CHEMAWA « AMERICAN
Printed atChemawa, Oregon, and Devoted to the Interests of Indian Education
Wednesday, June 1, 1932
Vol. XXXIV
OUR COMMENCEMENT
Another school year has gone into the discard. It
has been a year of progress for the great majority of
our students, but progress in the final analysis of
things is an individual matter—many will profit while
a few will “tread water” so to speak, even in
the face of the same opportunities. It is always so.
Chemawa offers great things for those of ambition, and
we have many students on our rolls for whom the fac
ulty from Supt. Ryan down expect great things. Our
last few weeks have been taken up with final exam
inations, social gatherings, picinics for various organ
ization, etc., and now all that remains are pleasant
memories.
On May 22nd, Sunday, we had our baccalaureate
exercises, held at 7:30 in the auditorium. Theaddress
was delivered by Dr. W. L. Meyers, chancellor of the
Eugene Bible College, and he proved to be an able and
interesting speaker and we are all grateful to him for
his fine discourse. Supt. Ryan was in charge of the
exercises, and the following program was rendered:
Processional________________________________________ Orchestra
America the Beautiful (Rates) ________________________ School
Invocation_________________________________ Dr. W. L. Meyers
Chancellor Eugene Bible College
Meditation (Morrison) _____________________________ Orchestra
O Loving Father (Del Riego) __________________ Girls’Sextette
Send Out Thy Light (Gounod) --------------------------------------- Choir
Address___________________________________Dr. W. L. Meyers
Chemawa Song________________________________________ School
Benediction________________________________ Dr. W. L. Meyers
Recessional_______________________________________ Orchestra
On Wednesday morning nearly everyone assembled
in the auditorium for w’hat is locally termed a “Jolly-
Up.”
At this time Supt. Ryan awarded various
prizes to the students having won them through in
dividual effort or merit. This was a gala occasion and
was enlivened by Charles DePoe and his band with
music in every way appropriate. In the evening there
was a farewell party in the form of a dance, an orches
tra from Portland having been secured to provide
the music. It proved an enjoyable event for all.
JOLLY-UP
AWARDS
Winner Inter-class Spelling Contest, Grade Division
................................................ Annie Stevens
Winner Inter-class Spelling Contest, Junior High
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Florence Grenier
Winner Inter-class Spelling Contest, Senior High
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Josephine Hughes
Winner Declamatory Contest, Humorous
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Sophia Poweke
Winner Declamatory Contest, Dramatic
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tames Rosario
No. 18
Most Industrious an
Most Industrious and
Worker
Helen Shaughnessy
Worker
(Boy) Chas. Huber
Best Kept Room:
Hawley
McBride
Dormitory “F” (Josephine Reynolds)
Rachel Wilkie
Lena Leighton
Winona
Agnes Smith
Mildred Smith
Mitchell
Joseph Craig
Raymond Tsegetivo
Brewer
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Elliot Palmer
Roscoe Stacoma
McNary (Mrs. Cornick’s Award, $15.00cash)
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Harold Berys
Peter Paquette
Outstanding Group Leaders (Boys)
Fred Rickard
James Scott
(Girls)
Nellie Hughes
Myrtle Dupree
Honor Student: Fifth Grade
James Andrews II
Sixth Grade
Lawrence Smith
Seventh Grade
Vernon Jackson
Eighth Grade
Joy Whitelaw
Freshmen Class
James Rosario
Sophomore Class
Adam Williams
Junior Class
Melba Arnoux
Senior Class
Essie Bedard
School Honor Student (Girl)
Priscilla Hayashi
(Boy)
W’illiam Flowers
Most Outstanding Student in Junior Class (Girl)
Zona Afraid-of-Horses
Most Outstanding Student in Junior Class (Boy)
Leo Cottonoir
Awards for Honor Socities—‘‘Cog Wheel” Awards: Auto
mechanics, Edward Abeita; Baking, Howard Abbot; Black
smithing, Frank Dumont; Carpentry, Jesse Jim; Commercial
(Bey), Matthew John; Cooking, Robert Houston; Engineering,
Peter Paquette; Farming, Thomas Badgun; Gardening, Clar-
ence Cavyell; Leather Work, Orville Olney; Machine Shop,
William Demmert; Painting, Howard Churchill; Plumbing,
Elmer Hootchew; Printing, Esiah Galleshoff; Tailoring, Wesley
Larson.
“Spinning Wheel” Awards :Art—Indian, Hazel Pete; Beauty
Culture, Hallie Bedard; Clothing, Alice Jones; Foods, Chris
tine Muller; Commercial (Girl), Josephine Hughes; Nursing,
Edna Wesley; Housework—Winona, Lena Louie; Housework—
McBride, Nellie Hughes; Housework—Hawley, Myrtle Dupree.
On Thursday morning visitors and students were
privileged to visit the various shops, dormitories and
other departments of the school. Quite a large number
availed themselves of the opportunity, and it was wrell
worth their while as there is much of interest and value
to be seen in a trip about our campus.
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