FRESHMEN TAKE READING COURSE
How w ell can you read? A ll new
students a t Chemawa are asked th a t
question, by way of a
diag n o stic
reading test,w h ich i s adm inistered
e a rly in the school y ear.
Freshmen students are then
put
in to the developmental reading lab
orato ry . Here they are grouped ac
cording to th e ir sp e c ia l needs. I f
a student shows a lim ited
back
ground, he i s placed in a
program
of basic phonics and word reeogni—
tio n . Others who have aa
stronger
background are given in s tru c tio n in
comprehension, r a t e , and word s k i l l
techniques.
The two teachers who operate the
in s tru c tio n a l c e n te r, have a t th e ir
d isp o sa l e le c tr ic a lly
co n tro lled
re a d e rs, in d iv id u al pacer machines,
group lis te n in g c e n te rs, and the
l a t e s t te x ts and m a te ria ls .
I t i s f e l t th a t th is in s tru c tio n
in reading a t the freshman
le v e l
w ill enable students to do a b e tte r
job in th e ju n io r and se n io r y e a r.
DALLAS
S ta ff
Promoted
Mr. Jesse M att, former re c re a
tio n d ire c to r , has been
named as
the new employment placement o f f i
c e r, to replace Mr. M arshall,
who
has been moved to th e
main guid
ance o f fic e .
Mr. Ed Belleque, an in s tru c to rs
a id , has been appointed as re c re a
tio n d ire c to r .
HIGH SENIORS VISIT
T h irty -fiv e seniors from Dallas
High School spent a day on -campus
v i s itin g
w ith our students
and
learn in g about our school.
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION
An Englishman, an Irishm an, and
an American were fly in g over the
Sahara D esert.
”A b e a stly p la c e ," sa id th e
Eng
lishm an.
" The D iv il’s Home," observed th e
Irishm an.
" What a parking l o t i « re p lie d tht
American.
S a tu rd a y Work
The Student Employment O ffice a t
Chemawa i s a very busy p lace.
The
number of students who have weekend
jobs v a rie s from 100 to 125.
They do a l l s o rts of work; from
yard work and ironing to bus boy or
h o te l maid.
A student gets a job by going
to Mrs. Hauser, the employment of
f i c e r , and t e l li n g her th a t they de
s ir e a job. She has them f i l l out a
card t e l li n g what they can do and
giving the inform ation about when
they want to work and who t h e i r em
ployers have been before. The of
f ic e r f i l e s the card and when
an
employer c a lls the school asking to
h ire someone, the cards are checked
to see i f someone i s a v a ila b le . I f
you q u a lify you may get the chance
to work. The employer re p o rts
the
school on how w ell you do your work
and i f you are s a tis fa c to r y you may
get a chance to work again.
Emma Beaver
LIBRARY CIRCULATION GOOD
Who says th a t high school s tu
dents don’t read? I f the c irc u la tio n
records a t the lib r a r y are any in d i
c a tio n , we would have to say th a t
the students a t Chemawa read q u ite a
b it.
S t a t i s t i c a l l y , > students checked
out 1191 books in September,
1809
in October, and 2074 in November.
The sin g le b iggest
day a t the
lib r a ry was September 19, when 314
books were checked out. the sm allest
day was October 27, homecoming, only
22 books.
The approximate d a ily average is
112 or about one book per day fo r
every e ig h t stu d en ts.
Mathew Waskey
I t Isn ’t "ALL WCRK AND NO PLAY"
around campus. The Friday and S at
urday night dances are lo ts of fun
and i f you don’t care f o r
dancing
you can always go to the movies.
g u id e s kept busy
The d u tie s of members of
the
Guides Club i s to guide v is ito r s
who come to our campus.
V isito rs
may be fo reig n s tu d e n ts, business
people, government o f f i c ia ls ,
or
other high school and college s tu
d e n ts.
A ll members have an opportunity
to guide, but they are expected to
keep t h e i r grades up and hand in a
d a ily assignment th a t they miss as
a r e s u l t of guiding.
We u su a lly divide larg e groups
in to sm all sectio n s so th a t we can
g et b e tte r acquainted and answer
more q u estions. Sometimes our v is
i to r s e a t lunch w ith u s.
In a d d itio n to guiding, we have
a club meeting the f i r s t Wednesday
of each month. We meet during the
lunch hour and have a sack lunch
th a t day.
At our l a s t m eeting, we decided
to buy a guest book and keep a r e
cord of our v i s i t o r s .
Our o ffic e rs a re : Melvin Levsha-
k o ff-p re sid en t,I Eve Soplu-vice pre
s id e n t, V alentina L ind-secretary,
Alfred Goozman-treasurer, and Clara
Van W inkle-reporter. Our fa c u lty
sponsor i s Mrs. C ordell.
C lara Van Winkle
CHATTER FROM BIOLOGY
As the year goes by things are
g e ttin g harder in biology
c la s s .
S t i l l , everyday seems ju s t a l i t t l e
d iff e re n t than the day b efore.
It
seems to be g e ttin g more
e x c itin g
to o .
Larrv Lewis
FOREIGN STU D EN TS VISIT
Most v is ito r s th a t come to Chem
awa are here to observe and le a rn .
However, many of the v is ito r s tu rn
out to be more of an in s p ira tio n to
us than we to them. Those students
th a t come from fo reig n countries do
a r e a l service to the h isto ry and
geography c la s s e s.
The f i r s t q u a rte r has seen 228
v is ito r s to u r our campus. T h irty -
four exchange students rep resen tin g
17 countries and enro lled a t
Ore
gon S ta te U niversity, spent a
day
on campus.
Twenty-three VISTA workers, who
were taking tra in in g a t U niversity
of Oregon, spent two days w ith u s .
One hundred t h i r t y
sophomores,
en rolled as fu tu re teachers
from
Oregon College of Education, spent
a h alf-day in observing.
A GOOD SCHOOL ATTITUDE
My fe e lin g s about school are
im portant t o me. I want t o get as
much education as I can. Every day
I get up e a rly anxious t o s t a r t my
schedule. Someday I hope t o be able
t o have a good education and
hold
a good jo b .