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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1932)
T he CHEMAWA AMERICAN P age 2 CHEM AWA^)AMERIC AN Published Bi-Weekly at the U. S. Indian School, Chemawa Oregon. <IAddress all communications to Allan Shepard, Manager Subscription 50 Cts per Annum LOCAL Saturday evening the student body enjoyed a talkie entitled, “Huckleberry Finn.” The barber shop is again in operation. Mr. J. G. Hall is in charge and he and his assistants solicit the patronage of all students and employees. The Chemawa social season will be ushered in Satur day night when the students gather in the gym for the reception and dance given for the students by the faculty. Since the last school term 300 new books have been added to the Chemawa library. The titles cover a vari ety of subjects under the general heading of literature and reference. On July 14 Master Samuel Rainey gave a birthday party at Hazel Green in honor of his fifth birthday. About 21 of his little friends were present, accompanied by their mothers, to enjoy the occasion with him. In August Mr. G. W. Bent, Mr. M. Fisher, Mr. C. D. Rainey and Fred Rickard visited the Oregon Caves, Crater Lake, Klamath Reservation and Lava Cave. At Klamath Agency they were very hospitably enter tained by Supt. Blair and Sergeant Brown. At a general meeting of emplovees held in the Prac tice House on Tuesday evening, Sept. 6, Supt. Ryan bespoke the cooperation of all workers in economizing in every way possible during the coming year. He spoke also on other matters vital to the welfare of the school. A bequest from the estate of the late Mrs. Ida R. Hall of Portland to the Protestant religious work at Chemawa has made possible some much needed im provements in the chapel. The chapel has been en larged by the addition of a choir loft and rostrum, and new hymnals have been ordered. Newspapers of the Northwest carried a dispatch on September 1st to the effect that Victor Smith, a grad uate of our class of 1931, had been killed by a boiler explosion in or near Ketchikan, Alaska. Since then none of the details of this tragic accident have reached us. Victor was a leader at the school, and a most popular young man, and many a heart sank at the news of his untimely end. All Chemawa was sadden ed by the sad news. During the latter part of the summer a series of meetings were conducted at Chemawa by J. Norman Spawn, Associate Supervisor of Industrial Training. The meetings had to do with problems which arise from day to day in the shop and school room. All meetings were well attended and under the leadership of Mr. Spawn were of a truly inspirational nature. During the past summer Principal Frank Christy was transferred to the Mt. Pleasant (Mich.) school where he will serve as superintendent. Mr. Christy is succeeded here by Samuel H. Gilliam who comes from Sherman Institute, Riverside, California. The American bids Mr. Christy a fond farewell and ex tends a hearty welcome to Mr. Gilliam and his family. Nearly all of our employee staff took some time during the summer to go home, or to the beach, to the mountains, the national parks, some nearby scenic wonders, (with which this locality abounds) or in someway sought relaxation and tried to forget the trials and tribulations of daily toil. All are now back —sun-tanned, clear eyed, refreshed and ready for work. Dr. George Hinman of New York City, co-author of the new book, “Facing the Future in Indian Mis sions,” was a guest at Chemawa over the week-end. He is making a survey of all Protestant Indian missions in the United Stales and is much interested in religious work programs in government schools. He addressed a large group of studentsand employees Sunday morning in the Protestant chapel. Last Sunday evening, Sept. 11, we had our first chapel of this school year. Supt. Ryan was in charge and at the proper time he made quite a number of an nouncements and various beneficial suggestions, con cluding his talk by introducing Principal Gilliam, who was on the platform with him. Mr. Gilliam made an interesting talk in response and by his remarks won the good will of all. In addition to the above talks there was congregational singing and a concert num ber by the orchestra. A good chapel! The carpenter shop has been open all summer, with four boys most of the time. The school building was repaired. That is a new floor was built in the front hall and the doors were repaired. The floor in the Wigwam was repaired and new cabinets built. The D. S. kitchen has some new cabinets. Lockers were rebuilt and removed from the basement in Hawley Hall. Numerous other repair jobs have been done outside the shop. In our shop the woodworking ma chines have been worked over. The lathes have been put on separate motors to reduce the power bills as well as being more convenient. Now we are ready for another banner year with much enthusiasm.
