and as w irey as an eel, s q u irm
ed o u t of them . A n o th er d raw .
T h en followed a th riller: O "sen G eorge and C harles
G eorge, in a blind-folded b o xing m atch b ro u g h t dow n
th e house. T here was no sta n d in g around w aiting to
be h it, but both were out h u n tin g th e enem y and very
often he was found, and a couple of tim es rig h t in the
snoot. Both were good at gropiug and feeling around
in the darkness, but we believe if C harley G eorge did
not win the prize he took th e cake.
In a fine exhibition of basketball and a fight from
sta rt to finish the Seniors and sophom ores barely nosed
out over th e ju n io rs and freshm en by th e score of 23 to
19. Both team s p u t up a fine ex h ib itio n of basket
shooting, but we believe th e seniors and sophom ores
had a little m ore of the cream in th e team w ork. T h u s
th e program ended, m aking tw o w ins for the seniors
and sophom ores and two w ins for th e ju n io rs and fre sh
m en, and three draw s.
A most able talk by S u p t. H all closed ou r chapel
exercises last Sunday evening. H is subject was based
on the value of tim e —its proper use, etc. I t was a
splendid talk given w ith a conviction th a t im pressed
all present. D uring the evening the orch estra played
“ A M exican I d y l” by M aurice, a sex tet of girls sang
an Irish num ber by S anders, F ra n k Jam es played
“ Scenes that are B rig h te st” by W allace as a baritone
solo, Cecelia S m ith recited “ T h e C harge of the L ig h t
B rig a d e.” and the choir sang “ Closer to Thee. L o rd ”
— an anthem bv Morris.