The VHEMAMK AMERICAN
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CHAPEL
Last Sunday evening Supt. Lipps introduced Mr.
George P. La Vatta, who addressed our chapel as-
semblge. Mr. La Vatta has had his “ups and downs,”
troubles and discouragements galore, but it has all
tended to make a real man of him. He holds no false
views on matters that touch, for good or ill, his peo
ple. He told frankly and unmistakably what the
future will demand of our Indian population. We
think he is absolutely right in what he stated and we
trust that those of our student body, especially the
older students, will profit by what he told them.
Furthermore, he is in a position to be of material ser
vice to them in placing them in situations that may
lead to things of large dimensions. We are all glad to
have Mr. La Vatta with us and happy to know that he
has gained his present high position by his merit
alone—he had no boosting and no backing in the be
ginning of his career. He is truly a model for our
young people—for anyone, for that matter. In ad
dition to the address of Mr. La Vatta and a brief talk
by Supt. Lipps, the orchestra played the “Hungarian
Fantasia” by Tobani, Mollie Charley and Lydia
Whitebear sang “Whispering Hope” by Hawthorne,
and the choir sang a splendid anthem by Briggs.
ESCORTS
Sat., Mar. 15—To Salem .... Mrs. Turney
Sun., Mar. 16—McBride - - - Mr. Cail Turner
Miss Cruise
Winona....................... Mrs. Herlits
Mr. Fisher
Hawley....................... Miss Gunn
Mr. T. Turner
LOCAL
The chamber music program was given on Monday
evening for the members of the eighth grade class. It
was a real pieasure to note the attention and good
order on the part of the class as a whole.
Misses Roddy and French were hostesses at a party
given on Monday evening in honor of Mr. La Vatta,
who is at present on an official visit to Chemawa. We
were informed that in every way the party was an en
joyable affair. Delicious refreshments were served as
a close for the memorable evening.
Our pitchers and catchers are working out daily in
the gymnasium getting ready for the baseball season
which is just around the corner. Joe Alexander and
Leonard Vivette are our most prospective twirlers.
Roy Meachem, our veteran catcher of a year ago, will
no doubt be on the receiving end once more. Philip
Corbett is another hold-over from last year.
On last Tuesday evening our basketball team was
soundly trounced by Salem high school’s smooth and
fast working organization 44 to 22. There is no doubt
but that the strenuous game with Woodburn the night
before took some of the wind out of our sails. Never
theless, we would have had to be terribly hot to have
licked the Red and Black five that night. In spite of
it all our team went under with colors flying and
never for an instant was Salem altogether out of danger.
Even late in the game our boys threatened to stage a
victory rally. Marcus Simmons scored 14 points and
was our shining light on the offense. Captain Pretty
man, Albert Miller, John Marsden and Leonard Vi
vette all played hard, but with an effort, and were
unable to locate the basket.
By virtue of its victory over Woodburn high on the
W U. court last Monday our team appeared to have a
clear road to the county championship. Silverton was
the only thorn in our path. We had defeated them
earlier in the season and figured it could be done
again. When we were notified that the game would
be played on Wednesday instead of Thursday as sched
uled it meant three hard games on consecutive evenings
for our team. But there was no quibbling. Play we
did and walloped we were. The final «core w?as 39 to
24. Though defeated, our boys played a grand game.
Throughout the first period Silverton did not gel any
where near the basket. Our defense was just that
tight. With the score eight to nothing against them
and everything to gain and nothing to lose the Yellow
and Black hoopers from across the way launched one
of the most successful as well as spectacular long-shot
attacks ever staged on the university court. They
threw ’em and made ’em, that’s all. That defeat read
us out of the race. It was a hard one to take, but our
team did it in good grace. They worked hard for the
position they had attained and when circumstances
played a part in their defeat—well, they just proved
equal to the test.
On Friday evening our girls treated the school to
our last basketball game of the season. The clever
playing and passing of both teams pulled this game
far out of the class of the ordinary girls’ game.
Though our team has tasted nothing but defeat this
season, it has a splendid foundation for another year.
The last half of this game proved that wre not only
have a coming ball team, but one with a vitally im
portant quality in anything—that of sticking to the
end. With the score 15 to 1 against them they com
pletely turned the tables in the second half, stole the
show and came so near winning that it was anything
but funny to the Canby high team. The final score
was 28 to 22. Agnes Dowd, our utility player, scored
fourteen points. Throughout the season the work of
Captain Margaret Hoptowit, Alice Ladderoutte, Agnes
Dowd and Helen Adams was creditable and consistent
and around whom Mrs. Downie, the girls’ coach,
hopes to build a strong team next year.