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.
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?
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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