The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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HOLLOWEEN CELEBRATED WITH
A HARD TIME DANCE OCT. 31
T he faculty members and stud en ts of
Chemawa celebrated H ollow een by a t
tending the “ H a rd T im e ” dance given
in the gym on S atu rd ay n ig h t, O ctober
31.
T he gym was decorated to brin g out
the spirit of Holloween w ith a ceiling of
pum pkins, w itches and cats. C ornstalks
were in every corner and on th e stage
were lighted pum pkins, th e center of
attractio n .
T h e Serenaders had a counter w here
cider and do u g h n u ts b ro u g h t m uch en
joym ent. T his m usic gro u p exhibited
th e ir readiness to perform by m arching
and singing “ M usketeers!”
T h e dance started w ith th e grand
m arch. As th e stu d en ts were m arching
a com m ittee was ju d g in g th eir costum es.
T h e following won prizes: Ira M artin
and his p a rtn e r, A gnes T horpe, won
first prizes: Simeon Bean and Lillian
H anberry, second; A lfred Songret and
B ertha Blakeslee, th ird ; G eorge Bost
w ick and his ever faith fu l partn er, V ivian
McLeod won fourth prize. "
All of the stud en ts enjoyed this even
in g of fun and pronounced it one of the
best of th e year.
Winona Hall
T h e officers of .W inona H all gave a
buffet supper at th e Practice H ouse N ov
em ber 6.
A fter th e supper a f e w games were
played and H e n ry Abbot and M r. Jack-
son displayed a few trick s th a t k ept th e
crow d interested. T h e group was also
honored and entertained by tw o talented
singers, W alter Mesplie a n d M argaret
A ndrew s.
A m ong th e guests of th e evening were
M r. and Mrs. Jackson, Miss Sam anski,
Miss Hoffman and M r. W ilder. T h e b u f
fet supper was enjoyed by everyone there.
Sad News
I t is w ith deep sorrow th a t we annonce
the death of Miss H o ffm an ’s father w hich
occurred on W ednesday, N ovem ber 11,
at Snyder, N ebraska. Miss Hoffman is
our commercial teacher and th e A m erican
and friends join in sym pathy for Her b er
eavem ent.
ATHLETICS
GREAT SPIRIT BLESSES
BRAVES WITH VICTORIES
Highly TootedCamas Hi Team
Falls Prey io Chemawa
On F riday, O ct J 30, Coach “ L e fty ”
W ilder and his Indian football ag g re
gation journeyed tq Camas, W ashington
to play the highly tooted Camas H i team .
T h is was Chem aw a’s first in te r - s ta te
cla§h in m any years and the In d ian s were
up against a pow erful team .
Camas w a s ratad forty-seven points
b etter th an th e In dians because of th eir
tw enty seven to n o th in g victory o v e r
Salem H i. T he V ikings in tu rn defeated
th e R edskins by the overw helm ing score
of tw enty to nothing, b ut figures m eant
n o th in g to the W arriors who were out
after a scalp.
T he game started prom ptly at 8:00 P.M .
T h e R edskins c h o s^ to receive. On th e
opening kickoff, G erald Sm ith took the
ball on his own ten and ran it back to
C hem aw a’s forty-five. T h e Indians then
began a determ ined m arch down the field
th a t netted them five first downs. T hey
were stopped on the Camas five yard line.
O n a pair o f double reverses', G igler,
Camas left half, brought the ball from
his own five to the Chem aw a forty five
yard line. T he game from th en on to
th e half was hard fought, although Che
m aw a th reatened the Cam as go al, the ball
was on the Camas five yard line w hen
the gu n w ent off.
T h e second half was ju st a few m in
utes old w hen the W ashingtonians cap-
tilized on a break, scored th eir first to u ch
dow n. T h e try for point was good. T his
seemed only to m ake the Indians fight
th a t m uch harder, for on t h e second
kickoff, M att A dam s m ade the longest
ru n of the season, w hen he dashed eighty
yards for a touchdow n. T h e ex tra point
was good. T his ended the scoring for
th e th ird quarter.
T h e clim ax of the gam e came in the
final q u a rte r w hen Camas m ade th e ir last
to u ch d o w n . T he try for ex tra point fail
ed. T h e W arriors then began to get hot
w ith S m ith and A dam s sp ark in g th e off
ense. T he R edskins tallied twice, b ut
failed to m ake one extra, point. T h e fin
al score read Chemawa 19 - Camas 13.
LEBANON'S UNDEFEATED ELEVEN
BEATEN BY FIGHTING INDIANS
T h e Chem aw a In d ian s ran wild on
O ctober 23, to hand Coach Reed C la rk ’s
B errypickers th eir first defeat of th e sea
son, 20 to 0.
T he braves, lead by H alfback G erald
Sm ith, scored in th e first three quarters.
‘ S m ith y ,’ who consistently tore th ro u g h
the L ebanon line for long gains, dashed
40 yards on a spinner play for the first
touchdow n, in the opening period arid
added the second w ith a five yard line
plunge in the second quarter.
A dam s, rig h t half, scooted around left
end on a reverse from Sm ith to ru n 18
yards for th e b ra v e ’s final touchdow n in
the th ird period. Sanderville, rig h t end,
m ade good -two out of three place kicks
for the e x tra point.
T he defeat ended th e hopes of Lebanon,
w hich last week defeated Covallis, 7 to
0, for a clean season slate.
ARMISTICE DAY GRiD BATTLf
PROVES FATAL TO TOLEDO
In the th ird victory to go on record
Chem aw a retu rn ed hom e A rm istice day
w ith a 27 to 13 victory over Toledo high.
T he In dians gained a, 13 to 0 lead in the
first half w hen Saluskin w ent over on a
line buck and Adams dashed 45 yards to
pay dirt.
G eorge ‘F le tc h e r’ C hristian ‘G a b le ,’-
burly, lad from Poplar, M ontana, did
one of those rare th in g s when he rushed
th ro u g h the line to succeed in recovering
a blocked p u n t behind the goal line for
one of Chem aw a’s scores.
H is team m ates said he “ h u n ” on to it
like a package of “ pem m ican” from the
reservation.
New Addition To Staff
Mr. A. J. O ’R ielly, a Salem m an is a
new and welcome addition to the C he
mawa staff upon th e resignation of Mr.
Carl T u rn e r. Mr. O ’R ielly is a g raduate
of S outh D akota S tate College and was
for ten years C ounty A griculture A gent
in Idaho and W yom ing. H e has had a
num ber of years of teaching experience
for he was at one tim e a mem ber of th e
O regon S tate College staff as assistant
S tate Club leader and supervisor of
schools in th e F u g e n e district. Mr.
O ’R ielly had charge of th e canning oper
ations here d u rin g th e sum m er.