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VOLUME 64
CHEMAWA, OREGON, MARCH 1968
SENIORS V IS IT BAY-AREA
Eight busy days in the world o f
the big c it y was an experience fo r
th irty-seven sen iors, who were se
le cte d to make the San Francisco
Bay area v is ita tio n March 17 thru
March 2U.
The tr ip i s a part o f a planned
program o f exploring the work and
study opportunties o f the Bay area.
Many o f these students have tenta
tiv e plans fo r going to th is area
fo r advanced train in g a fte r gradua
tio n .
The students get f i r s t hand ex
perience in c it y liv in g , by staying
in hotels and eating in restaurants,
This year the agenda included
stops at a number o f co lle g e s, a
v i s i t to the IBM Center, a trip
through General Motors auto assem
b ly lin e , and a v i s i t aboard an
a ir c r a ft c a r r ie r .
This i s the third consecutive
year that Chemawa seniors have made
th is tour and each year they bring
back valuable information fo r the
r e s t o f the students.
Mathew Waskey
STUDENTS SKATE ON WEEKEND
Each Sunday at 1:00 p.m. a c ity
bus picks up U0 students and takes
them to Salem Skateland, fo r an
afternoon of r o lle r skating.
This i s ju s t
another one of
those extra nice things provided by
the 89-10 program.
Evan Polty
At H artnell Junior
College,
S alin as, C aliforn ia the tour group
was given a hearty welcome by
two former students; Stanley BEgay
and Helen Ramondos, (Foreground)
HIGHLIGHTS OF TOUR
Lunch a t Red Barn, Stanford U.
Philco-Ford School
Guided tour San Jose
Fisherman’ s Warf, San Francisco
Kaiser Center, Oakland
Contra Costa College
Heald Business College
China Town, San Francisco
Chemawa Students pose fo r th e ir
picture on the f li g h t deck of the
a ir c r a ft carrier^ USS Oriskany.
NUMBER 3
CHOIR MAKES
NORTHERN TOUR
Chemawa High School's s ix ty mem
ber choir i s making i t ’ s f i r s t tour
to the State o f Alaska and w i ll be
appearing in the C itie s of S itk a ,
Wrangell and Juneau in addition to
performing fo r i t ’ s s is te r schools
at Mt. Edgecumbe and Wrangell In st
itu te . Comprising the s ix ty choral
members, 52 are native Alaskans and
the r e s t of the students, including
the dancers, are Navajo.
The Music Department at Chemawa
High School serves 300 students who
may e le c t to p articip a te in one of
several
performing groups
which
represent the school on many occas
ions in the lo c a l community. One of
these occasions was a t the National
Congress of American Indians Conv
ention which was held la s t October
in Portland, Oregon where the choir
received a standing ovation.
The Indian Dancers are a very
co lo rfu l and entertaining group of
students performing dances of v a r i
ous trib e s from the South-Western
S ta tes.
This group i s always in
demand fo r performances a t lo c a l
elementary school and other groups
in the Salem-Portland area.
The Choir’ s program w i ll cover
a wide range of the fin e s t choral
music a vailab le to high school cho
r a l groups including works by 16th,
I8th and 20th century composers,
both sacred and secu lar.
The Pro
gram also includes fo lk songs from
many lands as w ell as popular songs
of today.
Within the choir are several
small singing groups, two of them
w ill be performing on th is tour.
They are a g i r l s ' t r io from Barter
Island, Alaska and th e . ’’Happy v a l
le y S in g e r,” a small ensemble o f lU
members.
These groups are under the d ir
ection o f Eldon R. Wolfe, Director
of Music a t Chemawa High School,
a ssisted by Cary W. Buchanan.
Traveling with the group w i ll be
Mr. H. 0. W alters, Superintendent;
Mr. R. Sorensen,
P rin cip al; Miss
Ward, G irls P .E .; and Mrs. Begay;
G irls Guidance.
Bands and choral groups from
Oregon College of Education have
been presenting concerts in the.
auditorium. The OCE concert band
presented th eir
winter
program
Thursday morning, February 29th.