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
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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
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