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A M ER IC A N
CHEM AW A
VOLUME 64
FIVE ALASKAN STUDENTS
CHEMAWA, OREGON - MAI, 1968
CHEMAWA’S PRINCI PAL PROMOTED
ACCEPTED FOR ‘ ABC’’
Five extremely fortunate Alaskan
boys from the Chemawa Campus
have
been sele c te d to p articip ate in the
"Dartmouth ABC Program",
Freshmen
boys sele c te d were:
John Hunter,
Elmer Jackson,
W illie
Kasayule,
Pavila P avila, and Enock Tooyak.
The term "ABC", r efer s to a high
school curriculum, which has
been
designed to help prepare young men
o f d iffe r e n t cu ltu ral
backgrounds
fo r c o lle g e . I t i s sponsored as a
sp e c ia l education project by Dart
mouth C ollege, Hanover, New Hamp
sh ir e .
Students sele c te d w ill be sen t
to Hanover, where arrangements w ill
be made
for them t o liv e in hemes
of p a rticip a tin g fa m ilie s o f the
community. C lasses w ill be held on
the Dartmouth Campus, and w ill not
have more than ten students to
a
c la s s . This w ill give each teacher
an opportunity to give much
more
in d ividu al help than i s p ossib le in
the conventional classroom.
A ll o f the m aterial needs o f the
student w ill be supplied, so th at a
student may give a l l o f h is time to
h is stu d ie s. Transportation to the
c o lle g e and return home fo r summer
vacations i s a ls o furn ish ed . A lso,
parents w ill be provided with
the
transportation to v i s i t th e ir sons
a t midyear.
When these boys complete
th e ir
high school and can meet enrollment
requirements, they w i l l be given a
scholarship to attend
c o lle g e a t
Dartmouth.
I t i s rather in te r e stin g to note
th a t, our encyclopedia traces
the
beginnings o f Dartmouth
back to
Moor's Indian Charity School, which
was founded a t Lebanon, Connecticut
about 1750. I t was
esta b lish ed as
Dartmouth College in an English
charter granted by King George III
in 1769.
Anna Lestenkoff
STAFF TO V ISIT
I t i s planned th at some of the
Chemawa S ta ff
w ill be tra v elin g
to Alaska and New Mexico
to v is it
parents of stud en ts. This v is it in g
i s planned fo r early in the su m er.
Kee Wilson
NUMBER 4
STUDENTS E LE C T
FOUR SENIORS
The Student Body has selected
four sen
to serve as
- iors
—
« th
-» e ir
e lec te d o ffic e r s fo r the next year.
Eugene Bourdukofsky, who was
th is
years v ice-p resid en t has been given
the o ffic e o f p resid en t. Eva Wilson
ie the new v ic e -p r e sid e n t. Eva was
president o f her c la ss
la s t year.
Madelyn R eft, a newcomer to
p o li
t i c s , but an honor stu d en t, i s the
new secreta ry . Donald Jackson, two
years as c la s s trea su rer, has been
selected to serve as treasu rer.
It was a rather q u iet e le c tio n ,
somewhat lacking in the usual fan
fare and p o sters. However, most o f
the students ev id en tly knew
th e ir
ch o ice, and a very im pressive s la te
o f o ffic e r s has been s e le c te d .
Student Council used good judg
ment in s e le c tin g the underpass as
the p o llin g place and a b e tter vote
count was accomplished.
Annie Rose Benally
BIG CHIEF-M OORE VISITS
"More and more and more," was the
cry o f the crowd, when R u ssell " Big
Chief" Moore and h is band v is it e d us
a t the auditorium.
Moore, a Pima Indian, i s on tour
of the Indian Schools. He brought to
Chemawa, some o f the f in e s t
en ter
tainment th at we have been fortunate
enough to hear. His trombone and h is
w it kept us glued to our sea ts
fo r
the e n tir e performance.
Larry Dashne
Mingled emotions were present in
the minds o f everyone,/ when
the
announcement was made th at Mr. Ray
Sorensen, our P rin cip a l, was being
promoted and th at he would not be
with us next year. We were elated
to learn th at he had been chosen to
assume the d u ties o f an
important
p o sitio n in the Washington, D. C.
O ffice . We were, a t the same tim e,
sad to see him go, for we know how
much we s h a ll miss him and the many
fin e things that he has done fo r
the students and the sch o o l. At the
same tim e, there was a l i t t l e b it
of fear th at we might not be able
to carry on without h is kindly help
and d ir e c tio n .
Mr. Sorensen Came To
Chemawa
three and a h a lf years ago. He was
previously a t Wrangell In s titu te in
Alaska. His f i r s t d u ties were as a
Academic Department Head. With the
retirem ent o f the former p r in c ip a l,
he was made p rin cip a l and has been
serving in th a t p o sitio n fo r three
years.
June 15, i s the approximate date
that he w ill be leavin g us and w i l l
be moving h is fam ily to Washington,
D. C ., where he w ill assume h is new
d u ties with the Bureau
o f Indian
A ffa irs, Education D iv isio n , as a
Supervisory Education
S p e c ia lis t -
Curriculum.
The good wishes o f Chemawa are
accompanying The Sorensens in th is
new venture.
Oscar T sin n ijin n ie
B—na Beaver
CHEMAWA HOSTS PARENTS
Chemawa has been hosting qu ite a
number o f v is it o r s during the month
of May. S ot » of the guests were on
campus because o f a s p e c ia l
v is i
ta tio n program th at was a part of
T itle I , 89-10. S elected from each
ta tio n program that was a part o f
T itle I , 89-10. S elected from each
represntative area, one parent was
brought to the campus. Here they
brought to the campas. They were
given the opportunity to v i s i t with
students and s t a f f . They, in turn,
w ill go back to th e ir areas and be
the one to inform the r e s t o f
the
people. In a d d itio n , th ere has been
a larger than usual number o f r e la
t iv e s and frien d s th a t have came to
Isee the sen iors graduate.
Larry Dashne
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