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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?