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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1924)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN PAGE 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD HALL, Superintendent Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager SUBSCRIPTION 50 Ots PER ANNUM ATHLETIC NOTES Last Friday our varsity met defeat at the hands of the Linfield College team 13 to 0. Linfield scored just before the close of the first period, and again in the second period. They failed to convert either try for points, but were awarded the point on the first attempt because a Chemawa lineman was off-side Linfield wanted to give us the game but our team didn’t have the steam to reach out and take it. It was the poorest exhibition of football the team has put up since the season opened. The game was in their grasp three times, but because they gave up almost before the contest got started, they could not hang on to it. Twice behind perfect interference three men let the safetv rush in and tackle the runner when he had a clear field. Several plays similar to this one happened. Iti short, such games as this one are known as “brain less” or “dumb” football. On Wednesday, November 26, our varsity will close the football schedule against the Oregon Normal school at Monmouth. Last year we defeated them 41 to 0. If any such thing happens this year the team is going to have to hustile. After that game basketball equipment will be is sued as quickly as possible to forget a disastrous foot ball season and our attention will be given to another sport to make up for the poor gridiron showing made. However, we need not look for anything better if the players haven’t got it in them to give all they have and stick to the last ditch to win as long as they are physically able to do so instead of laying down on the job. In our gymnasium there are two big placards which bear the same words, they are; “A team that won’t be beat never can be beat.” It seems that our athletes have failed to get much of the meaning of that little motto into their system. In the last inter-class football game of the season the sophomores defeated the juniors 6 to 0. Though this game had no bearing on the championship, which was won by the seniors, it was both exciting and interesting to the end. Next week the All-Stars will be printed. Our band took part in the Armistice Day parade in Salem. DOMESTIC SCIENCE NOTES Our practice house looks complete from the outside, but the interior has yet to be completed. The prevocational girls are studying “How to keep well,” under the direction of Flora Dexter and Edna Audette. Harriett Hill, Nellie Rinehart and Agnes Ponchene are the cooks for this week. We have all had a turn at cooking and leave it to the class to decide who is the best cook. A few of the seventh grade girls discovered last Saturday that oven temperature has a great deal to do with the success of cake-making. Their spirits fell with the cakes. We do not have as many pupils in our class as the Juniors’ have, but we accept their challenge to out weigh them. What with eating the meals prepared by the excellent cooks, and the knowledge obtained from books; we are bound to outweigh them in pro portion to the number of pupils in each class. SENIOR NOTES The class of ’25 has “44” members, 19 girls and 25 boys, all active and loyal with “Victory” to lead them on. Raymond Haldane proved to be quite a singer when he rendered a solo last Sunday. We hope to hear from him again. Floyd Jenson, our weather prophet, reported that there’ll be snow inside of a month. Better get your sleds made. Did you see our new quaterback, Ray Haldane, inaction against the Freshies? He ran the team like an old-timer. Reno Booth is out of the hospital and is with the class again. B. Grub is also back in school and says he is here to stay. We have been having some stiff tests in botany the past week. Day by day in every way we like the flower study, and enjoy the talks of Mr. Fisher, who tells us of the flower conformation. A certificate was sent by President Coolidge to us, thanking the Salem Indian School for its part during the world war. Louis Dupuis of the Senior class was selected to read it at chapel last Wednesday. This certificate is to be framed and placed in a conspicuous place for inspection. During the picnic out in the woods the senior boys enjoyed a very good time. After the eats were served and gotten away with, business was discussed and a resolution made and adopted. Some unwritten rules were considered and passed. An enjoyable program was rendered after which we adjourned in time for study hour.
