THE; CHEMAWA AMERICAN
CHURCH GROUPS BUSY
The Christmas Season is a very
busy time for the religious educa
tion groups on the campus. Rever
end Stevens, the Religious Educa
tion Coordinator for the school ar
ranged for the Protestant Choir
to sing before a statewide meeting
of, “The Order of The Eastern
Star,” on the evening of December
15.
On December 19, a group of 15
members of the Protestant Choir
and 15 members of the Orthodox
Choir sang at the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Banquet.
The annual party given by the
Seminarians of Mount Angel for
the Chemawa Catholic students has
been given and the Orthodox stu
dents were invited as guests.
On December 19, The Gideon
Society distributed New Testa
ments to all Protestant Sunday
School students, who were in at
tendance.
All Covenant, Lutheran, Friends,
and Pentecostal students received
invitations into homes< for parties
and festivities.
The annual Nativity Program
which is given by the Protestants
was presented on December 24.
Cyrus Savetilik
Students Like School Exchange
Steve Wight, Ray Ashbury, Bob Hender
son, Jim Reiman guests at Chemawa
stand behind their hosts; W alter Samp
son, Eugene Bordakosky, Joe M artin,
and York Mendenhall.
SECOND GENERATION
STUDENTS AT CHS
Chemawa Girls Field
Some Chemawa students are fol A Volleyball Team
lowing in the educational footsteps
of their fathers. Four members of
the 1966 graduating class have
fathers who were former students
of this school.
Three fathers of this years sen
iors who attended here in the late
1920’s or early 30’s are: Paul Dem
mert, father of Pauline Demmert;
Alfred Gurtler, father of Bernice
Gurtler; and Andrew Frankson
father of Nina and Andrew Frank
son Jr. Mr. Gurtler also has an
other daughter Carol who is a
Freshman at Chemawa.
In recounting some of his ex
periences to his daughter, Mr.
Frankson recalls that in his day
students all wore uniforms, and
that they lined up and marched
everywhere they went on campus.
Boys and girls were forbidden to
talk to each other except on cer
tain occasions.
The things most vivid in the
memory of the fathers seem to be
the dining hall, the dormitory life,
and the noisy railroad that runs
through the campus.
Nina Frankson
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Chemawa girls are getting to
play volleyball with other schools
this year. Miss Sharon Ward, Girls
Athletic Director, has arranged for
our girls team to travel with the
basketball team and play prior to
the start of the basketball game.
On December 7 the girls played
two games with Valsetz and won
15-13 and 15-11. After the game the
Valsetz girls treated our team to
sandwiches, cocoa, potato chips,
and cookies. The refreshments tast
ed very good after the hard game
that they had played.
Members of Chemawa’s team are:
Susan Buterin, Bernice Gurtler,
Carol Kompkoff, Lorena Mills,
Grace One, Augustina Sampson,
and Gladys Wells, Bernice Gurtler
WIND IS FRIEND AND FOE
Wind is something that is in
visible but we are able to feel and
hear its movements.
Wind damages our property and
destroys nature’s beauty, but it
also is man’s friend, because it
brings the clouds which give us
rain and moves the air.
Marilyn Gologergen
Four students, Robert Hender
son, Steven Wight, Ray Asbury, and
Jim Reiman; from the Junior His
torical Society of Western View
Junior High School of Corvallis,
Oregon were participating guests at
Chemawa December 8-9-10.
They were the beginning of an
experience of building understand
ings and appreciations between
students of different schools and
cultures.
Each of these guests was assign
ed to a Chemawa boy who acted as
a personal host. They attended
classes together, lived in the dorm
with these boys, ate in the dining
hall, and engaged in the same
social activities as regular stu
dents.
In talking with these boys it was
learned that the boys were amazed
at the similarity of the two stu
dent body groups.
The following week four Chem
awa boys; York Mendenhall, Joseph
Martin, Walter Sampson, and Eu
gene Bordasky were guests of the
Corvallis students living in their
homes with them arid attending
classes with them.
It is hoped that this exchange
will be a beginning for building
more community understanding of
both our pupils and our school.