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The Chemawa American
HOMEMAKERS CORNER
Navajo Trail
The third quarter seems to be
going so quickly and there just isn t
time to do all we want to do. Our
skill in using the "tools” which are
usually found in a kitchen is gradu
ally improving. Our ability for mea
suring more accurately is also being
developed. We will have to admit—
Arith no intent at bragging, either—
that we have turned out some very
nice products. The new gas ranges
which were installed last fall are
very nice to use and we enjoy keep
ing them "shined up." The book work
which we have each day is of much
interest and we are learning things
which we should know. After all,
many of us will be homemakers and
we need to know the things which
we are being taught. Then, too, we
can practice the good habits which
we are learning in our everyday
work here at school.
LOOKING THROUGH MICROSCOPE
Last Monday Mr. Friend brought a
microscope to our classroom. We all
looked through the microscope. Mr.
Friend scraped Joe Badoni's tongue
with a tongue blade and we looked
at Joe's cells. Joe's cells looked like
doughnuts. Cells are little live things.
We looked at two more kinds of
cells. This was my first time to look
through a microscope. I enjoyed it.—
Frank Goldtooth.
HOSPITAL NEWS
The following news item was in
the "Tribesman," the Tacoma san
paper from the north ward. "Next in
line is the cute and shy little Louise
Nez from Tonalea, Arizona. She was
all smiles the day they told her that
she didn't need streptomycin ‘shots'
anymore." Good news, Louise; keep
it up and you will be back with us
next year. Mrs. Seawright visited
Louise in January. She reports that
she looks very well.
Nurse Seawright was surprised
when, on her recent visit to Tacoma,
she walked into a room and saw
Viva Bill there. Viva is a patient in
Tacoma. We wish her a speedy
recovery.
We continue to have mumps. To
date there have been 80 cases
treated in the hospital. Three cases
of whooping cough in December
made us very apprehensive. We are
very thankful that more cases did not
develop.
All the students and a large num
ber of the employees have completed
their typhoid immunizations. Typhoid
fever is preventable by accepting
three injections 2 or 3 weeks apart
and then a yearly "booster shot."
MY FIRST YEAR AT CHEMAWA
This is my first year at Chemawa.
I sure like my school here and my
mother likes my school. Last year, I
went to school at Winslow, Arizona,
public school. My teacher's name is
Mr. Friend. He is a good teacher and
I like him. There are nine girls and
twenty boys in my classroom.—Sar
ah Secody.
I WANT TO STAY THIS SUMMER
I would like to stay here at Che
mawa again this summer. Last year
I stayed here. I had a good time last
summer. That is why I would like to
stay here again. Also, it is a good
country here, too, and there are
many jobs to do in Oregon. The
people are good to you and they
pay you when you finish your work.
—Carl Wauneka.
OUR GEOGRAPHY CLASS
We are studying and learning to
spell correctly and to find the differ
ent states with their capitals, and
know where they are. We started
from the Western states. There are
eleven of them. Each of us have
maps to fill out. We are putting the
states where they belond.—Sam W.
Yazzie.
HOUSEHOLD PESTS
In biology, the Junior class has
lately been studying insects, house
hold pests and insects that are de
structive to plants and animals use
ful to man. Some people do not
realize how much damage insects do
to furniture, clothes, wooden build
ings and crops. Examples of destruc
tive pests are clothes moths, house
flies, cockroaches, termites, corn bor
ers, and Japanese beetles.
People should learn the habits of
destructive insects. Control of such
insects is fairly good
CAMPUS NEWS ITEMS
Mrs. Emil Hauser has again joined
the Chemawa Indian School staff.
Mrs. Hauser was a member of our
staff until about two years ago when
she went to California to be with
Mr. Hauser who is in the marine
corps. Sgt. Hauser is now in Korea.
Mrs. Hauser transferred to Chemawa
from Sherman Institute. She will
teach in the special Navajo program.
Mr. William Morrissey, construc
tion engineer with headquarters in
Omaha, Nebraska, is on the campus
for a three weeks visit with his
mother, Mrs. M. F. Morrissey, and
sister, Mrs. Nell V. Brannon.
Eleanor Charley, a senior, has re
turned from a week-end visit to her
nome in Pendleton, Oregon.
Miss Cleora C. Helbing, Supervis
or of Indian Education, Portland
Oregon, is a Chemawa visitor. Miss
Helbing will select the furniture for
the new employees club while she
is here.
Miss Pita Cajete, who was on our
hospital nursing staff for four years,
has received a promotion to Head
Nurse at Mescalero, N. M., hospital.
Miss Cajete graduated from Albu
querque Indian high school, then
took nurses training at St. Joseph's
hospital in Albuquerque. Congratu-
lalions, Miss Cajete, and good luck.
SPORTS
Since the last writing the Chema
wa Indians have been involved in
league play and at times have shown
flashes of real power.
In defeating Gates, which every
one in the league considered an up
set, Chemawa just played superior
ball. Here's hoping the boys will
continue to play so convincingly.
Scores for this month's games:
Chemawa 42.
Gates 37
Chemawa 27.
... ..Jefferson 39
Chemawa 40
__ Sublimity 48
Chemawa 43 .
Mill City 41
Chemawa 52 .
....
Detroit 33
Season record.... .__ .....Won 8, Lost 9
League Record........ ....... Won 6, Lost 7
The "B" squad dropped two games
and won three games for the month.
They now own a 12 won 4 lost rec
ord. League record; won 10 lost 3.
They rest in second place in league
standings