The Chemawa American
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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.
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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.