CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Volume 70, Number 2
Chemawa Indian School Salem, OR 97303
_____________________ October 12, 1973
S c h o o l R e p o rt
Firm Hunted To
Draw Plans
Fall brings football to Chemawa, and why is Rally Girl Loretta Penney so happy?
The Braves are winning this one.Players v is ib le in the background are Lee Schumann
(30) of Kennedy and Larry Edwards (55) of Chemawa. Roy A ishanna got the picture
and the Graphic Arts cl ass "made the duotone.
Energy Crunch Hits Chemawa
The effects that the current energy
crisis is having on Chemawa are
similiar to other places, according
to Acting Supt. Y. T. Witherspoon
and Guidance Director Leo Freder
ickson, Chemawa is voluntarily cut
ting down on its use of electricity
and heat.
The dorms have been told to turn
their lights off earlier at night, keep
windows closed and turn the rad
iators down or'off, rather than open
windows to cool rooms.
During school hours, all windows
are closed in the dorms and the
lights are turned off.
In all the offices in all the build
ings, only half the lights, or only
those that are really needed are
used. The employees in the offices
turn their lights off even if they are
only going to be gone for short
periods of time, such as lunch
breaks or a walk to the store between
classes.
In some buildings bulbs were
removed from extra lights so they
could not be used.
The City of Salem asked if it
might be possible to turn off the cam
pus lights, but the answer to that
was no. Chemawa can’t turn off its
campus lights. But the school has
been using less electricity than
usual during the days and nights and
is
continuing to do so.
It was said that if the energy
crisis gets worse, Chemawa will
really have to stop doing many things
it is doing now. The school will
also have to find other ways to cut
even further down on the uses of
power.
How is the new school coming?
Will it ever get here? In terms of
the new school,here is how we stand
right now.
“ We do have the planning money
to hire an architectural firm to draw
the plans for the new school,” says
Sop^rintendent Y. T. Witherspoon.
He added that the B.I.A. will ne
gotiate a contract, sign a contract
or enter into a contract to do that
planning for the new school.
Several firms have app lied for the
contract, and the list has been cut
down to five. The final selection
should be made during the first two
weeks of October.
Witherspoon added that there will
be a committee made up of students,
advisory school board members and
all others interested in the new
school to advise the firm selected to
draw the plans. He estimated that
it would take the architects between
12 and 18 months to complete their
plans.
The new school will be located
between the present school and
Highway 99E. The power line will
have to be moved because the new
school will be in the middle of that
area, where the grove of trees is.
O k b a o k C hosen
P re s id e n t
The seniors elected their class
officers 9ctober 1. Delbert Okbaok
from Teller, Alaska, was elected
president. Lorena Thompson from
Pendleton, Oregon, was elected vice
president.
The secretary is Mary Looney from
Goldendale, Washington. The treas
urer is Dorothy Dick from Nespelem,
Washington.
Gary Abrahamson, from Spokane,
Washington,
is
sergeant-at-arms
and the student council represen-
is Vince Adolph.