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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1924)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL The struggle for the class championship broke into the limelight last week when the Seniors took the Jun iors into camp via the aerial route 21 to 0. This week-end the Seniors and Sophomores will play. The officials will be James Thomas, referee; Paul Keta, umpire; Moses George, head linesman. Varsity men officiated the game, as they will do all class games, and it was plain that there is a lot in the rule book they haven’t read. Better brush up, varsity. Though it rained a number of the senior girls were on hand to sing and cheer their team on to victory. Though the number of the senior boysand girls in the rooting section was small they certainly made them selves heard. The class game last week resulted in victory for the Sophomores over the Freshmen 6 to 0. It was a real battle from start to finish and the upper classes can expect tough sledding when it comes their time to handle either of these two teams. Louis Turntoes and Richard O’Brien, both regular ends, and Charles DePoe sat the benches during the game nursing injuries received in the last game, but they are all coming around nicely and it is hoped they will be able to play today against Mt. Angel. The Mt. Angel game today promises to be about the toughest one we have remaining on our schedule, but if the team keeps up its present spirit there will be no doubt but that Chemawa will trot off the field with the Mt. Angel scalp tucked neatly away under her belt. With just a couple of days tutoring by varsity mem bers of the Senior class the team made a fairly good showing both in offensive and defensive work. On the other hand, the Juniors, the Sophomores of last year, and also the class champions, looked like sure enough tail-enders. Their offense was poor and their defense was just about as bad, especially against the aerial attack. During chapel exercises last Sunday evening the orchestra played “Con Amore” by Beaumont, the girls’ double octette sang “The Gay Gavotte” by Gluck, John Kalarak gave a recitation, Frank James played the “Prison Scene” from the opera II Trovatore by Verdi, the choir sang “Break Thou the Bread of Life” by Wilson, and Supt. Hall gave another of his excellent talks, in which he admonished the students to be serious, to live and struggle for the highest ideals. It was a splendid lesson he planned for all. Mrs. Hall was at home to over ’50 of the campus ladies on Wednesday afternoon. The hours for receiv ing were from 3 to 5:30, and every lady at Chemawa, except those who were ill, called during this period. PAGE 3 Many of the ladies were new at Chemawa this year and this function gave a splendid opportunity to get ac quainted. Delicious refreshments were served by Marie Andrews, Irene Lupsin, Ida Escholt, Annie Nerguson and Anna Fagerstrom. Little Annie Jack- son admitted the guests at the door. Miss Skipton and Mrs. Brewer poured during the first period and Mrs. Brickell and Mrs. Parks poured the second period. The spacious living room and diningroom were decorated with large baskets of Chemawa roses and fernery. ACADEMIC NOTES So far as was possible this year, in enrolling pupils, boys were placed in one division of a grade and girls in the other division. The pupils declare that they like this arrangement, the teachers heartily endorse it, and it works well in the industrial departments. A new system has been adopted for line-up for dis missal in the halls in the school building. Three pu pils have been appointed to keep tally in each division. Each one of these three carries his book and pencil and checks on the conduct of the individuals in two companies. If a boy or girl misbehaves in line his or her company gets a black mark. This hurts worse than being held personally responsible, for no pupil is willing to have his company given a low rating for his misdeeds. Next Wednesday in school assembly an announcement will be made of the company having the highest rating. The division having the highest rating will also be announced. There is a spirit of keen rivalry between the boys and girls of both divi sions, both striving for highest honors. In school assembly last Wednesday Miss White was elected to entertain the morning session, and Miss Thompson the afternoon session. The following ex cerpt from an article on educational institutions, pub lished in the Oregon Statesman, was read to both di visions, and the pupils were urged to keep in mind and live up to the author’s estimate of them as ex pressed in the exclamation: “How well mannered they are!” It is easy to be courteous if people encour age us by expecting only the best of us. Read this over again, boys and girls; live up to it, not only while in Salem, but among your friends on your own cam pus: And last and most important is the Salem Indian school, right in the suburbs of Salem. With 900 pu pils and many teachers and employes there are per haps 1000 persons connected with the institution, and certainly there is no school in the country that can take a raw product and convert it into a finished one like the Indian school. How well mannered they are! Indeed, when I note how some of our pupils of the public schools do not know enough to reply to you with anything but, “yes,” “no,” “don’t know,” or else hang their heads and do not answer at all, I often think it would be a fine thing if “Uncle Sam” would gather up all the “poor white trash” and put them through the Indian school.
