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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1948)
The Chemawa American Shop Talk CARPENTER SHOP UNDERGOES MAJOR SURGERY The w oodw orking d ep artm en t is b e in g rem odeled with a g e n e ra l shop occupying the south w ing a n d the m ill-cabinet-carpenter shop occupy ing the north wing. A schem e of “Color D ynam ics" is b ein g u sed in decoration of th ese new shops. The work is b ein g done b y vocational stud en ts a n d is p rogressing though not a s rap id ly a s w e should like on account of so m uch pressing work th at h as to b e done for otner d e partm ents of the school. W hen our shops a re com pleted it is p la n n e d to hold open house and. a d an ce that all m ay help us celeb rate the formal opening. Visitor from England Miss Jessie Fairham of Kent, Eng land, w as a recent visitor a t the school. Miss Fairham spoke to the seniors on the teaching m ethods a n d subject m atter u sed in the English schools. She said that the teaching m ethods of E ngland w ere more for m al th a n in America. Miss Fairham sta te d that she liked our informal methods. OLD WINONA HALL BITES THE DUST C h em aw a b id a fond farew ell to one of its oldest buildings this sum m er w hen w reckers razed O ld W in o n a hall. The building stood on the cam pus for m any y ears, pro b ab ly serving a s dormitory for the g ra n d m others of som e of our present coeds. KANSANS VISIT CHEMAWA NEW DUPLEX NEARS COMPLETION The new duplex house is n earin g com pletion a n d is ex p ected to b e com pleted b y D ecem ber ,17, or pos sibly a few d ay s earlier. This house is a b a d ly n e e d e d ad dition to our housing facilities. C arp en ter work is' b e in g done b y journeym an c a r penters w hile the plum bing, electric w iring a n d some interior d ecorating is b ein g done b y the vocational stu dents a n d their instructors. O pen house will b e an n o u n ced later. BUILDINGS GET NEEDED PAINT H ave you noticed how the south p art of the cam pus shines, the b arn s a n d agriculture buildings p articu larly? The p ain ting contractors have com pleted the exterior p ain tin g of the d airy b a rn group, the horse barn, the classroom building, the . w ag o n sh ed a n d the old com m issary. This is the first p ain t the latter building h a s h a d in over tw enty-five y ears a n d does it look better! Well, just take a look a n d ju d g e for yourself. It is h oped th at funds will perm it the renovation of this com m issary to provide proper w areh o u sin g for our supplies. A mouse-proof room is p la n n e d to care for foodstuff th at is subject to pollution b y m ice an d rats. Mr. a n d Mrs. A. A. Baltz, of C h a nute, K ansas, who w ere on a motor trip a n d lecture tour in the north w est, w ere e n tertain ed at Kola Tepee for two d ay s recently. Mrs. Baltz, who is of C herokee blood, sa n g Indian songs in the orig in al la n g u a g e , for C hem aw a stu dents a t a n assem bly program . She w ore Indian dress for her lecture a n d singing. GRADE SCHOOL GETS BEAUTY TREATMENT The g ra d e school building is u n d ergoing plastic surgery—face lift ing that is. The b a se m e n t is b e in g fitted up for a nrojection room a s vzell a s a gam e room for club a c tivities. GRADE SCHOOL PROJECT BARN A nd my how nice the g ra d e school project b a rn looks. The carp en ter classes built the m odern p ens b y re m odeling . a w ar-tim e p re-fab ricated b a rrack s to suit the needs. The a g ri culture classes h av e built the outside p en s so th at the layout is now re a d y for u se a n d the a p p e a ra n c e is m uch im proved over; the former shacks a n d unsightly pens. 3 N ew s N otes Mrs. Jam es Ekman a n d Mrs. G erald Sm edstad, both of the Junior W om e n 's club, of Silverton, visited the cam pus recently. Mrs. H ildegarde Thompson, su p e r visor, Indian E ducation, p a id C he m a w a a n official visit N ovem ber 7-12 in connection w ith the N avajo pro gram . Dr. G. E. E. L indquist of Law rence, K ansas, executive officer for the Home M issions Council, m ad e his a n n u a l call at C h em aw a on N ovem ber 12-14: . Mrs. N orm an Elliott, S ecretary of the Ethel Lenora sew ing circle in Sil verton, called a t the high school of fice la st w eek to o b tain inform ation concerning C hristm as activities. Mr. a n d Mrs. R. G. H enderson will ce le b ra te their forty-fifth w edding an n iv ersary D ecem ber 10. C hem aw a em ployees a re invited to join them in the o b serv an ce of the occasion a t 8:30 p.m. in the I.O.O.F. Temple, Salem. Miss C leora C. H elbing, su p erv is or, Indian Education, left the cam pus N ovem ber 13 to visit other Indian schools after devoting m uch of the fall period to organizing a n d in a u g u ratin g the N avajo train in g program a t C hem aw a. Miss G olda Henry, third g ra d e teacher, is 'on the sick list. W e hope to see her a b o u t a g a in soon. Miss W inger, Brewer hall m atron, is also on the sick list. W e hope she will also re g a in good health a n d b e with us a g a in before long. Mr. A lbert H. G illette visited our cam pus early in the fall. Mr. G illette now retired, w as a former a g ric u l ture te a c h e r here. He brought for the students som e sw eet corn w hich he h a d dev elo p ed a n d w hich he nam ed “The Pride of C hem aw a." Mrs. Ruth C hapm an a n d Mrs. C laire Belshbr, of Portland, accom p a n ie d a group of Girl Scouts and C am pfire Girls to C hem aw a recently. They visited the classes a n d b u ild ings on the cam pus a n d w ere guests of the E m ployees' C lub for lunch.
