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VOL. 11 ' NOVEMBER 27, 1908. NO. 23
Our Trip to Forest Grove.
Two weeks ago today ten young ladies
chaperoned by Mrs. Chalcraft, Mrs, Brew
er and Miss Bender, and twenty-three
young men, Supt. Chalcraft, Mr. Bowen
and Mr. Fleming accompanied the foot
hall team to Forest Grove. A special
car was chartered from the Oregon Elec
tric to carry the party.
The superstitious people say that Fri
day, the thirteenth of the month, is an
unlucky day. Only a few of the party
realized that the day was Friday until
the trolley came down, smashing the
heavy plate glas& at the rear of the car.
This caused considerable excitement. It
was thought that the hoodoo was surely
along. From that point everything ran
along smoothly until we changed cars at
Harden Home for Hillsboro. On this
route the road is not in the best of con
dition and several times it seemed as if
the car would leave the track. The
continual rocking and bounding, and
the disfigured appearance of the car
caused much worry among the suspicious
ones of the party. The football players
called it '"bumping the bumps."
KilUboro was reached safely. After
waiting there a short time, the S.P. train
was boarded for Forest Grove. The road
was smooth, but the interior of the cars
received all the smoke and cinders from
the locomotive, causing several cases of
headache, and soiled gowns, along with
the bumps and seasickness which resulted
from the jolting of the rough road.
Nevertheless, Forest Grove was reached
without disaster,
A trolley car at the depot carried us a
distance of one mile to the hotel, where
preparations were made to feed the
hungry crowd. Mr. Marsh, Professor at
the College, was there to meet the boys.
He took us to the place where the Indian
Training School (Now Chemawa) was
established. The old buildings have all
been torn down and large trees have
grown up where some of them stood.
Prof. Marsh gave a portion' of the
grounds to the institution and took a great
deal of interest in the work of educat
ing the Indian boys and girls. He in
vited us to his library and gave us a lot
of information which was much appre
ciated. He wished us success in every
undertaking, with the exception of win
ning the football game.
He accompanied us to the residence
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