THE CHEMAWA AMERIGAN
Graduating Senior
Learns Scuba Diving
Scuba diving is proving to fee a
very enjoyable pastim e for one
Chemawa student. Delbert Kelley
enrolled in a scuba diving class
taught Tuesday evenings at the
YWCA. The instru cto r was Mr.
Dick West, a diver of the Salem
Aqua Club.
The students m et from 6 to 10
p.m. for seven w eeks.T w o hours
were spent in classwork and two
in the pool. The class curriculum
consisted of studying the funda
mentals of diving, underw ater tech
niques, underw ater illnesses, iden
tification of harm ful sea life, and
many other related things.,
The pool workouts involved such
interesting things as tube rescue,
survival swimming, learning to
utilize the different types of scuba
diving gear, and practicing the
skills th at a scuba diver has to
make use of.
Delbert took his checkout dive
on a cold, windy, rainy day at
Yaquina Bay, Newport, Oregon.
The checkout dive was designed
to show the instructor how well
the students perform in an open
dive.
Upon completion of the course,
Delbert received an arm patch,
diver’s certificate, and a registra
tion card from the National Associ
ation of Underwater Instructors, to
show th at he had passed the
course.
Plan Your Life N ow
Choosing a career is an im port
ant decision th a t every one should
make during his high school years.
Deciding now will make it easier
for you to plan ahead and help
you to train for a certain vocation
or to go on to college.
Choose and work toward your
goal. Your efforts will determ ine
your chances and will decide what
you make of your life.
Aloysious Wasuli
3
Student Impressions
O f Chemawa
My first impression When I ar
rived at Chemawa was the fact that
all the students were warm and
friendly. While only being here a
short time I have made many
friends which would have taken
months in a public school.
There is a great difference be
tween a public school and a board
ing school. At a boarding school
you are under much stricter rule.
Everyone works together and
learns to take responsibility. Every
one gets up with the sun to begin
th eir daily schedule.
Being at Chemawa will be a won
derful experience for me. Along
with all other students, I’ll learn
to take responsibility, learn more
about my people,/ and most im port
ant get an education th at wiil open
the door to my future.
Helen Young