THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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LOCAL
ADDS TO HER RENOWN
Mr. and Mrs. John Allen of Neah Bay, Wash.,
motored down to Chemawa last week.
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Anna Miller, now Mrs. Donahue, of the class of ’22,
came down from Portland and spent a few days here
during closing w’eek.
Leona John a graduate of the class of 1917, together
with her husband and children were in attendance at
the school for one presentation of the operetta “Paul
Revere.”
According to report the stork was a recent visitor at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Shepard and left an
infant daughter. The parents are now in government
service at Hoopa, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Service and two small children
arrived at the school last week and remained a few
days. They are graduates of 1914 and 1916 respec
tively. Mr. Service is in business at Toledo, Oregon,
and reports everything O. K. with him.
Mr. and Mrs. Carson, Miss Sarah Pierre and Mr.
Willie Service made up a party who motored over
from Toledo and attended the students’ “farewell”
social. Mr. Carson was one of the first pupils at Che
mawa in the very beginning of things, and w7e under
stand that Miss Pierre was a member of the graduating
class ot 1888. Willie Service graduated in 1914.
We are not certain, but believe that Mrs. Carson is
also a graduate of Chemawa. All are representative
citizens of the very best type.
ATHLETIC NOTES
Our team handed Oregon’s Normal School nine a
bitter pill on May 26 and came home with the long
end of an 18 to 4 score. The Normals sent in three
pitchers to stop the hitting of our batters, but each
one had little success, for our batsmen continued to
slam the ball and circle the bases.
Leander Wilson did the twirling for our team and
controlled the hitting of the teachers almost through
out the game.
With Atkins standing on third base in the second
inning Fleury hit a home run over the fence.
On Memorial Day our supporters witnessed a real
battle when the game with the North Pacific Dental
College of Portland w’ent 10 innings and finally ended
in a 3 to 2 score in our favor.
Fleury, our southpaw pitcher, got going after the
third inning and pitched a fine game. He allowed
but three hits and struck out 16 men. The dentists
scored in the second inning. With men on first and
second Turple came to bat and made the most timely
hit of the game, driving a hard-hit ball over our cen
ter fielder for three bases. In the fifth inning Matil-
ton’s hit drove in Burns and Charles George, tying
the score, which remained 2 to 2 until our half of the
10th inning, when, with the bases full, Atkins slammed
one down to second base a little too hot to handle and
drove Burns across the plate for the winning run.
of our team until the end of the game.
In the third inning the Normals scored four runs
on as many hits. After this rally Wilson tightened
up and held the opposing batters at his mercy until
the eighth inning w7hen Burns allowed a high fly to
drop at his feet. The runner scored later on a series
of errors.
Our first ray of hope came in the seventh inning
when DePoe walked to first, stole second, and scored
on Burns’ hit. Charley George followed with a nice
little single over shortstop that scored Burns. In our
half of the ninth the boys picked up their war clubs,
determined to overcome the lead that stood 5 to 2
against us. DePoe led off with a line drive over
second and scored on Davis’ hit through the pitcher.
Dandro George made the first out on a fly to center
field. Charley George followed the route of Dandro
for the second out. The score stood 5 to 4 against us
when Burns finished up a perfect day of bonehead
plays when he was caught oft second on the last out
of the game and our 1925 season.
Our demonstration work this year showed splendid
results in the w’ay of vocational activities. In fact we
experience a feeling of pride whenever the subject of
vocational work comes up, for we feel that w7e are
especially strong as an institution on this line. It has
been so in the past and 1925 ran “true to form.” An
hour in the forenoon and an hour in the afternoon of
Thursday, the 4th, w?ere set aside for inspection of
this exhibit and many availed themselves of the oppor
tunity afforded for a tour of inspection. Credit for
our fine demonstration exhibits is shared equally by
our boys and girls.
At 7:30 on Thursday evening the big gym began to
fill up with young and old for the enjoyment of what
w7as to be a “Farew7ell Social.” This proved to be an
evening of unusual and unlimited pleasure for
everybody, and all repaired to quarters at the proper
hour with a feeling of satisfaction and peace over it
all. The end of the year’s schedule had been marked.
The next day, and the next, and all that have since
passed, have seen students depart for their homes or
“outing jobs.” This is still going on and our ranks
are thinning out more and more and shortly we’ll have
remaining here only what Supt. Hall calls the “back
bone” of the school, but we have faith in the
strength of our “backbone” to carry on.
We feel that Supt. Hall and the entire faculty agree
with us when in summing up we declare the past year
to have been one of progress, of genuine interest and
endeavor, on the part of all. Let us rest in the convic
tion that we have labored well.