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PUBLISHED DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR BY THE CHEMAWA INDIAN SCHOOL, CHEMAWA, OREGON
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Volume XLIV
NOVEMBER . 1943
Supt. Evans Welcomed
Chemawa welcomes Supt. Myrthus W. Evans and
his family to our campus.
Supt. Evans comes to us from Tuba City, Arizona,
where he was principal for three years. Mr. Evans,
whose native state is Idaho, started his career as an
instructor of vocational agriculture at the high school
ofRexberg, Idaho. He taught agriculture at Sacaton,
Arizona, for four years.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans have three small sons, Gerry,
Robert, and little Dean Kohler. Dean was born in
the General Hospital in Salem on October 8.
Boys Help Fill Silos
The boyi from the high school classes cut the corn
and piled it in small piles in the field. Other boys
came along with the farm help and hauled it up to
the silos. Here we had the ensilage cutter set up.
The corn was chopped up and blown up into the silo.
Since our crop was small we bought more mate­
rial from a cannery in West Salem. This ensilage
was the husks and cobs from the canning corn. This
type of ensilage is an excellent feed for dairy cows.
This ensilage was trucked out here in loads of
about four tons to the load.
Since the cannery in Salem ran day and night,
ensilage was cut here day and night. The boys at
McNary took three-hour shifts during the nights to
tramp the silo.
greetings!
With this first issue of the Cheinawa American
I wish to officially welcome students and employ­
ees. Students are to be commended on their ef­
forts to return to school in order that they may
continue their education. The high wages paid
everywhere present real temptations to our stu­
dents to remain out of school. You have made a
wise choice in deciding to return to school. That
which you will learn in school will be of lasting
benefit economically, spiritually, and socially. It
is a wise student who can forego the pleasures of
the moment inorder to reap the richer rewards
of intelligent effort.
A number of our students have left the school
—some to join the Armed forces, some to assist
their parents, and a few w ho have not been will­
ing to pay the price in study and sacrifice neces­
sary to gain an education. You who remain are
demonstrating an ability and willingness to make
the most of your opportunities.
We have a fine group of w ell-trained employees,
all interested in providing worthwhile experi­
ences for you. Our employees have been specifi­
cally requested to develop a program of activities
built from and around real life situations. Such
a program will fit you to think and act intelli­
gently when you leave school.
We hope that every pupil and employee will
feel that he is an important part of the school
and has a contribution to make. We welcome
your suggestions. We want you to participate in
every way possible. Pulling together we can have
a pleasant and profitable school year.
Myrthus W. Evans,
Superintendent.
Chemawa American Issued Monthy
In order to conserve on paper the school paper
will be issued once a month during the school year
rather than every three weeks as has been the custom
during the past few years. Readers will also note
that the American is being mailed sans envelope this
year. This change is also being made in the interest
of economy.
Make Nov. “Xmas Mailing Month”
Delivery of the annual flood of Christmas gifts
and cards on time, always a serious problem, “will
be more than a problem this year—it will be an im­
possibility—unless Christmas mailings are |made
largely in November,” the Postmaster General warns.
Number 1
“What’s Showing?”
The weekly picture shows have been a pleasure.
We had the good fortune to get “Bambi” early in
the season. This was a treat and especially enjoyed
by students who had read the book. Other movies
shown are “Air Force,” “My Friend Flicka,” “Navy
Blues,” “Man from Cheyenne,” and “A Haunting
We Will Go.” Everyone especially enjoyed “My
Friend Flicka.”
It has been fun at the shows for couples to sit
together.