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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1973)
3 Chemawa American C h e m a w a P re p a re s F o r 9 3 r d B ir t h d a y Chemawa’s ninety-third birthday will probably be celebrated during the last weekend in February, according to Curtis DuPuis, Execu tive Secretary to the Chemawa ad visory School Board. DuPuis said that the birthday committee favored this date because it did not conflict with other North west Indian celebrations. Chemawa’s birthday has not al ways been celebrated on the proper day because of scheduling problems, but in this case the weekend of Feb ruary 23—25 would be the historical ly correct date. According to records Chemawa was officially founded February 25, 1880 near Forest Grove. Its first superintendent was M. C. Wilkerson, an army lieutenant. After a fin destroyed the Forest Grove campus, the school moved to its present loc ation in 1885. The birthday celebration, DuPuis said, is intended for students, alu mni, parents and the Indian commu nity. In the past the Salem-area community has not been invited due to lack of space. DuPuis and Mrs. Jackie Grape, adviser to the Native and Indian Culture Explorers, are beginning work on the schedule of events. Both stressed that they wanted more input and participation. As it stands now, the celebration will probably begin with an assembly Friday afternoon, and the main pow wow will be held Saturday night from 7—11. The choir, two or more N.I.C.E. dance groups and indivi dual students will perform at var ious times during the three-day cel ebration. This display, featuring model rockets, pictures, slides and official NASA film footage of an earlier moonwalk, was set up by the science students during^he Apollo XVIJ mission in December. Fire Destroys Trailer, Work An early-morning fire on Decem ber 4 destroyed the trailer used as an office by Dr. Y. T. Witherspoon. The 4 a.m. blaze caused $15,000 damage to the trailer and equipment. The Keizer Fire Department put out the fire, and the State Fire Marshal said that the probable cause was an overheated furnace. The trailer will not be replaced. The fire did considerable damage to Dr. Witherspoon’s professional library. Although most of the books are still identifiable, they have been burned too badly to be saved. Most of the books are works on anthro pology and educational psychology. “ What you really lose is the work put in accumulating it and the ma terial out of print and unavailable,” Dr. Witherspoon commented. However, most of his files were protected by the metal cabinets they were stored in. The file jackets on most were charred, but the material inside was unharmed. These were reports from programs Dr. Wither spoon has worked on. Although some were lost, Witherspoon said there were copies available else where. Dr. Witherspoon works with the title programs at Chemawa. He writes many of the program proposals and works with the programs after they are funded. He is also avail able as a consulting authority to both faculty and students. Chemawa Library Expands Student Services The Chemawa library has a new look this year. Part of the new look is Mr. De- wayne Hildebrand, the new librarian Mr. Hildebrand is a professiona, librarian with four years experience. This is the third library he has worked in. This year the library has extended its hours and is now open from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Friday and 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Sundays. The library is closed on Saturday. Mr. Hildebrand announced three projects designed to improve the library. The first is an increased circulation. “ We’re trying to get more of everything,” he said, and added that he had pulled out the old, unused books to make room for new ones. He said that the Indian collec tion is good, but it needed more titles. The library will soon receive new reference books, but the most recent shipment was a collection of 250 paperbacks. Mr. Hildebrand des cribes the collection as being “ all kinds, fiction and non-fiction, and all available to students right now.” The second project is to allow students to come in to preview records and film strips at night. The third project is a record browsing section which will be c©ming soon, according to Mr. Hildebrand. Mr. Paul Snyder a ssists Mr. Hilde brand. He is in charge of video taping and a new service which laminates and mounts pictures, charts or graphs for student class presentations. This service is free to any student who needs it.
