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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1924)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Begin now to save your money—Christmas is just around the corner. Miss Juana Holmes, of Mill City, was the guest of Miss Skipton over Thanksgiving. Quite a number of our employes had friends in for Thanksgiving dinner at their homes. Last week we had a few as foggy days as were ever known in the Willamette Valley. December 1st brought rain and away went our fog. Mrs. Cloutier, clerk at the Umatilla Indian Agency at Pendleton, visited friends at Chemawa during the past week. Mrs. Cloutier was principal at Chemawa some years ago. Mr. J. B. Mortsolf, superintendent at Warmspring Agency, and the agency farmer, Mr. Flynn, were visitors at Chemawa on Sunday. Supt. Mortsolf is an old friend of Supt. Hall. •> George Berry and George Finney, both Chemawa graduates, spent their Thanksgiving here. The former is employed in the blacksmithing department of the City of Portland; the latter is working in a logging camp not far from Portland. Both are getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Petri motored down from Cor vallis to spend Thanksgiving Day with Chemawa friends. These good people are favorites with our students who are always pleased to greet them. At present they have charge of the Oregon Agricultural College School of Music at Corvallis. “The Faith of Our Fathers” was the title of what may have been termed a pageant that was staged by the lower grade pupils by way of Thanksgiving entertainment. It was in every way both pleasing to the audience and creditable to the young people who took part. We are informed that Mrs. Palmer, Miss Stan ley and Miss Thompson had in hand the preparation and direction of the pupils and suiely they did their work well. Thanksgiving Day at Chemawa was almost perfect. From early morn until the big dinner for our many hundreds of students was over there was hustling and excitement in every direction. The large dining room of the students was beautifuly decorated and the dinner was a perfect feast. The student body marched in to music by the orchestra and the music continued throughout the meal. As usual, everything passed off without a jar of any nature and both the Chemawa standard and spirit marked the occasion at all times. During chapel exercises last Sunday evening the orchestra played “Cathedral Chimes” by Arnold- PAGE 3 Brown, Nick Stepetin sang “I Know a Lovely Garden” by de Hardelot, Raymond Sanderson recited “The Grand Advance,” a chorus of boys sang “Kentucky Babe” by Geibel, the choir sang “The Voice of Many Waters” by Porter, and Supt. Hall closed the exercises with a splendid talk on matters of importance to all, both young and old—his talk was largely on traits of human character and he pointed out how best to avoid many shortcomings. The members of the Employees’ Club who remained at Chemawa on Thanksgiving greatly appreciated the kindness and consideration of those who made the din ner an enjoyable, home-like treat. Mr. Henderson, as in past years, generously donated turkey; Miss Gunn, whose avocation is floriculture, donated and arranged bouquets of beautiful chrysanthemums for the tables as well as a large bouquet for both dining and reception rooms. Mrs. Brickell’s gracious reception of employees and their guests as they entered the din ing-room made everyone feel at home, and Mrs. Hoover’s excellently prepared dinner and motherly hospitality made everyone forget the loneliness felt at holiday times by those who areaway from home. ATHLETIC NOTES Candidates for the basketball team reported to the gymnasium last Sunday afternoon in answer to the first official call for a try-out for the varsity. Three from last year’s team, several with some experience, and others who will make their first attempt at play ing the game, entered their names on the list of aspir ants for positions. Dewey Matt and William Brendible, both forwards and stellar players on the varsity, were the only old members to report. Rassmussen, who developed into an aggressive, consistent center, is just now recovering from a serious illness and will be unable to report to practice for some time. Dandro George, star forward on the team of 1923, is back and will make a bid for a position. If Brendible, Matt and Dandro George come anywhere near their old mark of throwing baskets the team will have three basket-shooters that no team will sneeze at and our team should register with rapid regularity The measles put Reginald DePoe out of the running last year when he appeared to be ready to play his best ball and he was out for the season. He is back among the contenders for the center position. Eight teams have been organized to give each man a chance to show his wares, which will necessitate the playing of four games each evening all of this week. Next week all will be weeded out, who have been unable to make either of the first two squads, or about eighteen men.
