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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1968)
•< STUDENTS VISIT STEWART, NEVADA It was a tr ip th at w ill be long remembered by the four students who were fortunate enough to have taken i t . Barbara Cleveland, Ida Largo, Dennison Begay, and Bob Ekstrcm were sele c te d to v i s i t Stewart Indian School in Nevada. Ida and Robert w ill e sp e c ia lly remember i t as the time when th e ir luggage went one way and they another. At San fr a n c isco , the a ir lin e s fo rg o t to tran sfer th e ir s u itc a s e s . When they arrived a t Reno, they found th at th eir luggage was in Fresno. The group were chaperoned on the tr ip by Mrs. Ethelmae Sanders, aca demic English teacher, and Mr. Ted Young, teacher guidance. .. When they arrived a t Stew art, i t was the l a s t week o f school and the' students were busy with p icn ics and. reviews for te s t a . The sen iors were already deep in graduation prepar a tio n . However, they s t i l l found a lo t of time to be hospitable and made the v is it o r s f e e l a t home. The senior p icn ic was held a t b ea u tifu l Lake Tahoe, and the group shared th is outing with them. The Student Council a t Stewart took them to see h is to r ic V irginia C ity. While they were th ere, they got to see many o f the things th at they had read about in books and magazines. The S ilv e r Dollar Queen, the famed T e r r ito r ia l E nterprise, the newspaper th at Mark Twain made famous, and the su icid e ta b le , where so many gamblers took th e ir l i v e s . After they had tired themselves out with sig h ts e e in g , i t was time to e a t, and the council took them to dinner a t a very nioe restaurant. . On the way home the group had a chance to observe people in casinos lo sin g th e ir money. A short but memorable tr ip to a s is t e r sch ool makes new frien d s and . g iv es new ideas but i t a ls o endears students .to th e ir own sch ool. Robert Ekstrcm YEARBOOK D ISTRIBU TED I c a n 't w rite an essay and I c a n 't w rite a poem, but i f ycu de s ir e , I ' l l w rite a l i t t l e d it t y in your annual. Annuals were handed out Kay 8 , and there has been more c rea tiv e w riting taking p lace, than a t any other time th is year. You would im agine th at the English teachers would be very p leased , but somehow agine th at the agine th at the English teachers would be very p leased , but somehow 1 don 't g e t th at im pression. Corrine Edenshaw Timothy B enally, Shiprock, New Mexico and Harold Drake, Tuba C ity, Arizona chat with Mr. Walters on th e ir recent v i s i t to Chemawa. Both of these men are members of Navajo Education Committee. LIBRARY S E T S RECORD A new re coni fo r book checkouts was esta b lish ed on Kay 1 . This was the la s t day that anyone co u l A new record fo r book checkouts was esta b lish ed on May 1 . This was the la s t day that anyone could get a book out o f the lib ra r y and sane o f the students seemed to have more reading to do. The lib ra r ia n l i s t s - 484 books checked out on that day. The tops the previous high, when .365 books were checked out in a day la s t f a l l . C irculation has ’averaged almost three times la s t years average. Someone must be doing a l o t more reading. Mathew Waskey Students To Ice Show I f you have never seen an Ice f o l l i e s , i t would be im possible to describe them. In my opinion, they are the most b ea u tifu l show o f a l l . On May 12, a mixed group from recreation went to Memorial Col- llseum , Portland, to see them. The elaborate costumes, bright colored lig h ts shining on the io e , and gorgeous g ir ls make i t a show to long remember. I must admit, however, a l l th at io e meed me a l i t t l e homesick. Evan P olty ULLMAN VISITS A1 Ullman, Representative from. Oregon, was a v is it o r to our campus on April 16-, He. toured the grounds and inspected some o f the bu ildin gs before meeting in an assembly. At the assembly he stressed the importance o f keeping Chemawa as a boarding school and to ld U3 th a t he would work fo r a new building to house i t in . In h is c lo sin g remarks he to ld us that we should stay in school as long as we can and g e t the best ed ucation p o ssib le . Mathew Waskey SUMMER SESSION UNDER WAY The Summer S ession g ot o f f to a good s ta r t with 79 e n th u sia stic and capable students taking p art. The program t h is summer * is a combined study and work program. The main purpose i s t o provide an experience in learning th at Is t o t a lly unlike the te x t book study o f the regular school yea r. The c en tr a l theme o f the se ssio n i s man and h is r ela tio n sh ip to h is geographical environment. Students are divided in to two groups and one group w i l l be working while the other one is studying. Four o f the e ig h t weeks w ill be consumed in o f f campus study. Each sec tio n w i l l have one week a t Camp Cleowax and one a t Central Oregon C ollege. Each student w i l l be given one u n it o f c r e d it in s o c ia l stu d ie s fo r h is sumner work. Floyd Onesalt *
