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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
V o ca tio n a l A ctivitie s
Basketball
Farm Boys See Welding
Demonstration
Code Practice Stations
Set Up
The Lincoln Welding Company,
a California company, sent a man
to Chemawa to show some slides
and movies on welding. The Slides
were on different kinds of welding
machines, the way they work, and
the caution to be taken while weld
ing. The movie showed projects
made by people who used Lincoln
welders. It showed thé advantages
of owning welders and knowing
how to weld: saving time and
money, and being fitted for weld
ing jobs.
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At the electric shop William
Wyman and Charles Wyman are
working on a project, setting up
two stations for Morse code prac
tice at McNary Hall. At first the
project, consisting of two keys
(one for each station) and ah os
cillator, seepied simple, but cit
turned out to be quite complicated-
The boys got it to work, and npw
they will move the whole thingtover
to McNary Hall. They plan on add
ing a third station later.
Chemawa now stands with three
losses and two wins in basketball.
Since the Sublimity game, the
Braves have lost to Gervais by two
points, and have defeated Oregon
School for the Deaf by eight
points, and Detroit by sixteen
points.
In the last quarter of the Ger
vais game here, Gervais was in the
lead by two points. Stalling for
time, they held the ball for some
minutes, James Switzler, a Che
mawa player, got the ball and made
a basket. He didn’t quite beat the
buzzer which ended the game, and
the score remained 45-47.. in favor
of Gervais.
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Farewell Party
Automatic Ironers
Demonstrated
Chemawa Contribution
Insures TV Repairs
The girls who work in the
kitchen eat a lunch about 10:30
eyery morning. One morning dur
ing the last week of the semester,
Mr. Fournier, our instructor, let us
fry hamburgers and potatoes, and
make punch We enjoyed the lunch
and were glad to do what we are
always expected to do,—eat every
thing that is on our tray, and clean
up afterwards.
Time Out for Extra
Assignment
1 For" two ‘ weeks the carpenter
shop boys did nob have much time
to work on their^ Regular project,
the building of tHê hew electric
shop, They were kept busy build
ing stands for the 'Christmas trees
used on the campus ; and building
à stand for selling hot dogs, coffee,
and punch at the New Years dance.
General Shop
We go to shop every day. We
enjoy our shop. Our shop instruc
tor is Mr. Sneddon.-' He. is. a good
instructor
We have been going to. shop for
three years. Shop helps us tp learn
many things.W hether we are go
ing to be a carpenter, or not, we
can, learn to build and repair
things for ourselves.
On December 24 the third year
girls went to home economics class.
All the fifth year girls were there
too. A lady from Salem came and
demonstrated how to use an auto
matic electric ironer. She showed
us how to iron different kinds of
clothing. She showed us how to
change the cover too.. After she
showed us how to use it, one of
the girls ironed some aprons and
napkins.
We should know how to use the
ironer because we may need to
know how to use it when we get
a job.
Shop Students Learn
from Illustrated Talks
On January 7, William S. Van
Meter, deputy commissioner, .and
Don M. Thomas, assistant director,
apprenticeship council, both from
the Oregon Bureau of Labor, gave
illustrated talks to the afternoon
shop classes. Three movies were
shown, W hy Y ou S h ou ld S ta y in
S ch ool,
A p p ren ticesh ip
T ra in in g ,
and F a ir E m p lo y m en t P ra ctice.
The speakers urged the boys to stay
in school to build up a background
for apprenticeship training, and
told them to take advantage of
every opportunity that comes up.
Laws regarding fair employment
practice were explained.
The shops department sponsored
a sale of refreshments at the New
Years dance. Proceeds, from the
sale amounting to. $46.72 were con
tributed to a fund to be used for
the maintenance of TV at Cushman
Indian Hospital in Tacoma, Wash
ington. Chemawa employees added
to the proceeds from the sale, and
a check for $50.00 has been sent
to Mr. Raymond Motanic, chairman
of the Tribesmen TV Committee,
sponsors of the project. .-
New Risers Appreciated
The risers rebuilt by Mr. V, J,
Matt and his shop boys, were fully
appreciated on December 24 when
the choruses and their director,
Mrs. Johannaber, gave a concert.
The rebuilding of the risers was
necessary because of the change in
floor space resulting from the in
stallation of new seats in the audi
torium, but the new risers have
several advantages. They accommo
date more singers, bring the rows
of singers closer together, enable
the singers to see the director eas
ily whether she is standing in. front
of them or is at the piano, and
make, it possible when, the chorus
is singing from the stage, for the
audience to view the back row sat
isfactorily.