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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1930)
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Page 2 CHEMAWA®AMERICAN Published Weekly at the U. S. Indian School, Chemawa Oregon. Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager •nHiiffliHHiiiminniiiffliuimfKimfflwiunmrmiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiifiiiiiiMimiiHiiiwiiiiimHniHiiHiiiiiiiHiiiiiiw Subscription ------- 50 Cts per Annum OUR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS (Continued from page 1) On Thursday afternoon there were sports of every character staged in the gym, the Seniors vs. Juniors, both boys and girls, being the contestants. All sorts of contests were staged and fought out to the end— which was a tie. In the evening, from 6:00 to 7:00 o’clock, the little fellows enjoyed a social hour in the big gym. After that the place was given over to junior students for a reception all their own. For a couple of hours the young people enjoyed themselves to the utmost. To their great credit, everything was most decorous from start to finish. On Friday afternoon the sports scheduled for the entertainment nf the many were staged in our big gym. The boys and girls of the sophomore and freshmen classes were the contestants and they entered into the spirit of the occasion so enthusiastically that they put on a really fine show. As event after event was pulled off the score zig-zaged, first in favor of one class and then the other, until near the close when the sophomore girls won out in basketball and took the honors for the day. In the evening we enjoyed our first game of basket ball of the season against an outside team. Our boys beat the team representing the Anderson sporting goods store of Salem in a score of 29 to 22. It was a good game and enabled all to get a line on what we will probably have in the way of a team this year. Saturday evening, December 28th, was given over to the high school students for a ‘ ‘social” all their own, and they really had a most enjoyable party. During our chapel exercises of the Sunday evening following Supt. Lipps told of a recent visit that he had made to Hampton Institute in Virginia, and of the wonderful progress noted there. He gave many inter esting facts regarding the management of that great school, and he compared the progress of the negroes and Indians, educationally, and all must admit that our young people must bestir themselves if they are keep in the lead in the struggle for supremacy. Mr. Lipps gave a splendid talk—facts that should have made a deep impression. During the evening Mr. Kunkel played a lovely negro “Spiritual” as a violin solo, the orchestra contributed a number, Robt. Perat- rovich, now of Seattle, played a group of saxophone solos which were well received, and the choir sang an anthem. On Monday afternoon the sports contest was be tween teams representing the Junior and Sophomore classes. Much enthusiasm was in the air and good sportsmanship prevailed. The Sophomores came out ahead in what proved a most interesting series of events. In 1he evening the annual spelling contest took place in the auditorium. Contestants were representa tives of the four older literary societies—Nonpareil, Winona, Reliance and Excelsior—and the rating after the final reckoning of the judges was announced placed the standing of the societies in the order given above. Mrs. Stewart pronounced the words, and Dr. Sisco, Miss Judd and Miss Gunn were the judges. Cecile Pepion proved the best individual speller in the school. On Tuesday, New Year’s Eve, an idea, sponsored by Principal Mote, was carried to a successful end. It was in the nature of a carnival, or mardi gras, and held in our big gym. The affair was staged after supper and it is impossible to picture the enthusiasm and all-around good time that marked the accasion. Mirth and good humor staged a riot. There was every thing there—side shows with snake charmers and fat ladies, fortune tellers, monkey acts, and fake doctors. At the proper time all repaired to quarters and thus the old year closed. On Wednesday evening all enjoyed a movie, “Frozen River,” and in this way ended our mid-winter holi days. It was an unforgetable time for all. ESCORTS Jan. 12—McBride..................................... - Mr. Kirk Mrs. Kirk Winona............................................... Miss Peters Miss Roddy Hawley ------ Mr. H. Kunkel Miss Mountjoy COLLEGES, CHARACTER AND CAREERS The dean of one of the chief engineering colleges has said that when the employment managers of the great electrical concerns come to him to “get a line” on the kind of men who are soon to present them selves as applicants for positions in the engineering field, they never ask to see academic records. These employers of men who are to plan superpower sys tems and device improved electrical facilities in count less variety want to know most of all the character of prospective workers. They give little heed to scho lastic grades. True, they usually want to know if the student is likely to graduate, and they assume that at least an average quality of academic work is being done. But after that they prefer to have a quiet man-to-man talk with him, to discover his attitude toward his superiors, his attitude toward his work, how he gets on with his fellows—in other words, to essay his social and moral metal. The engineering college must, therefore, in order to meet the actual demands of the field which it is established to serve, pay greater and greater atten tion to the other-than-scholastic qualities of its stu dents. Recently' the following came from one of the great professional centers of England: The social capacity that comes from mixing freely with one’s contemporaries in a university, and the broad culture it implies, are actually as useful in securing a job as the intellectual dis tinction indicated by the best of degrees. Furthermore, one is constantly hearing of men and women obtaining good positions in the professions be cause of the personal impressions they make, rather (Continued on page 4)
