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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1931)
Page 4 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Many old-timers were pleased to see Miss Mabel Bremner on her recent visit to Chemawa. She came down from her home in Browning, Mont. CHEMAWA SCALPS PACIFIC, 20-0 Chemawa finally won her first game of the season from Pacific University. She won this game in im pressive style. Passes played a great part in the vic tory. Two went for touchdowns and others were completed for substantial gains. There were some thing like twelve attempted and ten completed. That is quite a record. Thomas did practically all the pass ing, Trottier throwing two or three. Olney caught one pass and ran for a touchdown, while Churchill did the same a quarter later. Another touchdown was bucked over by Christnot, which made a total of twenty points, after one conversion was made by a run and another by a pass, but the third failed in an other run. The team has improved considerably over their first two games. The plays are much more smoothly ex ecuted and power on off tackle plays loom up every now and then. There is still more work to do in the running of interference. It was noticed by many that longer gains would have been made had our interfer- ers gone on down the field farther to block out the sec ondary defense. Meachem and Franklin will be out in uniform soon, which should add strength to our backfield. The loss of Kalama in the backfield hurts somewhat. INTRA-MURAL SPORTS The volleyball tournament has created a great deal of interest. These games played every Monday, Wed nesday and Friday, give many a chance to participate who had none before. The results so far: Frosh, lost sophomores, won 1, lost 2; juniors, won 3, lost 0; And seniors, won 5, lost 1. There are three more games to play at the present writing. Monday, Wednesday and Friday’s games will finish up the schedule. There is a horseshoe tournament started in which ninety-three boys are participating. This is an elim ination tournament to be played in two divisions. We can’t tell yet who are favorites. WEARERS OF THE “C” A newly formed club at Chemawa is to be known as the “Letter Men’s Club,” and composed of members who formerly won their letters at this school. The pur pose is for the members to co-operate with the author ities in maintaining good order everywhere. Dowd Franklin is the president and Mr. Lavelle is the ad visor. This looks like a good move and The Ameri can endorses it. Miss Elizabeth Chagin, a former student of this school, spent the last week-end with Chemawa friends. She is getting along nicely in Portland where she has been for several years. Lehn Showalter, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was a recent visitor at Chemawa, the guest of his brother, William Boyd Showalter, who is one of Chemawa’s efficient industrial instructors. An enthusiastic meeting of the Little Flower Soci ety was held Sunday. In addition to regular business, the new members were welcomed into the Society by the president, Rosalia Grounds, and special vocal num bers were contributed by Alice Slater, Marie LaFrance, Melba Arnoux and Lena Louie. Since our last issue we have had the pleasure of a visit from Robert H. Knox, a retired Indian Service gentleman. Mr. Knox now resides in Gresham, Ore gon, of which little city he speaks in glowing terms. Mr. and Mrs. Knox have just celebrated their golden wedding anniversary and are hale and hearty and we expect, and hope, that they will live to see their dia mond jubilee. Verne Wilson was a visitor on Chemawa’s campus a few days ago. He attended Willamette University last year and has enrolled at that institution again this year. He is majoring in music. Verne’s parents at onetime were residents of Chemawa, Mr. Wilson hold ing the position of chief clerk while here. Just last summer he was promoted to a superintendency and placed in charge of the Coeur d’ Alene (Idaho) agen cy. Mr. Wilson, after leaving Chemawa, was in the service in Arizona for a year or so before his appoint ment as superintendent at Coeur d’ Alene. George P. LaVatta, who is serving the department as a placement officer for our Indian people in the great world about us, arrived here last week and has been a very busy man since his arrival. On Sunday, during our chapel service, Supt. Ryan called upon Mr. LaVatta, who made the principal talk of the even ing. The speaker was given a most respectful hear ing by all present and he had much to say to our stu dents—much that was in every sense sound, and his advice is worthy of most serious consideration. We are always happy to have Mr. LaVatta with us and we can heartily commend and recommend him as a mo del for our students to pattern after. We consider anyone, man or woman, fortunate to possess the ideas and ideals of Mr. LaVatta.
