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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1950)
3 The Chem awa American SHOP TALK The shoe shop boys h av e b eb n very b u sy trying to k eep u p with their work alo n g with keep in g the sm aller, boys w ell groom ed. The shoe shop is losing Mike Pelletier to the arm ed forces. O ur instructor, Mr. Ashcutt, h a d his first call bu t since he w as rejected he is now w aiting for his second call. Rodney Davis is ch an g in g shops. He is transferring to agricu ltu re from the shoe 'shop. -This leav es Delford a n d Ray to carry on a n d help in the instruction of new boys. O ut of the seven boys in the shoe shop, John Thorpe, 8th g rad e, a n d Sam m y G ood win, 9th g rad e, are m aking very ra p id progress. The auto shoo h as b e e n doing a good b u sin ess lately rep airin g p ra c tically all the farm vehicles, e sp e c ia l ly those th at get the most use. We h a v e also put a new en g in e in one of our school buses. This is the s e a son of the y e a r .when it is n e cessary to pu t anti-freeze in all the cars. The carp en ters a re rem odeling the class room in the au to shop a n d ad d in g a m ain office a n d stock-room. The c a r pen ters h av e also re p a ire d one of ihe outside doors. There a re three boys in the plum b ing class—Franklin Lewis, Archie Foster a n d Merlin G eary. O ur in structor is Mr. Harolcf Springer. The fore p art of th e y e a r w e a c q u a in te d ourselves w ith the use of tools, shop practices, safety m ethods a n d a study of the plum bing trade. At the p resen t w e a re doincf sheet m etal work and. accom plishing the art of soldering. BREWER HALL N ovem ber 6, the Brewer hall boys held their first House m eeting for the school term. The purpose of the m eeting w as to elect officers. The fpllowing boys w ere elected: Timo thy Benally, president; Roland W ide- hot, vice-president; Forrest Addison, secretary. A discussion followed of things th at boys m ust do a n d m ust not do at C hem aw a. Everyone en joyed the m eeting. The next m eeting is set for the 20th of November. President Timothy called this m eet ing to order. The m inutes of the last m eetin g w ere re a d a n d approved. Mrs. Shipshee a n d Mr. Tso w ere presen t to help get the m eeting started. Some of the things, discussed w ere cleanliness, keeping up the yard, care of the ironing board, keep- in a rooms n e a t a n d b ed s m ade. Mr. Tso g a v e a brief review of the w a r new s. The m eeting w as a d journed at 7:50 p.m. As p ractice work w e a re learn in g to c lean clogged drains, fix show ers, re p a ir sim ple fittings a n d • rep lace w orn w ash ers in faucets. As a pro ject w e a re m aking collector h e a d s for the dow n spouts on the electric shop. This little scene a n d conversation took p lace b e tw e e n two of the c a r p en ter boys; the other m orning. The boys w ere Ernest Lewis a n d Clifford Matt. Ernest a n d Clifford w ere b u ild in g a shed. Ernest w ould pick u p a nail a n d drive it into the side of the shed, then he w ould pick up an o th er nail, look a t it a n d throw it aw ay . This kept going on for quite a few m in u tes a n d finally Cliff said, "Ernest, w hy are you throw ing all those nails aw ay ?" Ernest an sw ered, "W hy, the h e a d s a re all on the w rong ends." To w hich Cliff responded, "W hy, you dope, those nails a re alright. The h e a d s a re not on the w rong ends, they are just for the other side of the shed." Alfred H aw k' thinks he is- going to b e a law y er some d a y a s h e is studying O hm 's law. S peaking of lab o r troubles, Robert Kirk h a s b e e n on a strike ever since he en tered the electric shop. Radios h av e b e e n the m ain project for the boys in the electric shop for rain y days, a lo n g . w ith helping to in stall a new 400 am p. service a n d p an el in the high school building. W e hope the building will h a v e lights all the time, now. YOUR SCHOOL PAPER Come on all shops, dorm itories, farm, N avajo, g ra d e a n d all a c a dem ic classes a n d b a c k up your school paper. W e w ould like to h av e you contribute, some interesting a r ticles for the C h em aw a Am erican. We don't h av e the opportunity to visit your class rooms, the farm or shops a n d listen to your interesting program of work, so w e hav e no w ay of know ing the interesting things that a re going on unless your reporters w rite up th ese articles. W hen this is done they a re p u b lished in the school p a p e r w hich w e can all re a d a n d then enjoy your work, too. In the next issue of the C h em aw a A m erican, let's re a d all the item s of interest going on around our cam pus. Let's h a v e a b ig g e r a n d b etter represen tatio n of every unit on the cam pus.—Sylvia W innier. MELODY LANE The A C a p p e lla Choir is w orking h ard a n d hopes to m ake consider a b le progress this year. There are 43 m em bers, 21 of w hich a re new this year. The choir sings in four p a rts—-first soprano, second soprano, alto> a n d b ass. At the p resen t time p a rts p ra c tice se p a ra te ly a n d once in two w eeks sing together to check on the progress. Later on there Will b e more group reh earsals. The 9a a n d 10a C horus m ad e its first a p p e a ra n c e a t the Sophom ore assem b ly program . They sa n g a c a p p e lla in three p a rts—soprano, alto a n d b ass. Their num bers w ere "M orning"1-a n d "O ur Country." This chorus h as m ad e a good b eg in n in g a d d w e h o p e ' to h e a r from them a g a in soon. The E leventh g ra d e G irls' Chorus m eets tw ice a w eek. They ta k e a keen interest in their work a n d are m aking im provem ent in pitch a n d tone quality. They sing a v ariety of songs — p o p u lar m usic a n d p art songs. The afternoon bo y s' chorus, is a la rg e group. They tak e p art in sev eral m usic activities, listening to re cordings; singing for fun, a n d p ra c ticing to le a rn to sing bass, DO W N ON THE FARM All the prune trees, w ith the ex ception of three rows, a re b e in g pulled out of the orchard. This work is b e in g done b y the students on the farm. The farm boys a re also sorting a p p le s in the root h o use a n d delivering them to the kitchen, g ra d e school a n d dormitories. Cleve Vedito, one of the dairym en, w as on the sick list for a few days,, b u t is now b a c k on the job. The Sophomore, Junior a n d Senior boys held their first Ag C lub m eet ing N ovem ber 29th. WHAT I LIKE BEST ABOUT OREGON I like O regon state becau se- it is a g re e n state. There a re lots of fruits, v e g e ta b le s, forests, minerals,, fish, m anufacturing a n d m an y other things here.. I like O regon b e c a u se it is close to the o c e a n a n d it is very cool. People in O regon sta te a re very nice a n d kind. I like O regon sta te b e ca u se there is a lw a y s a job for m e during the w inter m o n th s.. Every evening after school I go to work a n d -earn money. T here a re m any other re a so n s w hy I like . O regon, b u t the ones I h a v e told you a b o u t a re the b e st ones.—Jane J. Badoni.
