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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.