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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1923)
HAGE 2 T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P ublished W eek ly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARW OOD HALL, Superintendent A ddress all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class Mail Matter SU B SC R IP T IO N . . . 5 0 Cts P E R A N N U M H O LID A Y ATHLETICS H oo Ray! D u rin g the week all th e old scores have been settled. N obody h u rt and everybody feeling fine. T h e old fighting sp irit of our an cesto rs cam e to life, hatch ets were d u g up and the old scalping knife took on an edge. E ach contest th at was staged for the week was hotly contested. T h e box in g and w restling events were m ostly given decisions as draw s. I t showed a m arked improve* m ent in th is branch of our ath letics. M o nday’s card showed the contests betw een Seniors- Sophom ores vs. Ju n io rs-F resh m en . T h e basketball gam e betw een the b o y s’ team s resulted in a score of 31 to 15. T h e Senior-Sophom ore gam e betw een the g irls ’ team s was won by the Sophom ores, 19 to 3. T h e tug-of-w ar was won by the Ju n io rs an d F re s h m e n . T u esd a y — A laska vs. S tates in co n tests. T h e b o x in g and w restlin g events w ere of a fast caliber and m ost all events got a draw . T h e basketball gam e resulted in a victory for the S tates. T h e gam e was a fast one from th e sta rt. T h e g irls ’ gam e was the second betw een th e Seniors and Sophom ores, the Sophom ores w in n in g by a score of 13 to 3. W ed n esd ay ’s schedule gave th e afternoon to the R eliance vs. E xcelsiors. T h e basketball gam e was won by th e R eliance. T h e E xcelsiors won th e tug- of-w ar. F rid ay our V arsity had a try -o u t w ith the A n derson and Brow n basketball team of th e C ity C o m m ercial L eague. W e won by a score of 20 to 13. LOCAL M r. Griffith and Mrs. B aker, teachers, have both been called to th eir homes on account of fam ily affairs, th e ir resig n atio n s ta k in g effect December 31st. T h e hospital patien ts desire to th an k th e Y W .C .A . g irls for th e box so generously filled w ith dolls, toys, p ictu re nooks and o th e r articles dear to c h ild re n . A phonograph carried over on C hristm as and donated by th e school will fill m any an hour to cheer th e bed patien ts. A nna S exton, now Mrs. R olly-Inm an, of M anly, Iow a, w rites th a t she has a little d au g h ter, H elen M arie, th ree m onths old. H er husband is a movie operator and is doing well. A stag p arty at th e carpenter shop on T h u rsd ay last in th e shape of a big d in n er given by M r. Mason to his large detail of carp en ter boys was a big event. T he y o ung m en certainly did ju stice to the spread and wish to th a n k th e ir in stru cto r for his th o u g h tfu ln ess. A featu re connected w ith the b irth of th e N ew Y ear at Chem aw a th a t will long be rem em bered by those in atten d an ce was a breakfast at the home of S u p t. and M rs. H all. T he invited guests w ere M r. and M rs. Petri an d M r. and Mrs. T u rn e y . I t was a most d e licious breakfast and host and hostess were, as they always are, ch arm in g in every way. T h e guests found it d elig h tfu lly auspicious as a com m encem ent of the N ew Y ear. C hem aw a certainly appreciates the in te re st w hich Prof. P aul P etri and his estim able wife tak e in our school. T hey are both high-class m usical a rtists and stand at the head of th eir profession in th e city of P ortland. T he com plim entary recital given to o u r pupils and o thers on S unday evening in o u r a u d ito r ium will long be rem em bered by all who were fo rtu nate to be present. Professor and Mrs. P etri are old friends of Mr. and M rs. T u rn ey and visit them f r e q u en tly . Probably the m ost finished all-round en tertain m en t given at C hem aw a for a long tim e was th a t presented last F rid ay evening in the auditorium by th e p rim ary stu d e n ts u n d er direction of Miss Alice Ju d d , teacher. T h e e n tire p roduction, representing “ A Joke on S anta C la u s,” by E d ith T illo tso n , was perfectly acted . T h e sin g in g , im personation and C hristm as cheer injected into th e play was a delight to the audience and started our C hristm as holidays out w ith a fine sp irit. Indeed, we cannot com m end the children nor Miss Ju d d too h ig h ly . Miss E ak in presided at th e piano. On N ew Y e a r’s Eve the Ju niors gave a d in n e r in the dom estic science q u arters in honor of th e S eniors. T h is was really one of t h i im p >rtant social events of our holiday festivities. T here are nearly fifty m em ber« in th e Ju n io r class and not all were p resent, b u t of course all of the girls who belong to th e class and who are well up in dom estic science w ork w ere present and took active parts in m aking th e d in n er th e big success it proved to be. A fine, pleasing p r o gram of a m usical and literary character was rendered and gave great pleasure to all. T h e president of th e Senior class, Roy C ourville, made a fitting response to the Ju n io rs in w hich he voiced the appreciation and th a n k s of the Seniors for the honor show n them and the perfectly stu n n in g good tim e they had enjoyed.
