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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1931)
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Page 2 CHEM AWA^)AMERIC AN Published Bi-Weekly at the U. S. Indian School, Chemawa Oregon. CAddress all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager Subscription 50 Cts per Annum RGANIZATIONS & DEPARTMENTS Contributed from Various Sources ' FIFTH GRADE ITEMS The fifth grade pupils have finished their note books on South America, but will add written lessons to them whenever they are ready. Jacob Jackson has begun taking lessons on the cym bals from Mr. VosBurgh. He expects to play in the band some day. The grade children have been practicing hard on their Christmas cantata. We hope it will be a great success. Calvin Hunter is the new officer in Mitchell Hall now. Harry Langdon is now driving the garbage wagon. He likes this better than working in the dairy. We fifth grade boys have heard that we are going to have a spelling contest with the sixth grade pupils. We feel sorry for the sixth graders. JUNIOB CLASS NOTES Angeline Grant, one of our former classmates, is now working for Dr. Davis and attending school in Salem. Eddie Nanpooya has returned to his home, where he will remain for the rest of the school year. Phoebe Archambault spent a week-end in Portland visiting friends and relatives. We are all glad to report that physics, our most dif ficult subject, is beginning to sink in and is not as difficult as before. Nina Jack and her invited guest, Amelia Olin, will soon be leaving, for the fqrmer’s home in Raymond, Washington, to spend the Christmas holidays. Here’s hoping they will return well and happy to start the new year out right. MoNABY HALL NOTES Although McNary Hall boys are working under a handicap, we still manage to have the best kept build ing on the campus. The boys in McNary are so used to having their building acclaimed the best, and it means so much to them, that they all strive to keep it on top. Several of the rooms here have recently been re painted and some of the floors sanded, which adds materially to the appearance of the building as a whole. The boys express very good taste when it comes to interior decorating, as all who inspect the building report. The boys are all keeping their points at or very near 1000 at all times. As our matron says, “All are pretty good scouts.” MACHINE SHOP NOTES The boys in the machine shop extend congratula tions to the boys in the carpenter shop for winning the intramural basketball tournament. While we don’t play basketball so efficiently, yet we have every machine in the shop in operation now. William Demmert and Bennie lyall put the last one, a speed lathe, in shape last week. Chester Pepion has reclaimed several brass valves for the plumbing de partment, and Silas Close has made a wheel-puller for the auto mechanics. Several other boys whose names will be mentioned from time to time, have been mak ing hand tools for use in the shop and miscellaneous repairs. Although we don’t shoot the baskets, yet we have good team work. GIBLS’ PHYSICAL EDUCATION Now that basketball season has begun the girls’ physical education classes are practicing and each class is organizing its team. The girls have chosen a captain for each grade, as follows: Twelfth, Marge Hoptowit; eleventh, Alice Ladderoute; ten A3, Helen Adams; ten A4, Azilda Morigeau; nine B3, Amy Brushorn; nine B4, Florence Allman. The classes in domestic art are making their gym suits, which are one-piece suits, made of blue ging ham. They hoped to have them finished for the first game, which was between the seniors and sophies on December 14th. BREWER HALL The student boys’ council had a meeting on Sunday to discuss plans for the holidays in the boys’ quarters. The two troops of Boy Scouts are meeting regularly each Monday night. Mr. Showalter and Mr. Kleighage are the scoutmasters. Harry Galler has returned to school and is staying at Brewer Hall. New groups have been organized—all boys’ dormi tories with new leaders. Brewer Hall boys have organized a craft club, tak ing wood carving and leather carving. HOME ECONOMICS It was our privilege to have Miss Cleora C. Helbing with us during the first week of December. Miss
