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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1923)
EA GE 2 T H E CHEM AW A A M ER IC A N The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published W eekly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARW OOD H A L L , Superintendent Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, M anager Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, P ostoffice as Second- Class Mail M atter SU B SC R IPTIO N 5 0 Cts P E R A N N U M ACADEMIC NOTES Miss G oodm an discussed ch ap ter XT, and Miss S ta n ley ch ap ter X I I , Class-room M ethods and M anage m ent, in teachers' m eeting W ednesday m o rn in g . Miss Judd and Miss K elly w ere assigned ch ap ters X I I I and X IV for the n e x t m eeting. O th er topics discussed at the m eeting were the essays on hom e b u ild in g , the best m ethod of b rin g in g u p the w ork of p u p ils who are failing to m ake passing grades, and th e prevoca- tional and vocational declam ation contests. T h e en tire tim e of both sessions of th e school as sem bly last W ednesday was devoted to a stu d y of the history of o u r splendid school. C arrie A nderson gave the A division a splendid talk on th is subject and C lara H am ilto n took the sam e topic for her talk to the B division. T h e follow ing facts w ere gleaned from th e talks given by these girls: A SHORT HISTORY OF CHEMAWA In the year 1880, F eb. 25, a sm all school was o rg an ized at F o rest G rove by an arm y officer, L ieu t. M. C. W ilk in so n . A t fiist the school was not popular with th e In d ian s and only a few boys w ere w illing to a t ten d . T h e In d ian s b ro u g h t in o th er children who h ad been left hom eless an d , finally, th e In d ian s real ized the value of th e school and w ere w illing to tru st to its care th e ir sons and d au g h ters. T h ere were only n in ety -th ree stu d e n ts who attended at F orest G rove, b u t to the courageous g roup who en d u red severe h a rd ships and toiled to lay the foundation for th e school th a t later becam e our beloved Chem aw a, we owe our deepest g ratitu d e. T he school did splendid w ork for tw o years then L ieu t. W ilkinson was called back to his post in the arm y and left the school in charge of his wife, until she was relieved by D r. M in th o rn e. T h e D octor a d m inistered the affairs of the small school u n til 1884. D urin g th is tim e a serious calam ity befell th e school, th e large g irls’ b u ilding was destroyed by fire. H ow ever th is did not prove so great a d isaster as it at first seemed for plans were m ade to m ove th e school to a m ore su itab le location. T h e school at F orest G rove was b u ilt on a fifteen - acre tract of donated land. Since a decision had been reached to change the location of the school. Dr. M in th o rn e sent som e one out to get inform ation co n cern ing tra c ts of land th a t m ight be secured. S h o rtly after th is a rep o rt w as received on four tracts of land, each offered at a considerable price. O ne. near N ew berg, and an o th er n ear P o rtlan d , were considered too near the cities for th e best interests of th e school, so th e offers w ere declined. T h e th ird piece offered as a possible site for the school was near O lym pia, but the fo u rth place, w here C hem aw a now stan d s, was chosen because it seemed to be an ideal location for a school; near en o u g h to the capital city for business or pleasure trip s, y et far enough rem oved to prevent th e d istra c tions of th e city from in terferin g w ith school duties. M r. Brewer w ith fourteen In d ian boys cam e over and established a cam p on th e spot w here M cBride H all now stan d s. T h e ground was covered w ith u n d e r bru sh and dense groves of trees, b u t M r. B rew er and his boys followed a trail to the place th a t is now know n as Old C hem aw a. H ere they built shacks to afford tem porary shelter w hile they cleared land and prepared for th e com ing of th e school. In O ctober, 1885, th e school was moved from F orest G rove to C hem aw a. V A R SIT Y P L A Y S MT. A N G EL H A R D GAME L ast F rid a y evening o u r basketeers staged a w o n d erfu l com eback here against th e stro n g M t. A ngel C ollegians. T h e score of 10 to 8 in favor of Mt. A ngel at th e close of th e first half would indicate som ething of th e terrific battle th a t took place d u rin g th e first 20 m in u tes of play. T h e big husky A ngels found form idable opponents in o u r y o u n g sters, w ith th eir ever-determ ined spirit to fight till th e last dog was hanged, and not for a m in u te did th ey show any sign of w eakness. T h e checking on th e p art of both team s was u n u su ally close and baskets were converted only after a stru g g le and excel lent passing. T h e score ju s t about balanced till th e latter p art of the second half w hen th e w eight of th e m uch heavier opponents began to have its effect and D ePoe, our lanky cen ter, was put o u t of th e ru n n in g for a sh o rt period on account of a hard slam to th e floor. H e was soon followed to th e d ressin g room by B u ch ert, who sustained a tem porary in ju ry . In sh o rt, the second half had all the earm arks of a football gam e w ith th e m uch larger Collegians d isplaying fine ch arg in g tactics and th e best interference for th e ir basket shooters seen in action this season. T h o u g h our team did not win th ey made a splendid show ing against a team of seasoned veterans and held them to th e final score of 27 to 12. G eorge and B uchert, forw ards; D ePoe, center; A braham , P hinney and L iljegren, guards; all played a fine steady gam e, as did N orw est, w ho replaced B uchert in th e latter p art of th e second half. A le tte r from C atherine R eed, gives th e inform ation th a t she has finished her first year in a hospital in Los A ngeles; this year, to g eth er w ith th e credits received for previous tra in in g at C hem aw a, gives her one m ore year before becom ing a g rad u ate nurse. She did not m ention H a ttie C avton in this letter, but it is u n d e r stood th a t H a ttie is also doing well. Last S atu rd ay n ig h t the E n terp rise society, com pos ed m ostly o f sm all girls, gave th e ir first p arty to a gym full of guests. T h e usual sh o rt program , gam es, m usic, e tc ., filled th e evening but th e p arty was u n usual in its liveliness and great fun. F rom the tim e th e first guest arrived until refreshm ents were a n nounced things kept hum m ing. W e pronounce the E n terp rise fine hostesses and look forw ard w ith pleas- - ure to th eir n ex t social appearance. Miss G unn is th e ir advisor.
