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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
know that such a boy will make good wherever he may
go, or in whatever he may undertake. Joe, our .good,
wishes go with you.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Service paid the school, and
friends a brief visit last Sunday. Mr. Service was a
Published W eekly at the U. S. Indian School, Chexnawa,
Oregon. Address all communications to
printer while here and is now connected with the
Buthyn Turney, Manager
Toledo Herald at Toledo, Oregon^ “ Sunny” played
first base on the baseball team and center on the basket
ball team and he was good at both. One evening,
OSCAR H . L IP P S , Superintendent
while in a game with a nearby organization who tried
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to break “ Bunny’s” spirit by the use of rough tactics
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60 Cts per Annum
and thereby enable them to win the game, they so used
up this long, lanky fellow that he looked much like
he had been drawn through a sausage grinder, but
ATHLETIC NOTES
“ Bunny” never lost his head and,played clean and
So far our entrance into the high school athletic hard without a word. He not only won for himself
Association has been only like the “ Rocky Road to a lot of respect and admiration, but by his level-headed
ness enabled Chemawa to wallop her opponents by a
Dublin” and none knows it better than our assistant comfortable
score.
superintendent, Mr. Carroll, who has the handling*
The Christmas programs which are just on the press
ot all the correspondence and data concerning our contain a full schedule of our holiday activities and
school and industrial work, subjects and credits of many athletic,events for the members of the various
each pupil, and countless other technicalities, all of classes. With the keen competition that exists be
them we will surely have several exciting and
Which have an important bearing on our membership. tween
interesting afternoons. 3 It is time class presidents have
He hopes to have every possible eligible player “ in organized their several teams if this has not already
the clear” before the end of the week.
been done.
Solomon Fleury, who is without question one of
Though the “ flu” has touched us only lightly, so
the cleverest halfbacks to graduate from this school
to speak, it has retarded basketball practice so that in recent years, is now disciplinarian and coach of
we really have not begun. There being no practice athletics at the Pipestone school in Minnesota where,
last week. However,., work «wastaken up a t the be he has just closed a most successful ? football r season:?
ginning of this week and it is hoped the hoys will / be If “ Sol” can teach his boys to Carry the ball anything
able to round into shape in time for their first game, like he can do it himself then it is ho Wonder that he
has turned out a winner. “ Sol” was also a pitcher
which is to be played against Oregon City high school of real ability and he was even more successful in that
on the 27th.
respect. Last season he pitched our team through an
The return to school of James Spencer has given undefeated schedule and our boys, took on* some real
our basketball prospects a substantial boost. Jim was competition. Solomon gloried in fooling the battefs
with his left-handed twisters like he didwheifhe walk
a regular guard on our team of last year and a good ed to the plate with the “ willow” to. pound* out the
one. His ability to guard, intercept passes and shoot longest and hardest drives of the game. “ Sol’’ was
baskets made him a valuable man.
just so good that his reputation was spread all, over
Coquelle Thompson stopped in last Sunday to say this section and even the Portland Beavers wanted him
to take a “ fling’r at the game with them? but ;hiiF
hello to friends while on his way back to school at* ambitions traveled along amateur lines. 1 We are glad'
Oregon State College. All were glad to see “ Tommie’^ to hear of his splendid success and, to be sure, we
and to know that he is recovering from the “ flu” will always be interested in his work.
We are also in receipt of a letter from Irving Shep
which was the thing that kept him out of theO. S. C.-
N. Y. U. game at New York on Thanksgiving Day. ard, disciplinarian and athletic coach at the Wahpeton
school in North Dakota. “ Shep” was the center on
Joe Peratrovich was the dinner guest of Coach and our “ wonder team” of 1919 and 1920 when they took
Mrs. Downie last Sunday. He left for his home in on all-comers and made a remarkable record even
Alaska on Monday. During the past four years Joe against the two state colleges. He tells us he is round
has been an important member of our football team, ing his basketball charges into shape and that he will
have at least a “ scrappy” team. If they are scrappy
and .his ability to extend himself over a wide area made he should have no worry. Those are the boys who
our line appear strong. Needless to say, we will miss do things, experience and ability count for little when ■;
him. when our squad reports next fall. " His quiet, ofie does not have the “ will to do,” or the “ will to
gentle manner has won him many friends. His reli win.” However, we will be watching his team with
ability and dependability were not confined to athletics, a great deal of interest.
ESCORTS
but Joe carried those fine traits into his academic and
Sunday, Dec. 23—McBride
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Theo Turner
industrial work, in fact, into everything he undertook.
Winona -
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Mrs. Walker
We are not a bit concerned about Joe’s welfare. We
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Miss Winegardner
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