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THE CHEMÀWA AMERICAN
First Year Students
List Year's Learning
Leathercrafters
In Ford Contest
Pupils in Mrs. Harvey Starling’s
class wrote on the topic, W hat
This year some of the hoys will
enter leathercraft articles in the
industrial arts contest which is put
on by the Ford Motor Company.
There will be cash prizes, certifi
cates, and publicity for the winners
of this contest.
C h em aw a H as D o n e fo r Me T his
Y ear. Following is a composite of
the lists of Mary Ann Silas, Lo-
rèna Lynch, Paul Yazzie, John
Billie, Jr., Carl Curley, Kee Tom
Lee, Carl McClellan, and George
Mark:
Students Learn In Shop
This is my first year at Chema
wa. I learn hère in my classroom,
at shop, at the building, outside
playing, and wherever I go.
I learned how to take care of
myself.
We go to shop every day from
2:05 to 3:15 o’clock. We have
learned many things in the shop.
We don’t just go over there for
fun. We go there to learn.
Our shop teacher is Mr. Moore.
He helps us when we need help.
The first thing we learn is the
names .. of the tools. We have to
learn to measure with rulers.
We made many things in shop.
I learned how to be clean.
I learned how to use good man
ners.-.
I have learned how to get along
with other children.
Girls Make Many Things
The girls in my class go to home
economics five times a week. In
our class we are making blouses.
We already made aprons, laundry
bags, and toy animals. We do not
always sew. Sometimes we cook.
—-Helen McDonald
The Chemawa American
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ing Instructor
Student Joe Coburn, Joan Si-
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Jane Badoni, Arlene
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I have learned to do the right
way wherever I go.
I have learned to talk English
and to speak it all the time.
Instructor Talks
About Batteries
On March 25, Mr. George Speed
came to talk to the eighth graders
about batterie^ He helped ua to
understand them.
I understand that a battery has
many parts. It has crossed wires
at the top which direct the elec
tricity; lead plates that are sep
arated by some material that will
not conduct electricity ;- and an
electrolyte made of ten parts of
water and one part of sulphuric
acid, that conducts electricity.
I understand that water in the
electrolyte needs to be replaced,
and that batteries can be recharged
if they are not dead. I understand
that you can tell how good a bat
tery is by the weight. The heavier
it is, the better it 4 $ ^
11 -^yDelores Wyman
Third Year Student
Sums It Up
We think school is free, yet itfs^
not.free,
my friends. It costs the
I have learned how to read,
government
lots of money. I won
write, and spell English.
der how much it does cost the gov
I have learned how to write a. ernment for us to learn all the
home letter.
things we do.
These are sòme of the things
I have learned how to work
Chemawa has done for me since I
arithmetic.
I have learned how to dance and came here three years ago:
to play softball and many other
1. Chemawa is a long way from
games.
our homes down op the Navajo
reservation. There are lots of
(B o y s )
things to see on our trip coming
I learned the. names of all the to school. We don’t even pay any
tools in shop, and I havelearned money for it.
how to use all the tools too. I
2. We have nice educational
have learned how to make things. trips. -
I learned how to cook in club.
3. I have learned how to speak,
read, and write English.
(G ir ls)
4. I have had some good voca
I learned how to measure from
tional
training so that I can do a
the recipe and how to cook.
job.
I learned how to sew my own
i 5. There is a dining hall where
clothipg.
I go three times a day for free
This is what I learned this year meals.-
in school at Chemawa. I am glad
6. There is a good safe place for
my folks put me in school. I am me to sleep.
glad I came to Chemawa. I will
7. I enjoy sports, movies, and
come back next year. I think I dances in my free time.
will learn more next’ year.
—John Manygoats
Î'nf^ætor^-Chemawa- School, Chem aw a, Oregon