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THE CHEM AWA AMERICAN
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD HALL, Superintendent
Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager
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THE HOLIDAYS AT CHEMAWA
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at the Employes’ Club, and here were manv invited
guests. Supt. and Mrs. Hall dined at the Club and
had a number of special guests with them, all of whom
were delighted to be of the party. Mrs. Brickell had
a party of relatives and intimate friends with her for
dinner at the Club. All went as ‘Merry as a Marriage
Bell.” This dinner was under the management and
supervision of Mrs. Brickell and Mrs. Hoover and
many indeed must return thanks to them for such a
delicious Christmas dinner.
A custom that has been in vogue here now for many
years was carried out on Christmas afternoon when the
members of the junior and senior classes opened up
the sports of the holiday season with their annual
crash at the gymnasium.
The first to break into this week and more of exciting
events of ours was a boxing bout between Joe Connors
of the junior class and George Johnson of the senior
class. Joe won the match rather handily, but credit
must be given George for putting up a game fight.
Charles Moon evened things up for the seniors when
he pinned the shoulders of Moses George to the mat
in the next event. The match was close and Charley
succeeded in winning after a hard struggle and in the
final seconds of the match.
Once more the juniors forged ahead by winning the
horse-and-rider contest, when they easily dismounted
their opponents. For a few seconds the floor was
crowded with trusted steeds and riders who rode into
the thickest of the battle, which was hot but short
lived, for the junior warriors easily outnumbered the
seniors and soon only junior riders were left to grace
their mounts.
The seniors again evened up the score when the
girls defeated the juniors 16 to 10 in the basketball
game. Not to be beaten, however, the junior boys
managed to nose out the seniors in the closest basket
ball game we have watched in a long time. The final
score of 7 to 6 for the juniors also gave them the total
of 30 points against 20 for the seniors in the sports of
the afternoon.
At 7 o’clock Thursday evening the boys of McNary
Hall and the large boys of Mitchell Hall held a re
ception in the gym in honor of the McBride Hall girls
and the large girls of Winona Hall. This social
function was sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Downie
and it proved one of the most delightful events of the
holidays’ season. Pure enjoyment and most decorous
conduct on the part of the young people made this a
memorable affair.
On Friday afternoon things were popping from the
time the doors opened at 1:30 until the close of the
events at 4 o’clock, for on this day the members of the
lour senior literary societies engaged in sports, each
one to battle for and bring glory to his own organ
ization.
The Excelsiors and their sister society, the Nonpar
eils, stood grouped in one corner of the gym wearing
their society caps with their colors hanging high, while
the Reliance and the Winonas stood in a like manner in
another corner. Every game and every match was a
battle to the finish that kept the spirit and interest of
the crowd up to the highest pitch throughout the entire
program. Those who missed that program missed a
real treat. Every member of each of these four large
organizations put all they had into each event. If
they were not in action on the floor they were doing
some of the singing and cheering that has not been
equaled here in a long, long time.
To start things off on this memorable day was a
wrestling match which was won by Frank Johnson, an
Excelsior, over Titus Samuels, a Reliance member.
In the next event Frank Charging Dog and Charles
Moon fought to a draw in a boxing bout. The wrest
ling match between John Kowasuk and Bill Johnson
was as exciting as one could be. These two grapplers
rolled and tossed one another about the mat and worked
into and slipped out of holds with lighting-like rapidity
until the very last second, when Bill clamped the hooks
on John just in time to win the match.
Right behind this match came the battling midgits.
Each one was about as fact as a whirlwind, when
Edwin Edleman, an Excelsior, having a little the
most of the wind, proved too much of a whirl for his
opponent, Linton Winnishut. A few too many whirls
on Lintons’s beezar gave Edwin the bout shortly after
the start of the second round.
In the tug-o’-war contest the Nonpareil and Excel
siors pulled their Reliance and Winona opponents out
of their tracks and down the court with apparent ease.
Beef still counts for something.
In the next event the Reliance “Four Horsemen’’
galloped off with the horse-and-rider contest, while
the Nonpareils continued to win over the Winonas by
taking the potato race. Six entries were in this con-
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