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Published every third Friday during the school year by
the Salem Indian School Press, Address all communi­
cations to the “Chemawa American," Salem Indian school,
Chemawa, Oregon.
Published in Accordance w ith th e Interior Appropriation Act, 1939,
Approved May 9, 1938.
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PA U L T. JACKSON t
ROSALIND E. CRUISE
ROBAIR THOMAS
- S u p erin te n d en t
E ditor
P rinter and M anager
Editorial
T N a recent m eeting of the employees, one of
the topics discussed was a campaign for good
English about the fcampus. T he A m e r ic a n
agrees wholeheartedly w ith this program and
hope that students will ponder the subject.
Diction is the choice of words for the expres­
sion of ideas. Since diction is the starting point
of all w riting, and since it is clearly indicative
of w hat we are and what we wish to express, all
people, especially the student, m ust Zkeep in
m ind the regular effort to improve in the use
and choice of words. All good w riting depends
upon good diction; just as a good builder selects
the material for the construction of a house,
so m ust the w riter make an earnest effort to
choose painstakingly the basic materials which
he uses. <
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Diction reveals the man even more clearly than
dress or m anners. A person's choice of words is
not accidental, but it is an organic part of him.
Listen to someone for a few m inutes, or read some­
th in g he has w ritten, and you will learn much
about the kind of person' he is. T hus, we fre­
quently say of som eone,“ H e talks like a lawyer,
or a physician, or a sailor.” A novelist will make
each of his characters use words that are suitable,
‘ ‘in character.”
T he literary societies will do m uch toward de­
veloping your vocabulary and that literary charm
th at is hidden in all of you. If you haven’t al­
ready joined one these organizations, do so.
C h em a w a
A m e r ic a n
Official Visitors
Mrs. B ertha Ellinger, Supervisor of Elem en­
tary Education, has been helping to organize the
class-room work in the Grade School classes. She
observes and has conferences w ith teachers m ak­
ing suggestions as to the best methods of teach­
ing.
Mr. Allan H ulsizer^ Supervisor of Secondary
Education, paid us a visit recently m aking sug­
gestions on thp im provem ent of instruction in
several of the classes in our H igh School.
H e plans to make a study of the library and
has promised to get us some additional m ater­
ial on current economic problems on various I n ­
dian Jurisdictions!. H e complemented the stu d ­
ents on their Student Governm ent, saying that
it is a practical experience in social science,
mainly governm ent. H e promises to return in
the spring for another short visit with us.
L ocal N e w s
Have you developed your web-feet yet? If not,
continue your pending exercise.
G raduate of ‘37, Agnes Tljorpe, now attending
Kium an Business College, visited friends on the
campus on the 13, 14, and the 15th.
A nother visitor and former student, Claude
Jones, is finding the school very different from
what it was, but has made no other comment.
F ather Reedey, and a committee of Catholip
boys met in the office of Brewer Hall last T ues­
day and drew up a constitution for the CYO.
The date of the first meeting will be announced
later.
Last week the faculty members met at the m u­
sic room and discussed their opinion on the pro­
posed step that the students are attem pting to
take regarding the change of the social hour time.
EX TR A ! About 40 boys were called out of
their shops last week on a very im portant detail
job. The boys picked “ S puds” for the school. It
was a severe task as 4 average sized men couldn’t
have finished the work in one hour.
On October 19, a class of children from W ash­
ington school in E ugene came to visit Chemawa.
T hey visited the trophy room in Brewer hall,
T he way most of us look at it, work is a fine and the G rade school, being entertained with
thing if it does'nt make too serious inroads on A rt, Indian songs, war dancing, the Owl dance,
our spare time. How would it be for us to reverse
G uitar playing, and singing. T hey wanted to see
the usual order of affairs and pay more attention
to business and less to frivolity during the com­ some real W ild Indians so their Half-breed guide
took them to the dining hall.
ing year? Do we hear a second to the motion?