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.
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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
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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.
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