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The Chemawa American 2 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN P ub lish ed d u rin g th e school 'y e a r b y C h em aw a In d ian School. A ddress all com m unications to the C h e m a w a A m erican, C h em aw a, O regon. P u b lish ed in acco rd a n c e w ith th e Interior D epartm ent A ppro p riatio n Act, 1940, a p p ro v e d M ay 10, 1939. S ubscription 50c a y ear. Russell M. Kelley, S uperin ten d en t Miss B eatrice M orse, Journalism Sponsor A llan S h e p a rd , Printing Instructor And therefore, I, W illiam Bradford, (by th e g race of G od today, A nd,the franchise of this good people, governor of Plymouth, sa y — . I Through virtue of v ested pow er—ye shall g a th e r w ith accord, And hold in the month of November, thanksgiving unto the Lord. —M. J. Preston. STUDENTS WELCOME NAVAJO GROUP W elcom e to C hem aw a! C h em aw a stu d en ts w elcom e the n ew students from N avajo-land, w ho cam e a long w a y to go to school. W e hope they like C hem aw a.—John C rane. Hi, g uys a n d gals! W hat's so in teresting a ro u n d here lately? Look ing aro u n d the cam pus one m ay see m an y n ew students,- They a re the N avajo boys a n d girls from A rizona a n d New Mexico. W e students at C h em aw a a re h a p p y to w elcom e a n d h av e them here a t our H appy Home. So, N avajo boys a n d girls, don't b e too lonesom e for your home. You try a n d w e will help you to m ake your stay here a h a p p y one. —Joan Adam s. NAVAJOS LIKE CHEMAWA There a re 93 N avajo boys a n d girls a t the C h e m a w a Ind ian School. It is our first time a w a y from home. W e cam e from A rizona a n d New Mexico. W e like C h em aw a very much. We a re h a p p y b e c a u se w e a re in school. O ur teach ers a re Mrs. Hill, Miss Koske, Mrs. Detrick. O ur teach er-in terp reters nam es a re Mr. A skan, Mr. B egay a n d Mrs. Brown. —Frank G oldtooth CHEMAWA 11 29 48 500 W in o n a s A ctive W inona Hall girls w a n t to publicly thank Mr. a n d Mrs. M ason for the m an y bfeautiful bo u q u ets of flowers they h av e so generously sent to the dormitory. The flowers h av e ad d e d g re a tly to the enjoym ent of all. Unit II h as w on the unit a w a rd trip tw ice so far this year. The girls e n joyed a movie in Salem e ach time. C ongratulations to Ernestine Lane and? her girls. McBride high point girls w ent along on the trip also. S everal em ployees h av e b e e n very kind in accepting the invitations of the girls to m ake the formal in sp ec tion of the girls' dorm itories on S at u rd a y morning. The girls ap p re c ia te this in terest a n d w an t to thank Mrs. Barnette, Miss Koske, Mr. Johannaber a n d Mrs. Howard. Intram ural gam es of b ask etb all a n d volley ball a re in full sw ing every T uesday a n d T hursday night in the gym for W inona hall girls. Jeanette Blake, W inona hall sports councillor, is a b u sy girl keeping all the team s, athletic shoes a n d girls in the right p laces a t the right times, b u t m uch enthusiasm is b e in g show n am ong all concerned. W inona hall house council has b e e n m eeting e ach w eek over coffee a n d cookies a n d h a v e decided m any things for the im provem ent a n d h a p p iness of the girls living in the dor mitory. E rnestine L ane is house presi dent, H elen G eorge vice-president, a n d Joan A dam s secretary. O ther m em bers of the house council a re Unit Councillors G e o rg ian n a Young, A gnes T ahkeal, Loretta Hawk, W a- n ita Kiona, Joan A dam s, F reda Bent, A bbie Jane Begay, Jeanette Blake (sports councillor) a n d C larice Mc- Covey (read in g room). Regional Officers Call E. M organ.Pryse, reg ional director, a n d G eorge P. LaV atta, regional trib al relations officer, w ere a t C he m a w a N ovem ber 9 on a tour of in spection. Miss Ella Roberts a n d Mrs. B. Brice, of Portland, w ere visitors at C h em aw a recently. GRIDDERS WIN TWO, TIE ONE C hem aw a w ent through the foot ball seaso n w ith only five letterm en to spark C oach K ettleson's g am e but green outfit. Ray Pete, V ernon Lane, D anny Foster, H orace Ironpipe a n d Ralph C harles a re the vets who le a d their team m ates to a total of two victories a n d one tie for the seaso n in B le a g u e play, w inning from Tur n er a n d Aumsville a n d tieing with Marion. The boys really found them selves w hen they dum ped the potent Aumsville crew on Sanders field Ar m istice Day. Twenty-five m en w ent out for foot ball this y e a r a t C hem aw a. The line up included C. Matt, left end; R. Davis, left tackle; W. Shellal, guard; H. Ironpipe, guard; G. Williams', cen ter; I. Goodwin, right tackle; H. Hood, right end; R. W ells, fullback; R. C harles, left halfback; V. Lane, right halfback; W. Belgard, quarterback- V. Lane, captain. TAKES NURSE TRAINING M arie Jones, former C hem aw a stu dent, w rites Mrs. Seaw right that she is enjoying her n u rse's training. M arie g ra d u a te d from a Spokane high school last soring. She received a scholarship a n d en tered the nurses training school a t St. John's H ospital in H elena, M ontana, in Septem ber. CONVALESCING FROM ACCIDENT . Doris Mowitch, 11th g ra d e student, is convalescing a t the T acom a Indian hospital. Doris w as injured in a n autom obile accident la te last sum mer. She hopes to return to school in January. PREVENTION IS STRESSED M any of the new stu d en ts a re re ceiving diphtheria im m unizations. This treatm ent consists of a Schick Test to determ ine w hether or not the child is im m une to the disease. If the test is positive, the student re ceives 3 to 5 injections one month apart. The num ber of doses d ep en d s upon the stu d en t's age. It is so e a sy to prevent this d re a d e d d isease. Pre vention is to b e stressed in all com m unicable d iseases.
