T h e C H E M A W A A M E RICAN
LOCAL
W ade M inthorn, class ’19, was a visitor over S unday.
M rs. E ato n is again at h er desk in the main office af
te r a tw o week s visit w ith her d au g h ter in Idaho.
Miss G ertru d e S o u th w o rth , of P o rtlan d , arrived on
S unday to fill th e position vacated by Mr. G riffith.
1 he state legislature convened on M onday. O u r
advanced classes will have the o p p o rtu n ity to visit the
capitol d u rin g the session.
W ith the exception of several days in N ovem ber
the therm om eter has not registered lower th an 34 d e
grees above zero th is w inter.
PA G E 3
D u rin g chapel exercises on Sunday evening the
orchestra, by request, played “ C athedral C him es” by
A rnold-B row n, Roy C ourville sang “ I Passed by Y our
W in d o w ” by B rahe, M r. Bruce played tw o clarin et
solos, C arrie A nderson recited “ T h e H appy L ittle
C ripple by R iley, the choir sang “ N earer and D ear
er by W ilson, and S u p t. H all gave those assem bled
a very stro n g talk on “ P ay in g the P ric e ,” w hich was
a w orth-w hile lesson for all, as it was on practical
lines and ably given.
SALEM VS. CHEM AW A
Salem 22, Chem aw a 21, tells som ething of the g r u
M r. H en ry Iu rn e r, o u r p o u ltry m an , expects to elling basketball gam e played here last W ednesday
p u t his incu b ato rs at w ork soon. H e in ten d s to hatch
evening between our varsity and the Salem high school
o u t a crop of at least 2,000 little chicks th is sp rin g .
team. F or forty long m inutes th e score see-saw ed
back and forth, first w ith one team in the lead, then
East S atu rd ay evening was a n ig h t “ off” at Che-
the other. W ith but one m inute to play the score, 21
m aw a. E verybody w ent to bed early in order to catch
to 21, R ein h art of Salem converted a foul giving them
up after th e stren u o u s holiday week and “ w^eek” after.
the deciding p o in t.
A d o rm ito ry to cost $35,000 has been provided for
It was a fine exibition of basketball on the p a rt of
Chem aw a in the In d ian appropriation bill passed by
both team s, but especially on the p art of our boys who
both houses of Congress and is now in conference. It
were playing th eir first gam e on th e varsity against
is for the sm aller g irls and will have a capacity for 100
a q u in tet of veterans who are p laying th eir last year
pupils.
for Salem and were ru n n e rs-u p for the S tate hig h '
L ittle V incent M arcell, whose hom e is in Id itaro d ,
school cham p ionship last y ear.
A laska, passed aw ay after an illness of several m o n th s
K now ing th a t we had only “ g re e n ” m aterial Salem
on T h u rsd ay last. H e has a sister N ellie atten d in g
felt justified in th e rem ark published in the local p a
school at C hem aw a and also a sister in the blind school
pers to the effect th a t W e will win h a n d ily ,” but
at Salem .
the fight and d eterm ination exhibited by ou r “ g re e n ”
T h e h ig h w aters of this week prevented about 2,000
players kept Salem w ading in deep and hot w ater till
stu d e n ts from re tu rn in g to the O regon U niversity at
th e very end, and changed S alem ’s m ind early in the
E ugene in tim e to take up th eir studies. E lean o r H ouk
co n test.
m ade two attem p ts to get th ro u g h , but was com pelled
T he work of our entire team was most com m end
to re tu rn to C hem aw a and aw ait the abatem ent of able. C harles B uchert and D andro G eorge, forw ards;
h igh w ater.
played stellar ball. “ Je w ” converted five out of th e
H eavy rain s the past few days has interfered w ith
six fouls attem pted and G eorge scored the m ajority of
all railroad and electric trains. R ivers and all stream s
our field baskets. R eginald DePoe, our lan k y c e n
are greatly sw ollen. In fact, travel eith er by rail or ter, met a man who had him bested bv several inches
auto ceased for several days. It is said th a t th e flood yet he played his m an, w ho at no tim e got really d a n
w hich reached its greatest height last M onday is the gerous. to a stan d still.
m ost serious one since 1890.
Both G eorge P h in n ey and Jack A braham played a
rem
arkable gam e at gu ard , probably th e playing e x
G overnor O lcott, who has presented the g rad u ates
hibited by A braham was the m ost o u tstan d in g of the
at C hem aw a w ith their d ip lo m s tor the past four
fix e .
H e played a hard, fast gam e from the beginning
years, w assucceeded to the G overnorship of O regon on
M onday last by W alter M. Pierce. T he practice of to the end and deserves m uch credit for the low score
the O regon governor p resen tin g the diplom as will be to which Salem was held. Both broke up com binations
for Salem th at looked like points.
followed by G overnor Pierce.
Team w ork and sh o rter shots will be the program for
M rs. Blackw'ood, an experienced teacher who was
th e rem ainder of th e season. I here w ere several long
sent to us by Mrs. h u l k rson. C ounty S u p erin ten d en t
shots th at m ight have been tu rn ed into baskets had the
of M arion C ounty, is filling th e position of teacher of
shooter resorted to team w ork instead of the lo n g sh o t
th e first grade, recently held by Mrs. Baker. Mrs.
T eam w ork alw ays wins.
Blackwood speaks very h ig h ly of the com plete h a r
B eginning on Ja n u a ry 11th the team will play at
m ony ex istin g in our school faculty and the w illin g least one gam e each week until earlv in M arch, w ith
ness of each teacher to co-operate. It is a pleasure th e m ajority of the gam es on the hom e floor.
to have a teacher added to our force who appreciates
T he g ir ls ’ team w hich is being coached by Mrs.
and co n tiib u tes to t h e harm onious w orking of our
Downie will also appear ag ain st som e of the nearbv
school.
high schools.
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