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VOLUME XXXXII
CHEMAWA. OREGON, NOV. 28, 1941
Beloved Personage, Mrs. Ruthyn Turney,
Retires from Indian Service
Mrs. Ruthyn (Gertrude Brewer) Turney, who
has been employed as Music Instructor here at
Chemawa for approximately thirty years is re
tiring from the Service on November 30.
Mrs. Turney was born at Tacoma, Washington,
and arrived at Chemawa at an early age. At a
very early age she began studying piano under
one of the best teachers in Salem. She graduated
from Willamette University from the music
department with her A. B. degree. In 1903 she
was the official government Indian pianist at the
Worlds Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. From here
she went to New York to study piano for one
year. She then studied music and piano with
other prominent musicians. She returned home
and taught and studied and received her Master’s
degree in music several years ago. During the
year 1917 she was quietly married to Mr. Ruthyn
Turney, who is a well known musician and com
poser of the Pacific Northwest. During the years
Mrs. Turney has been at Chemawa she presented
many colorful operettas and pageants. The mu
sic for the pageant at the end of each year has
been under her supervision.
Mrs. Turney has given many years of faith
ful service to the Indian young people who have
been under her instruction and our best wishes
go with her for a long and happy life.
NUMBER THREE
said that this school was the first to have such a
course.
These and many other heart-gripping incidents
were told in such a manner that by the time Mr.
LaVatta had finished speaking every student was
very thankful and appreciative for such a school
as the Chemawa of today.
Following the Chapel program, a reception in
Mr. LaVatta’s honor was given in Winona hall
by the Fort Hall Home Room. A short program
was presented to the group in which were included
songs, poems, and a summary of the history of the
Fort Hall Reservation.
Christmas Vacation
The Christmas vacations for the boys and girls
of Chemawa will begin at four o’clock Friday,
December 19, and end Sunday night, Dec. 28.
Before any student is excused to go home for
Christmas the office must receive a written re
quest for vacation in advance of the time vacation
begins. Any student who wants to take another
student home for Christmas must follow this pro-
ceedure: receive from home a written invitation
for this guest student and receive from the guest
student’s parents written approval.
Any Montana or Idaho student going home
for Christmas, to due the distance, will be given
two weeks vacation beginning at four o’clock,
December 19, and ending not later than Sunday,
Jan. 4.
George P. LaVatta Speaks in
Student Chapel
From the Alumni
At the Chapel held in the auditorium, Novem
ber 16, the faculty and students heard Mr. George
P. LaVatta compare the boarding schools of the
past with the boarding schools of the present.
Mr. LaVatta told many interesting incidents of
school life at the Carlisle Boarding School. One
of the most impressive incidents told by Mr. La
Vatta was the one in which he said that the boys
who showed bad conduct were “taken care of”
by being put into a “dungeon” and fed only on
bread and water. He also said that the students
of the other boarding schools were asking for a
course in the study of the Reservations and that
the students of Chemawa should realize the neces
sity and importance of such a course. Mr. LaVatta
Zena Hogsed is now employed at Colville In
dian Agency and has recently announced her
engagement.
Sammy Danzuka and Betty Arthur were mar
ried on Thanksgiving Day.
Preston Bell, Joe Reddor, and Herman Redelk,
stationed in the Army at Camp Murray, were
visitors on our campus over the Thanksgiving
holidays.
Jay Heddrick, a tailor at the post tailor shop,
Fort Lewis, spent a few days on our campus re
cently.
Fred Lodge is now stationed in the Army on
the Hawaiian Islands.
Iris Lee Hogsed was a visitor on our campus
over the weekend.