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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published during the school year by
Chemawa Indian School. Address all
communications to the Chemawa
American, Chemawa, Oregon. Pub
lished in accordance with the Interi
or Department Appropriation Act,
1940, approved May 10, 1939.
Subscription 50c a year
Paul W. Bramlet, Superintendent
Mrs. Nell V. Brannon, Principal
Mrs. A. H. Johannaber,
Journalism Sponsor
Allan Shepard, Printing Instructor
STUDENT REPORTERS:
Jay Harwood
Joan Sicade
Kenneth Conner
Lorraine Farmer
John Thorpe
Joe Coburn
Junior Red Cross
Conference
Chemawa was represented at a
Junior Red Cross conference in
Portland, by Charles Tellier Chris
tine Thompson, Yvonne Choate,
and Lonnie Racehorse, high school
students, and Mrs. Ruth Seawright
and Miss Lucy Hendricks of the
staff. The conference was held at
the Parkrose Senior High School
cn October 31.
Those attending the conference
were assigned to discussion groups.
Topics discussed in sectional meet
ings attended by Chemawa stu
dents were How to Get Students
Interested in Junior Red Cross,
How to Give Junior Red Cross As
semblies, Local Services of the
Junior Red Cross, and Junior Red
Cross Scrapbooks.
Second Year Navajo
Group Elect Officers
The second year group of Navajo
students, taught by Mrs. Carol Y.
Smith, has elected the following of
ficers: president, Delores Mae
Billy; vice-president, Betty Jones;
secretary - treasurer, Lula Mae
Duffy.
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
STUDENT EDITORIALS
School Is What We
Make It
The conduct of Chemawa stu
dents has been very good this year.
Most of us have developed a better
way of living among ourselves as
well as with our teachers, matrons,
and advisers. We have worked on
improving our manners. Most of us
have been studying hard. If we all
keep up the good work, the school
year of 1953-1954 will be one of
Chemawa’s best.
Jay Harwood
Thanksgiving
I am thankful for many things:
to be able to live in a free and
wonderful land away from wars
and fighting: to be able to go to
school, learn a vocation, and be
with a group of wonderful people;
to always have enough food, and a
clean room to go to when I am
tired, with a good bed for resting
and a radio and books for relaxa
tion ; to have someone to guide me
and help keep me from wrong.
John Thorpe
I hope you will understand what
I have to say. We are afraid some
times to ask our teachers about our
work in school. That is why I
thought about writing an article.
Don’t be afraid to do things that
are hard for you to do, to ask ques
tions, or be afraid to admit that
you made a mistake. It is natural
that you should have fear in you.
The thing that is bad is to be afraid
of finishing the job or taking the
medicine when you don’t do right.
Suppose you do get punished, or
suppose you take a faU when you
slide down hill. That is what you
mustn’t be afraid of. Being afraid
of something makes you act stiff
and unhappy. So when you are in
some kind of difficulty, tell the
truth and try to find out how to
do better next time. Also, if you
will loosen up your muscles, you
won’t be so awkward and you’ll
feel better. The same thing can be
applied to all kinds of situations.—
like going to a party where you
don’t know people.
If you can lick your fears in
life you’ll have a better time, do
a better job, and be liked.
Raymond T. Charles
Interior—Chemawa School. Chemawa. Oregon
German Visitors'
Voices Recorded
On December 2 some teachers
from Germany came to visit Che-
mawa. They came into the room
with Mr. Bramlet when the seventh
and eighth grade boys were having
singing. They asked what we were
singing and we told them it was
Twelve Days of Christmas.
offered to sing for us and
we would like that. The
sang some German songs
One of them was O Tan-
enbaum. We sing that song. It is
O Christmas Pine.
Mrs. Johan
naber asked them if they would
sing Stille Nacht. She asked if she
could record their singing. They
said, “Yes, you may.” They sang
Silent Night in their own words
and it sounded beautiful. We can
hear it now on the recorder.
The visitors spent half an hour
in our room. Two of them took
pictures of all the boys, and pic
tures of Levine Punkin and Rich
ard Thompson
Some of the boys were saying
that it‘s lucky we were in the music
class or we wouldn’t have seen the
Germans and heard them sing.
Davis said, “I never saw a woman
or man from Germany. I will never
forget that day.”
They
we said
women
for us.
Seventh Grade Has
Program
On Friday, December 2, we had
a little program in the seventh
grade. It lasted about forty-five
minutes. Elsie McJoe and Geral
dine Jones were the chairmen.
It was a very good program.
Norma McKenzie and Priscilla Sa
kota said poems. There was a lot
of singing by Marcus Luke, Elsie
McJoe, Geraldine Jones, Joseph
Frank, and Robert Luton. Marcella
Punkin told a little story and Mar
cus Luke told some jokes. Marcus
played the harmonica too.
We all enjoyed the program very
much and are glad that we will
have another one Friday Decem
ber 18 Betty Kennerly and Made
line Fdmo are the chairmen.