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
Salem High’s slogan, “Stop Thompson and we
win,” proved a failure when they met our team in Sa
lem last Wednesday and were defeated 20 to 7. Little
did they realize they would meet eleven men of the
same calibre and determination of our crashing fullback.
Salem has a fine, big team, easily the best we have met
this season, and to defeat them it took eleven men in
every play; eleven men going at top speed till the
whistle blew to quit. Our team did it in this
game.
^emiugly every man did the thing he was
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to do. Those who were to fake faked, those
who were to block blocked, those who were to inter
fere interfered, and the power behind the execution of
each of these stunts blazed a trail for our offense that
Salem found impossible to block. Atkins played his
usual brainy game at quarter and constantly threat
ened the red and black defense with Thompson’s line
plunges and then would suddenly pop up and throw
a pass into the hands of Reginald DePoe or Charles
George, ends, who by the way, pulled some nice ones
out of the air for long gains just at the proper time.
If these fellows were not grabbing passes, Fleury,
left half, was driving through the line or around the
ends for long, consistent gains. Fleury was a terrible
menace to the Salem aggregation. He kept them in
hot water and burning under the collar from whistle
to whistle. “Sully” proved too slippery for the red
and black tacklers. He was in their arms and out
before they could grab a hold. Still threatening to
drive Thompson through the line he woald call on
Abraham for a run or a line plunge which always net
ted a substantial gain. Jack played a fine game
both offensively and defensively till he wrenched his
knee badly in the last period. And when they least
expected it Thompson crashed through the line for
big yardage. He never failed. Though greatly hand
icapped in the second half with a sprained ankle, a
bad Charley horse, and a broken forefinger “Tommie,
played a great game.
The work of ball-carriers is always prominent, but
the outstanding feature of this game was the defensive
and offensive work of our linemen. Captain Strom
proved the ideal captain and tackle throughout the
game. He was everlastingly down on punts and was
the leader of his pack to the end. His men could not
help but be inspired. Close on his heels came Ketah,
tackle; Charles George and Reginald DePoe, ends;
Roy Peratrovich and Peter Rassmussen, guards; Sedan
Thomas, center. Repeatedly they formed a stonewall
defense impossible for Salem to penetrate. Again and
again they threw them for a loss. Salem’s much tout
ed aerial attack failed much on account of these charg
ing line men. Late in the last period with Salem fran
tically trying to complete a pass for a touchdown Chas.
George grabbed their last attempt and all but got away.
In the third period Raymond Haldane replaced
DePoe at end, Skinna and Walker for Rassmussen and
Peratrovitch at guard, and Bill Johnson for Abraham
at half. These fellows played fine ball and their fight
proved they were worthy substitutes. Early in the
game Joe Webster replaced Paul Ketah at tackle. All
were sorry to see Paul have to leave so important a
game, especially with the score even, but Webster sur
passed our wildest expectations.
Fleury was easily the flash of the game His long
end runs were the sensation of the contest. One being
a sixty-yard dash through a broken field for our second
touchdown. The first score came in the first quarter
after we completed a forward pass to the 30-yard line,
from Atkins to DePoe. Here started a drive to the
goal Salem could not stop, and Thompson scored and
kicked the goal. The third touchdown was made
after Rassmussen blocked a punt on their 10-yard line
and Captain Strom dropped on the ball behind the
line.
LITERARY SOCIETIES
Nonpareil
The Nonpareils met Oct. 7, 1925, in room ten for
the reorganization of the society. Election of officers
was held and the following were elected:
President, Grace Peterson; vice-president, Flora
Dexter; secretary, Ferol Porter; treasurer, Ida Escholt;
cheer leader, Nellie Rinehart; sergeant-at-arms, Elsie
Adams; reporter, Mabel Desautel; corresponding
secretary, Theresa Williams; editor, Minnie Patewa;
critic, Edna Crowfoot.
The society met the following Friday and a very
interesting program was given for the entertainment
of the visitors. The program was rendered in an ex
cellent way and all present had a delightful evening.
Reliance
The following officers were elected for the year at our
first meeting Oct. 9, 1925: President, Jacob Atkins;
vice-president, Royal Holst; secretary, William Mar-
kistrum; treasurer, Albert Orr; yell leader, Allan Shep
ard; reporter, Raymond Haldane; sergeant-at-arms,
Charles Moon.
The feature of the program, which was composed
of music, dialogues and recitations, was an original
dialogue between Royal Holst and Dewey Matt, repre
senting an old and new student. These members
deserved the applause received for the originality and
way in which they “put over’ ’ their part of the program.
SCHOOL ASSEMBLY
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1925, was the first school as
sembly of this year. This being “National Fire Pre
vention Week,” a program in keeping with the spirit
of the occasion was given. Jesse Morgan and Albert
Orr read President Coolidge’s proclamation. Dor
othy Parker and Gertrude Caisse read the Foresters’
Fire Prevention Laws to their respective divisions.
All present were pleased with the new song books.
Let every student do his or her duty by these song
books and pass them on to the first assembly in the
autumn of 1926- as good as new.