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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1925)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN PAGE 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD HALL, Superintendent Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager SUBSCRIPTION - - - 50 Cts PER ANNUM ATHLETIC NOTES Last Tuesday our basketball teams boarded one of the Salem stages and journeyed to Mill City, where they divided the honors with the high school teams. The games with Mill City have become almost an annual affair and when our teams appear they are greeted by a large and enthusiastic crowd who gener ally get their money’s worth. As a rule there is action from whistle to whistle. The two games just played came a long way from being an exception to the rule. So terriffic was each game that there came near being action before and after whistles. Our girls lost by a score of 16 to 8, which was anything but a one-sided game, though the score would indicate as much. The first half closed with the score 6 to 4 in favor of Mill City and it remained just about as even with each team taking a turn at scoring till the final period of the game when Mill City ended the struggle and clinched the game for themselves when they converted three field baskets just before time was called. Alice Flexible and Nellie Rinehart, forwards; Susie Hart, center; Clarinda Quinnell, side center; Cecil Smith and Ed na Crofoot, guards; completed the line up for our team. Though they were defeated they played a good game. The boys’ game was no snail race. We believe that Mill City never saw so many men on the floor at one time or so many balls in the air at once since the place started to play basket ball. We know we never. It looked like Mill City absolutely refused to be beaten by our team and the boys insisted that it must be done. The result was that both teams fought with that determination till time was called and it made for spectators what they called the best game they have seen on that court. We must admit they had never given us such a close race before. The first half ended 10 to 5 in our favor but shortly after the “time-out” period Mill City tied the score 12 to 12 and from then on it was a real “ride ’em cowboy affair.’’ Never theless our team managed to keep its nose above the water and came out with the long end of a 25 to 18 score. Reginald DePoe, our captain and center, who has been working about as hard as a clock all season, was our high point man with 10 marks to his credit. Dewey Matt, who has been keeping the scorekeeper busy had a night off, probably on account of the rocky ride to the city, and was replaced by William Brendible who showed much of his former speed and his weight in the balance spelled defeat for Mill City. After the game we were escorted to Hammond Hall, which was prettily decorated with yellow and black crepe paper and pussy willows, where a party of fifty people, including the basketball players, faculty members and entertainers sat down to most delicious refreshments. During the course of the lunch orchestral numbers, a short dialogue, a Dutch skit, and the sailors’ hornpipe dance, put on by four girls, were nicely and entertainingly rendered. The creamed chicken, rolls, hot chocolate, cake and ice cream w’ere nicely served and made the trip home more en joyable. The Mill City people made it a most memorable trip for us and it will be long remembered by all those in the par ty. Return games will be played here on March 3. DOMESTIC SCIENCE NOTES We are busy, but we will stop with you awhile. You know why? Guess! We are helping prepare the “Senior Dinner” and we wish them an enjoyable time. Hazel Hawk, Dollie Hiett and Margaret Gardipe are making high school lunches this week. Oh, they are good: You just ask the High School students This week we made some very delicious pies and turnovers under the instruction of our teacher, Miss Strout. Florence Evans and Constance Caisse made Mystery Cakes. They were so good it was a mystery where they went. A new member of our class, Eva Jackson, was promoted from the Freshman to the Sophomore class. H appy -G o -L ucky S ophomores . LOCAL Wallace Morgan and Charles DePoe have returned to enter for the second semester at the Salem high school. The Salem High School students, it is understood, all passed examinations the past semester with good averages. The four higher grade classes took turns last week visiting the Oregon State Legislature, studying the methods of law making. The Boy Scouts made war on rats last week and 104 were put to death. The first patrol of Troop 2 brought in the most scalps. Do a good turn and get rid of more. Mrs. Hugh Samson, nee Evelyn Woods, was the honor guest at a partv last Tuesday evening at the home of Supt. and Mrs. Hall. The guests were old time friends of Mrs Samson, numbering about twenty of the campus people. The annual meeting of the Excelsiors for initiation purposes was held last week in the gym. From reports to reach us we are convinced that a number of the newly initiated Excelsiors gave wonderful exhibits in “goat” riding. Twenty-two Chemawa girls, pledged Sigma Phi Deltas before the holidays, were initiated into the so ciety on Thursday evening last. This is the impor tant event of the year for the Sigmas. From all indi cations the girls must have had a wonderful time. The Nonpareil society enjoyed an interesting meet ing last Friday evening. Installation of newly elected officers was the most important feature of the meet ing. An enjoyable but short program of a literary and musical character closed the exercises for the evening. Many ladies, wives of the legislators, have shown much interest in the work at Chemawa, and Salem friends have been bringing them in numbers to visit our school. Mrs. Hall has acted as hostess to several afternoon teas for the ladies. The Domestic Science has also entertained. Chemawa is quite a popular place. It is pleasing to have representative people from all over our state take such an interest. During chapel exercises last Sunday evening the orchestra played “Among the Roses,” by Wilson, Anna Peratrovich sang that “Beautiful Home of the Rose” by Graham, Williamette Blakeslee gavearecita- tion, the Boys' Octette sang “Swing Low Sweet Chari ot,” the Choir sang “Extol ye the Lord” by Shawker, and Supt. Hall gave a splendid talk on the matter of choosing one’s companions. He stressed the impor tance of exercising care and judgment in the selection of a chum, for he said a bad companion has often proved the undoing of many a boy and girl who was fundamentally good.
