T he CHEMAWA AMERICAN
P age 4
AN OPPORTUNITY
The Oregon Historical Society has selected “Saca-
jawea,” the Indian “bird woman,” who accompanied
Lewis and Clark in 1804-6, as the subject for the
1934 C. C. Beekman History Prizes and Medals. The
prizes are four in number, viz., first, sixty dollars;
second, fifty dollars; third, forty dollars; and fourth,
thirty dollars; and will be awarded for the best four
original essays on the above named subject written and
submitted by girls or boys over fifteen years of age and
under eighteen years of age, attending any public or
private school, academy, seminary, college, universi
ty, or any other educational institution within the
State of Oregon. Each of the four prize winners
will receive a handsome bronze medal.
The conditions governing the competition are as
follows:
(1) The essay submitted in competion must not ex
ceed two thousand words in length.
(2) The essay may be in handwriting or in type
written form, preferably upon paper of commercial
letter size, either ruled or unruled, the several sheets
being numbered consecutively and written on one side
only, with blank space of about one and one-cjuarter
inches at top and left-hand margin.
(3) The essay shall be accompanied by a separate
sheet containing the name and post-office address of
the writer, the date of his or her birth, and the name
of the school attended.
(4) There shall also be delivered with the essay a
certificate signed by a teacher or instructor of the ed
ucational institution attended, stating that the writer
of the essay is a pupil or student attending the same.
(5) In order to be considered in competition the es
say must be delivered, by mail or in person, to the
Oregon Historical Society, Room C, Public Auditori
um, 235 S. W. Market Street, Portland, Oregon, not
later than Saturday, March 17, 1934.
(6) All essays submitted in competition will be
numbered and submitted, without names of the wri
ters or other identifying marks, to three judges se
lected by the undersigned committee.
(7) All competitive essays will be judged according
to their general merit and excellence; but the judges
will also take into consideration, in passing thereon,
neatness of manuscript, accurate orthography, correct
grammar and composition, and purity and clarity of
diction.
The Oregon State Library in Salem has a reading
list or bibliography upon the above named subject,
which will be sent to any Oregon student on request.
Books pertaining to the subject are obtainable in most
Oregon public libraries. Oregon has a system of local
libraries, supplemented in many cases by county li
brary systems, and in all cases by the Oregon State
Library. Students desiring such books should apply
first to the local library, which, if not having the books,
should secure them from the county and state libraries.
If the local library cannot give this service, which is
usual, or if there is no local library, the student should
write directly to the Oregon State Library in Salem,
which makes loans of books free of charge, except
postage, to all citizens of Oregon. In writing to the
Oregon State Library students should state the in
formation desired, and not merely confine requests to
some particular book or books sought, thereby enabling
the State Library to substitute other material in case
any book requested is not available.
B. B. Beekman
Leslie M. Scott
George H. Himes
—Committee
CHANGES
The following transfers were made of Chemawa em
ployees during the past summer and early fall:
S. H. Gilliam, Albuquerque, N. M.; Marie Roddy, Sacra
mento, Cal.; Dr. W. L. Lockman, Mescalero, N. M.; Nina B.
Trevvett, Santa Fe, N. M.; Leslie S. Lavelle, Turtle Mt., N.
D.; Nelson Jose, Riverside, Cal.; Orplia H. Morgan, Santa Fe,
N. M.; Wanda Gray, Anadarko, Okla.; Lillian M. Black, Riv
erside, Cal.; Edith W. Patterson, Santa Fe, N. M.; Edith A.
Reed, Hayward, Wis.; Irene Andrews, Anadarko, Okla.; Rose
L. Whipper, Tuba City, Ariz.; Irene Clark, Ft. Hall, Ida.;
Florence W. Fout, Ft. Hall, Ida.; Theo Turner, Talequah,
Okla.; Ralph S. Hicks, Flandreau, S. D.; William, D. Rog
ers, Eastern Navajo, N. M.; Mabel Richardson, Wyandotte,
Okla.
Mr. and Mrs. Lobdell, Mr and Mrs. Kirk, Miss White and
Miss Earlougher have retired and are living in Salem. Miss
Mountjoy is teaching in a public school in St. Ignatius, Mon.
There are others but with so many changes it was impossible to
keep up. Wherever they are and whatever they are doing our
hearts are with them and we wish them all the luck in the
world.
REDMEN BOW TO COLLEGIANS
Last Saturday the Chemawa football team met the
Linfield college freshman on the school field. The
Indians were able to hold the heavier college eleven
during the early part of the game and several times
had their opponents in the shadows of their goal but
couldn’t summon the necessary drive to score. This
was the first home game for our pigskin advocates
and the second of the season. The squad has im
proved since their initial fray with Pacific college two
weeks ago. The loss of the game may be laid to the
fumbling of receivers on punts and to the fact that
our boys were greatly outweighed but as far as inate
ability was concerned there was no visible difference'
The next game is with Woodburn high school at
Woodburn next Saturday.