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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1934)
Printed at Chemawa, Oregon, and Devoted to the Interests of Indian Education VOL. XXXV WEDNESDAY, JAN. 3, 1934 THE HOLIDAYS AT CHEMAWA It was a joyous and eventful Christmas week, with entertainments, dances and a well-planned and smooth ly run off program of diversified sports in the gym to occupy and delight our people. Of course it never rains in Oregon but the heavy mist which has been with us for the past fortnight, washing out bridges, flooding the countryside, etc., failed to dampen the spirit of the students and the whole holiday program was carried out with real Yuletide joy and one and all entered into the various events with enthusiasm. The first event, although a week before the holidays really arrived, was the ever-beautiful Christmas pag eant staged annually by Mrs. Ruthyn Turney. It tells the story of the shepherds in the fields, the finding of the Babe in the manger and the coming of the three kings. Christmas carols aided by pantomime and spe cial lighting make this an always impressive sight and one of Chemawa’s most cherished traditions. A few days later, on Friday, Dec, 22, our basketeers engaged in combat Jefferson high of Jefferson, Ore., sending them home a very badly defeated group of young people. All our teams won. Our Midgets start ed things off by trimming the Jefferson B team, 14-4. Then our girls won their game, 21-13. Our A team made it unanimous by walloping the Jefferson first string, 37-14. On the evening of Saturday, Dec. 23, the Junior high classes presented a program in the auditorium. A play depicting the Christmas celebration of a group of news boys in a big city was well enacted. Then followed slides showing scenes in the Holy Land. Mr. Carl Turner gave an interpretive lecture with the slides. At the conclusion of the program the student body sang Christmas carols. ‘ Religious services were held at our two churches the following morning, Sunday. Shortly after supper the choir visited the dormitories and residences about the campus singing carols. Later in the evening the students gathered in the dormitories where presents were distributed. At noon on Christmas day the students enjoyed a fine Christmas dinner in Cramton hall while the or chestra dispensed music from the platform. During the afternoon Winona and McNary halls held open house. In the evening the two student homes were made gay with music and song as the two big halls produced NO. 7 their best talent to entertain the students and their friends. The first of the series of class games were held in the gym on Tuesday, Dec. 26. The all-day vocation- als defeated the juniors by the score of 40 to 25, after an exciting and hard played contest. The evening was devoted to the annual inter-class spelling contest. The seniors won this contest wnth Edna Wells spelling down all opponents with neatness and dispatch. The band played the processional and recessional. In ad dition the music clubs also presented several numbers which added to enjoyment of the evening. On Wednesday afternoon the all-day vocationals continued their string of victories by defeating the eighth-graders by a score of 45-20. “Its Tough to be Famous,” a movie, was the main attraction that night. The seniors won the third day holiday Olympics from the sophomores on Thursday, Dec. 28, 45-20. A very delightful dance was enjoyed by all as a con clusion to this day’s activities. On Friday afternoon the freshmen and senior hosts were arrayed one against the other in mortal combat. The gladiators of the freshmen horde made a valiant effort but the soothsayers and oracles must have been working overtime for the seniors. The final score, seniors 35, frosh 30. Woodburn high basket ball players invaded our gym that night. A very likely looking lot of lads who at first seemed to be quite successfully upsetting our apple cart but our boys finally settled down and in the end turned back the invaders, our B team winning, 27-12, and the A’s, 34-20. On the evening of Saturday, Dec. 30, we all viewed the picture, “The Tenderfoot,” starring the cavern ous mouthed comedian, Joe E. Brown. The next morning everyone attended the last relig ious services of the year which were fittingly observed in our two churches. At chapel that night our sup erintendent gave us a brief talk in which he admonish ed Chemawa young people to prepare themselves to live good Christian lives and concluded his remarks with a fine New Year’s wish for all. New Year’s found the seniors and all-day vocation als battling for the championship in the inter-class games. The seniors proved to have too much all- around strength for the all-days and the crown was given to the class of 1934 who won the final day’s (Continued on page 3)
