THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon.
Please address ail communications to
Ruthyn Turney, Manager.
OSCAR H. LIPPS
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Superintendent
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ATHLETIC NOTES
With the return to the squad of Peter Rassmussen
and a week of hard work together our basketball
prospects look much brighter than they did at the
start of the training season. A week ago all indi
cated a lean year so far as victories were concerned.
But since then several of the squad have taken on
enough polish to make the outlook encouraging.
When the season started it appeared that the team
would be hopelessly without basket-throwers, but
even that important department is being quite well
taken care of by several of the strongest contenders
for varsity positions.
Peter Rassmussen has played a guard position here
tofore, but is now playing center. Peter has not
developed any unusual jumping muscles just yet, and
for the present is depending considerably on his reach,
which, by the way, is quite some distance. However,
Pete can elevate and will before the season is far along.
This is his last year on the maple court for Chemawa
and all indicates that it will be his best. While he
has always been a valuable man, and consistent at
throwing baskets, it looks very much like this season’s
work will surpass them all. He is shooting with the
quickness and ease of the “crack shots.”
Eldred George and James Spencer, in the forward
positions, make about the huskiest pair we have had
in several years. Both of these boys stand over six
feet and are big. They have good reach and are
comparatively fast. However, James Spencer is ham
pered with a weak ankle that is apt to give some troube.
But Jesse Pretty man will make a good alternate for
either of these boys. Though Jesse is small compared
with these two, he is fast and a good shot. Just at
present he is suffering with a little foot trouble and is
not able to practice, but will be out shortly.
Roy Peratrovich, who has been our defensive guard
for the past two seasons has never been called upon
to do much basket-throwing, but suddenly he has
taken on the knack of shooting baskets. I^ast season
Roy averaged about two baskets per game, but that
was due mostly to his lack of confidence in shooting.
His carefulness often caused a miss. It is different
now. He has found himself, so to speak, and goes in
with speed, grace and without strain and “makes ’em.”
These points are vital to basket-throwers.
George Meachem came up from the junior team
last year. He developed so fast that before the sea
son was over he was on the second team. His size,
speed and general all-around ability to play basket
ball is going to make it hard for anyone to beat him
out of a position. Several combinations have been
tried, but the five just mentioned, with George in it,
seems to be the most effective. He has been hitting
the basket with the rest and all are still improving.
So, all told, insead of having a team minus basket
throwers it appears we will have one in w’hich all five
men can shoot.
Team work, with fast, snappy passing of the ball
has been the watchwork at the gym for the past week
and both players and coach have been saying,
“faster,” “faster,” and the boys have responded
to that call to the point of some perfection. Tomor
row all will have an opportunity to judge whether or
not we will have a real winner before the season is
over. The team plays the Salem Athenians.
GOOD NEWS
The matter of the location of the new girls’ dormi
tory at Chemawa has finally been settled. The Indian
Office has approved the suggestion of Superintendent
Lipps that the north wing of Winona Hall be removed
and that the new dormitory be located on the north
side of that building and parallel to it. This will be
the first unit of what it is hoped w’ill eventually be a
new modern Winona Hall with a large inner court.
This is one of the most central, convenient and
desirable building sites on the campus, and a new
modern dormitory building on this site will add great
ly to the appearance of the. school as a whole. It is
expected that the construction of this new dormitory
will be commenced in the early spring and rushed to
completion so as to be ready to occupy early next
fall.
The sum of $40,000 was appropriated at the
last session of Congress for the construction of this
building.
Christmas began for small boys on Sunday evening,
when the smallest company of the small boys were
guests of the Y. M. C. A. at a Christmas tree and
program in the “Y” room. After an interesting pro
gram consisting of songs and recitations by the little
fellows, and quartet numbers by the Y. M. C. A. mem
bers, Santa Claus appeared on the scene with a great
box of packages and numerous bags of candy that
quickly found appreciative owners. This Christmas
treat has become an annual event in the Y. M. C. A.
and it is difficult to say whether the older or the
younger boys received the most pleasure from the
celebration.