The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-11-11
High School Students Getting Up
Heavy Load Of Steam for Grid
iron Clash with Chrokee
Monday
ASKING MERCHANTS
TO CLOSE STORES
Battle Begins at 4 P. M. and Town
is Called on to Mobilize;
Rousing Chapel Session
is Held

81 have figured on the thing closely
and I can see that we have about al
good team, but no better one than
Cherokee. That being the case we
will have to have something more than
our team to beat them and that some
thing is pep
SO declared Dewey Luster, one OF
the doughty warriors OF the C. II. s.
high school football team as he stood
ON the platform at chapel exercises
yesterday before his fellow-students,
with a flaming red tie and eyes that
flashed the pep" which punctuated
the words which he spoke.
Cherokee is little town, juiIt a
kind of wide place in the road. but
they have football team that beat
Norman. don't see anything for us
to do. but scare those farmers to
death" continued the orator, "anG we
want all OF you Ia be there to help us.
1t takes pep to do it. They have It
at Norman and all the other big school
towns. We are getting up lot of 1t
among the students here and believe
they are getting some OF 1t down town.
We are going to ask the merchants to
close their stores at o'clock Monday,
so that everybody can see the game
and help MS win victory for Chicka-
sha. We don't know whether they
viii do II or not. but we are going to
ask them and hope they will"
Such was the concluding speech at
chapel session which was marked by
a marvellous outpouring of school
spirit and considerable eloquence.
Seated upon the stage were such not
ables as superintendent Ramey, Rev.
r.. y. Teis. who although a pacificist,
Is not averse to the kind of warfare
practiced on the gridiron. Jonas Cook,
President j. G. Mayes OF the board of
education and. standing out as the he
ioes OF the occasion. Coach Reeds and
the team, conquerors in every Dattle
except one this season.
Captain Shook OF the team had ex-
hibited a horseshoe which he found
on the way to the station before the
departure OF the train for Shawnee
last week. He had carried 1t with
him and the boys had hung il up in
their room at the hotel in Shawnee
as a token OF good luck Now, II is
all diked out in the class colors, and
will be preserved in the archives o.
the schoo, as previous heirloom
Norman Duncan, who followed Cap
tain Shook on the platform. declared
the historic horse shoe would be
handed down to Captain Shocks
grandchildren as a reminder of the
prowess OF the team OF 1915. Rousing
cheers and class yells greeted the
young orators, who with perfect self
possession and with apt and forceful
language plead their great cause.
Preceding the speeches of the stu
dents, Superintendent Ramey, Mr..
Cook and Mr.. Mayes made good talks,
full of inspiration for the students.
eve have one OF the best high schools
and one of the best football teams in
the state" said Mr.. Ramey. Our
boys are winning fame for Chickasha,
and we are proud of them. We hope
the people Of the town will give them
their hearty support in the game Mon
day.
Mr.. Cook used lead pencil as the
text of his sermon, drawing some les
sons which urged the young people to
make their conduct square with the
highest standards Mr. Mayes spoke
particularly OF the new high school
paper, "The Booster" of which he
said he was very proud and he re-
iterated advice which he had given to
the students on previous occasion,
telling them that they could make the
Chickasha high school just what they
wanted it to be- There was another
speech, bit the report OF it is sup.
pressed by request 1t is sufficient to
state that the speaker pulled the big
gest bonehead ever sprung on an limo