The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current, January 01, 1972, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextClub N ew s A G R IC U L T U R E CLUB The Chemawa Recreation Dept. will have available, starting January 19th, bicycle rentals on campus. R i f le T e a m F o r m e d N a t iv e P o e t S p e a k s Starting January 19th, the first Rifle Club for Chemawa Indian School, was formed. The school’s Recreation Dept, is working with the club, which is spon- sered by the Optomist Club from down town Salem, through cooperation with the Oregon National Guard. Mr. LeRoy Selam, a member of the Yakima Tribe, spoke to several of the English classes on January 12. He spoke on several things pertaining to the Indian of today and the Indian of yesterday. Mr. Selam is an author, lecturer, poet arid Indian singer. He knows his own language and the old ways of his tribe. He also attended Chemawa during the 1940’s. Mr. Selam talked about one poem that he wrote. The poem was pub lished last year in “ The Indian His torian” . The name of the poem is “ What Is This Upon My Land?” This poem is based upon “ what is happening to the Indians today” . Mr. Selam also showed other books written by other Indian authors and poets. He said he felt it was his duty to talk to Indian people and help keep Indian students in school. He said that he hoped to come back and sing with the N.I.C.E. Club. Boys from Brewer and McNary Halls Terry Ward will be in charge of will participate and compete against renting the bicycles. It will cost four other teams from the Salem area 25<t per half hour and the bikes will for marksmanship. There will be two be set up behind the Student Center. teams of ten boys. The boys of each There will be a fleet of twelve bikes team will be competing against each so that more students will get an op other and five will be chosen to repre portunity to use them. By the 19th, sent their teams. The Rifle Club will have the use of two tandem bikes, two girl’s, and two boy’s, all light-weight bikes will be the Indoor Rifle Range at the Salem Armory. ready for rental. The students are allowed to go rid After three years, this Rifle Club ing around the campus and also up is finally becoming a reality, and is around Hayesville. one of the few projects which Chem The Recreation Club is now spon awa will be able to compete within soring a Boys’ Rifle Club team. The the Salem community. Next year the team is composed of squads from Rifle Club hopes to compete in North Brewer and McNary Halls. They are west Rifle Association meets. also sponsoring a Bicycle Club. Nellie Macauly will be taking the place of Rose Boothe as treasurer of the Recreation Club. Rose graduated at mid-term. Every year during the midterm, The art program has been moved upstairs in Hawley Hall to Mr. Lamb’s students are given big tests. How room. The classes are still held at about trying ours for fun? Just add the regular time~7:30 Thursday nights. and subtract as you read along, and then compare with the scale below. R E C R E A T IO N C LU B Start out with ten points as a gift The Agriculture Club elected a new from us. president and vice-president. Pat 1. Are you courteous to all faculty Andrew replaced Lincoln Enoch, a and staff members? (10 points for a mid-year graduate. David Enoch took ves) 2. You make it to your detail every P at’s place as vice-president. The club held a party for Lincoln at the day (5 points) sometimes (2 points) Agriculture Building and presented hardly ever (zero) him with a clock for his services to 3. (Freshmen and sophomores) You the club. respect and never hassle upperclass The club also plans to have a men. (2 points) guest speaker talk to them on animal 4. You were tardy to class today raising. Other classes will be invited without a good excuse, (lose 2 for to hear him.. The club will also be each tardy) sponsoring movies and dances in the 5. You can go through a day with near future. out a cigarette (2 points) or even a week! (10) C O M M E R C E C LU B 6. You lose 10 points if you’re The Commerce Club plans to sell drinking anything stronger than coke. valentines at Trailer 7. Miss Huf 7. You made it on the honor roll fman’s art students will design the without cheating on your tests! (5 cards for the club. The club made points) 60 dollars selling Christmas cards 8. Give yourself another five and stationery. points if you wrote to your parents The Commerce Club will also take this month. new members and meets the first 9. But subtract two if it was only Wednesday of each month. to ask for money T e s t Your C hem aw a I.Q. 10. Five points if you know the members of the wrestling team (Every one knows the basketball players.) 11. Even better, if you know the managers for the teams. (6 points-- no cheating) 12. Subtract four if you had to ask Jhe coaches. 13. Five points if you can tell Mr. Gillespie what “ politics” means. ■ 14. Subtract four if you “ cut" across the dining hall during lunch time. 15. (Seniors) Twenty point bonus if you can tell Miss Graham the whole sad story of Hamlet. If you have more than fifty points, you’re awfully good, awfully smart or you cheat. If you have 30-50 points, you prob ably asked someone with more than 50. If you have 20-30, you probably never watch the wrestling matches or argue politics with Mr. Gillespie. If you have less than twenty, you’d better take Miss Graham’s English class and write to your parents more often. They may wonder about the bad habit you picked up cutting across the dining hall each lunchtime.