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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1938)
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN VOCATIONS During the Xmas vacation the painters have been pretty busy as Terry Cochran and Leroy Wilder gave the interior of the eye treatment room a lusterous coat of cream paint. Melvin Wounded Eye put the finish ing touches to a filing cabinet for Mr. La we. Since Xmas vacation the barbers have been very busy cutting the long hair that accumulated during that time. Clarence Christian., and his helpers have been giving their shop a thorough ‘Cleaning and it looks much better. All the carpenter boys are busy mak ing bed side tables and reading lamps. Looks like they are getting set for a long winter. Adam Bigsprings was elected foreman this week by his fellow bakers. Glenn Black is rapidly improving in his ability to make and decorate cakes. Since Xmas vacation is over the tai lor shop has been a very busy place. The rotators have all been busy mend ing overalls for the small boys from Brewer hall. A1 Bighorn and Raymond Track are busy overhauling one of our Ford V8s. They are installing new oil rings and grinding valves. Dan Bigsmoke and Vernie Wilson, two new boys, are learning how to wash and grease cars properly. The Senior commercial group is busy composing themes to be handed in be fore the end of the quarter. The themes are to be of any variety and some very interesting ones are being handed in. The Freshmen and Sophmore cook ing class have just finished learning how to prepare and serve breakfast. The next thing they will learn is planning, preparing and serving a luncheon. The older grade girls are selecting de signs for print dresses. All are anxious to make their first dress. Good luck girls. 3 The Chemawa school was honored by two very distinguished visitors on the campus, December 15, Mr. Paul L- Fick- inger, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs in Washington D. C., and Dr. Lynn Fullerton, Medical Director of the Pacific Northwest of Spokane, Washing ton. All of Mrs. James sewing classes are Recently a personal letter from Mr. making doctors operating gowns at this Jackson was delivered and read to the present time. student body. He expressed his appre The seniors are frantically working to ciation of the Alaskan students’ parents finish their bed spreads, so they can make and their attitude toward him when he print dresse s for themselves. All have paid them a short visit, “ They were in designs completed for bed spreads. They deed polite and courteous to me,” he will be busy for about three or four weeks stated. yet. On December 29, Miss Evelyn Pierce visited the Chemawa school while on a G-3 sewing girls are very busy. This business trip concerning the Indian Ed seems to be their schedule: Monday is ucational loans and scholarship awards their day of fancy work for instance, for Indian students. She is the assistant embroidering luncheon sets and crotchet- to Mrs. Bronson of the Indian Office who ing. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday is connected with the education loans and are the days for regular work; at the pres scholarships of the Salem Indian School. ent they are making themselves each a Supt. Paul T. Jackson departed a week house dress. Thursday is their day for before Christmas on his trip into Alaska. mending their own clothes. He is expected to return soon. The students that spent their Christ mas vacation here were very happy in deed to see the others return to the school Mrs. Nelson; formally known as Lena campus looking very happy. Layton, a former Chemawa student, The employees were deeply impressed was a visitor on the campus last week. by the perfect arrangement and neat New Year’s Day. Winona hall building appearance of the rooms. had an open house. Everybody was in The Freshmen class called a meeting on vited to inspect the girls’ rooms. January 6, . to discuss plans for their Holiday guests of Chemawa were Mavis picture to be in the annual. Whitelaw and Onalee Normandin of Christmas Program Portland. In the Protestant Church new teachers Continued from page 1 have been selected to teach Sunday School all at the school auditorium during an to the younger children for the month of Amateur Hour Program. There was at January. least thirty-six participants. The program Miss Marguerite Arcasa spent her ranged from piano to trombone, solos, Christmas vacation here at Chemawa, recitals, tap and war dancing, acrobatics, with her cousin, Margaret Arcasa. and blues singing. It was a genuine Cramton Hall was very beautifully dec Amateur Hour. Major Bowes couldn’t orated for Christmas. They had a Christ surpass it. The two weeks vacation was mas tree in the middle and the tables a two weeks spent in gaiety and leisure. around the tree. The students, employees, and visitors The Chemawa American recently re danced away the old year, 1937, and ceived news of the death of Mrs. R. L. greeted 1938 with a great deal of hilarity, Frost of Fairbanks, Alaska. Employees confetti and nondescript noise. The and students who were here previous to dance continued on after midnight with old-time tunes and dancing. 1929 will remember Mrs. Frost who was These memorable two weeks must the wife of one of the teachers on the have rated a gilded page in the little campus. book of memory, Mrs. Cronk’s Home Relations class are studying all about small children, and the care of small children. They are having the opportunity as Mrs. Cronk has arranged for some small children to come over every afternoon for them to watch and study. LOCAL NEWS
