THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
School Campus
Is Beautiful
Freshman Class Visits
Oregon State Capitol
On Friday, March 19, the fresh
like our school campus. It is man class I and Mrs. James John
very beautiful. Many large fir, ston, teacher of the class, went on
maplé) willow, birch, cherry, apple, an educational trip to the state cap-
and nut trees grow on the campus' itol building. They visited the gov
Birds sing and make their nests in ernor’s . office and the , senate and
the trees. We like to play undèr house of representatives chambers.
They climbed the circular flight of
the trees.
Green grass grows all over the stairs to the capitol dome, where
campus. We like to touch and feel there is a statue of an Oregon pio
the green grass. It feels cool and neer man.
soft. We see many flowers on our
The students le a rn e d many
campus. Some of the flowers ate things that have helped them in
daisies, violets; roses, rhododen their study of Oregon. They
drons, pansiës, and primroses? Wè learned that Sacajawea, better
picked flowêrs for our schoolroom. known as Bird Woman, is included
—Laverne Mae Billy/ as one of the people who made
Oregon’s early history. The guide
explained the state seal and told
Capitol, Library Visited
Scheduled as a trip to thé state the history of the murais on the
library, the field trip made by Mr. walls? I
James Johnstqn’s class of fourth
and fifth year Navajo students on Eighth Grade Has
March 24, turned out to be a trip Good Party
to the state capitol building, as
March 24 was a great day for
well.
the-
'eighth graders because that
Boys in the morning class were
conducted through the state library evening they had a party- in the
by Mrs. Wilson, who explained the gym from 7:00 to 9:00 o’clock.
The .class had a wonderful time.
card catalog system, showed how
the books are kept in the stacks, They had dancing, card games, and
and showed' the group the various a little amateur program. Rose
reference rooms, the reading room, Mary Washington, Cecile Running-
and the Oregon room. Thé boys cr^ie,- Evelyn Brahman, William
also saw the archivés department, Meninick,'. and Esther Watah all
where the microfilming process was sang’ songs. Tommy Jones; and
Shirley Placid toe' danced.
explained.
V At the.capitol building, the class
explored the senate and house
Frosh Have Class Party
chambers.
The freshmen had their class
Girls in the afternoon class fol
party
on March’ 24. It was. held
lowed the same itinerary except
that a guide was on hand to take in the visual aids room. Mrs. Faulk
them through the capitol. Perhaps ner and her son, Charles Faplkper,
th$se. 162 steps up to the top of were guests.,
thé dome explain why some of the
Committees were chospn to plan
girls were -so tired out the day of what games, to play and what to
thg trip.
have- to eat. ¿All the girls helped
prepare the refreshments. The boys'
Takes Educational Trip
helped with | the room arrange
B I - will tell about pur educational ments. -
trip to Salem on April 2. We surè-
Games played were cootie, cow’s
ly liked our trip.
tail,
and musical chairs. Candy bars,
We saw many different kinds of
machines:’ Also we saw there a and lollipops were given as prizes.
After the game's there, was dancing
river and/many boats.
—Jessy Luna of waltzes and square danced.*'
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Esther Cleveland
Talks of OJT
I am a fifth year student in the
Navajo program at Chemawa. I
have been in on-the-job training
for some weeks, but now I am vis
iting some friends of mine at Che
mawa. I will probably spend the
week with them.
I thought of writing a short ar
ticle about my job and about the
place I work, while I am here in
class. |
I am working at a place called
Camp Sherman. It is just thirty-
five miles west of Bend, Oregon..
It is nice country, with lots of pine
trees and deer.
About my employers: I am work
ing* for Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Lundgren. They have six children
from one to fourteen years of age.
The oldest child goes to school at
Bend, Oregon, Four children go
to school not far from home. The
two little ones stay with us all the
time; of course, they both aren’t
old enough for school yet.
I am doing housework. The
house has three floors. There are
twelve rooms and seven bathrooms.
Every morning I fix eight beds and
clean the rooms. It takes me all
morning to do that.
There is a woman who does the
cooking for two meals, dinner and
supper. She also does the dishes.
We all help with the dishes in the
evening because we always watch
the programs on TV.
Mrs. Lundgren takes care of the
children and does all the laundry.
I do the ironing.
Every Saturday the children go
skiing with their father. I went
with them once. On Sunday we go
to Sunday school, and in the after- ,
noon we go horse riding. They
have seventeen horses,
I surely do like the place and
my job. I think it is a good expe
rience to have on-the-job-training.
I look forward to the time when I
will be on my own.
8th Graders Use 'Scope
In science, we eighth graders are
studying about animal. life. Our
teacher let us get tiny animals out
of the puddles that are out by the
auditorium. It is very interesting
to look at animal life through thé
microscope. '