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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1952)
The Chem awa American 4 W IN O N A HALL McNARY NOTES O nce a m onth, a t their S u nday night house m eeting, W inona hall girls enjoy excellent en tertain m en t provided b y th e units. The first of th ese program s w as sponsored b y Unit I u n d er the dir ection of Jean Hamlin. It w a s a program of skits, a n d singing. Hid d en talen t w a s discovered on the night of the Unit 8 program , directed b y Jane Badoni. In this w as high lighted a N avajo hoop dancer, A nna M arie Yazzi, a tran sfer from Inter m ountain In d ian school. B ecause we so ra re ly see a girl do this type of d an ce, w e w ere all b reath less. After w ard, she vzas u rg e d to re p e a t her perform ance. Their program con sisted of singing, d ancing, harmon-* ca solos, a n d read in g s. In a n intram ural football gam e on Armistice Day, betw een the V arsity a n d the “second stringers," the V ar sity proved their rights to varsity rating b y a d ecided victory. With football seaso n over, the in tram ural program - has m oved in doors. O n Armistice Day, the first of a series of w restling m atches w as held in the gym nasium . C oached by Jam es G odow a a n d Thomas G rant m any of the M cNary hall boys p a r ticipated. The m ain m atch w as won by R andolph W ilson, a tenth grader. The “ta g m atch” w as w on by Cyril LaC lair a n d W illiam M enennick. Activities a t McNary hall a re w ell in h a n d u n d er the following Unit Leaders: Unit 1—Jim Coburn. Unit 2—Bob Patterson. Unit 3—Frank Roanhorse. Unit 4—O scar Minke. The following bo y s; a re on the house council: Jim Coburn, Parker W illiam son, G eorge Umtuch, Bob Patterson, Arthur Lane, C arl W aun- eka, Frank R oanhorse, O scar Minke, a n d M erthin Snipe. Recent visitors a t M cNary hall w ere C orporal Norman Eyle, Corpor al C harles Reed, S e a m a n Earl Iron- pipe, Ed Henry, Bill Yallup, Joe Pink- ham , Ray Pete, Mike Pelletier, Larry Arthur, Mr. W illiam Spanish, Fred Reed, K enneth Whizz, a n d Norm Chock. VOLLEY-BALL TEAM ORGANIZED This year, C h em aw a will h av e a girls' volley-ball team e n tered in inter-scholastic competition. A g am e w ith Falls City is the first on the schedule w hich will o pen in D ecem ber. Four team s a re p ractising on T u esd ay a n d T hursday nights u n d er the supervision of C oach Bartlett. THE CALLING CARD Recent visitors to our cam pus w ere M iss Martha Hall a n d M iss Norma Runyan., both Supervisors of Indian E ducation with h e a d q u a rte rs a t In term ountain Indian school, Brigham City, Utah. They left here to go to Sherm an Institute a t Riverside, C al ifornia. Fifty-three fifth g ra d e pupils of the Beaverton, O regon schools, accom p a n ie d b y their teach ers a n d their principal, visited our cam pus on M onday, N ovem ber 10. Before an o th e r issue of the "A m er ican '' will go to press, C hristm as will h av e b e e n here. A lthough it seem s qu ite d istan t now, w e a re all looking forw ard to the h a p p in e ss th at the C hristm as se a so n brings.- The good w ishes of friends, the beautiful m u s ical program s, the dorm itory parties, a n d the Lions p a rty all a d d u p to the kind of a C hristm as w e a re h o p ing you will h a v e — ’ A very h a p p y one.'' Toy M akers Studying isn't all done from books. Here Mrs. M ason's 3rd a n d 4th g ra d e students a re m aking an im als from papier-.m ache a s part of their social science class. "AG" CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS M em bers of the "A g" club from the 10th, 11th,- 12th, a n d Fifth Y ear N avajo students elected officers for the current year. The club m eets on Friday, tw ice a month. Officers elected are: President, R alph Scott; vice-president, Jam es G odow a; Sec re tary -treasu rer, Thom as G rant; a n d S erg ean t at Arms, R andolph Wilson. A chairm an is elected for ea c h m eet ing. It is the responsibility of the chairm an to call the m eeting a n d conduct it. WHAT IS YOUR TRIBE? John Thorpe w rites the following story of his tribe. "My tribe started with the nam e A lgonquin. It w as located around the O ttaw a river b etw een O ntario a n d Q ueb'ec in C an a d a . A p a rt of the tribe w ent to M ichigan, along the M ississippi river. Their nam e there w as Sauk. W ith their le a d e r Black Hawk, they w ere at Fort Demion w here th e y . confederated w ith the Foxes a n d the nam e w as ch an g ed a g ain . This time to Sac a n d Fox. They le a se d their lan d there an d w ent to O klahom a aro u n d S haw nee. Part of the original A lgonquin tribe h a d gone to C alifornia w here they c h a n g e d their nam e to S p ek an a n d W ishoshon. A bout 9,000 of the Al gonq uin tribe are left in C a n a d a .'' If you know or can trace the b e ginning of your tribe, let us hav e it for the next issueg. NEW EMPLOYEES Since the publication of the last issue, several new people hav e b e e n a d d e d to our staff: M iss LeVera Sim m ons, cook in the student dining-room —from Siletz. Mrs. D elpha P ow ell, assistin g Mrs. S alter in the lau n d ry —from Salem. Mrs. N ell B. Harper, cook in the student dining-room —from Salem. - Mr. Larry Smith, director of in tra m ural program for Mitchell a n d Brewer halls—student a t W illam ette University. It is just a s w ell to forget your troubles, b e c a u se there a re a lot more com ing.—Anon.
