C hem awa A m erican
A Publication Devoted to the Progress o f Indian Education
VOLUM E X X X X I
CHEM AW A. OREGON, F E B R U A R Y 7 , 19 4 1
N U M B E R S IX
Faculty Amazed by 4*H Clubbers1
Practical Demonstrations
Isaac Lee, Lewis Napier, and Paul Arquette
are all set up in poultry business now. Their
poultry house is completed-roosts, nests, feeders,
drinking fountains, feed rooms, and everything.
On January 24, they secured their 50 white leg
horn hens and set them up in business in their new
home. The boys will be kept pretty busy now,
feeding and caring for their hens, gathering and
selling eggs, and keeping their 4-H Club records
up to date. This is a very interesting and active
club, and Isaac, Carl, and Calvin are fine boys.
Raymond Dutoit, their leader, is doing a fine job
with this club.
4-H D airy C lub
The preparedness program of this dairy club
is running at full speed now. The cow barn
is rapidly taking on form, and it will soon be
ready to house Ted Jake, A lfred McCoy, and
Chuck Lawrence’s cows. Other boys are on the
waiting list for membership in this club and
will be admitted as soon as provisions can be
made.
4-H. C lub D emonstration W ork
On Jan. 18, twenty employees of the Chemawa
Indian School went in a body to the swine houses
where they witnessed a demonstration in treating
pigs for worm eradication. This demonstration
was put on by Elmer Benton, Vincent Adolph,
and Raymond Tissidimit. Though this was the
boys’ first public demonstration, their skill and
efficiency was outstanding. By their work it was
plain to see that Indian boys are quick to grasp
practical ideas and keenly enjoy the opportunity
to show others worthwhile practices. Questions
were put to them by employees, and out of the
many that were asked they missed only two, which
is pretty good for the boys.
From the swine demonstration, the employee
group and boys went to the dairy barns, where
4-H Clubbers, Ted Jake, Alfred McCoy, and
Chuck Lawrence demonstrated the judging of
dairy cows under the direction of Lawrence
Thomas, their leader. A class of four cows were
placed by the boys and their reasons for their
placements were given. All of the employees
present were also handed a placement card and
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4 -H Clubbers Judging D airy Cattle
Salem Civic Players Entertain
Faculty and Students
On January 26, the Salem Civic Players pre
sented a three act comedy, “ Room Thirteen-
Eleven,” which kept the auditorium in gales of
laughter. The play was an unusual, but interest
ing program. Following the play, a reception
was held in the Winona hall reception room for the
Salem Civic Players, by the sophomore class.
After the refreshments were served, the guests
enjoyed a short program, which included a song
by a group of sophomore girls, George Comenote
and his guitar, an Indian legend by Cecelia
Sohappy, and a piano solo by Tony Skahan.
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Former Supt., Oscar H. Lipps,
Chapel Speaker
The chapel service on February 2, was inter
esting. Following the flag salute, the orchestra
played a selection and the entire assembly sang
“ TheStar-Spangled Banner.” This was followed
by the choir singing, “ Come To Me,” by Miller.
Mr. Kunkel’s band favored the audience with an
overture, a serenade and a march, which was
splendid. Mr. Oscar H. Lipps of Salem was the
speaker. Mr. Lipps is a former superintendent of
Chemawa, and was very welcome. He gave a
splendid talk on ‘ ‘The Sinews of Success, ’ ’ which
was very educational.
The All-Stars broke their losing streak in the
City-Y League by downing the Paper-Makers
to the tune of 44 to 34 on Feb. 6. The Paper-
Makers were unable to check the Indians’ fast
break. The whole team worked smoothly. Art
Van Pelt took scoring honors for the Indians by
reaming hemp for a total of 17 points.