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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1932)
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Page 2 CHEMAWA^AMERICAN full. Wonderful work and plenty of it. ond to none in this line. We are sec ART SHOP NOTES Published Bi-Weekly at the U. S. Indian School, Chemawa Oregon. <IAddress all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager 50 Cts per Annum Subscription RGANIZATIONS O & DEPARTMENTS Contributed from Various Sources ' The special students, including Alex LaFrombois, Adam Williams, Woodrow Ball, Warren Wilder and Wesley Larson, are now working on problems in color harmony. Wesley Larson is decorating two folding screens for Miss Wentzel, applying the knowledge he has just learned concerning color. The 12th grade boys’ and girls’ classes are making art history notebooks, which will contain miniature colored reproductions of many of the fine works in painting as well as a brief history of art from pre historic man to the present time. GIRL SCOUT NOTES CARPENTER SHOP NOTES The second laboratory table is nearing completion. Leonard Vivette has almost finished a beautiful walnut chest. The new semester finds all the fellows busy and we welcome the new members to our shop. We shall soon have another wood lathe, thanks to the blacksmiths w’ho made the countershaft for us. Most of the class are now busy on cabinet designs. Considerable talent is shown in some of the designs worked out. MACHINE SHOP NOTES The boys are readjusting themselves to their new schedule and settling down to their regular duties following their holiday vacation. William Demmert has completed the rebuilding of a face plate for one of the carpenter shop lathes. Robert Phernettene has completed a couple of collets for the milling machine. Robert Stewart has rebuilt a crank for the auto shop. Chester Pepion is back again after assisting Mr. Kun kel in the plumbing shop during a short rush there. Allen Fielder, one of the new boys, is doing some very nice work. A boy that is mechanically minded is always a pleasant find in the machine shop. BREWER HALL Clarence “Goose Egg’’ Weaver, who received his early training at Chemawa, is one of our students who has ventured out and tackled a job. He has been associated with the Jap truck gardeners, hop growers, and is now in charge of the “Big Chief” service station. His winning smile wins him many customers. Troop 7 spent the afternoon in the woods on Satur day under scoutmaster Showalter. Here they dem onstrated their cooking ability—potatoes and steak done to the “Queen’s taste.” Mr. Decorah was the story teller of the occasion. All had a real time. Daniel Lemery has been added to the advisor group and will assist in Mitchell Hall. On account of his eyes Dan had to give up barbering. New groups and leaders have been organized in Brewer Hall. Have you visited the moulding department? If not you are missing seeing things. Go and get your eyes Dec. 20, 1931. Miss Lundquist called her troop together at the teachers’ cottage at 4:00 o’clock and surprised them by serving a delightful luncheon. At this little party two girls who had accompanied Miss Lundquist to Salem told of their trip when they had purchased the food to be taken to a poor family for Christmas, and two other girls told of their excursion to Grand Ronde when delivering the food and pres ents to the poor family they were helping. On Jan. 8, 1932. All the Girl Scouts in Chemawa met at the home management department with a mem ber of the National Girl Scouts, Miss Thelma Mellick. There we sang, played games and she told of her ex periences with the Scouts back east. MID-YEAR TESTS During the week of Jan. 4 to Jan. 8, all the students in grades 5, 6, 7 and 8, numbering approximately 350, with the exception of a few who were sick or had not returned from vacation, were given standardized tests. The Otis Classification Tests was used for the 5th and 6th grades and the Stanford Achievement Tests for most of the students. The testing program was carried out in co-operation with the College of Educa tion of the Oregon State College at Corvallis, where the papers are now being scored. All of the seniors and one class of juniors also took the Stanford Test as an experiment. Since this is the first time that many of the students have taken a standardized test it is hardly to be ex pected that all could do themselves full justice or meas ure up to the best standards of which they are capable. However, the results should give a fairly good gen eral idea as to how Chemawa boys and girls compare with pupils in similar grades throughout the country. COMMERCIAL NOTES The commercial classes have completed the study of business science and are now busily engaged in a study of the principles of bookkeeping. Everyone enjoys the new subject. Hurrah! the mid-term tests are over. We are sure everyone will agree that they were long and thorough. It is safe to say that Miss Hoffman acquired some “new” knowledge, too.
