THE CHEM AW A AMERICAN
TRIBAL COUNCIL VISITS
OUR CAMPUS BEFORE & AFTER
When the Chemawa students
The Tribal Council came to visit
Chemawa. They do this every year. first came to Chemawa the whole
campus was clean. There were
They like to talk to the students.
The names of the Council mem many trees everywhere on the cam
bers are: Mr. Allen Yazzie, who in pus. After the Columbus day storm
troduced the other Council mem the whole campus was so messy it
bers, Mr. Daniel Taylor, Mr. John looked like a jungle. There Were
Rockbridge, and Mr. Clifford Beck. trees on the roof of Winona Hall
They all spoke to us, mostly about and big trees and branches just ly
how hard it was to get an education ing everywhere.
/A t McBride Hall we cleaned our
when they were young. The speech
yard. We piled up the limbs and
es were good.
the small tree trunks near
Some of the Navajo" students carried
fence. The next day some work
knew these men so they asked the
ei*s came in and finished cleaning
them about their homes and fami the
campus. They sawed up the
lies?
large trees.
Bessie Deschrier
We are happy that most of the
Nelson Tapaha
campus has been cleaned and life
is going on as before.
BOYS* 1 * HOME ECONOMICS
Martin Oktollik
It is very valuable for boys to
Violet Wood
take classes in home economics.
During the first week we were
In the morning I looked out the
drained in grooming, we studied window I thought that I was some
about good manners and how to where else it did not look like
use them. We also learned how to Chemawa. I was so sad that I said
set a table the right way. The sec to myself, “Poor Chemawa, what a
ond week we cooked breakfast and bad thing to happen.”
/’learned how to clean a house. We
That was one morning that we
learned how to use knives, forks did not wash our faces.
and spoons correctly. Our third
Irene Nelson
week we cooked lunches.
On the last day of the course we SUNDAY TRIP
had a party for the girls. We in
vited the girls from Mrs. Hauser’s
Sunday evening nine students
class to the party. Mrs. Brannon, went to a Lutheran Church for a
our principal, was a guest, also.
We served coffee and cookies. We program. Three of hs girls sang
boys did all the wbrk and were the two songs from the Northern part
hosts. The girls seemed to enjoy of Alaska. Three others sang two
being waited on and having us songs in their Eskimo language.
serve them.
Two Alaskans talked about Alaska.
This training wasn’t only for They told about the climate, the
fun. This training was to help us food they eat, their clothing, recrea
later on when We go on a job or tion and home. The Navajo girls
placement where we will have no talked about the same things on
one to depend on except ourselves. the reservation.
We are glad that we had a chance
There were students at the meet
to take this course in home eco ing.
They asked us many questions.
nomics.
Rosaline Larken
Bently Mark,
Wilson Buck,
Johnny Duncan,
LOTS OF FUN
Leslie Saganna
The movie we had Saturday
night was really a good movie. All
MY WEEK END
the movies that have been shown
Sometimes my week ends are and all the other activities that
good and sometimes they are bad. we have here at Chemawa such as
When I have a bad week end I
games and Friday night
start thinking about why it is bad football
that maybe we should not have dances have been lots of fun.
King Brown
week ends. Anyway I like week
ends, good or bad. During the week
I went to the dance last Friday
end I can get my extra home work night. All the students seemed to
done. It give me time for recrea enjoy it. I liked the Saturday mo
tion and time to clean up.
vie too. It was a western.
Ben Akootchook
Jacob Henry
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THE EARTHQUAKE
A couple weeks ago while I was
listening to jazz music, the news
broke into the program. The re
porter said that there had been an
earthquake in Salem, Portland and
other places. Do you know that I
never even felt it?
Three or four years ago when
I was at Mt. Edgecumb hospital
there was a strong earthquake
there. It was the first earthquake
that I had ever felt. It just jolted
the hospital. I thought that the
world was surely coming to an end
J ,wf sTso scared that I didn’t know
that I was praying until my room
mate told me.
1 am glad that I did not feel this
earthquake because I know how
it feels. I guess we just want our
earth to be quiet and not shake.
Welch Mathalau
We had an earthquake shortly
after the Columbus Day storm. It
happened while I was in my room.
A ll of a sudden I heard a rumbling
,s°und- 1 looked at the floor and
the door of the room. Everything
^ e5Ped ,to bTe swinging back and
forth. Then I realized that it was
an earthquake.
The next day in school I found
what causes earthquakes. They are
caused by changes far beneath the
earth’s surface or faults.
Bently Mark
ELECTIONS
A couple of months ago we held
an election to elect officers for our
Student .Council, All the boys and
girls, who were candidates, went
to each classroom and spoke to the
students. They explained how they
would handle the office for which
he or she was a candidate.
An election is not just for fun.
io he able to hold an election and
duty 1S 3 privilege- To vote is our
When you are going to vote for
officers for a class or student coun
cil you should elect the best per
son for the job. You should know
about the candidates, think, and
then vote. No one should tell you
how to vote. We live in a free
country.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The eight and ninth grades elect
ed the following class officers:
Phyllis Young, president; Stanley
Custer, vice president; Monica
Usugan, secretary; Raymond Black-
goat, treasurer.
Willie Gregory