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CHEMAWA HOSTS
BAND CLINIC
On F e b r u a r y 1 0 , 1 9 6 9 ,
Cheat aw a h o s t e d a l l o f th e
C a p it a l C o n feren ce s c h o o ls
f o r a Band C l i n i c . T h e r e
were appro x im a tely 500 Band
stu d e n ts from 1 4 s c h o o ls and
t h e i r d i r e c t o r s on campus.
The C lin ic was conducted fay
D r. D avid W a lla c e and t h e
Oregon C o lle g e o f E ducation
Band.
The C l i n i c com m enced a t
1 0 : 0 0 a .m . w it h s e c t i o n s
m e e tin g in d i f f e r e n t rooms
t o d is c u s s th e d if f e r e n t and
many problem s t h a t fa c e th e
p la y e r s o f ea ch p a T t f c u la r
in str u m e n t o f t h e Band. At
11:00 a.m. th e em phasis was
p la c e d on en sem b le p la y in g
and th e lit e r a t u r e a v a ila b le
f o r e n s e m b le s . D u r in g t h e
lu n ch hour, th e O.C.E. Band
and th e g u e st d ir e c t o r s had
lu n ch in th e Chemawa D in in g
H a ll, w h ile th e v i s i t i n g
s t u d e n t s a te t h e ir sa ck
l u n c h e s in t h e gym. The
‘M eteors* , Chemawa* s Rock
B and, p r o v id e d m u sic f o r
l i s t e n i n g and dancing in th e
gym.
The s e s s i o n c lo s e d w ith a
concert fo r a l l th e Band s t u
dents performed by th e O.C.E.
B a n d . The m u s ic p ro g ra m
included a wide range o f Band
a r r a n g e m e n t s - - f r o m B a ch
(1 6 th Century) to H ovanhess
(2 0 th C entury).
Chemawa was very p le a se d to
be th e h o s t f o r th e C l i n i c
t h i s y e a r . The Music D epart
ment w ish es to ex p r e ss t h e ir
thanks to a l l t h e s t a f f and
a d m in is t r a t io n members f o r
h e lp in g to make th e C lin ic a
su ccess.
STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICE
The stu d e n t c o u n c il members
have been busy f i x i n g t h e i r
new o f f i c e u p s t a i r s i n th e
Employee* s Club which i s used
fo r b u sin e ss.
The f lo o r i s c a r p e te d w ith
a medium red ru g, p i c t u r e s
were bought from th e Art Cen
t e r and hung in th e o f f i c e ,
a new f i l i n g c a b in et has been
bought and an o ld s a f e , which
i s s t i l l in good sh a p e, has
been purchased.
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Our Flag Holidays
The fla g should be d isp layed on a l l days when weather per
m its , e s p e c ia lly on:
New Y ear’ s D a y __
--------------------------------------- January 1
Inaugural Day _____
Every fo u rth y ear on January 20
L in c o ln ’ s B irthday ________ ----------------------------------- February 12
Washington’ s B irthday ____ ----------------------------------- February 22
E aster Sunday _____________ ________ _________________ V a ria b le
J e ffe rs o n ’ s B irthday _____
Freedom Day U. S. A. ____ --
Armed Forces Day ....._______ -------------------- 3rd Saturday in May
Memorial D a y __ ____ ________
Flag Day ........._______ ______
Independence Day __________
V-J D a y ____________________ --------------------------------------- August^lA
Labor Day __________________ — ____ _ 1 s t Monday in September
C o n s titu tio n D a y __ _______ ----------- ----------------------September 17
Columbus Day ...____ ______..... ------ — «g&a----- _---------— October 12
V eteran ’ s Day _____________ -------------- .-------------------- November 11
Thanksgiving Day .................... ;----------- 4 th Thursday in November
P earl Harbor Day ........... ..
------------------------------------- December 7
Christmas Day ___ __________ ................... ...................... December 25
Chemawa has taught me about
CHEMAWA’ S DIFFERENT TRIBES th e world th a t I didn* t know
Chemawa s t u d e n t s h a v e , in and h a s been th e key t o un
t h e p a s t , come from e v e r y lo c k my fu tu r e .
John Brower
corner o f th e n a tio n . While
a t th e p r e s e n t most o f them
come from A la sk a , th e r e are TH E
SAD IN D IA N
many d i f f e r e n t t r i b e s h ere
a t Chemawa.
In a lp h a b e tic a l order, they
run. a s fo llo w s :
A leut
Nez Perce
Puyallup
Athabascan
Eskimo
T lin g e t
Baida
Warm Springs
Navajo
Yakima
Boys outnumber g i r l s by 7 6,
w ith 443 boys and 367 g i r l s .
T here a r e 390 A lask an boys
and 324 A la sk a n g i r l s , 47
Navajo boys t o 37 g i r l s , and
6 boys and 6 g i r l s from th e
N orthw est.
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
P u b lis h e d At
Chemawa In d ia n School
Chemawa, Oregon
P ub lish ed by the j o i n t e f
fo r t s o f the business educa
t i o n and t h e j o u r n a l i s m
c la s s e s .
M r. H a llie 0 . W a lt e r s _____ —
_____ Superintendent
Mr. W illia m J . Tucker .----------..
_______-___ P rin c ip a l
Business Educat ion.. Product ion
Mr. F. D ivers ......... — Sponsor
Student E d ito r s .... The e n tir e
jo u rn a lis m class
STRANGE! HOW ILL I FEEL ON
SCHOOL MORNINGS AND HOW FAST
I RECOVER ON WEEKENDS.