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Chemawa’s enrollment for the
school year 1973—74 will be between
500—700 students, most of them from
the Northwest.
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Several new classes have been
added to next year’s schedule.
According to Mr. Ed Bartlett, Vice-
principal,they are all very interesting
and will make for a better year.
Here are some of the new classes
Volume 69 Number 6
NOVI
or Chemawa Next Year
for next year-amateur radio, intro
duction to criminology, calligraphy,
(improvement of handwriting), per-
tsonal finance, world history (for
sophomores), social studies (for
seniors), Spanish II and an aware
ness program for freshmen.
Part of the awareness program
will deal with what is going on here
at Chemawa. It will also deal with
Chemawa Indian School Salem, OR
97303
Super Hunt On
Chemawa’s new acting superinten
dent, replacing Mr. Ouchi, is Dr. Y.
T. Witherspoon.
He was appointed to the job by Mr.
Dale Baldwin, the Area Director from
the Portland Office.
Dr. Witherspoon says that his job.
is
both easy and hard. The hard
parts are the problems concerning
students, such as putting them on
probation or sending them home. He
has also been discussing with the
faculty what type of school program
will be used next year.
Dr. Witherspoon thinks a superin
tendent should be an.educator, have
a college degree and some admini
strative experience. He also thinks
a superintendent should understand
education at an accredited high
school.
A superintendent’s job is the
highest-paying in a school, but Dr.
Witherspoon, as an acting superinten
dent, does not get that pay. He gets
the same amount that his former job
as Special Projects Director paid.
Dr. Witherspoon has no idea who
the next regular superintendent will
be. Whoever he is, he will be chosen
by Mr" Baldwin and will be Chem
awa’s 31st superintendent in the 93-
year history of the school.
The first superintendent, Lt.(later
Captain) M. C. Wilkerson, served from
1880 to 1883 when Chemawa was loc
ated in Forest Grove. Ironically, he
was killed in an Indian uprising in
Minnesota' in 1883, shortly after he
left Chemawa.
The second superintendent, who
brought Chemawa to its present loc
ation, was H. J. Minthorn, an uncle
of former President Herbert Hoover.
No superintendent has lasted longer
•than nine years on the job—so far.
1973
other things, for instance, the Indian
student’s relationship with the white
society, and the hunt and preparation
for a future career. It is hoped that
this program will help the freshmen
start their high school years on the
right track, said Bartlett.
There have been no plans made yet
to drop any of the classes presently
being offered.
May 9, 1973
C ongress W a tc h e d
T he firs t flow ers o f spring are a
sign
of
approaching
graduation.
Photographer A l F ra n c is took th is
shot as a part o f his fin a l exam in
photography.
E xp lo rers C lean Up
Three Chemawa Explorer Scouts
should receive commendations from
Scout Headquarters for their work in
the Save Our American Enviroftient
project on April 14, according to
Mr. Louis Fulgaro, adviser of the
Chemawa Explorer Post.
Edgar Madros, Eugene Gurtler and
Ben Henry participated with and help-,
ed guide 35 cub scouts and nine par
ents around the Chemawa campus,
where they picked up litter for two
hours.
The cub scouts were third and
fourth-graders
from Morningside
Grade School in Salem. The scouts
managed to collect two big bags of
trash, plus a few pop bottles to turn
in for the deposit refund.
“ They all did a good job, and we
should thank them a great deal for
helping keep our campus clean,’*
Fulgaro said.
• Curtis du Puis, Chemawa’s advi
sory Board Executive Secretary, and
Lynn Miller of the Chemawa American
staff made a trip to Washington, D.C.
to look into matters pertaining to our
new school.
They attended the congressional
appropriation hearings for the BIA,
in which Congresswoman Julia Butler
Hansen was chairman. Other congres
smen on the committee were Sidney
R. Yates from Illinois, K. Gunn Mc
Kay from Utah, Clarence D. Long
from Maryland, Frank E. Evans from
Colorado, Joseph M. McDade from
Pennsylvania, Wendall Wyatt from
Oregon and Victor V. Veysey from
California.
Chemawa had asked for 5 million
dollars to start construction for the
new school, but due to a cut back of
federal money we were turned down.
But we did receive 100,000 dollars
to design a new hospital. We also
received authority to advertise for a
new superintendent.
It,was stated that perhaps Chema
wa will receive the money for a new
school in the 1975 budget.
S en io rs P lan S k ip
The senior class at Chemawa Ind
ian School are planning on a two-day
camp out and skip day. This will in
clude a banquet.
Senior Baccalaureate will be May
18, with commencement exercises on
May 23.
Mr. Jay Silverheels has accepted
the invitation to be the honorary
£uest speaker at the commencement
ceremony. Mr. Silverheels is a full-
blooded Mohawk Indian from the Six
Nations Indian" Reserve in Ontario,
Canada. He is well-known for his
role as Tonto on the old Lone Ranger
television series.