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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
ATHLETIC NOTES
On Monday evening the employes’ reading circle
convened in regular monthly session with Supt. Hall
acting as chairman. It proved an interesting event.
Chemawa 23, Willamette University, 13 is the result
of the return game played at the University last Tues
day evening. Our basketeers had little trouble pene
trating the frosh defense in the first half and registered
15 points while they held their opponents to a lone
basket. The frosh played a hard, fast, clean game,
but at no time during the game did they come anywhere
near our score. Fast team work in the first half
enabled our team to gain a large margin over their
opponents, but in the second half, when the freshmen
guarding was very loose, our team failed to work the
ball in and the result was that the basket was missed
by taking a long shot when it would have been almost
a sure thing if the team had all depended on team
work instead of the long shot.
In spite of the weather the team had many boosters
at the game. Some one counted eighty-six boys who
rode in on the school truck. We cannot account for
the way they rode or where, but anyhow they were
at the game and more than that, they yelled and sang
for their team like only loyal supporters can.
Friday night the team met defeat at the hands of
the Franklin high school team at Portland. Franklin
won the championship of that section of the country
last year and also the year before. They still have
the same team intact and expect to win it again and if
they play their season out like they played against us
thev certainly will give somebody a run for their
money. Our team played a fast, snappy game though
not quite up to their standard, but the Portlanders beat
us 31 to 15
They did everything just right. Shot
baskets from all angles of the floor, atty old way and
everv old way. They threw and made’em and that’s
all there was to it. Though the score was rather one
sided the game was closely played, for our quintet
displayed some clever passing and worked hard till the
final whistle was blown.
Miss Olive Skipton, our dining-room matron, has
been on the sick list. The doctor recommended her a
rest period and she has been in Portland for the past
week.
At the regular session of the teachers’ meeting Miss
Groves gave an interesting and helpful talk on the
teacher’s responsibility for the health of her pupils and
the value of health habits.
Companies A, B, C and D of the boys’ battalion are
drilling in preparation for spring. Each company is
scheduled for time at the Gymnasium where the com
panies are drilled in the Manual of Arms.
We are not like the old lady who named the »lavs of
the week and then exclaimed, “The whole week gone
and nothing done!’’ January 23 marks the close of
the first semester. One half of the year gone—but
much has been done.
Mr. John Will, who has been the instructor in the
shoe and harness department, has resigned. He has
opened up a shop at Springfield, Oregon. Alfred Kiu
and Nicholi Nelson are in charge of this department.
They are menders of ‘ bad Soles.”
Ernest Hill, a member of last year’s graduating
class, visited Chemawa recently. At present Ernest
has employment on one of the steamers plying the
Sound from Tacoma north of Vancouver, B. C. He
reports that he is getting along nicely in everv way.
Mr. Fred Bowman, probation officerat Vancouver,
Wash., was a visitor last week. He did not realize
until he had been here the capacity and the educational
work being done at Chemawa. He reports that he
recently saw Alex Eyle, one of our last year’s gradu
ates, and that he was working near Vancouver.
Considerable work is being done on our racetrack.
It is being made the exact distance of one-fifth of a
mile. Within the next two weeks all work on it
should be completed and ready for use. This will
not hinder the work of our distance men for they have
been running cross country and have not been using
the track.
During chapel exercises last Sunday evening the
orchestra played an overture by Schlepegrell, Raymond
Haldane sang “Asleep in the Deep” by Petrie, Nick
Stepetin recited “Black Hawk to Gen. Street,” the
boys’ quartet sang “Little Cotton Dollie” by Geibel,
the choir sang “I Love to Tell the Story” by Gabriel,
and Supt. Hall closed the exercises with a splendid
talk on “Thrift.” If our boys and girls would follow
the splendid advice given them by Mr. Hall in time
they would find themselves “wealthier and wiser”
and in a far better state of health. Why not try it?
JUNIOR NOTES
Raymond Jones, one of our classmates, has been in
the hospital for some time. We wish him a speedy
recovery. -
The class has adopted a new class song again. We
will say that the seniors are poets. We could see that
easily on their acceptance they sent us.
About twenty of our junior boys went down last
Tuesday to watch our team play with the Willamette
Frosh,“Old Jake” being the main one.
We are proud to say that a number of our Junior
girls took part in the Nonpareil Open Session. “Aunt
Jemima,” Agatha Crouch, was one of our classmates.
Last Wednesday, Mrs. Palmer, our former ancient
history teacher, told us a nice story of her visit to the
Niagara Falls. We were much interested. Hope she
will be called on again soon.
We have gone through our ancient history once
and have started on it again for the second time.
Mrs. Whelan, our ancient history teacher, is making
a most interesting study of it. We write our outlines
in composition books and refer to them when we are
not sure of some date, such as the death of Caesar or
the Reign of Charlemagne.