THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD HALL, Superintendent
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LITERARY SOCIETIES
Nonpareil
The Nonpareil Literary Society held their regular
meeting in room 10 on Friday, Dec. 5. After a short
business discussion we were all well entertained with a
program rendered by the new members. Our visitors
for the evening were Mrs. Markestrom, and Miss
Vesper, who gave a very interesting talk. After a
short talk from our advisor, Miss White, and a few
snappy songs and yells we adjourned for the evening
to meet again in the near future.
Winona
The Winona-Reliance annual joint meeting was held
in the auditorium last Friday evening at which time
the following program was given: Winona spirit, Wi
nonas; recitation, Grace Johnson; instrumental quar
tet, Frank S. James, Paul Keta, Raymond Haldane
and Wm. Markishtum; debate, “Resolved, That
Mulligan should be eliminated from our bill of fare,”
affirmative, Maybelle Bremner and Raymond Sander
son, negative, Edna Audette and Percy Woodcock;
duet, Anna Peratrovich and Reno Booth; Reliance
prophecy, Martha Edelman; magic tricks, Jacob
Atkins; Hawaiian selection, Raymond Haldane and
Paid Keta; jokes, Raymond Sanderson.
We ended our program with songs and yells. Supt.
Hall gave us a compliment on our work. During
the judges decision on debate Mr. Leavenworth gave
us a few humorus selections.
ATHLETIC NOTES
An interesting basketball tryout closed last Friday
with the final of a series of games played during the
week to give every candidate a chance to show’ the
reason why he should have a position on the team.
Eighteen of the fifty men survived the test and have
been retained, from which a first and second team will
be selected.
Plenty of material is on hand from which to pick
forw’ards. Dewey Matt and William Brendible, both
regulars on last year’s team, are turning out, as well
as Dandro George, who was high point man on the
1923 team. Aside from these three men Eddie San
derson, Willie J. Williams, Alfred Bernard, Lyman
Scott and James Thomas are maneuvering around in
such a manner that it is plain that every man hoping
to retain a forw’ard position will have to work for it.
While the new’ players are youngsters and inexperi
enced they have the qualities and natural ability that
make them strong contenders for the position.
The program for the next two weeks w’ill consist of
drills in the fundumentals and very little playing.
The team last year enjoyed a very successful season,
though it played many hard games, which was due to
the fact they were all schooled in the art of executing
the fundamentals.
A struggle for the center position is being w’aged
betw’een Reginald DePoe and Robert Fielder and both
are likely candidates. At present DePoe has a slight
edge because of his aggressiveness. Fielder is a little the
tallest and has a longer reach which should be a de
cided advantage in his favor once he rounds into form.
John Edelman and Andrew Jackson are also center
contenders of ability. Both have the stuff that make
the best basketball players—aggressiveness.
Charles Buchert and Jack Abraham, both guards on
last year’s team w’ere lost through graduation. Need
less to say the services of these two stellar players will
be missed, for two guards of their calibre are hard to
find. Both were fast and good basketshooters, espec
ially Buchert, who plaved a running guard position.
The ability of both these fellows to shoot and get back
down the court w’as unusual. The most promising
candidates to take the place of one of these tw’o men
is Johnnie Milne, a new man, w’ho has the size and
speed to make an ideal guard. Other guards who are
attracting favorable attention are Joe Dumore, Charles
George, Eldred George, John Kowasuk and Raymond
Haldane. That DePoe and Dandro George will be
switched to guard positions in not altogether unlikely.
JUNIOR NOTES
We have one more new’ member in our class, Orsen
George.
We have a new ancient history teacher again. We
are glad to know it is Mrs. Palmer.
Four Junior boys, Fred Nystrum. Victor Edenso,
Raymond Jones, and William Markishtum, went to
Dallas last week to attend the Larger Boys’ Conference
Only two others were not of the Junior class that
attended the Conference.
Did you see the smiles on the Junior girls’ faces since
Thanksgiving? Who knows why? The Junior boys
set' em up to the girls last Friday evening in the
gymnasium. Sup’t Hall was our honor guest. Did
you notice that he wore a Junior Class cap? Our
class “originated” when he become superintendent
of this school. We are proud to say that we are his
class.
We had our class meeting last Friday. The presi
dent opened the meeting by calling the house to order
and asked for business. There was no business to be
discussed, so the meeting proceeded with a program
which was as follows: Speech, President Atkins;
recitation, George Flack; prophecy, Royal Holst;
tricks, Jacob Atkins; dialogue, William Johnson and
Joseph Connors.
After a most helpful talk from Supt. Hall and our
teacher, Mrs. Leavenw’orth, we adjourned.