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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1954)
5 THE CHEMA WA AMERICAN Girls' Dorm Life Each year when we return to our school, our dormitory will be wait- | ing for us to .move back in. We always find everything we need in our building. I t Jis furnished with nice furniture. We have a pleas ant room with nice beds, lockers, dresser drawers, and a mirror where we can check on our groom ing. We also have four chairs and one/’ or two study tables in each room. Here we can study during our study'hour. In order to keep ourselves clean and our clothes neat and pressed, we have laundry rooms, wash rooms, and toilet facilities/;. In the laundry' rooms we have eight iron- | ing boards, both upstairs and down stairs, and plenty of tubs where we can do our personal washing. We also have two electric washers. In the washrooms we have plenty of private shower rooms. We have three mirrors in each washroom. We have sinks where we can wash our hands and brush our teeth. Living in our dormitory is al ways fun. In Winona Hall, we al~ ways have activities going' on at certain times, because, on account of the rain, we can’t very well play outside. We have a TV and read ing room, and a recreation room where the girls-can dance between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. In our reading room we have mnay kinds of books and magazines..: We check out the book we want to read. We are free to watch TV programs in the read ing room every day between 4 :00 and 5 :00 p.m? rIn the evening any one is welcome to watch the pro grams from 7 :00 to 8:00 p m. The from §t00 to 9:00 p.m. units take turns watching TV. When the weather ,is' nice and warm we have a court in the* center of our building, where we can rol ler skate; play tennis, and basket ball. In the evening the lights will be turned'on ?so we can dange. We have two living rooms. One is upstairs where we can visit, listen to the radio, and write let ters., The other living room ' is Student Realizes Importance of Schooling I think it is good for us to be at school. We should keep it up until we finish the five year pro gram, so try your best to be back again next year. Let’s learn how to hold â job. Let’s learn to be. dependable, cooperative, and kind. If we work for somebody we should not be late. If we are late two or three times they don’t want us any more. Try not to waste yqur time. Let’s take thé good way of doing things while we have the oppor tunity in school, so weuwon’t get into trouble. Let’s use our manners always. Be friendly to all people. Don’t be looking like mad. Say hello to them. Answer their questions right away. Be sure to use your manners when you go to a party, dance, show, church, or assembly. Also practice good table manners. —Lucille K. Gould downstairs. This; living room is where the' visitors come in when they want to visit. We have a kitchen and dining room. This small kitchen is where the girls can cook whenever they want to make fried bread or coffee, or when they want to have parties. But the food is not furnished here. The girls themselvek I buy their own flour, salt, baking powder, and coffee when they want to make. fried bread. All the kitchen ufensils are furnished. In order to run our dormitory g o n e happily and family-like, we have Miss, .Challis, head girls’ ad viser,. and Miss Tedlock, assistant adviser. Also we have three ma trons. They are the following: Mrs. Lane, Mrs. Murphy, and Mrs. Bar tolomé. * We also havé; thirteen houSO,/ councilors to assist the ad- : visers and matrons. They are there to help each one o f the girls in Winona Hall. There are 180 girls who live in Winoha Hall. —Jane Badoni At the Ocean We saw the ocedn. It just looked like the same as the sky. It was very cold out there on the beach and the wind blew from the ocean. Ramona Becenti. The ocean is a very big sea. We saw fish in the water. Fish live, in water. We saw a boat on the water. People can cross the ocean on this boat.-11 —^Robert Tso I like to go to the ocean. I saw a fish boat. We had a good time at the ocean. —John Martin I especially liked the ocean and the boats. I like to see the water. « —Daisy McDonald I saw a bird called a sea gull, and the ocean, waves with foamy whitecaps. —Joyce' Bedah I went on a long trip to the ocean. Some of the boys, and girls ran on the beach. ■ —Helen Attakai The ocean is very deep and it is very cold. Some of the boys an(i girls got shells from the ocean. They were very happy.| We ate sandwiches and drank milk.. I drank two cups of milk. ■"-/-Paul Johnson We ate dinner at Waconia Beach. —Harrison Tsosie At the Aquarium We had fun at the aquarium. Our teacher-inferpreter fed the sea lions. She gave them fish. —Ramona Becepti We saw many diffèrent kinds of flower animals. Their name is sea anemone. f— Larry Yell owhorse I like to see the octopuè and seals. 1, . —Rose Chischilly I saw some of the boys and girls touch the octopus'. , |—Nita Vaidez I liked to see the starfish. — Susie Smith
