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Visit Archery Expert
A number of boys have visited
Harry Hobson at his archery shop
on the highway near the totem
pole. Among them are Joe Coburn,
Fred Charles, Peter Reed, Pat
Morin, Farrell Gallineau, and Ken
neth Conner. Kenneth gives the
following account of the visit of his
group:
“Mr. Hobson showed us his
workshop which is located in the
basement of his house. There he
makes arrows, bows, finger guards,
wrist guards, bowstrings, and nu
merous other items dealing with
archery. The basement is filled
with all sorts of bow and arrow
tools and materials. There are also
trophies won by Mr. Hobson in
archery, and souvenirs dating back
to 1929.’’
“After a look around the shop
Mr. Hobson invited us to go out to
shoot. He brought his dog, Fry,
along. The dog is well trained for
fetching arrows. Mr. Hobson would
shoot an arrow out into the field
and tell Fry to go find it. In a few
minutes the dog would come back
with it.”
“When we were about to leave,
Mr. Hobson asked if we wanted to
see a good shot. We, of course,
agreed. He selected a bow and
three good arrows. He said, ‘See
that telephone pole across the
road? That particular telephone
pole is about 130 yards away.’ I
thought it w’ould be impossible to
hit it from that distance because
an arrow does not go exceedingly
straight. After a careful aim Mr.
Hobson let loose the bowstring, the
arrow sailed toward the pole, and
hit! Mr. Hobson explained that he
hits that pole nearly every day.”
“Mr. Hobson promised to come
to Chemawa to visit our archery
club some day. Archery isn’t a bad
hobby!”
Mr. Roger Wilson is resigning
his position as instructional aide in
the Navajo program to attend col
lege. Mr. Wilson is leaving in Jan
uary for Tempe, Arizona, where he
will enroll in Arizona State Col
lege.
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Parties Given
Several parties were given dur
ing the Christmas season for Sun
day school classes. Mrs. Carl We-
kander entertained a group of first
and second year Navajo students
at a dinner at her home on De
cember 18. On December 20, Mrs.
John Wood gave a church party for
her class of primary children. The
same day, Mrs. Ivan Wright gave a
party for her class of fourth and
fifth grade children. Mr. and Mrs.
Silas M. Olson entertained at a
party in the audio-visual aids room
on December 23 for their class of
high school juniors and seniors.
The parties were much enjoyed by
all of the children.
Finding Information
The American Problems class
has been studying the different
ways of finding information. So
tar the class has learned about the
library and the use of visual aids.
The opaque and film strip pro
jectors were used. Miss Beatrice
Morse, teacher of the class demon
strated the use of each and stu
dents had the opportunity of set
ting up, running, and putting away
the machines.
In learning about the use of the
library for finding information, the
class studied the classification of
books, the card catalog, reference
books, and many other things.
The class has just completed a
study of the use of outlines in get
ting information. Each student
made an outline of a Life Adjust
ment booklet, and gave an oral re
port on it. Some of the subjects
were Why Stay in School, What
Your Employer Wants, Dating,
Looking Toward Marriage, and
Facts About Alcohol.
Santa's Helpers
During Christmas week the elev
enth and twelfth grade girls in Miss
Alice Seaver’s classes were kept
busy filling sacks for all the build
ings’ Christmas Eve celebrations
This year many things were put
into the sacks nice big apples tak
en from the best trees in the or
chard this fall, oranges, popcorn
balls, peanuts and walnuts, gum
drops, mints, chocolates, hard can
dy and candy sticks.
Indian Club Presents
First Program
On December 8, members of the
Indian Club gave a program for the
Eagle Lodge in Salem. Jane Ba-
doni and Benson Gibson announced
the program and gave talks on the
Navajo program and the regular
program at Chemawa Indian
School.
Dances of the Northwest Indians
were presented by Ramona Tulee,
Dorothy Harris, Delores Cloud, De
lores Bennett, and Moses Showa-
way. They danced the Welcome
Dance, Eagle Dance, War Dance,
and Feather Dance.
Jane Wauneka told about her
Navajo dress and Navajo home life.
Leo Jackson, Jefferson Lee, and
Roy Dempsey sang three Navajo
songs, and played the drum and
sang for Tom Woody, who did the
Hoop Dance. Philip Anderson
played Christmas songs on the har
monica.
The program was well received
by the audience. After the pro
gram, refreshments were served.
Mrs. Stanley Uentillie and Gladys
Helion assisted the students in
practicing their dances. Miss Wini
fred Koske, Navajo department
head, and Mr. James Short accom
panied them on the trip.
Boys' Intramurals
All McNary boys play basketball
and enjoy the game. They have
eight teams in their intramural
league. Four games are played
every intramural night.
For Thanksgiving Day, Christ
mas Day, and New Years, six
teams, each team with boys from
one state, will try for champion
ship.
The winners of the Thanksgiving-
games are Arizona over Washing
ton, Idaho over Oregon, and Mon
tana over New Mexico. Other
games will be played on Christmas
Day, and the finals on New Years
Day.
The performance of the teams is
surprisingly good. They are well
matched, and probably the winner
will have a hard fought game for
the championship.