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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1965)
3 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN Brand New Baby Giraffe Visited Our class was privileged to go to the Portland Zoo on December 9. Although the rain poured down, we enjoyed every moment of our trip. It was quite an experience because it gave us an opportunity to see some of the unusual animals of the world. Our greatest interest was in see ing the brand-new baby giraffe. He was so small and pretty with his long graceful neck and his fresh- painted look. He stared at us with his big eyes as if to say, “What kind of animal are you?” We realized we were seeing a rarity, for it is not often a baby giraffe is born in capitivity. Perhaps the most unusual animal we saw was the anteater with its small tapered head and its long slender nose. It has a string-like tongue which it keeps running in and put of its (nouth as it searches for prey— tiny creatures hardly an eigth of an inch long. When we went past the snakes, alligators, and gila monsters, I "didn’t linger long. They gave me the “chills”. We even saw a real live lion and real live polar bears, but neither of them seemed interested in us. They didn’t even show enthusiasm for the peanuts we threw to them. Perhaps they were grumpy about the wet weather, too. The monkeys provided the great est entertainment. I was impressed with the way they could jump from bar to bar almost as if they were flying. In one large cage were four big champanzees. A sign on the cage told us that twins had been born on November 28. While we were intently trying to locate the tiny babies, Mr. Anderson came up to the cage and tapped on the win dow-glass, with his fih^C Instantly the big male chimp pouted his .mouth and began to stamp angrily on the bars. A few more taps from Mr. Anderson and a raging fury broke loose. With one big bound the big chimp came hurtling to the window and began pounding the glass with terrific force. It was so sudderi, so loud, and so fierce that most of us screamed and scattered. It was a long time before the old chimp quieted down. One monkey in another cage was a naughty little show-off. He would stand near the glass, open his mouth wide, and show his teeth. If someone made a face at him, he imitated and made a face back at us. He would stick but his tongue, curl his lips, and bob his head up and down. As I watched him I thought of some children I know who like to show off just like that monkey does. Pat Standifer Dorothy Towksjhea Irene Gorman Levi Lott Elary Gromoff Wilson Manutoli ALL STUDENTS HAVE WORSHIP OPPORTUNITY Regular worship services are be ing arranged for Protestant, Cath olic, Mormon and Orthodox stu dents,. Rev. Daniel Sharpe from the fac ulty of Serra Catholic High School has been appointed to lead the 177 registered C a t h o 1 i c students at Chemawa. Mr. Ronald Brown has arranged for the 51 Latter Day Saints stu dents to hold Sunday services. Rev. William H. Stevens, Jr. has been appointed for the second year by the National Council of Churches to act as the Protestant coordinator for the 494 Protestant students. | In addition there is religious in struction for those who have no particular church choice or prefer ence. Plans are being made to secure an Orthodox Priest to visit the campus regularly, to provide serv ices for the 144 students of that faith. At present George Kudrin, a student, has been appointed as an official lay readbr for the group. Marion Amos and Moses Alexie pictured dancing. CHRISTMAS DANCE— A SILVER FREEZE FAIRYLAND T h e recreation c l u b turned Chemawa’s gym into a fairyland for the Christmas night dance. Icicles with colored spot lights gave the ef fect of a silver freeze. However, the gym was not cold as the “Northern Lights”, dressed in handsome new red jackets, produced' some “hot music” from 7:30 p.m., to 10 p.m. Many of the girls wore new formals which lent much color to the dan cers. Punch and cookies were serv ed from candle lit tables through out the evening. BAA ZOOLDAH NAVAJO SORORITY About 16 of the Navaho girls who have attended Chemawa for five years or more have formed a soror ity under the sponsorship of Mrs. Reginald Begay and Mrs. Dorothy Pentecost. The girls have chosen as their colors silver and turquoise, their flower — the red carnation, and their symbol sand painting. Af ter several meetings to organize, the girls enjoyed a dinner at the Timber Topper restaurant and a concert at Willamette University. Later several attended a play at Mt. Ángel College. Highlight of the year was the colorful installation and initiation ceremony followed by a social hour at Winona Hall. Purposes of this organization are service to others and keeping alive the fine Navaho cultural traditions. In January the girls expect to spon sor a party for some of the younger Mitchell Hall students. They have planned a special event for each month of the remaining school year..
