THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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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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ATHLETIC NOTES
Our basketball team got away to a flying start last
Friday evening in the game against Washington high
school and scored a total of 20 points while the visitors
registered nine. In the second half the visitors made
a come back, however, making several pretty field bas
kets and a few foul throws while our basketeers strug
gled desperately to get started. But their efforts avail
ed them little. The close guarding and quick check
ing of the Portland team allowed only a scant nine
points, while they registered eleven. Making the total
at the end of the game 29 for Chemawa and 19 for Wash
ington.
Our team play and basketshooting in the first
half was smooth and accurate, coupled with plenty of
speed which made it hard going for Washington and
enabled the team to run up a lead hard to overcome.
Reginald DePoe went out of the game in the second
period on account of personal fouls for the first time
this season. Reggie is our captain and center and
when he is out his steady, consistent playing is missed.
Peter Rassmussen replaced William Brendible at
forward in the last game and showed some of his old
time form. Peter was on the sick list sometime ago
and is just now getting into shape to play ball again.
Eldred George, a first year man at playing basket
ball, is one of the most promising candidates we have
on the court. He has participated in only a part of
a few games, but in each one he did well.
Work on the race track is nearly completed. The
big dip in the south end is nearly all filled in and the
track almost level all the way around.
Our girls have been practicing for some time in
preparation for their games which will start soon. Two
games each have been definitely settled with Stayton,
Mill City and Silverton high schools.
Our cross country runners have been out quite
regularly lately doing some real training. The bad
weather has not retarded their practice a great deal,
which show’s that they are really getting ready for the
trial runs which will take place each Saturday before
long. Gideon Brings Grub, our distance runner, has
been helping some of the less experienced runners
while going over the course.
DOMESTIC ART NOTES
Here we are back on the job again. Drafting! No
name for it. It should have been called Geometry.
Call it what you want, we’ve been drafting patterns all
week. Though perplexing the problems we stick to
them until finished. Accuracy in measurements is
one of the essentials in correct drafting, but some of
us were unaware of the fact and so when our patterns
were finished, Behold! the shapeless forms.
We have disproved the old saying of, “When the
cat’s away the mice will play.” For our dear little
teacher has been unable to be with us on account of
illness. In her absence wTe were so quiet that the
sound of pins dropping was like the crash of thunder
on a hot summer day. We will rejoice on her return.
On the first of last week w’e Seniors reported to
Mrs. Kirk’s department. You all know that Mrs.
Kirk’s department is the pre-vocational department.
It brought back memories of our childhood. It made
us feel like singing, “When you and I were young,
Maggy.”
We regret that this is our last week in this depart
ment. We have arrived at the stage where work is no
longer work, but play. When it comes to playing we’re
right there. Hence the explanation of our enthusiasm
over our work.
If the sun were shining leal brightly you might
be able to see bright flashes from our windows. Now
we aren’t trying to flash mirrors or anything of the
sort, it’s just our needles going at a rapid pace, for
we are trying to finish up our fancy work.
We remain,
T he S enior G irls .
LOCAL
Soon we shall enter upon the month of February
—four weeks exactly of it this year.
The boys of the Climbers’ Club have reorganized
their basketball team and are getting ready for a game
to be played soon. These fellows do real business and
go at it in the right manner. They felt that eveiy-one
did not have a fair show’ to make the team so they
called a meeting and held a real try-out. They play
the Wild Tigers, or something like that, from Salem
soon.
It may interest old-time students and far-away read
ers to learn that James McMann is still with us. James
is now a businessman, being the new’sboy of Chemawa,
and he is on the job early and late. In fact, consid
ering that he is handicapped by lack of vision, his
attention to business should be a lesson and an inspir
ation for our care-free young men and cause them to
feel more responsibility in the discharge of the various
duties which come to them in the course of their
schooldays here at Chemawa.