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.