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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1902)
CHEMAWA AMERICAN. 7 Basket Ball. First Team vs. Employes. The Basket-Batl came, played Saturday evening, between the lirst team and the employes' pick-up team, was quite-an in teresting one. It was evident, however, that the employes' team had not had very much practice as they were defeated by a score of 42-8. It was a clean game from the beginning to the end. Ben Neafus and Albert Payne for the first team, were the star players, each thorwioir five baskets apiece; Tom Young threw three baskets and A. Bensell nne. Adolph Farrow was the only lucky ona of the employes' team. He threw one, and the only basket for the employes. Fol lowing waa the line-up of the two teams : First Team. Position. Employes. A. Pyne(Capt.! G. A.Caisse. (Capt.) B. Neafus F. A. Farrow T. Young C. - H. Scott A. l!ns 11 . B. J. Stacy 0. Decker F. F. Decker Official: Timekeeper, E. Davis, Ref eree, W. Palmer. Two 20 minute halves. -Excelsior The Excelsior Literary society met Jan, 9, 1902. in the usual place school room no. 4 The Society is pnshlr.g to the front ev ery meeting. New members are cominif in every week. Boys are all taking good hold in their socijtv work. Lively meet ings are iming on f very Thilrsd-iy evening in the Exeelaior Literary Society, Boys take part in one ot the Societies, you will eclgethen i allei The, Kno r hv Pres. Hmiltf at 7:S0 P. M. There was no business of any kind. Tile program was opened oy an address hy I'res J. Smith. Boot, by I he quartet. R-ading l.y Lnwrenw Toby. Subj'Ct for debate, Resolved:- That s ock raising is more Drof. ilable than farming. Everv one should have bent present to see the boys lake part. W live-very member w on the floor; we had a lot -f -lock rai-e.s and farmers. The speakers for the affirmative were "m. Itedfnrd and Tliomas Y"iing. and for the negative S. Kwina and E. Belenger.' Afor an exciting debate the judges, Messrs. J. ,- Smith, L. Toby, and H Noble, decided on the affirmative side of StoO: The visitors for the evening were Messrs. Oillis, Alexis, Daniel, and Malioneof the Reliance Liter ary Society. Mr.Glllis and Mr. Mahone spoke on the affirmative side, while Mr; . Alexis objected to speak on either side. Nonpareil. The Nonpareil Literary Society met in' school room No. 6 Thursday evening, Jan. 9, 1902. Business was cirried on In a lively manner after which theprogram was rendered being very short, on rtccount of absentees. The program was as follows; Recitation; : Violet Dupuis Story, - Matilda Romer. Vocal Solo, Mary Decker, Rtadinir, . Lena Wilbur. The question for debate was, Resolved: That an industrial education is of more benefit to the girls of this school than a lit erary education. Affirmative. Negative. Vina Woodworth. . Pay Charles. Maggie Dupuis. Delia Souvlgner. Agues MeClnud. ; Josephine Juhre. The debate was rather slow, at the first part of the meeting, and the girls didn't seem to take much interest iu the debate. Brace up girls and make the Nonpareil l Literary Society the leading society of the Cheinawa School. Those that debated when the Btibject was thrown open to the house wre Maggie Dupuis, Fay Charles, Emma Williams, Lena Smith, Blanche Davis and IreneOampbell We would like to see more active members. The judges decided in favor of the negative, Uoex cused absences were Edna Baldwin, Mary Decker, Susie Segal, Winnie Stoddard and Violet Dupuis. Excused absentees were , Emma Julas and Elvira Parish. . As the editor was absent the President appointed Irene Campbell as editor (Pro-Tem ) On Jan. a, 1902, the society elected new officers Miss Emily Downey being elected presi dent. The society adjourned at nine o'clock. -