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THE CHEMA WA AMERICAN
CHEMAWA AMERICAN
☆ Published quarterly during the school
year by the students of the Chemawa
Indian School, Chemawa, Oregon.
Publication Staff:
Staff Advisors: Mr. Hallie O. Walters,
superintendent; Mrs. Nell Brannon,
principal.
Staff Consultants: Mary Mitchell; Ed
ward Sipes, Allan Shepard.
•^ Student Editor: Phyllis Young.
Assistant Editors: Jane Griest, Dianna
Shorty.
Typist: Lorraine Halona
Student Reporters: As designated.
SUPERINTENDENT WALTERS
SPEAKS TO STUDENTS
Again, may I welcome the return
ing students and all new students
to Chemawa for another and a new
school year. I am exceedingly proud
to have so many happy and lively
boys and girls who are working
hard as student citizens to make
this a most prosperous year for
themselves and Chemawa.
You are among the more fortun
ate of American Youth to enjoy the
privilege of gaining an education.
Your progress to attain depends
largely upon you.
The Chemawa Staff are with you.
We, too, enjoy seeing you grow
academically and physically to
promising young men and women.
There is a job waiting for you
somewhere s o m e d a y . Don’t let
someone else take it instead.
A most enjoyable and successful
year to you all.
Hallie O. Walters,
Superintendent
WINONA HALL WHING-DING
October 8, 1963, was a happy time
for the Winona Hall girls. The
House Council sponsored a program
and refreshments for the girls. At
6:30 p. m. the girls gathered in the
court. Eve Soplu, Alice Agiak and
Jane Akootchook sang four num
bers. Susan Grandson, Orlinda
Johnson, Irene Livingston and La-
Berta Swartz sang a Navaho song.
Corrine Edenshaw sang “Sad
Movies”. Then a game was played.
After the game the girls danced in
the court and drank punch, until
time for Quiet Hour. I am sure
everyone enjoyed this “Get togeth
er”. The girls took part in the pro
gram and game playing and did a
wonderful job. We hope to be able
to have one of these each month.
Phyllis Young
What Is Chemawa Indian School?
EDITORIAL
Chemawa Indian School
Chemawa, Oregon
TODAY
Dear Students,
I have been a part of the Chema
wa Indian School for a long time.
Thousands of students have walked
across me. I urge you to use the
sidewalks so I will remain green
and pretty and not become criss
crossed with paths.
The morning details try to take
good care of me. They sweep me,
pick up papers and trash and do
everything that is required to keep
me neat and clean.
But some of you do not cooperate
in helping to keep me attractive.
This makes me very unhappy. This
fall the worst thing you have done
to me is to cover me in many places
with broken glass. This makes me
feel unhappy and run-down.
If each of you will do your part,
you will enjoy my beauty while
you are here and I will be a bright
part of your memories when you
leave Chemawa.
Sincerely,
THE CHEMAWA INDIAN SCHOOL
CAMPUS
Leonard Willard
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
BOY PLACEMENT
Since school started, Chemawa
boys have earned a total of $2,300
on a variety of Saturday jobs. This
money was earned by 661 boys.
There are many types of jobs for
boys as: yard work, platoon har
vesting, and painting. At present
the Paint Shop students are under
contract to paint the interiors of
ten new houses being built in the
area by Mr. John Medford, contrac
tor. Since most of the jobs for boys
are outside work, the weather in
fluences the n u m b e r of jobs.
Through vocational shop courses
boys learn to operate a variety of
machines and equipment which
helps them qualify for jobs.
NAVAHO COMMITTEE
LUNCHES WITH STUDENTS
The Navaho Education Commit
tee had dinner in the home econom
ics dining room after the assembly.
We ate a good meal the girls had
prepared. Mr. and Mrs. Hallie Wal
ters and Mrs. Brannon were invit
ed. We enjoyed visiting after the
meal.
Phillip Benallie
Look at the picture above, You
see a man and three students. The
man is M r. Albert Moore, a Nez
Perce from Lapwai, Idaho, who en
rolled at Chemawa in 1883. He is
over 100 years old and our oldest
known alumnus. He is one of the
students who walked from Forest
Grove, Oregon, to the present camp
us, when the school was moved. He
helped cut down trees and build the
first buildings. During his recent
visit at Chemawa he recalled the
hardships of those times and urged
students to make the most of their
opportunities. Though. there were
many hardships during those early
days, students felt it a privilege to
attend Chemawa Indian School. He
is still proud to have been a stu
dent here.
Since Mr. Moore enrolled as the
138th student, in 1883, more than
15,000 other students have gone
this way. Though the buildings and
campus have changed the spirit of
Chemawa is the same.
Look at this picture again. It is
not the picture of a man and three
young people, It is the past and fu
ture of Chemawa Indian School.
Chemawa is all the people who have
enrolled here; all the people of the
staff who have worked to help In
dian students. The spirit of Chema
wa and the good things you learn
here, do not stay here. You take
them with you wherever you go, as
long as you live. Each community
where you live should be better be
cause you have been at Chemawa.
As students of Chemawa in the
year 1963-64 let us think of the
thousands of other students who
have been here before us. Will you
leave Chemawa a better place be
cause you have been here? Will
your community be a better place
because you have been at Chema
wa? Think it over.
Phyllis Young