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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1929)
Page 4 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Zelma Johnson is visiting friends here. Here is “one” that appealed to our sense of humor: Last Sunday afternoon “ye scribe” and wife overtook one of our neighbors and a friend trugding laboriously along pushing a light touring car. We stopped to offer a tow. On inquiring what was wrong, we were in formed, “nothing wrong, just trying to wean it. ” He had run out of gas. We were pleased to have Mr. J. H. Wagner, Chief of the Alaska Division of the U. S. Bureau of Educa tion, visit our school on Monday. We found him to be a most likeable gentleman who grasped the magni tude and importance of our great institution. He had not the time at his disposal for a visit of length, as business in Seattle, his headquarters, compelled his return home. Last year Miss Flora Dexter was down from her home in Golovin, Alaska, and attended the State Nor mal School at Monmouth during the winter, returning home in the summer. Her friends here will be pleased to learn that she has been given a place on the teaching staff at the government school at White Mountain, a short distance from her home. She is also receiving an unusually fine salary. Up to date there have been canned and put up for winter use 137 gallon cans and 328 quart cans of tomatoes; pears, 32 gallon cans; French prunes(pet- ites), 106 gallons; Italian prunes, 810 gallons; prune butter, 291 quarts. Altogether this totals 1,394 gal lons. In addition to the above there have been many gallons of pickles, string beans, etc., put up for our students’ tables. The canning of fruits and vegetables will continue for sometime yet. CHAPEL Daring chapel exercises last Sunday evening Supt. Lipps introduced Mrs. Flora Warren Seymour of Chi cago, Illinois, who gave a splendid talk to our students. It was in every sense an appealing and convincing talk of an inspiring nature and in giving it Mrs. Seymour endeared herself to all. Mrs. Seymour is the writer of several books, one of them being entitled, “The In dians of Today.” She is a member of the Board of Indian Commissioners, being the first woman appointed to that position. She is the possessor of several degrees and is entitled to practice law in the State of Illinois, even in the supreme court. She has a splendid person ality and made many friends during her brief visit with us. In addition to the talks of Mrs. Seymour and Supt. Lipps the choir contributed a pleasing num ber and the orchestra played the “Hungarian Fantasia” by Tobani. CHEMAWA 21, COLUMBIA O Chemawa played host to Columbia University’s super-varsity here last Saturday afternoon. The stu dents greeted them with some rousing cheers, our culinary and dining room force entertained them roy ally and our football team beat them 21 to 0. It was a large day for all concerned and each department did itself proud. Columbia tried desperately to get to the line of scrim mage but their efforts were submerged by our first line of defense which crashed into their backfield throughout the afternoon. Captain McKay and his linemen did not allow one first down. “Half-Pint” Meachem, fullback; Warren Wilder, right half; Wallace Hosie, left half, and Julian Smith, quarterback, all contributed to a very interesting after noon by their drives into the line, on runs around the end or through a broken field. Our first score came early in the second quarter. Smith ran back a punt, Hosie skirted the end, “Half Pint” and Wilder drove through the line and after five plays, pulled off in rapid fire order, Wilder scored our first touchdown which started from our forty-yard line. Smith’s at tempt to drop kick for the extra point failed. A few minutes later almost to a man our line smothered the ball carrier back his own goal line for a safety. Once they got started our line showed earmarks of, shall we say, the best line we have had in a long time, wTell, not just yet, but there are possibililies of it being more than just an ordinary line. Alonzo Hoover, center; Isaac Curley and Benny Charley, guards; James McKay and William Jones, tackles, and Albert Miller and Joe Alexander, ends, all played a mighty import ant part in the way our eleven functioned both offen sively and defensively. In the last quarter George McGriff, Alex Gouley, and George Thompson went into the game and played well. The team scored two touch downs in the second half. The entire student body should turn out for the home games, not just a mere handful as on Saturday. Every man on the squad was present and ready for action, even to the water bov. We need that spirit manifested by the student body, especially when such a small number of games can be played here because of the great expense. By the w7ay—do you have a sea son ticket? In the first of the class games played this season ihe sophomores downed the freshmen 12 to 0. The sophs, under the tutelage of Dowd Franklin, put a scrappy little team on the field. They will bear watching. This w’eek the juniors and seniors play.
