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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1949)
Ckemawa History On February 25, 1880, Lieutenant M. C. Wilkinson, as superintendent, began the school for Indian youth ot the Northwest at Forest Grove, Ore gon. The school was located on a four acre tract belonging to Pacific university. After five years the In dian school had outgrown its quar ters at Forest Grove and was moved to its present location at Chemawa. The first commencement for the Indian school now located at Che- ma.va was held in the late spring of 1886. The graduating class had com pleted a curriculum equivalent to th j present sixth grade. By 1888, an additional two years had been added and the first eighth grade graduates received their diplomas. A few years later two more years had been added and classes were graduated from the tenth grade until 1924. A* this time a full four-year high school course was approved. In 1927, Salem Indian school, as it was then known, graduated its first high school class. The school has grown from the tiny campus with two or three frame buildings built by older students, to the present school of over four hun dred acres which includes a spacious campus with its stately fir and spreading maple trees, dotted with its modern brick and frame build ings, housing the various phases of the educational program. The en rollment has grown from the original eighteen students to the present en rollment of slightly over five hundred. Chemawa, now in its sixty-ninth year, has had twenty-one superin tendents, serving for various periods of time varying from three months to ten years. In 1894 two superin- tencents each served for three months but, up to date, the honor of holding the longest term, 1916 to 1926, goes to Mr. Harwood Hall. It is noteworthy that a former superin tendent of Carlisle Indian school, Mr. O. H. Lipps, administered Chemawa's educational program from 1927 to 1931. Mr. Russell M. Kelley, the twen ty-first superintendent, is at the present time directing the well-bal anced program of vocational and academic training provided for the Indian boys and girls at Chemawa. 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 COMMENCEMENT NUMBER HJ£ ßWMWi) OHIJßiHl MAY • 1949 Contents Chemawa History........................................................................... Superintendent's Message ............................................................ Valedictory ...................................................................................... Individual Achievements .............................................................. Salutatory ................................ Class Prophecy .......................................................... Class History ............................................................................. Class Will .............................................................. .. . . Bird's-eye View of Forty-Niners.................................................... Junio-s ........................................................................................... Sophomores .................................................................................... Freshmen ............................................... Seventh and Eighth Grades................................. Grade School Scenes.................................................................. Navajo Students ............................ Commencement ............................................................................... General Activities........................................................................... McNary Self-Government ............................................................. Athletics and Intra-mural............................................................... Vocational Shop Activities............................................................. Down on the Farm.................... Campus News ................................................................................. Home Economics............................................................................. Campus News ................................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 9 9 10 11 13 15 16 18 19 20 21 23 26 28 29 30 31
