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SENATOR MORSE BRINGS FLAG
I t a l l s ta r te d te n months ago,
when Senator Wayne Morse was v i s i t
ing our campus. He promised us
at
th a t time th a t he wecure a fla g fo r
the school and have i t
c e r t if ie d
as having been flown over
C apitol
Dome in Washington D. C. On January
7, he kept th a t promise.
Students
met in the auditorium a t 3 .OOP. M.
fo r the p re s e n ta tio n .
The Senator spoke to us b r ie f ly
about b i l l s th a t were passed to l e t
schools have fe d e ra l money fo r use
in s p e c ia l ed u catio n al programs. At
the close of h is remarks he presen
ted S h e ila Aga, our stu d en t body'
th e close of h is remarks he p re
sented S h eila Aga, our stu d en t body
p re s id e n t, w ith the fla g and c e r t i
fic a te .
The
sen ato r then toured the
campus and b u ild in g s f in a l ly ending
up a t Winona H all, where the g i r l s
had prepared a re c e p tio n .
I t was
to see th a t a g re a t man
t h r i l l i n g to n o tic e t h a t a
person
as busy as Senator Morse would take
time to sto p and d rin k coffee
and
ta lk w ith stu d e n ts.
Mary Kaleak
S e n io rs To V i s i t Bay
Announcement has been made th a t
a group of 37 se n io rs and t h e i r e s
c o rts w ill be chosen to make an
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day t r i p to San Francisco Bay Area.
The purpose of the
t r i p i s to
g et th e stu d en ts acquainted w ith as
many d if f e r e n t jobs in in d u stry and
schools as p o s s ib le . This helps the
graduate make up t h e i r mind
about
what they want to do a f t e r they end
t h e i r school l i f e h e re .
They a ls o g e t a chance to le a rn
about liv in g in the big c it y . They
have to budget fo r th e i r own meals
and liv e in h o te l rooms.
H EALTH
CENTER N O TE S
T uberculosis is very contagious
and where th e re are many stu d e n ts
liv in g so clo se to g e th e r we must
be e s p e c ia lly w atchful. This i s th e
reason th a t we take sk in t e s t s and
ch est f ilm s .
L ast y e a r, Chemawa s ta r te d some
th in g new. Everyone.took INH p i l l s .
P rio r to l a s t year th e re were an
average of 7 cases of tu b e rc u lo s is
each y e a r. Last y e a r, only one case
was found. This year th ere have not
been any as y e t. L e t’s hope th a t i t
sta y s t h a t way.
So, i f you are supposed to
be
tak in g INH be sure
and take your
p ills .
Mickey Eleshansky
Senator Morse shakes hands with
Lou Moore while another s tu d e n t,-
P a tric k D eets, w aits to t a lk .
STUDENT C OUNCIL EXCHANGE
On January 3, Chemawa
Student*
Council Members and R ep resen tativ es
were
in v ite d to a co u n cil meeting
a t D allas High School. The purpose
of th e meeting was to exchange idea
on how d if f e r e n t councils run t h e i r
m eetings.
We were warmly welcomed by the
D allas Council and enjoyed meeting
w ith them. We were able to exchange
some ideas and make some new acq
u aintances .
A fter th e meeting adjourned
we
picked up our lunches in the cafe
t e r i a and a te our lunches in
the
se n io r c la s s m eeting. A fter
lunch
we were given a to u r o f the school.
D allas Council Members w ill be
re tu rn in g the v i s i t sometime soon.
W alter Sampson
B iology Lab Has
S tra n g e Pet
No one r e a l ly bothered to fin d
out i f i t was a he or a she.
They
ju s t took one look a t t h a t nose and
t a i l and decided th a t Twiggy would
be a good name. In r e a l i t y i t i s an
opossum th a t some of th e boys found
on campus and brought to
biology
c la s s .
lichen cornered t h is one did
the
u su al f o r these anim als and played
dead, even allow ing th e boys to get,
hold of i t s t a i l and c a rry i t in to
the c la s s .
The shop c la sse s made a
m etal
cage fo r i t and i t seems q u ite con
te n t w ith i t s d i e t of dog food and
the companionship of th e
guinea
P igs.
The opossum is not a
n a tiv e of
Oregon, but they have been brought
in as p e ts . Enough c f them have es
caped th a t they are now q u ite p len
t i f u l and seem to survive w e ll.
HONOR ROLL
We co n g ra tu la te the
follow ing
stu d en ts f o r having earned a 3.0-B
grade or b e tte r f o r
th e
firs t
sem esters average in th e
1967-68
school y e a r.
S e n io rs :
N icholai Lekanof
-Edward Sarr
James O’Malley
“A lice Booth
Elmer Williams
Dorothy Hotch
Bernice Jung
J u n io rs ;
Jane Akootchook Anthony Melovidov?
Annie Moore
M artin Alexie
Olive Nichols
A lfred Beaver
Moses Owens
Grace Begay
Alvin Boskofsky Alice Paul
Madelyn R eft
John Chiquito
Barbara Cleveland
L illy Crank
E liz a b e th Semeken
Mickey Eleshensky
Susan Grandson
Henry Tachene
Fannie T r i t t
Lennie H alkini
Jay T sin n ijin n ie
Steven Horn
Emily Tsosie
Bobby James
Lyle Walker
Claudia Lind
Eva Wilson
P eter M artin
Kee Wilson
E llaney Yazzie
Sophomores:
Roy Nageak
Nelson Begay
Annie O ldfriend
Wilbur Begay
Floyd Onesalt
S a lly Fred
Fenton Rexford
Tim G lazier
Edna R iley
Larry Hunter
William Igkurok Pauline Small
Regina K ateln ik o ff
Hfinrv Yazzie
"Rzaniomiri T.Tnn
Freshmen;
F avila F av ila
Martha Akpic
Nick P h illip s
David Andrew
W illie Kasayulie
Leonard Chase
N a ta lia Macar
Paul Dock
Marie Neokok
Rose F itk a
Olinga N icholi
Byron George
Katie Olympic
Mary G lazier
Marian Shavings
Timothy Hoover
Enoch Tooyak
Agnes Lewis
“Chemawa i s one of the words in
th e Indian language t h a t has had
se v e ra l meanings given to i t , but
th e re seems to be l i t t l e evidence
fo r choosing an a ccu rate meaning.
Some of the most popular
names
Chemawa was, as f a r as we can
Our
fin d o u t, the f i r s t high school in have been Indians Happy Home,
G ravelly
The United S ta te s to have a mobile Old Home, True T alk, and
S o il.
computor on i t s campus.