The Chemawa American, January 15, 1930, Page 4, Image 4

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DR. KECK PASSES ON
Supt. Lipps departed Sunday afternoon for Ft. Lap­
wai, Idaho, on receipt of a telegram announcing the
death of Dr. George O. Keck.
Dr. Keck was one of the most prominent physicians
in the Service and his untimely death will be a great
loss. He was a tuberculosis specialist as well as a
specialist in eye, ear, nose and throat diseases. He
entered the Service about 25 years ago but was out
for a few years during the war in charge of the great
Mount Alto (Pa.) Tuberculosis Sanatorium, at the
time the largest institution of the kind in the world,
with over 1,000 patients.
He re-entered the Indian Service on the solicitation
of Supt. Lipps and assumed charge as the director of
the Fort Lapwai Sanatorium school about seven years
ago, where his work was very successful.
Dr. Keck was a visitor at Chemawa recently and
assisted in the health survey conducted here by the
Oregon State Tuberculosis Association.
Personally, Dr. Keck was a most likeable man. He
had a host of sincere friends, both in the service and
out of it, who will learn of his sudden death with the
keenest regret. He was a man in the prime of life,
one of the greatest usefulness to humanity, just such
a man as the world can ill afford to lose—a friend to
all. It is all too sad for words. The American joins
the large circle who will regret most keenly the pass­
ing of this good and able man.
ESCORTS
Sat., Jan. 18—To Salem - - - - Mrs. Stewart
Sun., Jan. 19—McBride - - - Mr. Carl Turner
Mrs. Mote
Winona........................... Mrs. Herlits
Mr. Fisher
Hawley....................... Miss Gunn
Mr. Theo Turner
LOCAL
The Y. W. C. A. cabinet met in McBride Hall one
evening last week and planned their program for the
second semester of school.
Mr. Bond, chef at the students’ dining hall, gives
a fine report on the conduct of our students during the
meal hours. This is good news for us.
Miss Edna Groves, supervisor of the home econom­
ics department of the Indian Service, promised new
equipment for the students’ culinary department at
Chemawa.
Supt. Lipps just recently purchased 150 boxes of
apples and had them delivered to Mr. Bond for use in
preparing food for our student body. It takes about
eight boxes for a meal at Cramton Hall.
Mr. Mason and his detail of carpenters have just
completed the task putting a new floor in the paint
shop. The old floor had reached a state of decay that
made it a menace in many ways.
BASKETBALL TEAMS HAVE BAD WEEK
The past week was not such a good one for us
athletically. We engaged in four basketball games
and were shaded just a little in each one of them.
Our first defeat came from Ftanklin high at Portland
last Thursday afternoon when the game ended 27 to
24. In this game the team played a consistently rag­
ged game throughout but several things can be taken
into account for that. First our transportation was
in somewhat of a muddle and one of the cars got away
late and rolled over about half-way between the two
points. Though no one was hurt the boys were a lit­
tle shaken up and arrived on the scene of the struggle
two hours late. In spite of their failure “to get-to­
gether” they played the Franklinites an even game
till the last minute when Franklin forged into the lead
and won. On Saturday evening the Willamette Uni­
versity freshmen handed us the small end of a 26 to
19 score. For the most part the game was featured
by a desperate individual struggle on the part of each
of our men but the lack of effective team work lost us
the game. The first three quarters ended in a tie
score. In the final period the freshmen took on a
load of steam and found the basket with enough con­
sistency to leave us holding the sack.
In both of these games several changes were made
to find a workable combination but none seemed to
mesh. Against Franklin, Leonard Vivette emerged
with nine points to his credit and Marcus Simmons fol­
lowed with eight. Defensively Isaac Curley was our
strongest man. He also alternated at center with John
Marsden. Julian Smith, playing his first game, did a
remarkable good job at guard. Against the Freshmen
Jesse Prettyman and Albert Miller started the game in
the forward positions. Though they played a good
game they hardly did themselves justice on account
of being out of the line-up since the first two games.
On the evening of the freshmen game the Salem “Y”
team stole the show and our “B” team went under 15
to 12. Last but not least one of our Boy Scout troops,
though they were well fed, was beaten by the State
School at Woodburn 22 to 16.
On Monday our team played the University of Ore­
gon freshmen at Eugene. Tonight our ‘ ‘A’’ and “B”
teams will play the same teams of Woodburn high.
Accounts of these games will appear in the next issue.