The Chemawa American
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THE CHEMAWA
AMERICAN
ADVANCES TO FINALS
Published during the school year by
Chemawa Indian School.
Address all
communications to the Chemawa American,
Chemawa, Oiegcn Published in accord
ance with the Interior Department Appro
priation Act, 1940, approved May 10, 1939
Subscription 50c a year.
Paul W. Bramlet, Superintendent
Mrs. Nell V. Brannon, Principal
Miss Helen Gordon, Journalism Sponsor
Allan Shepard, Printing Instructor
'SATURDAY NITERS"
March 28— "Big Trees"— Religious
sect saves Sequoias from lumber
baron, Kirk Douglas. Technicolor.
April 4—"Pride of St. Louis"— Dan
Daily makes the irresponsible Dizzy
Dean live on the screen.
April 11— "Excuse My Dust"— A
rollicking technicolor musical with
Red Skelton as a misundestanding
inventor.
April 18— "Distant Drums''— Thrill
ing technicolor saga of war with the
Seminole Indians filmed in the Flori
da Everglades and starring Gary
Cooper.
May 2— "Angels in the Outfield"—
A fantasy about baseball inspired
by angels—featuring Paul Douglas
and Janet Leigh.
May 16— "Texas Carnival"— Esther
Williams, Howard Keel and Red
Skelton in a gay and highly enter
taining musical.
CAFETERIA
Mr. Bolton, Mr. Barnette, and Mr.
Hardy of the shops department, have
remodeled and installed another
toaster in the students' cafeteria.
The dining-room now has a very up-
to-date and attractive cafeteria. All
the students thank these men for
their good work.
The student conduct in the dining
room has improved in many ways.
Mitchell hall boys are more orderly
and from an over-all picture things
are better.
We won't stop here
though; let's continue to improve
even more by eliminating more of
the unnecessary loud noise.
BRAVES CLOSE
BASKETBALL SEASON
The Chemawa Braves closed their
basketball season with five wins
against 11 losses. Chemawa is a
member of the Marion county "B"
League consisting of 9 teams.
Farrell Gallineau was high scorer
for the season with a total of 121
points, an average of 7.5 per game.
George Umtuch was second with 114
points, an—average of 7.1 points per
game.
Parker Williamson, a regular var
sity forward, is the only senior on
this year's squad so we can look
forward to a more experienced team
next year.
Many boys answered the call for
baseball and track recruits the week
beginning March 10 and are serious
ly pursuing rugged training.
Barbara Wapato, a seventh grade
student in Mrs. Burke's room, will
represent Chemawa in the final
spelling contest on March 25, at the
Parrish Junior high school.
The contest sponsored by "The
Statesman” creates much enthusi
asm among the 7th and 8th graders
of Marion county. District "spell
downs” determine the contenders in
the finals. At this writing, Barbara
is the only seventh grader to repre
sent a school—al! others are eighth
graders: however, all districts have
not completed the semi-finals. The
contestants for the Keizer District, of
which Chemawa is a part, utilized
276 v/ords before the winner was
determined—this is the second high
est number of words used in a dis
trict elimination. The highest is 2'8
words. "Allegiance" was the "stop
per" for Barbara.
On the evening of the final contest,
Barbara and Mrs. Burke, with the
other contestants and their teachers
will be guests at a dinner served in
the Parrish Junior high school cafe
teria.
Chemawa employees and students
are proud of Barbara. It is an ac
complishment to get as far as the
finals and if Barbara gets no further,
we appreciate the time and effort
both she and Mrs. Burke have given.
Our best wishes go to them for a
good showing on March 25.
Francis McGriff, last year's winner,
was second this year, and Mardelle
Sharp placed third.
CAMPUS NEWS
LETTERMEN INITIATE
On February 17, "The Lettermen"
initiated eight new members. Those
being initiated were: Clarence Ca
gey, Charles Wyman, Franklin Roar
horse, Keith Bennett, William Jose,
Arnold Harrison, Peter Mark, and
Chester Franklin.
The new members were sworn in
by the president, Patrick Morin.
No bubble is so iridescent or floats
longer than that blown by the suc
cessful teacher.—Sir William Osler.
Interior—Chemawa School, Chemawa, Oregon
Mr. Bill Suggs has transferred to
Warm Springs, Oregon, where he
has been assigned as property clerk.
Mrs. Ruby Kewaygeshik is a pa
tient in the Salem General hospital
<vhere she underwent an operation
recently. We are happy to know
that she is doing well.
A letter from Wally Yallup extend
ing his wishes for the birthday cele
bration and his remembrances to
staff members came to Mrs. Brannon
recently. Wally attended Chemawa
in 1947 and is now with the Engi
neers' aviation battalion.