T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCAL
A ny one h aving several telephones th a t are not in
use, please com m unicate w ith th e S u p e rin te n d e n t of
th e N eah Bay In d ian School, N eah Bay, W ash in g to n ,
looking forw ard to tran sfer of sam e.
N ig h t w ork in th e academ ic b u ild in g this week in
cludes a history class by Miss C onnelly, E n g lish for
th e 3rd section of th e 7th g rad e by M rs. Risser, and
Miss S outhw orth is b rin g in g up th e failures in the
six th grade.
M r. and M rs. Loos, form erly of C hem aw a, are d o
in g well in a business way at L aP o rte, In d ian a . M rs.
Loos is th e proprietress of a very p opular hotel, know n
as the C arlbeck, w hile M r. Loos is em ployed by the
C ity Schools as d irecto r of m usic. H e has a band of
six ty boys.
K ath e rin e M adison, secretary , rep o rts th a t th e
S ig m a’s m et in a business session on last T h u rsd a y
evening. E ach m em ber answ ered to th eir nam e w ith
an original verse w hich b ro u g h t fo rth m any “ Gem
th o u g h ts .’’ R eports of officers and com m ittees were
received and M rs. H all gave us a very helpful talk
and m ade m any su g g estio n s as to ways in w hich we
can be useful and m ake o u r influence felt for good.
W e closed w ith a song “ fe s t.”
S u p t. H all gave a splendid talk in chapel last S u n
d ay evening. H is them e was based on th e necessity
of h u m an ity for “ H a p p in e ss,” and he clearly and ably
set forth m any undeniable tru th s d u rin g his talk .
O th er features of th e exercises were as follows: T h e
o rch estra played “ A P erfect D ay” by B ond, A nna
L aR ance san g “ O Prom ise M e” by D eK oven, G eorge
P h in n ey san g a negro sp iritu a l— “ By a n ’ B y ” — by
B urleigh, a septet of g irls sang “ C arry Me Back to
O le V irg in n y ” as arran g ed by R ider, and th e choir
sang “ Com e U nto M e” by T hom as.
G IRLS LOSE H ARD -FO UG H T GAME TO STAYTON
O ur girls lost to th e undefeated S tay to n high school
team at S tayton last S atu rd ay evening in one of the m ost
e x c itin g gam es we have had th is season. T h e good
record of o u r girls preceded them to S tay to n and it
seemed th a t th e w hole tow n, in c lu d in g fa th e rs, m otheis,
bro th ers and sisters, tu rn e d o u t to see them in action
an d the S tay to n ites got the scare of th eir lives, for o u r
tossers k ept the crow d, as well as th e team , ju m p in g
sidew ays from sta rt to finish and from one end of th e
cig ar box to the o th er.
O nly in th e first q u a rte r did th e S tay to n team appear
to have th e slig h test edge on our hoopers an d th a t o n
ly in h ittin g the b ask et, as th e score ended 9 to 5 in
th e ir favor. In the second period a sw itch was m ade
to stren g th en the defense. Cora Black replaced Cecilia
S m ith at g u a rd and M aude H aey took B lack ’s place at
PA G E 3
ru n n in g cen ter. T he change equalized the fighting
sp irit up and dow n th e co u rt, and we m ig h t say held
the S tay to n team scoreless, for th e close checking on
the p art of our gu ard s allow ed b u t few throw s to th e
basket and S tayton succeeded only in a n n e x in g points
from the free throw line.
In th e second half our basketeers started th eir m arch
to th e to p of th e ladder and set th e crowd w ild w ith
en th u siasm w hich m ade it im possible to h ear th e offi
c ia l’s w histle. W ith ju st three m inutes to play and
the score 11 to 9 in S ta y to n ’s favor one of ou r fighting
and ever d eterm ined forw ards threw the basket th a t
tied th e score 11 to 11. T h en one dozen girls started
fighting h ard er th a n ever and m uch as if th e outcom e
of the gam e m eant life or d e a th , for S tayton had
w eathered th e storm of eighteen stra ig h t gam es w ith
out a loss and C hem aw a, w ith th e pride of th eir
school back of them , were m ak in g a w onderful
effort to b rin g hom e th a t big slab of bacon.
T h en o u t from th e th ick est of th e battle cam e the
shrill rep o rt of th e tim e r’s w histle and our dream s were
sent to sm ith ereens for S tayton converted a foul ju s t
before th e tim e r’s g u n ended th e gam e, 12 to 11 in
th eir favor.
It was not exactly a jovial team th a t journeyed hom e
after th e gam e, b u t th e ir sorrow s were soon drow ned
in th e com fortable hom e of S u p erin ten d e n t and M rs.
H all and one of th e m ost delightful lunches ever p re
pared for a basketball team . T h en after a late h o u r
the girls w ent happily to th e ir q u arte rs w ith th e
th o u g h t th a t it often takes a better team to lose than
it does to w in.
Y. M. A N D Y. W. 0 . A. NOTES
L ast S unday m orning at S u n d ay school, four teacher
tra in in g diplom as were aw arded. T h e stu d e n ts re
ceiving these were, Cecile S m ith , C arrie A nderson,
Jesse M organ, and E li K arabelnikoff. T h ey have
done exceptionally fine w ork, having com pleted the
te x t “ P rep aratio n for T e a c h in g ” by O liver, and in
addition to this having done m ost acceptable w ork
teach in g S unday school classes.
S upt. H all very kindly consented to present the
diplom as and com plim ented the class, on th eir splendid
w ork, saying th a t they w ere developing a religious
leadership w hich was valuable now at Chem aw a and
would prove in creasingly so in later years.
T h e Y . M. C. A . has had some u n u su ally good d is
cussion m eetings of late on topics p e rtin e n t to cam pus
life. E specially good w as Dan O rto n ’s discussion of
the q u e s tio n ,“ W h at is th e best th in g in ou r school
life?” his conclusion beiug th a t “ o p p o rtu n ity ” is th e
best th in g th a t comes to our stu d e n ts in th e ir school
life.
S u n d ay afternoon th e P ro te sta n t stu d e n ts listened
to a splendid and very helpful address by D r. W . C.
K an tn e r of the F irs t C ongregational C h u rch in Salem .
H e spoke from the te x t, “ A word fitly spoken is like
apples of gold in baskets of silver.