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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1950)
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. Russel! M. Kelley, Superintendent Mrs. Nell V. Brannon, Principal Miss Beatrice Morse, Journalism sponsor Allan Shepard, Printing Instructor MELODY LANE CHOIR, CHORUS AND CLASS For their training in music, all Chemawa high school students be long to one of the three groups: choir, chorus, or class. The choir is working on music to be sung in a cappella style. The chorus sings a variety of songs. The class sings, but for the most part is a listening group. The choir and chorus will ap pear on programs during the remain der of the school year. A new schoolroom piano has been purchased for use in the music room and is proving to be an incentive for better work as well as a source of enjoyment. GRADE SCHOOL BAND The grade band, pupils from grades 5, 6 and 7, met and organized January 25, under the direction of Mr. V J. Matt. Seventy students ex pressed a desire to take band, of which forty-four passed their test and were chosen, the number being determined by the number of band instruments available. This is the first time since 1915 that Chemawa has had a second or grade school band. On February 21 the first in strument practice was held and at that time the following students were assigned instruments: Cornets—Frank Pays, Allen La- plant, Rodney mcAtty, Charles Wy man and Layfavette Jerry. Clarinets—Ruth Goodwin, Florence Lewis, Shirley Edwards, Nancy Jerry, Walter Mose, Lorena Sohappy, Mer lin Geary and Winona Aubrey. Saxophones—Dwight Blythe, Thom as Hugues, John Thorpe, William Wvman and Billv Ives. Altos—Henrietta Charles, Caroline Millett and Yvonne Yepe? CHEMAWA 2 19 50 6CC N.E.F.F.E. HOLD MEETING A regular meeting of the N.E.F.F.E. was held in Kola Tepee February 16. There were about twentv-four mem bers in attendance. After a short business meeting the group played cootie, high prizes for the evening going to Mrs. James and Mrs. Ash- cutt for the ladies, and to Mr. Matt and Mr. Angus for the men. A de licious lunch was served by the re freshment committee. Dr. Louis Fisher, government dent ist, is again in Chemawa. He has his dental clinic in the Old Surgery room on the second floor of the hospital. Miss Mary Jannsen, R N., has re cently joined the Chemawa staff. She replaces Miss Pita Cajeti who transferred to Riverside, California, in December. Miss Jannsen comes from the University of Oregon school of nursing in Portland. BREWER HALL Brewer hall, in which the Navajo boys live, is divided into four units, each unit has an officer and a lead er. Two boys from each unit go to the dining room and two go to the school building to help on detail. These boys are changed every two weeks. Brewer hall has joined the other dormitories in having unit award trips. Unit one won two trips and unit two won the last award which was a show in Salem. There will be a room award at the end of the school year, that will be for the best kept room of the year. The boys are very proud of the new furniture they have received for their reading room. They are enjoy ing the study room which Mr Mc Donald and his boys painted. Baritones—Peaav Washington, Lu ella Sequints and Leonard Ouinelle. Trombones — Frederick Hugues, Lloyd Sanders and Lyle Davis. Basses—Anna Mae Mcjoe, Delores Williams and Rose McDougall. Drums—Ramona Calvin, Maxine DI well, Annabell Baker, Beverly Morin, Christine Thompson and La vonia Johnson. Majorettes—Beatrice Ramos, Re gina Godawa, Florence Sorondo, Tessie Hancarnn, Juanita Hopper, Thamor Perry, Clara Ivos and Sarah Bi own GRADE WHISPERINGS FIFTH GRADE ASSEMBLY The fifth grade gave an assembly program on February 2. “We hold These Truths," was the title. It was about different nationalities of peo ple who settled in our country. Del vin Seaman, Billy Sealy, Lee Stone, Juanita Hopper, Irvin Lewis, Levi Wilbur, Frank Lane and Johnny Mc- Cash had speaking parts. The other members of the class were the chorus. They sang songs of different countries. We all enjoyed working on our program.—Irvin Lewis, 5th Grade. OUR LAMBS We have little lambs. One little lamb has a black nose. When the mother goes out to eat grass the little lambs follow her. They wag their little tails back and forth. The sheep girls said that the little lambs had their tails cut off. We like to watch the lambs with the mother sheep. Every time we go down to see the sheep we always wish we had a camera so that e could take their pictures. We have put the moth er sheeo and her two babies in one pen and the other four sheen in an other pen.—Arlene Webster, Grade 4. Giant Tree Crashes Wednesday morning Feb. 8 early risers were surprised to see one of the campus 125-foot fir trees peace fully resting across the roof of the Johannabor residence. The tree fell across the apartment occupied by Mrs. Gayle Fischer, payroll clerk. Mrs. Fischer was sleeping in the room at the time and narrowly escaped bein'- crushed by the tree. Mrs. Fischer was suddenly awak ened about 5 a.m. to find herself covered with plaster and a huge tree branch beside her in bed. A small night table beside the bed was completely smashed. The tree has been removed an-’ repau men have fixed the damaged roof. The picture shows Mrs. Fischer loo*’’ng at the roof of her sleeping porch
