C H EM A W Á
VOLUME 67
Ekstrom A tten d s
P resid en t's Class
A M ERICAN
CHEMAWA, OREGON MARCH 1971
NUMBER 5
Students Serve As Pages
In State Legislature
Pete Ekstrom, a Senior at Chemawa,
was honored recently by being se
lected for the second annual P re si
dential Classroom for Young Ameri
cans.
Pete was one of 350 high
school students chosen from through
out the United States and its terri
tories and p o ssessio n s. He was one
of only three students from Oregon
chosen to make the trip.
The classroom lasted a week and
was held in Washington, D. C. Pete
attended 24 seminars in his seven-day
stay in the nation’s capital. These
classe s were held by prominant gov
ernment officials and dealt with pro
blems facing the United States at
home and abroad and how the govern
ment works.
Some of P e te ’s “ teac h ers” in this
special sessio n included General
William Westmoreland, former com
mander of all American forces in
Vietnam. R epresentative Paul McClo-
sky of C alifornia and the Ambassador
from the African nation of Sierra Martha Ward and Glenn Douglass take time out from their duties as pages to
Leone.
the Oregon State Legislature to pose with Governor Tom. McCall. Glenn and
At the conclusion of the week, Pete Martha spend half of their school day working with the sta te’s lawmakers.
had to pass a tough, comprehensive
examination over what he had learned
Principal William J. Tucker said
in order to receive his certificate of
Two Chemawa students, Glenn Dou that he was very happy that Chemawa
completion.
glass and Martha Ward, donate half of students are given the chance to work
Aside from the c la s s e s , there was their school days to the Oregon State in the legislature, and he hopes that
plenty of time for sightseeing. Pete L egislature, where they are serving the opportunity will continue and that
and the others got to see the C apital, as pages. Both Glenn and Martha are students will get a chance to work
the White House, the Washington and juniors from A laska. Glenn works for there whenever the legislature is in
Lincoln Memorials and the other sights four hours in the morning and Martha sessio n .
(The Oregon Legislature
of the city.
works for four hours in the afternoon, meets every other year.)
P ete, an A laskan, also got a chance
A page in the Oregon Legislature
Glenn and Martha, who are both in
to see one of the Senators from his has many d uties. Generally, they are terested in p o litics, hope that they
home sta te , Senator Ted Stevens, and expected to run errands, deliver m es can put their experience to work and
to attend some of the hearings on the sages and do other types of “ odd someday serve in a legislature as
proposed oil pipeline. He also got jo b s” for the busy senators and repre members and lawmakers.
the chance to tell Senator Stevens sen tativ es. Glenn and Martha are ju st
his own feelings on the subject.
two of several students from Salem-
IN T H IS IS S U E
“ I’m glad I got the chance to go,” area high schools and colleges who
said P ete. “ What I learned will be a have been given this chance to see
S p e c ia l In s e r t On
help to me, and with it I will be able and learn about the lawmaking process
to help others. I hope other Chemawa first hand. Among the other pages are
students get the same chance in the students from the schools for the deaf
future.”
C h e m a w a M o to r Co.
-and the blind.