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|3 7 1 -9 7 5 SALEM INDIAN SCHOOL, CHEM&WA, OBJ Chemawa A m erican. I ^:657 ______ OREGON STÄTELIBRARY I no • [ CJHLJbJMLA OREGON COLLECTION VOLUME 6 5 CHEMAWA, OREGON, MAY, 1969_________ ____ NUMBER 7 Class o f ’69 Graduates 250 Chemawa’ s graduating Class of 1969 was the larg est class to graduate in the school’ s h i s t o r y . Two hundred and f if ty Alaskan, Southwest and Northwest students graduated to d a y . M iss L i ly C rank, -daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Buddy Crank of F arm in g to n , New Mexico, was the c la ss v a le d ic to r ia n and Miss Barbara Cleveland, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. George C le v e la n d o f Shungnak, A laska, was the c la s s s a lu ta to r ia n . Wesley F r ie d lä n d e r was the f i r s t Northwest s_tudent to graduate since the class of 1957. Today, May 21, G raduation Day e x e rc ise s were held on the Chemawa High School cam pus at 9:00 a. m. The address was d e liv e r e d by Mr. Ray Sorensen, Ass’ t Chief of Cur riculum Development, BIA, (form erly p rin c ip a l of Che mawa High School). The members of the Class of 1969 are: Frank Adams, Rich ard Adams, Roland Adams, A lice N. Agiak, C h arlie G. Agloinga, Zachafiah K. Ahma- kak, A lic e A ishanna, Jane Akootchook, M artin A lexie, Superintendent’s message To the Class of 1969 During your years a t Che mawa, you have had many var ied and worthwhile a sso c ia tions and experiences in edu c a tio n , s o c ia l l iv i n g and leadership. Each one of you, I am c e rta in , w ill take away with you new s tr e n g th s in these areas of human endeav or. I t i s a rapidly changing and challenging era in which you have come of age. Experts p r e d ic t today t h a t by the year 2000 the population of the world w ill have doubled; man w ill have e s ta b lis h e d him self firm ly in space ex p lo ra tio n ; and the problems of man in regard to a ir pol lution, n u tritio n and housing w ill have become in f i n it e ly more challenging and complex than they are today. This is the world which you in h e r it and I know th a t many of you w ill mhke a s ig n if ic a n t and lastin g contribution in solv ing some of i t s problems. I t is my hope and b e l i e f th a t d u rin g your y e a rs a t Chemawa each o f you h as opened a door in your mind which has given you a vision of the magnificence and beau ty of l i f e which w ill be with you always. Be proud of your attainm ents; s tr iv e to learn more; be generous to those l e s s f o r tu n a te than y o u r selv es; be firm in your re solve; and most important of a ll be courageous; never give up; and I am certain th a t you w ill liv e honorably and well with your fellow man. Remember your school and i t s g re a t t r a d i ti o n s ; remember th o s e good and d e d ic a te d s ta f f members who have helped you to understand y o u rse lf and the world a l i t t l e b et te r . Be g ratefu l for parents who have s u sta in e d and en couraged you in your e ffo rts t o extend your e d u c a tio n . Remember the s a c rific e s they have made in your behalf. My personal congratulations to each of you, the graduat ing seniors of 1969. You are p riv ileg ed to liv e in one of the most e x c itin g and c h a l lenging ages in the h isto ry of mankind. The opportunities f o r f u r th e r e d u c atio n and s e rv ic e to your fellow man are as numerous and boundless a s your d e te rm in a tio n and imagination, I wish you well and I know th a t each o f you w ill c a rry on th e Chemawa tra d itio n s o f leadership and s e rv ic e wherever you might choose to liv e . H allie 0. Walters Superintendent Moses A lexie, P ete A lexie, Mary Lou Amaktoolik, Carol L. Amarok, Emma Andrew, Helen Andrew, Mary Andrew, Wassil- l i e Andrew, Lucy Andrews, Peter Andrews, Susie Angaiak, Eleanor Angnaboogok, Frank Anungazuk, Mary Ann Apokedak, Albert Atseriak, Donald Bald win, Rena B a llo t, E lizabeth B alluta, June B alluta, Roger Barger, Emma Beaver, A lfred Beaver, Charles Beaver, Damon Begay, Dennison Begay, Donna Begay, Grace Begay, Ida Be gay, Mary Bird, Alvin Boskof- sky, Eugene Bourdukofsky, Annie Brown, S a lly Brown, B illy Burnell, Henry C arter, L o r r a i n e C a s t ia n a , P a u l Charles, Jimmie Charley» _John Chiquito, Evan Chocknok, Sim eon Chocknok, W a s s i l l i e Chris, Daisy C lani, Barbara Cleveland, Murphy Cleveland, R eginald C leveland, Glenn Cook, L i l l i a n Coppock, Lee Crank, L ily Crank, Marian Crowe, Gene D avid, Rose David, Dekan D e lk ittie , Ar lene Demit, R obert Demit, Gregory D ilts , Larry Dirks, J r . , Angeline Douglas, V ir g in ia Douglas, S hield Down ey, J r . , C orrine Edenshaw, Doreen Edwardsen, Robert Ek- strom , J r . , Nate Elavgak, N icholai Eleshensky, Frank E tc itty , Andrew Evan, Caro l i n e F ran k , C a lv in F red, Wesley W. Friedländer, Kath e rin e L. G aleshoff, Andrea Gamble, Melvin Gamble, Fred George, Evelyn Golodoff, Tim othy Gologergen. J r . , Kathryn Goozmer, Susan Grandsen, Bert G reist, Carol G urtler, Nick Gust, Andy Haley, Lennie Hal- kaini, Grover H arris, S te lla Hatathley, Evelyn Henry, J u l ius Henry, Silas Henry, Rich ard Hensley, B a v illa H ill, Terry Hoffman, Stephen Hom, Raymond Hosteeri, F re d e ric k H u n tin g to n , Vera H u rley , Christine Inga, Axel Jackson, Donald Jackson, Samuel Jack- son, Bobby James, Ernie Jim mie, David John, Kee John, Lena Mae John, C h rtis John son, Cynthia J. Johnson, Don ald Johnson, Georgianna John so n , Lucy J o h n s o n , B e rt Jones, John Jones, Charlene Joseph, Mary Kaleak, Lucinda
