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2 Chemawa American E d ito ria l S e c tio n Getting Shot Can Be Good for You Recently we were all subjected (or Chemawa where the percentage of should I say injected?) in English students having a positive skin test class to a little poke in the forearm has declined from 54% in 1968 to 45% frdm the Doctor. He called this test a in 1969, 18% in 1970, 15% in 1971, 12% Tine Test. in 1972 and about 14% this year. The staff of the Chemawa American The T*ne T est itself is a replace- went over to the Health Center to find ment of the more painful PPD tests we out a little more about this test, and used to get in the Cafeteria at the be this is what we found. ginning of the year. The testing program is done as a pre Dr- Fraback said that the follow-up ventative health measure as well as an of the positive skin tests will be thor eradication program of the disease ough including chest X-Rays and INH Tuberculosis. therapy for a period of time where “ The way this test works,” said indicated. Dr. Fraback, “ is simple. If positive— that is, red and swollen two days after the test—it may indicate among other The Chemawa American is one of the things a past or present T.B. infection or an exposure to the disease at some few high school papers in Oregon, or in time in the past.” the entire country for that matter, to be Dr. Fraback emphasized that a posi- both prepared and printed by students, tive reaction does not indicate active From the first rough ideag for page lay- disease. He pointed out that from the °at to the final copy, it never leaves hundreds of positive tests in the past the campus. Eveiy issue we proudly list the few years onlv one case of T.B. has names of all the staffwriters, but wri been found. It is this type of mass testing which ters are only half the picture. This has virtually eliminated T.B. as a ma issue we would like to spotlight the jor cause of illness in most of the con graphic arts c la sse s—those anonymous tinental U. S. and has T.B. on the de workers who take over after the writing cline in Alaska. The proof of this is is done. These guys (and girl I) take the vari- evident from the statistics here at typed copy, shoot and strip the nega tives, prepare the half-tones, burn the W riting on the W all plates and run the finished copy. They are Mike Alexie, Vern Andrews, Ed I’m sure most of the girls have seen Biederman, Donald Black, Cleve Jack, the writings on the bathroom walls. I John Joe, Herb Klatush, Bill Lake, can’t speak for the guys, but as a girl Oscar Larson, Mitchell Lloyd, Tim I just can’t see someone getting their McDonald, A1 Merculief, Janet Pakoo- kicks out of writing the things that are tas. Owens Yahtin and Al Francis, who in some of the restrooms on campus. All I can say is that that’s got to be one of the lowest things on the totem pole. It’s immature, but I guess some girls out there have to get their jollies somehow. To write these “ cute” little things about other people really shows how proud some girls are of their heritage. When there are visitors on campus, and they are in the restrooms, they must think, “ Don’t these people have any pride in themselves or their heritage?” The next time someone decides to pull out her (or his) trusty pen, she ought to ask herself, “ Am I going to sink that low?” This editorial most likely won’t stop all the scribbling, but maybe a few will realize something'by it and grow up. THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN Member of Oregon Scholastic Press Published by the joint efforts of the Business Education Department and the Journalism class. Nancy Barnes Editor: Bobby Dock Associate Editors Paul Kotongan Lynn Miller Harold Yatlin A1 Francis Photographer'- Cartoonist: Ben Snyder Printing: Graphic Arts classes Staff Advisor: Mr. Dashney J. W. Smith Principal: Albert Y. Ouchi Superintendent: A Salute to Some Unsung Heroes is also our photographer. Mr. Ron Berg is their teacher and adviser. We hope as you read this that you too will appreciate the work of those whose job begins when ours is done. Martha Moses Wins Award Martha Moses, a 1972 Chemawa grad uate, won the 1973 Miss Cook Inlet Native Association Scholarship Pageant November 3 in Anchorage, Alaska. Miss Moses is from Bethel, Alaska. She attended Chemawa for four years and is now a student at Anchorage Com munity College. She plans a career as an airline stewardess. Sorry About That Roger In our last issue we said that Roger Adams, Junior Class President, was from Point Hope, Alaska. This is wrong. His home town is K ivalina,. Alaska. Our apologies to Roger for the mistake.
