The Chem awa American
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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.