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Mrs. Cronk spent Christmas week at Melba, Idaho,
with her family.
Miss Essie Bedard celebrated the Yuletide at Long
view, Washington with friends.
Miss Newell was in San Francisco during the Christ
mas and New Year holidays visiting her sister.
David Berger, a prominent student in our big family,
came from Colville, Washington to visit his alma
mater and his little brother, “Peger.”
Delmer Colgrove was down to the old school visiting
friends on Wednesday. He is employed at the manly
art of rolling logs in the Klamath Falls area.
Mr. Joseph White, a former student and a graduate
of Willamette University who is employed at Colville,
Washington spent the Christmas holidays at Chemawa.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Emmons were campus visit
ors on Christmas day. Mrs. Emmons was formerly
Miss Marjorie Mart’n, both are Chemawa grads who
were married recently.
Miss Margaret Hoptowit, former cook in the em
ployees’ club, and Leonard Vivette were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Mason for a few days during the holi
day season.
Miss Josephine Hughes, Chemawa grad who is tak
ing her her junior year of college work at Washington
State, is spending three weeks vacation at Chemawa
helping in the main office.
Miss Edna Groves, Supervisor of Home Economics
in the Indian Office, Washington, D. C., was a visitor
at the Salem Indian School, December 21st. She was
entertained at a luncheon served in the practice house.
Mr. George Goujon made a brief visit to see if the
wheels of industry were still clicking without him.
He was surprised to know that it was possible but
still found everything to his liking.
Mr. Andrew Hatfield, a graduate of *32 spent a day
at Chemawa last week. He hailed from Phoenix Ari
zona, where he has a job painting, a trade he learned
while going to school here.
Mr Frank Dumont, a former student who is attend
ing Benson Tech in Portland, spent a day here visit
ing friends. Frank goes to night school and works
during the day in the city as welder in a large fence
corporation.
Mr. Whitney Comeau, a former student, was recent
ly added to the force as the local baker.
He took the
position held by John Larson who resigned to take a
position at Salem.
Miss Alice Cross spent a portion of the Christmas
vacation with her folks at Puyallup, Washington. Her
sister, Lucille, a former Chemawa student, returned
with her to spend a few days at the school with friends.
Miss Merle Conolly, one of the students in beauty
culture had opportunity to get actual experience in
her vocation. She spent more than a week in the
beauty shop owmed by a former student, Hallie Be
dard, in Oswego.
Supt. Ryan called a meeting for all the vocation
al heads on Wednesday evening.
Suggestions and
plans for the second semester were dicussed. Another
meeting will be held next Tuesday to give the in
structors a chance to express themselves on the plans
of the previous meeting and new problems which may
arise from them.
PROTESTANT CHAPEL
The Protestant chapel meets every Sunday morn
ing at 9:45. For all those, employees and students
alike, who wish an hour of worship, music and med
itation, we invite you to meet with us.
The Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. are active organizations
on the campus and are looking forward to a good year
of spiritual and social fellowship in 1935. We have a
fine group of students on both cabinets who are inter
ested and alert for every opportunity to better them
selves, their fellow-students and their school. /
A NEW YEAR’S MESSAGE
By Supt. James T. Ryan
A new year has dawned for our school and students,
and like all new years it brings inspirations and hope
for better things to come. The realization of such in
spiration and hope rests with each individual for its
accomplishment, because it is only as we build faith
in ourselves and in our worthwhile associates that we
can have the ambition to accomplish and succeed.
We must, then, establish with ourselves the condi
tions which build faith, which mean the elimination
of wasting and worthless thoughts and action. If,
during the past year, we have permitted our minds to
lag at times in useless channels, the hope of happiness
in our new year lies in creating for ourselves interest
and enthusiasm in worthwhile things and in building
within ourselves the faith that we can accomplish
these ideals.