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The Chemawa American
As a school citizen do what you can to support
school organizations and movements. Be interested
and you’ll find school is not really half so bad.
Published every third Friday during the school year by
the Chemawa Indian School. Address all communications
to the CHEMAWA AMERICAN, Chemawa, Oregon.
Published in accordance with the Interior Department
appropriation Act, 1940, approved May 10, 1939.
Subscription 50 cents a year.
—J une S immons
PAUL T. JACKSON
ROBAIR THOMAS
ROSALIND E. CRUISE
Superintendent
Printer and Manager
Journalism Instructor
REPORTERS—Ben Bearchum, Harold Joseph, Floyd Tyler, Alex
Stensger, Stanley Williams, Sybil Wood, Carolyn Davis, Katherine
Jones, June Ford, Anna Miles, Margie Reynolds, June Simmons
editorial
Papers and food give the campus a very dirty ap
pearance. These things could be very easily kept un
til one reaches a trash can, but it seems that they
are thrown everywhere.
Things thrown around like that often cause germs
to spread, and then sometimes sickness follows.
Candy wrappers are most frequently found on the
campus. After eating candy it is very easy to put the
wrappers in your pocket and keep them until you
reach a trash can.
Food looks even worse than paper on the campus.
If you want to eat, eat in the dining hall. Don’t car
ry out food and throw it around the campus.
Wind blows paper very easily around the campus
and it is very hard to pick up. Food is even harder
than paper to pick up. If each individual had to
pick up the things he throws around, he wouldn’t
be throwing things on the campus.
Chemawa has many visitors on the campus and
they get a very bad impression of us if they see a
dirty campus. Each individual should take it upon
himself to keep the campus looking clean.— A lex
S tensgar
School spirit is not only how loud you yell at
basketball games, but your attitude toward the school
in general. Perhaps you regard school as "just one
of those things,” and live only for graduation day.
If so, you are going to miss some real opportunities.
Your school is a miniature world in which you have
a chance to find out how you will fit into the scheme
of things later on. Your ability to speak at meetings,
and a knowledge of parlimentary law gained in or
ganization work will be of much value to you
throughout life.
From the Home Rooms
The Crow-Cheyenne tribes have been progressing
very well towards the pageant.
Colvilles: Jack Whitelaw and William Seymour
are modeling an Indian camp. William Jerred is
working on some boats. Anita Grunlose and Gleo
Picard are making models of papoose boards. Pete
George, Rosemary Edwards are working on the map
and are also gathering plans for the pageant. Della
Signore, and Cecelia Gendron and Marie Parie are
making bowls that will be exhibited during the
pageant.
Northern Idaho students have prepared a play for
the pageant but as yet haven’t selected the characters.
At the present each member is writing an autobio
graphy.
The pageants that the home rooms have been pre
paring will be held on the nights of May 19 and 20.
The first night the students that represent the Coast
Indians will perform. The second night the Plains
Indians will portray the Indian life of the Plains
of long ago. The exhibits that all of the home rooms
are working on and those exhibits that they are able
to get from their homes will be on display for the
public during these two days.
Grade School News
“Easter time is the time for eggs,” quote the young
sters, as they hurriedly ran all over the campus Sun
day afternoon in search of Easter eggs.
The affair was under the supervision of Miss Hall,
Miss Sunrise, Miss Chambers, and Mrs. Salter, the
class teachers.
First and second place prizes were given out and
as a reward the “Kids” received either a chocolate
rabbit, or a basket of eggs or candy bars.
NOTICE
This will be the last AMERICAN. The sup
plement to the school paper, "The Chief,”
will be off the press May 18. The price is
75c. Give local orders to Miss Rosalind E.
Cruise. Outside orders: Address to The
CHEMAWA AMERICAN, Chemawa, Ore.