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WHAT IS DEMANDED
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field is surely attractive. Is the spirit of adventure
wavering in our young men, or are the qualifications
required too high?
“ ‘What career shall I follow' is the leading topic of
discussion with all serious young men. Now to help
in solving that question one needs more than the
wisdom of Solomon. The desire for success with
out working for it is the stumbling block in the
path of most men.
“A recent report of the Indian department of factory
inspection shows that more than 50 per cent of acci
dents occurring in factories can be attributed to inex
perienced help. The question of age does not enter
into the accident problem, the report states. It is in
experience. Old men are steadier and more reliable,
Reagin stated, and they produce better work. He is
of the opinion that one of the outstanding faults with
the present industrial system is that too few men above
45 are employed in factories.
“We still maintain that the bulk of the unemployed
are ordinary laborers or incompetent men in general.
The competent, trained and experienced men are
not hard to place with but few exceptions. However,
the general office man and ordinary bookkeeper has
too much competion while the calls are for the younger
men. Boys, living at home, who want permanent po
sitions and are willing to work, are always in de
mand . ’ ’
We are neither cowards nor quitters, so in closing,
the questions resulting from reading the above article
inclines us to believe that we would better take our
coats off and settle down to business with more deter-
mixiation than ever.
PROMINENT VISITORS
Chemawa was honored last Thursday in having as
guests the following prominent ladies from Portland:
Mrs. Robert H. Tate, secretary of religious education;
Grace F. Steinbeck, general secretary of Y. W. C. A.;
Mrs. Arthur L. Veazie, vice-president of Y. W. C. A.;
Mrs. Thos. A. Verdenius, president of Y. W. C. A.;
Lillian Baker, M. D.; and Mrs. E. B. Clark, of the
religious education committee.
These ladies and officers of the Portland Y. W. C.
A. were entertained at a nice luncheon at the Wig
wam. They came down from the metropolis to confer
with Supt. Lipps and find out what, if anything, the
Portland Y. W. C. A. organization could do to assist
in the matter of promoting the outing work for our
girls in Portland. The ladies showed keen interest in
our girls and the school and were highly pleased with
what Chemawa is doing in the way of training Indian
girls for their life’s work.
Last Friday afternoon the Boy Scouts of troop 8 did
not have the picnic they expected when our girls’ base
ball team held them to a 7 to 1 score. They battled
on even terms through the first few innings. Helen
Adams and Lillian Billy, the girls’ battery, was just
as effective as that of the boys.
Eighth grade 16, juniors 3, was the result of the
game played last week. Leonard Vivette and Russell
Bobb, the graders’ battery, had too much on the ball
for next year’s seniors to hit.
The jump that Albert Miller made at the interscho
lastic track meet last week at Corvallis is likely to stand
till he breaks it himself. He elevated 5 feet 8 inches.
We believe that by this time next spring he will be
rubbing 6 feet pretty close. Others whom we look
forward to setting new school records are: William
Brown should better our 440 record; George Little
Light should set a brand new record in the broad jump;
Warren Wilder should figure prominently in both the
high and low hurdles in another year. A brand-new
husky who is just new appearing on our athletic hoii-
zen is Peter Levay. Spring football was his first taste
of it. He is putting the shot and will be a good one
for that event. Jesse Jim and John Cadotte should
develop into good milers and Louis Baker might make
a record of some kind in the 880.
According to the schedule our baseball team was to
play Salem high school here yesterday. Weather con
ditions prevented several games lately and it might
have interfered with this all important one of the sea
son. We say important, for around it hinges a cham
pionship. If Salem wins she becomes the holder of the
Marion county title. Should we win we go into a tie
with Salem and the game with them Friday would
logically be the play-off. Everything indicates that the
game should have been a close one.
To date our
team has played nine games and have won seven. We
have dropped but one league game so far.
Wood
burn’s aggregation defeated us here early in the sea
son 9 to 7. Later our boys evened up the count in a
ten-inning game at Woodburn by a 5 to 4 score.
Since that time several changes have been made
that has strengthened us defensively and offensively.
Third base was a weak spot for a long time, but as a
last resort Charles McKay was brought in from the
outfield and is filling it nicely. Philip Corbett, relief
catcher, took the left field position and is fast becom
ing a good fly chaser. His hitting ability is not to be
questioned. Salem has a good twirler in Van Cleve,
but we believe we have a better one in Alexander,
who looks like a real pitcher when he rolls into action
and only occasionally this spring have opposing batters
been able to get to him. In Leonard Vivette we have
another able twirler. Six of our nine regulars are hit
ting well above the .300 mark which is a valuable as
set to any team.