from the Shops and Classes
P rint S hop : The printers have been very busy
for the past week working on jobs for the school.
Ernest Spencer set up a job for 2400 Vocational
blanks. Jobs which have been completed the past
week 2000 attendance reports by Gerald Hoffer, 100
farm report blanks done by Carl Wood, 500 trach
oma cards for Dr. Lane by Bill Jerred. Joe Bron-
cheau is working on 1000 poultry cards, Bob Sat-
iacum made 50 small pads which were stitched and
perforated for the vocational department. Terry
Francis has been ably assisting these boys in their
various projects. Beginners doing good work are:
James Giey, Victor Jackson, and Dixon Yallup.
With the other jobs the school paper is scheduled
for this week.
K itchen : Martin Pepion is learning the trade of
meat cutting from Mr. Clingenpeel.
H ome E c . The sophomore sewing class, with Mrs.
James as teacher, has completed print dresses and is
starting a layette, after which they will make wool
garments.
The Junior Home Management class, under the
direction of Mrs. Pepper, is completing painting and
redecorating of the junior practice house. Mrs.
Pepper says they have done well.
It is said that Audrey O’Connor enjoys patching.
She has been getting a good deal of practice on little
boys, trousers. (Education should be a preparation
for the future, Audrey.)
G rade S chool : The beginners and first grade, un
der the supervision of Miss Nora Grissom, edits a
daily newspaper. The editors are chosen from among
the best group of students, one child acting as ed
itor for a week. Christine Blodgette holds the post
at the present. We here quote her news for one day:
O ur N ewspaper
This is Tuesday,
Yesterday we played radio,
Yesterday we had a party,
We had fun.
The radio program, mentioned above, was pro
duced by the students themselves. Wooden boxes
that looked like radios were placed in the two listen
ing groups—the family group in the playhouse and
the students in school. The performers went into a
closet leaving the door partly ajar. A little announ
cer said, “This is Station C.I.S.,” and then he pre
sented various students who spoke nursery rhymes.
Christmas Letter of Thanks
The high school English classes wrote thank-you notes
after Christinas. We offer here one of the most outstanding
ones, written by a freshman girl.
Chemawa, Oregon
December 31, 1942
Dearest Mother and Dad
Thank you all for the lovely presents. Although
I received it after Christmas I was well satisfied
with my dresser set. I must say it was just pretty
when I first saw it. The set matches with my room
colors. If you don’t remember the color it was sort
of a green and that’s the color of my dresser scarfs
and bed spreads.
Christmas night and day we had a swell time. The
grade school boys and girls put on a play. I forgot
the name of the play but it was something about
Santa Claus leaving and forgot some toys at the north
pole. Mrs. Santa Claus, who stayed home, had a
wishing cap that she put on her head and wished
the toys would come to life because she felt sorry
for them. She got her wish, then the toys came up
and sang, for they were glad. Both Ralph and Rus
sel were in that play. Ralph was a tin soldier and
Russel was a spinning top. Russel was the first to
come out on the floor. When we first saw them, they
looked just funny try ing to turn as fast as they could.
Anyhow, the whole play was good and everybody
enjoyed it. If you had seen it, you would have too.
Today it is raining. Sometimes it rains very hard
and then it just sprinkles at times. We had one grand
day when it sunshined and there were no clouds at
all except toward late afternoon. Then about a day
or two later it’s raining.
How are my little brothers and sisters making out
at home. Sisters and brother here are swell and they
surely wanted to go home for Christmas but they
knew and weren’t going to complain when I told
them we couldn’t.
Snow at home is deep I heard. My roommate told
me when she came back last night. Her name is
Nona Ashue, from White Swan. She also told me
they had a swell time up in White Swan. They had
war dances and many other things going on.
I’m closing this letter and hoping you’ll all an
swer soon.
Your daughter,
Marie
Four elk have been sent from Yellowstone Na-
ional Park for use in the dining hall. On Jan. 4, the
students enjoyed tender elk steak and country gravy.