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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1932)
CHEM AWA^AMERIC AN Printed at Chemawa, Oregon, and Devoted to the Interests of Indian Education WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12, 1932 VOL. XXXIV AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK American Eduation Week this year will be observed November 7-13. “The general theme will be The Schools and the Nation’s Founders, calling attention to the fact that . . . because the 200th anniversary of George Washington’s birth is being celebrated this year it is an appropriate time to show how our schools have kept alive the aspirations for human liberty and have made possible through enlightened citizinship a realization of the ideals of our nations founders.” Topics for the week are as follows: Monday_________________________ The Homes of the Pioneers Tuesday_________________________ The Schools of the Pioneers Wednesday, Two Centuries of Progress in New World Schools Thursday____________ The Schoolsand Equality of Opportunity Friday_____________________ The Schools and American Ideals Saturday________________ The Schools and Progressive Living Sunday_____________ The Schools and the Things of the Spirit Suggestions for carrying out any part of this pro gram may be had at the school library. MR. TURNEY RETIRES Following 25 years of continuous service for the Federal Government, Ruthyn Turney, printer at Che mawa, retired from office on September 30. Mr. Turney entered the Service at Chemawa Dec. 2, 1907 under Supt. Edwin L. Chalcraft and has served faithfully and loyally under six different superintend ents, all at Chemawa. He has witnessed the growth of the print shop from a single hand press doing only school work to a well equipped office of considerable size and importance and doing work for other schools and agencies and the Indian office. He has watched Chemawa grow from a little school to the present institution with its spacious campus, large buildings and manifold activities. Although he has taken a kindly interest in every phase of the school Mr. Turney’s greatest interest has been and is in music, being director of the school orchestra, in which organization he has maintained a high standard through many years. He has had con siderable experience in musical circles throughout the west as a teacher of violin and as a violin soloist. He has played in string quartets and symphony orchestras with the viola, string bass and violin. He is an ar ranger and composer of note, having many works to his credit, among them two beautiful Indian suites. He has striven to keep music on a high plane at Che mawa. During the latter years of his service here he NO. 3 conducted a series of Music Appreciation and Cham ber Music evenings which were much appreciated and well attended. He has given unstintingly of his time and money for the development of the better things, musically. In 1915 he launched the Indian String quartet which toured the country for a season with great success, playing the classics of the masters and interpreting the good music of the primitive red man. The quartet was disbanded by the Great War. / Many graduates and ex-students of Chemawa who have been recipients of instruction from Mr. Turney or have in some way come under his influence have recognized his teachings and are a credit to him and to the school. Many Indian boys and girls are better men and women for having known him. We know that all of these will join us as we of Chemawa thank him for the good he has done here and wish him good fortune and good health in his retirement. CHEMAWA PARTICIPATES IN SCHOOL OF MISSIONS “Indian Missions” is the theme of the Home Mis ion study courses in all Protestant churches for the coming winter. In preparation for this work, the Portland Council of Churches sponsored a school of missions last week, in the White Temple. Introduc tory to this was the “open house” on Monday even ing, at which Chemawa played a conspicuous part. Mrs. Tate and Chemawa girls who are living in Port land had arranged a large exhibit of Indian art from Portland doners. Another exhibit was taken from Chemawa from the collections of Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Hauser, Miss Lemly, Mrs. Wilcox and Mr. Hender son, as well as many articles from Mrs. James’ Indian Craft Shop. A quartet of Chemawa girls, Alice Slater, Marie LaFrance, Melba Arnoux and Dora LaFrance furnished a musical program for the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Mason, Miss Judd and Miss Eakin were guests also for the evening. Preceeding the program a dinner was given for this group by the Oxford Ep worth League. Chemawa friends of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Edwards of Tacoma, Wash., received the announcement of a blessed event in their family during the summer. A baby girl, Norma Elaine, was born to them on Aug 22. Mrs. Edwards was for several years a popular member of our academic force.
