The Chem awa American
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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.