Vol. 50
Chemawa, Oregon • February, 1950
OUR 70TH BIRTHDAY
On February 25 the Chemawa In
dian School had been in existence
seventy years. This year the cele
bration was held on February 24.
The celebration started at 7:30
p.m. with the crowning of the queen.
This ceremony was followed by a
program of Indian dancing, the cut
ting of the huge birthday cake and
informal dancing. The program took
place in the gym.
The slogan for the anniversary is
“Seventy Years of Service; A Future
of Responsibility"
JUNIORS
Students of the eleventh grade are
making plans for the prom to be
given in honor of the senior class
this spring. Class meetings, com
mittee assignments, and the con
ducting of class room parties are
regular class activities in prepara
tion for the responsibility of the
larger undertaking.
BOOKS
I like books. Books are good to
read. Books are our friends. Do not
ruin your books. I like the dictionary
too. I like health books. I learned
about the moon from the bocks. I like
to read my school books best of
all.—Bernadine Johnson, Grade 3
A NEW QUEEN IS CHOSEN
When the votes were counted and
tabulated, the results showed that
Eleanor Charley, a junior from Pen
dleton, Oregon, was the students'
choice to reign as Queen for the
Seventieth
birthday
celebration.
Queen Eleanor is from the Walla
Walla - Yakima tribe.
The members of the royal court
who served Queen Eleanor were
Georgianna Young, Loretta
Quaempts, Martina Quaempts and
Isabelle Patchpe
KNOW YOUR CAMPUS
Students, do you really know your
camnus? Do you know the history of
it? Do you know how the various
dormitories and other buildings got
their names? A knowledge of all
these things will be of interest to
you and will give you a greater
store of information that you may
pass on to our many visitors when
you are escorting them around the
campus.
Do you know the story of the two
bears? No, I don't mean the Goldi
locks story; I mean the story of the
tvzo live Pears that once called Che
mawa their home.
Once upon a time, a long time
ago, there were two bears here at
school. One of the bears was ac
quired at Scotts Mills when the stu
dents were there for a band concert
and the other bear came from Falls
City.
For awhile the students kept the
bears chained -up on the baseball
field. Once in a while the bears
x ould get loose and wander through
the buildings. Everyone kept out of
their reach, so no one ever got hurt
by them. Later a pit was built where
the grade school now stands. The
bears were kept for some time, then
one of them died. The other bear got
out of the pit one day and was
■'tranglcd bv a rone as the boys tried
to return it to the pit
This interesting piece of campus
historv was riven by Mr. Rube
Sanders Sr., and I wish to thank
him for it—loe Felsman, Student
editor
HAVE PICTURES TAKEN
Queen Eleanor and her court—
Georgianna, Martina, Isabelle and
Loretta—had a busy day posing for
pictures which the Salem photog
raphers took for the local news
papers.
No. 4
NOTED INDIAN PASSES
Dr. Henry Roe Cloud, one of the
outstanding Indian leaders, died in
Siletz, Oregon, February 9, 1950. Dr.
Roe Cloud was from the Winnebago
tribe. He was a graduate of Yale
university. At the time of his death
he was a regional representative for
the Grande Ronde and Siletz reser
vations. The student body and staff
members of the Chemawa school ex
tend their sincere sympathy to Mrs.
Roe Cloud at this time.
Those who attended the funeral
services for Dr. Henry Roe Cloud
from Chemawa were Mr. Kelley, Mr.
Ashcutt, Mr. Shepard, Mrs. James,
Mrs. Brannon, Mrs. Rube Sanders Jr.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Rube Sanders Sr.
kh? services were held at Oregon
City and interment was at Beaverton,
Oregon
LIBRARY NOTES
When is a library not a library?
When the books get piled so high
that you can not even see a librari
an behind them. Such is the situation
in the school library at the present
writing. The books from the reading
room have been moved to the south
annex where they are being kept
temporarily until the reading room
is all decorated. The ceiling of the
library has been covered with fir-tex,
the walls of the south room are to be
paoered with a yellow paper con
taining vertical and horizontal lines
which form the pattern, the south
rojm will have the same type paper
only the color will be a soft shade of
green while behind the bookstacks
splashes of sunshine yellow, brick
red, and green will be seen behind
the books. While all this activity is
going on in the library, the assistant
1'brarians give service to the stu
dents by going to the various rooms
getting the list of requests and de
livering the books, they also take the
latest magazines and newspapers to
the classrooms. The library assistants
are Georgianna Yo mq,
Helen
Georg? and Carolyn Burke.