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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.