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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1929)
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Page 4 LOCAL Mr. Abraham Hudson, an upstanding citizen and a former graduate of our school was here for a few hours last week. His home is in Grand Ronde. Quite a pleasing program will be given in the audi torium at 7:30 this evening—a Thanksgiving enter tainment. Mrs. Mote will have the task of putting on the program and all are promised an evening of real entertainment. We will give more details in our next issue. From Washington news dispatches which have ap peared in many papers, we are convinced that plans for great things for Chemawa are going ahead in the Indian Office, to which Supt. Lipps was called recent ly for conference. Details are lacking, of course, so we can venture nothing in the way of information and shall patiently await the return of Mr. Lipps. • Last Friday evening the student body assembled in the auditorium in attendance of the “open session” program of the Nonpareil Literary Society. Thegirls of this organization have always distinguished them selves with their annual program to which the public was invited and their efforts of Friday evening were fully up to the marks set in former years. Some most pleasing and unique ideas were offered and they were well received. Miss White is the advisor of this soci ety, and she and her girls deserve credit and thanks for the splendid entertainment they gave to all. Our big gym w’as the scene of much merriment last Saturday evening. It was the occasion of the annual party of the Reliance Literary Society. Members of the society had devoted a great deal of time to the task of decorating the place and it presented a really beau tiful picture. Many were the guests, each receiving a little “favor” as he or she entered the gym. At the proper hour delicious refreshments were served under the direction of Miss French and her detail of domestic science girls. From all the guests thanks are due the young men of the society and their advisor, Mr. Fisher, for a delightful evening. Chapel exeicises on Sunday evening were con ducted by Assistant Superintendent Mote and in every way they were appropriate and entertaining. At the beginning some time was devoted to an obser vation of the coming Thanksgiving, after which Mrs. Lobdell read a most interesting and instructive letter that she had received recently from Mrs. Reid, one of our former teachers who is now’ teaching in one of the government schools in Northern Alaska. Mr. Mote then follow’ed with w’hat he termed a “story,” which, in truth, was a real sermon for our young peo ple; it was replete with instructive suggestions, and we trust that the majority of our young folk got the lesson. At the conclusion of Mr. Mote’s talk the choir sang a Thanksgiving anthem. The orchestra contributed a pleasing number during the evening. Aside from the big Thanksgiving dinner the main attraction for all of Chemawa and the surrounding country is the football game between our team and that of Salem high school at Salem tomorrow. With but one break in our high school record the team has come to the end of the long strugglereal con tenders for the Willamette Valley championship. With but a few’ days’ preparation an entirely new team went to Portland and held the strong Washing ton team, now champions of the interscholastic league, to the low’ score of 6 to 0. The team spirit, fight and determination that characterized their playing in that first game has been evident throughout this season. Along with these cardinal qualities they have developed speed and finesse in the execution of their plays that enabled them to defeat Albany high 72 to 2 just a week or so ago. However, that game has not developed any over-confidence in our boys, nor did Salem’s crushing defeat of the strong Cor vallis high team just last week help matters for Salem. Both have acted as a tonic that caused cleats to go deeper into the soil and our team to drive harder and muster more speed. This will be the last game for our boys this season and their one big chance to prove themselves to the world. Last spring we battled it out with Salem high for the district basketball champion ship and won. Now comes the same test in football and here looms the big question: Will we do it again? This group of boys will answer the question for us tomorrow: Captain James McKay, Bill Jones, George Thompson and Harry Archambeau, tackles; Joe Alex ander and Andrew’ Whiterock, ends; Isaac Curley, George Little Light, Joe Ball and Frank Dumont, guards; David Little Swallow and Robert Perkins, centers; “Buck” Smith, quarterback; Warren Wilder, Dowd Franklin, Wallace Hosie and How’ard Churchill, halfbacks; Roy Meachem and AlexGouley, fullbacks. About the time the kick-off is made there will be very little if any odds in favor of either team. We are sure to see just how well our team has learned its lesson—how well they will think and act in the face of strong, determined opposition. This week the curtain to our football season will be pulled at the close of the All-Star and Hotshot game which will un doubtedly be a real thriller. The All-Stars have yet to defeat the Hotshots in any season, but the boys believe they have a chance this week. Last week the Seniors and Freshmen took the Juniors and Sophomores down the line in a 7 to 0 game that gave the critics plenty of opportunity to select their All- Star material. Subscribe for The C hemawa A merican . per annum. 50 cents
