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The Chem awa American 2 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lish ed d u rin g th e school y e a r by C h e m a w a Indian School. A ddress all com m unications to the C h em aw a A m erican, C h em aw a, O regon. P u b lish ed in acc o rd a n c e w ith th e Interior D epartm ent A ppro p riatio n Act, 1940, a p p ro v e d M ay 10, 1939. S ubscription 50c a y e ar. Russell M. Kelley, Superintendent Mrs. Nell V. Brannon, Principal Miss B eatrice M orse, Journalism sp o n so r A llan S h e p a rd , Printing Instructor HOME LIVING WINONA HALL The W inona Hall girls w ere very sorry to h av e lost one- bf our M a trons, Mrs, Griffith, w ho is now a m atron in Ignacio, Colorado. She is with-M r. a n d Mrs. Poch a n d family. M ost' o f ' the ■ older stu d en ts will re m em ber them. She w as g ra n te d a transfer "SO sh e could b e n e a re r her d a u g h te r a n d grandchildren. We sincerely hope th at she will b e h a p p y there.. /W e h av e h a d our big electric corn popper for ab o u t a month now an d really have b een putting it to good use. Each S atu rd ay the Unit that loses the least points for th at w eek receives a pop corn treat after the movie. So fa r Units I, VII and: VIII h av e w on the treat. C ongratulations go-.to E leanor C h arley 's Unit I for w inning two tim es so far. Hope to see the d a y w hen the w hole building will receive the treat. This could b e done if everyone tried h ard to b e a good citizen. By the w av, w ith the m oney w e m ad e from I the coke m ach in e w e m ad e the dow n p ay m en t on the pop corn popper. On N ovem ber 11th w e h a d our "G ran d O oening" of it- at the gym a n d on N ovem ber 24 w e sold pop corn a g a in a n d this time pop. We w ere very g la d to h av e ao tte n all of our bottles back. W ith the m oney w e m ad e from the non w e a re p lan n in g on sp en d in g half of it for our H ouse Councillor pins a n d the other half on our first’ C oun cillor's party," w hich will b e D ecem b e r 6. N ancy Sam uel h as recen tly b e e n elected SDorts Councillor a n d -al though hiking a n d outside nam es h av e h a d to b e discontinued b e c a u se of the rain a n d early d ark n ess, she is b u sy a rra n g in g pih.d- po n g g am es, in tram u ral a n d roller sk a tin a w hen ev er po ssib le for the girls w ho a re earn in g athletic ooints. Mr. L aV atta a n d Mr. a n d Mrs. Fred Rickerd h a v e b e e n visitors here a t W inona hall. W e hope th at they will come b a c k ag ain . Sylvia W innier a n d Im ogene W ashington, Councillors of Units III a n d IV, a re this m onth's reporters for W inona hall new s. E ach Unit p lan s on putting on a n A m ateur Show up in the “rec room." If w e g et good enough w e m ight put on a show for the w hole school. Unit I, w ith E leanor C harley in c h a rg e ,' a n d Unit VI, w ith Julia Sa- kota in charge, h a v e put on their show s a lre a d y a n d they really did a good job. Unit I h a d a n “old fash io n ed school" skit w hich kept every one laughing, with N ettie Racine a s "teacher," along w ith songs a n d other num bers. Unit VI put on a H allow e'en p la y w ith ghosts a n d w itches which, in ste a d of scaring us, m ad e us la u g h a n d h a v e a good time. Indian dan cin g a n d solos with g u ita r accom panim ent m ad e u p the rest of the program . At th ese House. M eetings w e h av e a short p e p m eet in g a t the en d a n d Miss Challis talks to us a t the beginning. The Units VI, V, a n d III h av e w on the Unit A w ard trios - so far this vear. W e hope thaf all the rest of the Units will w in som etim e or another. The Pep S g u ad h a s really b e e n pu tting in a lot of practice getting re a d v fo” the Jam boree. W ednesday and. S u n d ay nights a re the scheduled practices b u t thev seem to b e p ra c ticing" for the "practices," judging from the sounds w e h e a r com ing from various parts of the dormitory. At the cheer le a d e r try-ou+s. the- follow ing w ere selected a s cheer lead ers for th is school year: E le-n o r C harley, T ullnlah Ti’Iee, N ancv Sam uel, Mitsi C harley. E dna Ironoipe, Sylvia W il liam s. The song le a d e rs selected w ere Evelvn C am pbell, A lthea Stone, a n d Loretta Broncho. M c B ride hall The McBride girls h a v e b e e n here a b o u t three a n d a half m onths a l re a d y a n d w e a re all getting along fine so far. In fact it is the b e st y e a r só far, m any of the older girls say. All the groups h av e now h a d a turn a t’ putting on the program a t our M onday night- house m eetings so now w e a re going to h a v e an A m ateur Hour program for a while. Beverly Morin, McBride hall presi dent, will b e in. charge. The house officers a re going to ask their teach ers to come a n d visit us a t McBride hall a n d ju d g e the program so the girls w ho do the b e st c a n a e t prizes. Every w eek Miss C hallis -meets with the officer girls a n d w hen w e h a d our m eeting on Nov.- 15 R egina Interior—C h e m a w a School, C h e m a w a , O regon G odow a w as our sp ecial guest. She en te rta in e d us b y p laying sev eral p ieces on the piano. Then w e all sa n g w hile she played. W e enjoyed it a n d w e hope she will p la y a g a in for us. W e a re h a p p y to report th a t the rooms in McBride hall h a v e b e e n new ly painted. The m ost p o p ular room colors a re the pink a n d blue ones a n d the chartreuse. W e w an t all the girls to k eep them looking c lean a n d nice. W e h a v e n e w col ored b e d sp re a d s too. The Home Ec d epartm ent sa id th e y 'd m ake us new curtains. W e will b e so g la d to g e t them b e c a u se our w indow s a re now b a re a n d they do not look very nice. . O ur movie m achine w ouldn't work.- G uess it just got tired arid broke down. W e h a d to send it to b e fixed. So w e didn't h av e our picture show s in McBride, hall for 'se v e ra L ;w eeks a n d w e m issed them ; Ib is b a c k now a n d w e h a d ' two m ovies S u nday night. Thev w ere "V enice, Italy," a travel movie, a n d "H ealth Farm," a cartoon. Thev w ere good. All the airls a re g la d to h av e m ovies a t Mc Bride ag ain . McNARY HALL E arly in O ctober, M cNary hall boys organized a n intram ural b a s ketball leag u e. Eight team s w ere e n tered in the lea g u e . M any close a n d exciting gam es w ere played. At the end of th e..seaso n Louis B elgarde's team w as in the lead. The bovs p la y in g on this team w ere Don Tames, Thomas Pa+chpe, Thomas G rant, a n d Parker W illiam son. . G eorge Spotted B ear and,-P arker W illiam son a re sporting broken bones. G eorge fell a n d fractured his w rist w h’le Parker hurt his ankle during a b a sk e tb a ll practice. Mike PeB etier h a s b e e n called to the n a w . He le a v e s us for the ser vice on D ecem ber 7th. W e w ish him the b e st of luck a n d hope h e will b e b a c k to visit us soon. The g ra d e b a sk e tb a ll team is p ra c tising d aily u n d e r the ab le leader- shin of Alex Sam uels, coach. Some of the bovs show ing u o Well a re Lloyd S anders, Tom H ugues, Duke Morton, C larence H enthorne, Ralph C ooeland, a n d Ja v fe tte Jerrv. The g ra d e school team will p lay in the north Marion. C ountv leag u e, com posed of St. Paul. G ervais. W ood burn, Keizer, C hem aw a, O regon Sta+e Deaf School. Salem. G am es ■"’ill b e o la v e d on F riday afternoons. The C hem aw a team is oointing tow grd the W illam ette V aliev Invi tational tournam ent held e ach y e a r a t N ew berg u n d e r the a u s n ’ces of G eorae Fox college. W e in ten d to bring hom e the trophy this year.
