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c Vol. 49 Chemawa, Oregon • November, 1948 McNARY HALL HAPPENINGS There are m an y new faces am ong the boys living a t McNary hall this year. They come from M ontana, W ashington, Idaho, California, O re gon, Arizona, New Mexico, a n d A las ka. Every room is occupied. W e are h a p p y to w elcom e the new students. There is a special N avajo unit in McNary. Vernon Lane, Virgil Lane a n d Rob ert Placid h a d to go hom e on a c count of d eath s in their families. They a re now b ack in school. W e are gettin g a n intram ural fight card on T hanksgiving evening. We h a d a show in the gym on Armistice night. Everyone seem ed to enjoy the m atches. O ur b a sk e tb a ll intram ural le a g u e h as b e e n going for three w eeks. The le a g u e is divided into the following divisions: A L eague—High school students B L eague—Junior High school stu dents N avajo L eague—O lder N avajo stu dents in McNary Hall Brewer Hall L eague—O lder Brewbj Hall boys. N ew Em ployees a re W elcom ed McBRIDE HALL BACK IN CIRCULATION After several y e a rs of retirem ent, McBride Hall, ren o v ated a n d refur b ish ed this sum m er by contract p a in t ers a n d C hem aw a shop m en a n d e n gineers, is a g a in serving a s a girls dormitory. The building is occupied this y e a r by the little girls from the g ra d e school. Band Progressing The school b a n d students a re h ard a t work, u nder the direction of Mr. V incent J. Matt. They are busy blow ing scales a n d doing other work a n d hope to m ake a public a p p e a r a n ce a s a group a b o u t D ecem ber 23 a t a n assem bly. There are 34 on the b a n d roster. They practice four times a w eek a n d the b a n d room is . open every evening ;for those w ishing to practice. NEW STOVES RECEIVED On Fire Drills Four new stoves a re b e in g in stalled on the cam pus, rep lacin g a like num ber in use at C h em aw a for lo these m any years. Three a re go ing into the stu d en ts' kitchen a n d the fourth into the teach ers' club. Fire Drills a re im portant b e c a u se w hen a re a l fire comes, people will p ro b ab ly g et panicky. Some of the p eople a re b o u n d to get knocked dow n a n d tram pled on. People of all a g e s n e e d fire drills—even grow nup people. I re a d in the p a p e r w here fifteen people w ere killed w hen a night club cau g h t fire. Some people m ay g et a n g ry w hen you tell them there is a fire drill. Bui it is for their own good. I know b e c a u se w hen I w as five or six our church started to burn. Everyone started for the door, but our S unday School teach er m ad e them line up. Even the grow nups started to run b u t she told them to line up. Soon the G rade School will have fire drills. Let's all do our p art well (V era Davis, Gr. 6) CARNIVAL ENJOYED The big all-school carn iv al held in the gym O ctober 29 w as en joyed by old a n d young. Door prizes, cake raffle, bingo, g am es of all kinds, the ever-popular fish pond, eats, movie theater, jitney d an ce, all the favorite old concessions a n d some new , con tributed to a lively H allow e'en party. The fire station is now at the School Garage Building, south of the shops. No. 1 Looking a ro u n d the cam pus the C hem aw a A m erican reporter noticed m any new com ers am ong the em ployees. W ith her interest thus aroused, it took little effort for her to assem b le the following inform ation ab o u t them. Mr. A ndy A skan is a n interpreter w ho works w ith the N avajo a n d com es from W indow Rock, Arizona. Mr. C. E. Burnette, stu d en t adviser, is a transfer from A laska a n d is s ta tioned in Brewer Hall. Mrs. Burnett is one of the teachers for the N avajo students. Mr. John Begay, teacher-interpreter teach es in the N avajo program a n d comes from W indow Rock, Arizona. Mrs. Bernice Brown, also a te a c h er-interpreter for the N avajo, w as transferred from W indow Rock, Ariz. Mr. a n d Mrs. A. H. Jo h an n ab er are transfers from Turtle M ountain Agency; Belcourt, North Dakota, a n d a re teach in g in the acad em ic d e p a rt ment. Miss W innifred Koske, te a c h e r of the N avajo group, w as transferred here from Sherm an. Mr. V incent J. Matt, b a n d "and w oodw orking instructor, comes from Dixon, M ontana. Mr. a n d Mrs. A. J. Frisby, new cooks at the em ployees' club, a re from Rosebud, South D akota. Rev. Father Erven V an d eh ey of Salem succeeds Fr. Rodakow ski a s religious director for C atholic stu dents. Mr. R ichard M. McKee of G rand Ronde, O regon, is the new lau ndry m an. Mrs. V. C. Hill, an o th er te a c h e r of the N avajo students, is from Salem . Mrs. G race L. Remy of Salem suc ceeds Miss Dorw eiler (transferred to F landreau) .as se c re ta ry in the p rin cip al's office.
