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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1943)
Zke Ckemawa American 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. PAUL T. JACKSON ROBERT THOMAS MRS. VIRGINIA WEIGEL Superintendent Printer Journalism Instructor éditorial With the nations at war with each other and men, young and old, fighting in the cold for their father- land, warm clothing, such as knitted wool sweaters are needed. So persons who are not drafted and are patriotic and want to help, can participate in organ izing clubs or in helping the Red Cross to knit sweaters, muffs, caps, or w hatever may be on the list of necessities for the Anny, Navy, or Bundles for Britian. There are many helping, and their accomplish ments are appreciated. However, there are others who just think and talk of helping or doing defense work. Still others are unprepared for the kind of work they want to do. Thus they idle around, maybe twid dling their thumbs when they could be knitting some nice warm socks for some needy Yank, fighting in Australia. With these thoughts in mind bring out those rusty old needles itching to be polished by the yarn as you knit.—M artha K ing J Orc kids to you! . . . To the boys who, due to the lack of employees, have had to take over some of the shops. "These boys arc all doing fine work and it goes a long way in showing what some students can do. George Walters has taken over the shoe shop; Carl Wood and Bill Jerred are in charge of the print shop; Paul Svinth has charge of the chickens and eggs; and the auto mechanic boys, with Tony Skahan as leader, are in charge of the auto shop. To the following juniors who were voted by their classmates as the outstanding citizens in their class: Raymond Bennett, Luella Wilson, Vincent Adolph, Evans Lewis, Edith Markishtum, and Mabel Thomp son. Vesper Club entertainmet The Chemawa Vesper Club entertained fifteen members of the Salem Presbyterian Young Peoples Society at their Vesper Club meeting, Sunday, April 11. Chemawa students conducted a interesting meet ing about Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. Glenn Fritzler, the president, presided and Edith Markishtum Ieda worship service. V irginia Taylor was chairman of a panel discussion with Luella Wilson, Nellie Cooper, Ralph Jackson, and Edith Markishtum as members. An informal hymn-sing follow ed: then apples were served and every one joined in a friendly social con versation. Both groups enjoyed meeting together so much that it is hoped it can be d me again. Items of interest Mrs. Rickard's nephew, Forrest Norton, f38, was a vistor on the campus Saturday, April 3. Forrest is working on the Alaska Highway and returned this week. "Never Ain't" was a one-act play sponsored by the 9A English class and given in the auditorium, March 30. The play was about a hill-billy feud be tween two families in the Kentucky mountains. The group sang "Down in the Valley” and "I love Mount ain Music.” The play "Going on Seventeen,” a comedy of youth, is being prepared by the senior class for pre sentation in the early part of May. The first 40 copies of the Readers' Digest for class room use have arrived. The money for them was made from the barn dance sponsored by the dra matics club. Recent visitors on the campus were the mothers of Richard Walker, Robert Eickmeyer, anil the I lofiers. Hi-Y and G.R. Visits Willamette Members of the Hi-Y and Girl Reserve Clubs were guests of the Willamette University Y.W.C.A. and Y.M.C.A. cabinets on Thursday, April 8th. A short meeting was held in Collins Hall where infor mation and movies about Seabeck Conference were were presented. Chemawa students were invited to attend Seabeck Conference this summer. Then the president of the Y.M. cabinet took us on a tour of the campus. All the students enjoyed the trip and were good representatives of Chemawa. Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do.
