The Chemawa American, March 23, 1972, Page 4, Image 4

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Th e A m e ric a n Looks A t
O ff -Campus Living
It’s theirs for three weeks. Al Nicori tries to get a date while Harold Fairbanks waits his
turn in the front room of “ their” apartment. Harold does not seem too impressed with A l’s
technique.
Connie Merculief, Martha Wassillie, Bev Hill and Clara Edwards check over the budget for
their three-week stay. The money has to last.
Chemawa Seniors have participated
in an off-campus living program all
year in Salem-area apartments.
This program was set up because
school records reveal that the majority
of the students lacked the experience
of living in a large metropolitan area
and have difficulty adjusting to the
requirements of urban living.
Off-Campus apartment living is a
means of providing a student with
first-hand knowledge of the many
facets of living in a metropolitan area.
The experience will enable them to
function more successfully when they
leave high school and enter further
training or go into the world of work.
The students live off-campus for a
three-week period, during which time
they attend school regularly, use bus
and taxi service for transportation,
plan menus and purchase food at
supermarkets, prepare their own meals,
pay rent and utilities, and manage
household affairs in the apartment.
Each student is given a certain amount
of money, and he has to budget it.
When asked what the students liked
best about living off campus, their
remarks were, as follows:
“ The
quietness, staying up as late as you
like, cooking for yourself, watching
T.V. as late as you like, sleeping as
long as you want on weekends, and
the privacy.”
Each Senior will get a turn on the
off-campus living program.
The girls discuss apartment life over a cup of coffee.
pating in the program.
All Seniors look forward to partici­
Al tries out his bachelor cooking on a brave volunteer, Bart Heckman.
that fixing It yourself was cheaper than going out all the time.
The boys found out