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Mr. Shepard Remembers How It Used To Be
by Nancy Barnes
Mr. Allan Shepard was interviewed
by the third period Introduction to
Journalism class on February 25, in
honor of Chemawa’s 92nd birthday.
Mr. Shepard, an Eyak Indian from
Cordova, Alaska, has been at Chema-
wa for many years, both as a student
and as a printing teacher. He gradu­
ated from Chemawa in 1919.
Mr. Shepard said that when he went
to school here the students had to
wear uniforms. The students marched
to classes, to the dining hall, and to
the raising and lowering of the flag.
But then, he added, Chemawa used to
be run by the military.
The first
superintendent, when the school was
founded near Forest Grove, was an
Army lieutenant, M. C. Wilkerson.
The student activities were also
different in Mr. Shepard’s day. There
were movies, but no dances, just “ so­
cials” . A “ social” was where the
boys and girls could socialize by
Remember When.....
waiKing pack and forth on campus to­
gether.
If a student were caught drinking
then, he would be sent to jail. If he
did something less severe, he might
have to work off hours by marching
back and forth across campus as a
punishment.
Mr. Shepard also told the class that
IChemawaused to have pet black bears
which were kept in pits lined with
bricks with a tree in the middle for
the bears to climb. If the bears got
loose, no problem. The student body
would just herd them back in.
W r e s t l e r s F e e ! P r e s s u r e In
by Jeff Frank
The tensest moment for a wrestler
is just before he goes out onto the
mat for a match. He feels scared.
All kinds of thoughts come to mind.
He thinks that he should never have
joined the te^im or he wishes he were
someplace else. He knows all the
people will be looking at him, but
he can’t back out now because he al­
ready has a match.
It seems that, while he warms up,
he thinks of everything or anything.
Then, just like that, he’s gging out
onto the mat for his match. He snakes
hands and feels the other guy’s ’grip,
and.he seems kind of nervou's too as
he*squeezes as hard as he can.
In the first few seconds he finds
M a tc h e s
out how good the other guy is. He
seems to forget about the crowd and
all of his thoughts, except winning.
He’s trying hard, and it seems like he
could beat the other guy right off.
But sometimes he forgets his moves.
When the mutely is even or when he
is winning, the tim e.goes quickly.
Other times, when he is getting beat
or can hardly do anything right, the
time is very slow. After a match like
that, he looks back at himself. He
thinks that he could have won, but
some little detail kept him from doing
it—just a little, little...thing.
He
looks at the easy things that kept him
from winning and he wishes he could
wrestle again. But the next time it
may happen all over again.
O n c e u p o n a T im e in th e A m e r ic a n . . .
Mr. Shepard s h o w s one o f th e o ld m ilit a r y
tro p h ie s to N a n c y B a rn e s and Je a n M o rris .
T he tro p h y c a s e is in th e lib r a r y , w h ic h
used to be M r. S hepard’ s p r in t sh o p .
The American has been around for
68 of Chemawa’s 92 years, and is an
important part of the history of a re­
markable school.
Things weren’t
always like they are now. Here’s an
account of Chemawa’s basketball
season of 57 years ago. We played
some pretty tough teams then. O.A.C.
later became Oregon State University.
Philomath and Albany Colleges no
longer exist.
The basketball team is making a
very good showing at this early stage
of the season. Chemawa opened the
season with an easy victory over
Philomath College on the home floor.
The College boys were simply out­
classed in every department of the
game. Capt. Jim and Dowme smo­
thered the College guards by their
fast playing and basket-throwing.
McDonald and Chamberlin easily out­
played the visiting forwards, while
Service at center was all over the
floor. After playing ten minutes in
the second half, the score was 32 to
6; Capt. Jim then sent in four second-
team players. The new men did not
work well, as they made only two
points while the visitors made eleven
points. The game closed with a 34-17
score.
Our boys found very worthy oppo­
nents in the O.A.C. quintet.
The
Aggies play the Intercollegiate game,
while we play the A.A.U. This change
in the game was a handicap which we
could not overcome until the opening
of the second half. However, the
lead was too much to overcome
the game closed 26 to 9.
On January 9th we lost to the vet­
eran Company “ L” team at Dallas.
This team has been together several
years and are almost unbeatable. The
score of 38 to 8 is a good showing by
our boys. Downie was on the side­
line nursing an injured knee. This
week Company “ L” team comes here
for a return game.
We have games with Willamette Uni­
versity, Albany College, Mt. Angel
College, and Business Men’s League
of Salem.
—from the Chemawa American
January, 1915