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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
diamond. It is not too heavy and levels off and fills
up the holes to perfection. To Mr. Mason and his
crew we take off our hats.
Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon. Please address all communications to
Ruthyn Turney, Manager.
Y. W. C. A. NOTES
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ATHLETIC NOTES
After the first week of try-outs our baseball squad
has been cut in half and Monday saw the beginning
of stiffer work-outs for those still trying for varsity
positions. Several games were played last week be
tween the contestants, which revealed some of the
weaknesses of the ones thought to be the best pros
pects. In practice some look very good, but the im
portance of a game causes terrible blunders.
Those remaining with the squad are: Solomon
Fleury, Charles George and Leander Wilson, pitchers;
Jake Atkins and Sandy Matilton, catchers; Dewey
Matt and William Swift Hawk, first base; Charles De
Poe and Clifford Meacham, second base; Valin Davis
and George Meacham, third base; Elmer and Gus Lo
gan, short stop; PUias Hoskins, Francis Ross, Regin
ald DePoe, Eldred George, Coquille Thompson, Jack
Abraham and Raymond Haldane, fielders.
On last Saturday morning our cross-country runners
ran a very fine race against the team from Washing
ton high school at Portland. In fact, we must say
that both teams made fine time and it was a pretty
race. Washington’s runners managed to keep in the
lead, but Carry Moccasin, our first man to cross the
tape, forced the race to the finish. Though he placed
fifth in this race, which was run over a three-mile
course, he did very well. Some one has said that no
Indian school should be beaten by a high school or even
a college in such events and we believe it. We believe
the boys did well in this race, but we have taken into
consideration a lot of facts. In this particular case
our runners were out just a short time. However, this
should always be remembered: All races are won long
before they are even run. It is that intensive train
ing beforehand that determines the winner. We should
win such events naturally because they are our long
suit, but still we will be beaten year in and year out if
we don’t train for them.
Two splendid and badly-needed pieces have just
been added to our baseball equipment by the excellent
work of the carpenters in the form of a batting cage
and ball ground drag. The batting cage is the last
word in things along that line and is not bad to look
at, in addition to rendering service.
The ball ground drag is just the article for our
The fourteenth Annual Older Girls’ Conference,
under direction of the State Council of Religious
Education, was held at Eugene, March 12th, 13th
and 14th.
Four hundred fifty delegates attended from all parts
of Oregon. Representing Chemawa were Ida Escholt,
Vina Smith, Anna Peratrovich and Harriet Hill.
The Conference girls were the guests of theU. of O.
girls at tea on Friday afternoon, and on Saturday at a
swimming party in the tank at the new Woman’s
Building.
Dr. Fred Gray of Seattle was the outstanding speak
er of the conference.
On Saturday evening Anna made her report on the
Geneva camp of last summer, and on Sunday afternoon
was unanimously re-elected to return to Geneva Glen
this summer, the only girl who has ever received the
election two years in succession.
LOCAL
Mr. Bent made an official visit to Portland on
Monday.
Mr. Clark, now employed by the State, came to
Chemawa on his usual weekly visit to his wife, who is
employed at our hospital.
The domestic art department is already busy at the
task of making dresses for our school girls next fall.
This shows that some of us are believers in “prepared
ness.”
Miss Strout, of the domestic science department,
enthusiastically commends Martha Williams for her
especially fine work on the cover design of a note book
sent by the department to Greece.
The plumbing shop is an unusually attractive place
—flower boxes and other features render its appear
ance very inviting. The same may be said of the
power plant. Beauty lovers are found everywhere.
The tenth grade girls had the responsibility of serv
ing at the banquet given recently in honor of our
basketball team, and they are certainly entitled to great
praise, for there was at no time a single hitch or
blunder—all carried out quietly and with dispatch.
Mighty fine, girls!
Vera Korter and Margarite Maupin were borrowed
from the domestic science department to cook and
serve dinner at the students’ dining-room last Satur
day for the cross-country runners from Portland.
They proved themselves most efficient—their dinner
and service proved it.