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CHEMAWA ^AMERICAN
Printed at Chemawa, Oregon, and Devoted to the Interests of Indian Education
WEDNESDAY JAN. 17, 1934
VOL. XXXV
CHEMAWA BOYS IN ART SCHOOL
Warren Wilder, class of ’32, was a Chemawa visi
tor the past week-end. “Lefty”, as he is known to
all Chemawaites, in company with Alex LaFromboise,
also a former student, is attending the Advertising Art
School in Portland. Both young gentlemen are in
tensely interested in their studies and have made
phenominal progress in their work during the past few
months. It gives us pleasure to mention the fact
here that both of these former students are helping to
pay for their course in the art school by working after
school. Warren is general handy-man about the
Studio Building—elevator boy, window washer, jan
itor in the Studio Theatre, painter, and whatever else
is needed about the building. Alex works during his
off hours in a near-by hospital. Both boys work hard
in school and out, seldom having a day off. And far
from considering themselves drudges or bemoaning
their hard lot as tread-millers they have found it all to
be a great adventure and glory especially in the fine
instruction they obtain while in school. We honor the
spirit of these two splendid, talented young men—may
they be enabled to finish their course with honors and
bring great renown to themselves and their race.
STUDENT WRITES
The following interesting letter was received recent
ly by Supt. Ryan. It came from Peter Paquette, mem
ber of the class of 1932, who is taking aviation at
March Field, Riverside, Cal.:
March Field, Riverside, Cal.,
17th Purs., Gp., Hq., Det.,
January 5, 1934.
Dear Mr. Ryan:
Thanks for sending me the “Alumni Directory.’’ It surely
has come in handy already; I use it to find the addresses of
many of my classmates.
Upon reaching here last October I was greatly impressed at
the size of the field, and number of men that are stationed at
this one point.
March Field is about nine or ten miles southeast of the little
town of Riverside, and is about three miles square. On the
north half of the field all the buildings are located. The flying
field itself is nearly a mile wide and about one and a half miles
long.
There are about one hundred planes here. Seventy-five of
them are pursuit ships, which are trim and very fast. The re
maining twenty-five are bombers, of which ten are of the latest
type and can travel in straight flight at a speed in excess of two-
hundred miles an hour with full load. Their cruising speed is
one-hundred-sixty miles an hour. These ships are of mono
plane, gull-wing type.
NO. 8
The climate here surely has been wonderful so far this win
ter. We haven’t had any days that were cold and only three
or four days of rain. The nights, however, are quite chilly and
always make the extra blanket feel so much better.
When I arrived here the only vacancies that there were, were
in the offices. I was placed in the Seventeenth Pursuit Group
Headquarters Detachment and have been here ever since.
However, I am planning on takingthe entrance examinations
for the Army’s School of Aircraft Specialties. In that school
one specializes in one of the many branches of aviation. I want
to study instruments for blind flying.
Our work here is very agreeable. We start work at eight
o’clock and take an hour and a half fori unch and quit at three-
thirty, with every Wednesday afternoon, Saturday afternoon
and Sunday off duty. At which times we are allowed to leave
the field until reveille of the next working day. We can also
leave every day after work but must be back by six o'clock the
next morning.
Sincerely yours,
P eter P aquette
BARNYARD PARTY
The inter-YWCA contest is over. The Torchbear
ers defeated the NRA’s by an overwhelming margin.
The reward was a party at the expense of the NRA’s,
given Thursday evening in the Protestant chapel. All
guests assembled in the attire of farmers and farmers’
wives.
They were informally ushered into the barn
yard over a pig sty. The beauty and atmosphere of the
room was added to by the presence of rakes, shovels
and various farm implements. Violet Johnson and
Nellie Hughes took the prizes for the best farmer and
farmer’s w’ife. The evening’s refreshments were made
up of onion sandwiches, boiled eggs, milk and apples.
Games were played and every one present enjoyed
themselves to the utmost.
D. S. NOTES
Five of the girls are taking private home work for
experience before going outing. Thej7 are working
for one month at a time. Mary lyall works for Mr.
and Mrs. Showalter, Cassie Ball for Mr. and Mrs.
Sherman, Maudie Marshall for Mr. and Mrs. Melovid-
off, Helen Shaughnessy for Mr. and Mrs. Shilling and
Evelyn Placid for Mr. and Mrs. Paul Carrow.
The club detail changed Monday, Jan. 15, and the
following girls have donned the club uniform: Cleo
Sulky, Jeannette Huntley, Ada Simmons, Josephine
Small, Thelma Moore, Margaret Henry, Clara Brem
ner, Evelyn Frye, Kathleen Gates and Marseillaise
St. Martin. The girls w’ho have left will go to the
practice house for two weeks of learning and practicing
in that department.