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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1952)
3 The Chem awa American KNOW YOUR HOLIDAYS "TIME MARCHES ON" W ith the p assin g of time, all things a g e a n d in th at a g in g some lose their usefulness. W ithin the p a st sev eral years, C hem aw a h as seen som e of its landm ark buildings p ass th at sta g e a n d en ter into the role of "h as b een ." The most recent lan d m arks to hav e b e e n so directed are the Catholic C hapel a n d Kola Tepee. The ch ap el h a d served the cam pus for thirty odd years. W ith its bein g discontinued, services a re now b ein g h eld in the new ly d eco rated a u d i torium. K neelers w ere installed with the new se a ts a n d a n altar, d esig n ed a n d constructed b y Mr. M att serve the n eed s of the Catholics on the cam pus. Kola Tepee, in recen t y ears the g u est h ouse a n d social club, w as originally the A dm inistration Build ing. It w as a fam iliar landm ark to the early students a n d em ployees of C hem aw a for it w as the oldest b u ild ing on the cam pus. Pictures, taken of it in its early years, show it to have a t one time b e e n protected by a w hite picket fence; the building, how ever, a s w e saw it until this p ast sum m er h a d not b e e n ch an g ed from the original structure. AIRCRAFT PEOPLE VISIT Mr. LaV atta, a r e a placem ent offi cer, accom panied b y two re p re se n tatives of the Boeing Aircraft Co. of Seattle, W ashington, spent a d a y on the cam pus visiting the vocational departm ent. They w ere guests at a luncheon p re p a re d b y the girls of the hom e econom ics departm ent, under the supervision of Mrs. Cronk, an d served b y Beverly C arlson, A rlene V aile, Millie Jefferson, an d Pauline Johnson. O ther guests were: Mrs. Nell V. Brannon, Mr. a n d Mrs. M ar tin Holm, Miss M artha Hall, Miss Norma R unyan, Miss A lberta Challis, Miss W inifred Koske, Mrs: Lena Cronk, Mr. W. B. Show alter a n d Mr. E m anuel Hudson. After the luncheon in H aw ley hall, they a tte n d e d the h e a d s of d e p a rt m ents m eeting in the Em ployees' club w here the Boeing re p re se n ta tives discu ssed their policies a n d sta n d a rd s of train in g a n d hiring for their plant. N ovem ber T hanksgiving D ay o r i g i n a t e d w hen G overnor Bradford of the little colony of Pilgrims sent four m en out to shoot fowl so th a t the little colony m ight celebrate, in a special w ay, after the first g ath erin g of the h a r vest. For m an y years, Thanksgiv ing w as ce le b ra ted only occasional ly. W hen the Civil W ar brought the people a new feeling of unity the d a y becam e recognized generally. Since 1863, the President of the Unit e d S tates h a s issu ed a Thanksgiving proclam ation asking people to ob serve the last T hursday in Novem b e r to give thanks for the blessings they received during the preceding year. D ecem ber COURTESY OREGON STATESMAN Air. Hojm Supt. Holm to Portland Office Mr. M artin N.' B. Holm, our superin tendent, will b e leaving C hem aw a in the n e a r future to rep lace Mr. R. M. Tisinger, a s A rea Director of Schools for the Portland A rea. Mr. Tisinger h as acc e p ted the position of Director of the UNESCO training school for F undam ental E ducation in Siam, one of six such training centers e s ta b lished about the world. The announcem ent cam e a s a shock to the m em bers of the staff at C hem aw a who, in the short time . Mr. Holm h as b e e n here, hav e come to resp ect a n d adm ire him for his c a p a bilities a n d his sincerity in every p h ase of his position. Mr. Paul Bram- let, former principal of Interm ountain Boarding school at Brigham City, Utah, h as b e e n nam ed Mr. Holm's successor. He is to arrive a t C he m aw a on Dec. 10. BAND TO PRESENT CONCERT The C hem aw a Band, un d er the direction of Mr. Matt, will present its a n n u a l concert in thé auditorium on D ecem ber 11, a t 3:15 o'clock. Men w ho hav e a good d e a l to sa y u se m ighty few w ords.—Josh Bill ings. The C hristian festival of C hristm as is c e le b ra ted by every State, Terri tory, a n d possession of the United States in memory of the birth of Christ. This d a te w as chosen in early times to draw the C hristian people a w a y from the h e a th e n fes tivities celeb rated by the Romans during th at time of the y ear. It is sa id that the first C hristm as w as ce le b ra ted in the second century by order of Telesphorous, the seventh Bishop of Rome. The nam e of the d a y com es from the fact th at in. the Roman churches’ a m ass in honor of Christ's birthday, w as ce le b ra ted on that day. In France, it is called Noel------in Italy, N atale, and in Germany, W eihnach- ten — all, the word for "birthday." STORE CONDUCT IMPROVED It took two day s of se p a ra te store d a y s to accom plish it—but it worked. The conduct around the store a re a h a s greatly im proved. Sociallers a re b eh av in g more sensibly an d “rough housers" a re slowly going out of business. O ne thing more is to b e accom plished. C hem aw a, in all of its 70 years, h a s nev er h a d a student in jured or killed in accidents involving trains. H ow ever some of our present students a re seem ingly trying to b re a k th at record. Let's don't race the trains.
