Item s o f In te re s t
Mr. George P. EaVatta, head of Indian Or
ganization in the Northwest, was a recent visitor
on the campus, giving an interesting review on
the Home Room Survey projects to the student
body and faculty in the auditorium.
On September 29th, under the direction of Mrs.
Turney, several class groups and individuals gave
a splendid muscial program which was enjoyed
by everyone at the chapel service.
A luncheon was served in honor of Miss Edna
A. Gerken, Supervisor of Health Education,at
Hawley Hall, on October 4tb, by a group of sen
ior girls. After the luncheon Miss Gerken gave
a discussion of Health Problems and Safety Haz
ards in the auditorium for the Home Room stu
dents and teachers.
Mrs. Black, Girls’ Educational Adviser, has
been absent from duty several weeks, due to
illness. The students are anxiously waiting her
return and wish her a speedy recovery.
Wesley McWain, student at Willamette Uni
versity,entertained the students and faculty mem
bers with a splendid program in Chapel on Oc
tober 6th. He provided many a hearty laugh,and
the audience was fascinated by his novel piano
solos.
This year, students find the system for phys
ical examinations much more effective when they
make their own appointment through t h e i r
Home Room with Dr. Faxon.
A group of Silverton high school students
gave a short “ Pep” program, prior to Friday’s
football game, in the auditorium the morning of
October 12. Several muscial numbers were given,
and members of their student body staff were in
troduced.
The Chemawa Student Body Council and a
group of talented students give a similar program,
in return, in the afternoon in the Silverton audi
torium.
Students enjoyed the movie, “ Three C h e e r s
for the Irish,” in the auditorium, Saturday
evening, October 12th.
The Girl Reserves and Hi-Y Club m e m b e r s
enjoyed the afternoon at a picnic at the home
of Mrs. Paul Kitzmiller in Dallas, on Sunday,
October 13.
The National Youth Administration (N.Y.A.
project) pays the tuition of approximately twenty
white boys, carefully selected from Marion, Polk,
and Clackamas Counties, for the purpose of vo
cational training. Half of the time these boys re
ceive regular trade instructions with the regular
students in the shops. The other time is spent in
construction projects. One of these will be to con
struct a new Pigville. They have recently laid
1,800 feet of water main.
Club organizations are in the process of organ
izing, with plans of having at least one and not
more than two business sessions a month. These
clubs are in nature of hobbies or avocational inter
ests. So far, students have been given the oppor
tunity to express their choice as to which club
they might wish to join. Further progress of the
clubs will be reported in a future issue.
First Aid classes have organized with Mrs.
Busick, of Salem, as the instructor. Girls’ classes
are on Wednesday and Thursday from 10:30 to
11:30 a.m. Boys’ classes meet from 1:00 to 2:00
p.m. on the same days. These classes are the
standard Red Cross First Aid Classes. Each
student successfully completing the course will
receive a Red Cross certificate.
One hundred and sixty-nine new fiction books
are available in the library to upper classmen,
the Freshmen being limited to older books, due
to the great demand for the new ones.
The new books might be termed as “ better
reading” books, written by such authors as
Grace E. Hill, Bayleston, J.C. Ferris and the
like.
Students have taken a notiecable increase of
interest in reading, from figures which show that
200 more books were checked out by both boys
and girls this September. This does not include
the reference books.
Eugene Kyote, class of ’34, is the president of
his Tribal Council on the Tongue River Reser
vation, at Ashland, Montana. He is one of the
youngest presidents of the tribal council in the
United States.
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“ A re You a W e ll Dressed Student?”
Do you rate high in the following points in neatness
for school dress?
1. Clean teeth
2. Clean face, hands, and body
3. Clean and well pressed clothing
4. Hair combed neatly
5. Shoes clean and well polished
6. Finger nails clean
7. Hair cut (boys especially)
8. Wear clean socks
9. Clothing of harmonizing colors
10. Suitable dress
Help the California Home Room in trying to put over
the importance of being well dressed and of upholding
the good name that Chemawa already has.