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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.