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.