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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1954)
4 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN Academic High Lights Mrs. Hudson's Class Has Calf Project The fourth and fifth grades have a* calf project, Leonard Me Joe and Nathan Seaman are the project leaders. We feed and w ater the calf. We clean the pen. We take good care of the calf because we want it to grow fast. We will sell it before school is out. Grades Have 4H Project The fourth, fifth, and sixth grades have a 4H art club. There are twenty-two children in the club. We have our meetings, on , Friday afternoons. We had a party on the Wednes day before Christmas. The girls on the food committee popped corp for-the party. Each club member is required to draw three pictures. Two of the best ones can be exhibited at the Marion County F air in Stayton this spring. We are going to work hard to try to win some prizes. Book Care Important Boys and girls, you like to read books,* Books cost money, so you must take care of them. When you have finished reading a book you should put it back where it belongs. Some boy's- and girls mark iri the books, then other boys and girls see th at mark in the book. ‘ Let us learn to take better care of our books. Eighth Grade Sections Join for Party On Wednesday, December 23, all the boys and girls in the eighth grade and their teacher, Mrs. Hazel Mason had a class party in the vis ual aids room. Each student paid fifty cents. The girls in the Eight B class had the privilege of pre paring the food for the party be cause they have been in the cooking class this semester. A t the party there were games and dançes. The card games were the most popular of all. Among the card games were Rummy, Old Maid, and Canasta. A fter a while the Bingo game started. Everyone wanted to be in that game because there were candy prizes. A fter B in g o ca m e the refreshments. There were seconds and even thirds ! While we were still eating, some of the children passed out the pres ents. A fter everyone had settled down once more, the boys had to leave to report to th eir dormitory. The girls helped straighten up the room before leaving: Then every one returned to the dormitory sáfé and sound. Be Safe We must learn how to walk across the streets anywhere we go. When we go to town, we watch the street lights. When the light is red, we do not cross the street. When we walk across the street we always walk on the left side of the road. 9Bs Enjoy Party Study Constitution This morning we would like to write a short thing about what we do in Mrs. Friend’s classroom. We have been learning about our Constitution. We have learned many things about oúr Constitution, and we áre going to give our program about it on January 12. The boys are drawing the pictures th at we are going to show to the boys and girls. The 9Bs had a party Thursday afternoon, January 7. We played Bingo before we ate. We had bo logna sandwiches, maple bars, po tato chips, coffee, and punch for refreshments. We enjoyed the party. Change In Teachers Mrs. Vern Hackett has quit teaching fo r the rest of the year. Mrs. James Johnstoh is our teacher. Campus Visitors In the past month Chemawa has enjoyed visits from parents of stu dents, form er employees and stu dents, and Indian Service super visors. Among those who have vis ited the campus are: Mr. and Mrs. Edward Carlson and daughters, Joan and Sandra, Nespelem, Washington. Mrs. Dora Tulee, Harrah, Wash ington. Mr. and Mrs. H arry Yallup, Warm Springs, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. William Atkins, Bremerton, Washington. Mrs. Elsie Selatsee, White Swan, Washington. Mr. Tom Jones, Seattle, Wash ington. Mrs. Letitia H uff and daughter, Miss Thelma Jackson, Salem, Ore gon. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Meninick, Top penish, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thompson, The Dalles, Oregon. Eleanor Foster, Beatty, Oregon. James Coburn, Sprague River, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs.; George LaVatta, Portland, Oregon. Miss Norma Runyan, director special Navajo program, Inter mountain, Utah. Mrs. Nettie Hauser, Salem, Ore gon. See Educational Movies We went to see two educational movies. One was M ir a c le o f th e M esa. It was about the Hopi In dians that live in Arizona. It showed how the ground was dry and how water was needed. The Hopi In dians danced and sang and it began to rain. The rain made the corn grow. The corn was used to make corn bread. Telephoning Saves Time Mrs. Sander’s class has been studying about telephones. A tele phone is one of the most useful in ventions in modern times. A tele phone call takes less time and less5 labor than any other form of com munication. The person you want to c o m m u n ic a te with can be reached by phone quicker than by mail. You get a quicker answer too.
