THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
3
REFLECTIONS.
I sat alone. at my window,
Gazing into the starlit sky,
And thoughts of the past came o'er me,
Of days that had long gone by.
How sweet! the smile of companions,
As with cheery words they did greet,
In those halcyon days at Chemawa.
O, when again shall we meet?
How deaily treasured those friendships
Of schoolmates and teachers, too;
How dear the trial of school days,
And joys, which were not a few.
Yon moon shining high in the heavens,
in that dome of ethereal blue,
Will not He, in his infinite glory,
Bear a thought of me to you?
It seems, as I sit here dreaming
Of the scenes that I once knew,
The odor of roses comes to me,
Any in my mind they imbue,
Visions of former coii.rades,
Whose faces I well discern,
Through the misty veil of the past years,
And of them I long to learn.
But friends, our paths are divided,
Aud each, to his separate way
By an unseen hand must be guided
To the realms of glory some day.
God grant us both strength and courage,
A desire to fight for the right,
Aud may success crown our labors,
And in darkness let us gve light.
A word with you, Mr. Editor,
Ere to the waste basket you consign
This slight imitation of poetry,
Unworthy production of mine.
Perhaps the meter's not perfect,
The line's perchance do not rhyme;
But the thoughts, dear friend, I would im
part,, Is from the heart, not the mind.
Elizabeth Frazer, '07.
We are pleased to produce the above poem
and join the many friends of Elizabeth, who
are at the school, in extending greetings to an
esteemed graduate of the school. Ed.
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GAME AT BROOKS.
The second baseball team journeyed to
Brooks on Saturday afternoon to test
their strength with the team of that town
We left the school at about 1:05 o'clock
and rrached the home of the enemy at
about 2 o'clock. Upon arriving at thp
place we were met by the mascot of the
team, who showed us the way to the
grounds, which were iocated in the corner
of a field lately .-owed with grain, about
200 yards out of town. We drove in on
the grounds ami after laying around wait
ing for the enemy to appear they final
ly got there and we started. As we had
brought no umpire along one was select
ed from among the 12 or 15 spectators
present (all man and boys) .
We took first bat and suceeded it. mak
ing two runs the first inning, but vhen
they came t bat they out-classed us by
one score. The game went on like this
with them one point to the good up to
the fourth inning, when we were leading
6 to 4. They over took us in thefifth and
the score stood 9 to 8 but in the seventh
we commenced to get used 'to the hills
and clods on the dianond, and the pitch
er, and took the lead again, the "score
at this time standing 13 to 9 After this
we had a few little arguments with the
ump'ire, but at last always gave into him.
From this on until the end of the game
we kept the lead and when the nine inn
ings were up the score stood 16 to 11.
QUOTED
"The rule of thumb, guess work-and
loud assertion of merit may prevail for a
season, but in the end the real merit,
which can be shown and proved, must
take first rank. '
"If we know our weakness it becomes
our strength." Ruskin.