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The Chem awa American 2 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published during the school y ear by C hem aw a Indian. School. Address , all communications to the C hem aw a American, Chem aw a, Oregon. Published in accord ance with the Interior Department Appro priation Act, 1940, approved May 10, 1939. Subscription 50c a year.. Russell M. Kelley, S u p erin ten d en t £ Mrs. Nell V. Brannon, Principal Miss Beatrice Morse, Journalism sponsor Allan Shepard, Printing Instructor HOME LIVING WINONA HALL All W inona hall girls w ere sur-r prised and, h a p p y to find th at W in o n a hail rooms h a d b e e n new ly p a in te d w hile the girls w ere hom e this summer. The new curtains, new b e d sp re a d s a n d new living room fur nishings brought forth m an y "oohs a n d a a h s" a s e a c h girl en te re d the dormitory a n d w as a ssig n e d to her room. Everyone is trying, to keep everything a s pretty a s possible. O ut of the 180 girls now in W inona hall, there a re 74 n ew girls w ho h a d not b e e n in W inona hall before, so the H ouse Councillors h a d two "G eh a c q u a in te d " p arties for the new girls in the recreatio n room. G am es,, mix ers a n d d an cin g w ere the en te rta in m ent a n d refreshm ents w ere served. N ettie Racine, sports councillor, a n d Sylvia W innier p la n n e d the g am es w hile Julia Sakota, N ancy Butler, E leanor C harley a n d Joan S icadè took care of the refreshm ents; Tul- lu lah Tulee w elcom ed all the girls into the W inona hall family. Every one h a d a good time. H ouse councillors for W inona hall this y e a r a re T ullulah Tulee. Unit I; Eleanor C harley, Unit II: Im ogene W ashington, Unit III; Sylvia W innier, Unit IV; N ancv Butier, Unit V; Julia Sakota, Unit VI; Toan Smith. Unit VII; Louise C. Beriallv, Unit VIII; N ettie Racine, Snorts Councillor: a n d Toan Sicade, R eading Room. The C ouncil lors sa v th at the girls a re reallv "on the b a ll" this y e a r a n d a re b e in a very cooperative so th a t the school y e a r is off to a good start. W eekly hou se council m eetin g s a re b e in g h eld with President T ullulah Tulee, Vice President E leanor C h ar ley, Secretary Im ogene W ashington, a n d Sylvia W innier, T reasurer, in charge. There h a s b e e n m uch b u si n e ss in organizing the dorm itory an d discu ssin g m atters to b rin g u p at the Unit m eetings so th a t everyone will k n o w the right things to do a t C he m aw a. W e're p la n n in g on p u rc h a s Interior—C h e m a w a School, C h e m a w a in g a b ig electric pop corn popper w hich will b e a n addition to W inona hall. The various Units h a v e sta rte d on their p arties, inviting g u ests from M cNary hall. Units II, V a n d VI h av e h a d theirs a n d rep o rted lots to e a t a n d a lot of fun. The girls I a re enthusiastic ab o u t ea rn in g points for their athletic a w a rd s a n d a re " e a g e r b e a v e rs" for intram ural a s w ell a s the other point ea rn in g gam es. So far, "Kick Ball" . a n d "Nation. Ball" a re the favorites. , 'The W inona hall flower g a rd e n h a s b e e n pretty a n d the m any b o u q u ets in the living room h a v e b e e n enjo yed b y all the girls. W e will b e sorry to see the flowers die. O ther p laces on the cam pus, h a v e also e n jo y ed them. Miss Morse cam e to W inona hall for formal inspection la st S aturday. We w ere very g la d that she ac c e p ted our invitation, to . come. J u lia ' S ak o ta a n d N ancy Butler w ere ap p o in ted b y the house council to p u rc h a se some new records for Winonci hall. They re a lly did a good job of picking out som e good ones a n d 'get 10 records for the price of 8. W e'll se n d them ag ain ! Records w ere p a id for from the can d y fund. Just a b o u t everyone d an ces in the ”rec room" every night after supper a n d lots, of "fancy steps" a re b e in g learn ed , so w e're g la d to g et the n ew records. BOYS' DEPARTMENT M any new faces w ere seen am ong the M cNary hall boys w hen school o p e n e d this fall. They, cam e from various p la c e s in the northw est with a la rg e nu m b er com ing from Mon ta n a , New Mexico a n d Arizona. The old C h e m a w a stu dents w elcom e th ese new -com ers to McNary a n d hope they wilt:--enjoy---their;-school work here. Soon after' school started m any of the boys could b e se e n c h asin g the pigskin on the football field. M any n ew p lay ers a re on the team this y ear, in fact, a b o u t one-half of the team is new boys. The boys a re ho u sed in three bu ildings this y ear, the sam e a s last y ear; g ra d e s one through six in Mitchell hall, g ra d e s seven, eight a n d N avajo boys u n d er sixteen y e a rs of a g e in Brew er hall, w hile M cNary hall is the hom e for boys in O regon McBRIDE HALL School opened. W e w ere very h a p p y to b e b a c k a t McBride .hall—our hom e for an o th er year! W e w ere very g la d to se e Mrs. Reifel, Mrs. A shcutt a n d Mrs. Shoem ate. W e also a re g la d to see the new girls th at w e have- here this y ear, also our old friends, the girls w ho w ere here la st year. O ut of the 93 girls in McBride hall, these girls w ere chosen to b e officers. They a re going to try h a rd to b e officers throughout the w hole school year: M argaret McKee, G roups I a n d II; T rena Super, G roup III; Christine Thompson, G roup IV; Ruth G oodw in, G roup V; L ucetta H ahn, G roup VI; a n d Beverly Morin, G roup VII. ' Miss Challis help ed us a t our first officers m eeting to g et organized: Mrs. Reifel w as also present. Beverly Morin w a s elected p resident of Mc Bride hall. T rena Super is vice-presi dent arid reporter. C hristine Thomp son is secretary. M onday nights a re house m eeting niqhts. The first M onday Miss Challis w elcom ed us all b a c k a n d talk ed to us ab o u t b e in g good citizens so that w e w ould h av e a h a p p y y ear, then w e sa n g songs. W e h a v e h a d one movie n ia h t a n d two sta g e shows. G roup VII put on one show a n d G roup VI put on the other. They w ere really good. E ach month the w inning group will b e given a pctrtv b v th ° officers b e c a u se of their good citizenship. G roups I a n d II will h a v e the first party. M argaret McKee h a s w orked very h a rd w ith h er group. W e h a v e a pian o this y e a r a n d w e think it is wonderful. W e h a v e a lot of fun along with our work a n d w e a re all trying to work h a rd a n d b e good so this y e a r will b e a good year. grades- nine th ro u g h -> tw elve ■ a n d N avajo boys sixteen y e a rs a n d over. The L etterm an's club is organized a n d h a s p la n n e d its program for the y ear. New m em bers ad m itted to the club this y e a r include M ichael Pel- litier, Richard Thorpe, Earl Ironpipe, Rodney Davis, John Unive, Jam es Dickson, Jam es Sam pson, Bu'ddy Wil liam s, a n d O w en Yallup. O ld m em bers include Lewis B elgarde, D elm ar Hickox, H enry George', H orace Iron- pipe, W illiam Shillal, A ugustus Dick, A lec Sam uels, Clifford Matt, R ay mond: Pete, C harles Reed, Delford M arkussen, K enneth M arkussen, a n d C harles Sam pson.
