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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1949)
The Chemawa American 2 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published during the school year by Chemawa Indian School. Address all communications to the Chemawa American, Chemawa, Oregon. Published in accord ance with the Interior Department Appro priation Act, 1940, approved May 10, 1939. Subscription 50c a year. Russell M. Kelley, Superintendent Miss Beatrice Morse, Journalism Sponsor Allan Shepard, Printing Instructor Shop Talk REPAIRS COMPLETED Completion has recently been made of repairs to the sewage dis posal plant, also new linoleum has been laid on the floor of the front hall in the high school building. The library had to undergo minor sur gery and have the ceiling patched as some of the plaster fell off over a week-end. AUTO SHOP Mr. Reifel is remodeling the north end of the shop for us, tearing out the old battery room and rebuilding the rest room. It all started over some over-ripe rats in the old walls. The boys are knee deep in the mysteries of volts, amperes, ohms, polarity and magnetic fields. Pretty tough going but very essential if they are to be automotive elec tricians. We have started an oil conserva tion program since the first of the year. We change oil every two thous and miles, instead of every thousand as before. This means all vehicles must have good oil filters and they must be kept clean. Speaking of conservation, undoubtedly save many town if we did a little more in advance and combined our trips we could trips to planning some of GENERAL SHOP NEW EMPLOYEE WELCOMED We are happy to welcome to the campus Mr. and Mrs. Philo R. Caulk ins, formerly of the Pipestone, Min nesota, Indian school. Mr. Caulkins will be the instructor in the carpen ter shop Boys in the first year of junior high school take the general shop course. The class carries through the whole term. As the name implies, the course offers a general introduction to the shops but it isn't an exploratory course. The students get the rudi- 8TH GRADE ASSEMBLY On Thursday p.m., January 27, the eighth grade students presented a novel assembly. The program con sisted of band numbers, tap dancing, the musical numbers consisted of a chorus and trio, choral speaking, and a one-act play. The numbers were well presented and the assembly was enjoyed by the members of the student body. ments, however, that may be helpful in choosing a vocation. At the first of the term, the boys were given the fundamentals of drawing. They received a working knowledge of circles, arcs, angles, dimensions and formulas. They stud ied the nomenclature that would go with elementary drawing. To date woodworking has been in cluded. In this particular phase the use of power tools is not permitted, Since only hand tools are used, stress needs to be placed on use and care of their tools. This rule is a safety measure and also a state regulation. The general shop boys have had individual and group projects in woodwork SHOE SHOP Students and Staff Urged to Save Electricity From the Chemawa electric de partment comes a request to save electricity in every possible way. At the present time there is a very seri ous shortage of electric power in the Northwest. This is due to the freezing weather, which has retarded the flow of water in the streams. When water is not available to turn the generat ors, electric energy cannot be pro duced. When ihe amount of energy being produced fails to match the amount being used, then we have a shortage, which in turn makes an overload on the production facilities If one of our sub-stations or gener ators should fail, that would throw that much more load on what is left and might end in a complete break down of the northwest power pool. ~ WTM 1W A 1 "’4 40 rpr If the power pool should fail, we would be without lights, water, heat and sanitation. That would make a very unpleasant living condition which could last for several weeks. The important thing is to keep all lights and electric appliances turned OFF unless they are absolutely needed. If we can do this, it will help the power shortage, also it will make a smaller electric bill and take less light globes which in turn will help the balance the national budget. One electric iron or one small heater uses as much power as ten 100-watt bulbs. One electric range can use as much power as 35 or 40 100-watt light bulbs. The shoe shop opened its fall term with one veteran cobbler, Ray Pete, doing most of the responsible jobs, besides operating and caring for the stitcher, patching machines and welting. Others that have progressed and are doing nice work are Victor Jack- son, Robert Placid and Geo. Wil liams. This year the shop is issuing all the shoes to Brewer and McBride. Student fitting is done by Mike Pel letier. Shoes are examined and passed on before new ones are issued. Since October the boys have re paired over 450 pairs of shoes, in cluding repairs on football equip ment, basketballs, window shade cutting, and hair cutting. A heat control shoe press has been added to our shop equipment. This is used in invisible half soling.
