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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1965)
A NEW LOOK ON CAMPUS The Vocational Agriculture class es are learning about land manage ment from the practical standpoint, by working with equipment to im prove the campus. The fine weather this spring has given them a real opportunity to show us what they could do. The boys cleared brush from land that had previously been left idle. After the brush had been piled with the bulldozers it-was toilsome work to tend the fires and repile the brush to get it burned. Plowing and level- in> came next. Finally it was seed ed and we waited for nature to do her work. As can be seen by the pictures the boys have more than sore mus cles to reward them for their work, and the school has about ten more acres of beautiful grass. Chemawa Beauty Wins Honors Effie Curley EDUCATION SPECIALISTS VISIT CAMPUS After OCE VISITS CHEMAWA Chemawa was pleased to host a group from Oregon College of Ed ucation. They spent most of the day, touring our entire campus, viewing our students at play, at work, how they live, and how they relax. One of our students, Miss Fannie Tritt, was their gracious guide. Hie OCE group responded, in kind, by inviting Fannie to be present at OCE when a report of their visit was presented and to spend the day with them. A team of education specialists from the Field Technical Unit visit ed Chemawa Campus the week of March 29 to April 2, 1965. Those making the visit were: Miss Ger trude Giesen (library science), Mr. Thomas Hopkins (secondary), Mrs. Faralie Spell {elementary), and Mr. Pat Bowman (getieral). We enjoyed their Visit and ap preciated their helpful suggestions', and recommendations. Because of these suggestions we hope to see several improvements in the 1965- 66 school term. STUDENTS TAKE SUMMER JOBS Sevehty-one Chemawa students will be working on summer employ ment, instead of going directly home from school. Every year some of the students find employment with a variety of industriéis and spend the big part of their vacation earning money for the next school year. This year 35 boys and 36 girls have taken positions. They will work for farmers, railroads, canneries, amusement centers, boat docks, hotels, and private families. A comely Navajo maiden entered a contest, and as a result, she will add a long list of wonderful exper iences to her memoirs. Among them are a lesson in walking at a professional modeling school, point ers on makeup by a cosmetician, a chance to model a gown for a large department store, attendance at La Ball Magnifique, and a midnight buffet catered by Hotel Hilton. Miss Effie Curley, 19, and a jun ior at Chemawa, after having taken part in the preliminaries, was se lected as one of the ten finalists to compete for Oregon Posture Queen. Oregon doctors of chiropractic sponsor the annual selection on the basis of poise, personality, voice, and beauty. A posture meter was used to accurately measure all phases of posture, then each con testant was given six physical ness exercises of the Cross-Weber test. Miss Curley scored 47.25 out of a possible 50 on the posture test and a perfect 20 out of 20 on the physical fitness. The announcement of the win ner was made at. the Ball Magni fique, held at the Hilton Hotel, Portland, Oregon. For the occasion, Miss Curley modeled á white and lavendar evening gown of satin, ornamented with a corsage of pink carnations.'Her escort for the eve ning was Terry Lind who is also a student at Chemawa. Chaperone for the couple was Mrs. Constance Long from the school Guidance De partment. When the judges made their fin al decision, Miss Curley found that she had placed fifth in the overall competition. For hei* efforts she received a beautiful engraved tro phy. H H i ■ Miss Curley whose home town is Ganada, Arizona, had previously distinguished herself by being chosen as the 1963 Homecoming Q u e e n at Chemawa and the school’s 1964 Posture Queen. Some of these students will have an opportunity to go home for a short visit before school begins, but others will return to Chemawa for another year of schooling before having the opportunity to see fam ily or relatives.
