The Chemawa American, October 12, 1973, Page 2, Image 2

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Chemawa American
E d ito ria l S e c tio n
Im p o rta n t M e e tin g s H e ld
Mr. J. W. “ Choctaw” Smith, Prin­
cipal, called the juniors and seniors
to a meeting in the auditorium Sep­
tember 24. Smith started the meeting
by welcoming old and new students.
He said that he would like to see
every senior at Chemawa go home
with a diploma.
Then he introduced Mr. Steve
LaBuff, head of the Chemawa Al­
cohol Education Center.
LaBuff
said that there had been 44 drinking
incidents during the first few weeks
of school, and that 25 out of the 44
were by girls! He said that there
would be counselors in the dorms to
work with students who are involved
in drinking incidents. (Mr. LaBuff,
by the way, is an ex-alcoholic, so
take his word on alcoholism!)
LaBuff then introduced Mr. Leon­
ard Tomaskin, a Yakima Indian and
the treasurer for the Chemawa Ad­
visory School Board. Mr. Tomaskin
spoke about his worry over the al­
cohol that had been on campus during
the first weeks of school. He re­
ferred to the students as young
adults and said that they should act
with more responsibility. He told
the juniors and seniors that they
should be better models for the
freshmen and sophomores.
“ Everyone at Chemawa should
try to be a big success in life,” he
said. “ Education is a very impor­
tant standard in life to each and
every one of us.” After his speech
he thanked the students for their
concern.
On September 25, Mr. Smith called
a meeting in the auditorium of all
Chemawa students. Mr. Smith talked
mostly about students who were
cutting classes. He said that the
review boards would begin working
and, “ If you cut classes, you might
as well be home.”
N o S c h o o l P rid e
Have you ever thought of how our
campus would look if it were cleaned
up instead of always having a bunch
of junk lying all over the lawns. Do
we realize how many people who go
by in their cars look at our clean
(???) campus? Have we wondered
what they think of Indians as they
pass by in their cars.
We think the students of Chemawa
should participate more in helping
to keep Chemawa a better and clean­
er campus. L et’s try if we can to
use the garbage cans. It just takes
a few steps over there and back.
Just a little bit of help from every­
body makes our enviroment look a
lot better and gets rid of a lot of the
mess. Selling the pop bottles and
carefully depositing the “ unreturn-
ables” in the garbage would be a
good start.
Remember, we have a name to live
up to. This is our home away from
home. We are Indians and Indians
are pretty clean and neat, right?
Don’t give others the idea that we
are “ dirty savages.” Chemawa is
our home, so let’s get it on and
keep it neat.
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Council
Notes
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by L y n n M ille r
A . S. C . S ecretary
During the first few weeks your
Student Council officers, Roger
Adams, Andrew Tooyak, Lynn Miller
and Linda Jane have been busily
preparing for the 1973-74 school
year.
They have been busy selling year­
books and activity cards. The Stu­
dent Council is responsible for week­
end activities and taking care of
student business.
The Council works with the Stu­
dent Center and the Chemawa Alco­
hol Education Center. They are also
responsible for the yearbook, setting
up the contract and furnishing the
money for picture processing.
Student Council meetings will be
held once a week after school on
Mondays. Not all the representatives
have yet been elected. The entire
Council consists of the four execu­
tive officers and one represen­
tative from each of the dorms and
the four classes. Each of the clubs
on campus also has a representative.
Once these representatives are
ejected, the Student Council will be
in full swing.
The Student Constitution states
that the Executive Officers shall be
installed in front of the student
body. They shall be installed by
the superintendent, or in his absence
by the principal.
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E d ito r:
E le a n o r C a r ltik o ff
S tu d e n t S ta ff:
F red H ill, B o n n ie Jam es,
B rid g e t J a m e s, D a v id Jam es,
Susan J a m e s, V e lm a M an u a l,
L y n n M ille r , B ob T o m a s k in ,
E rn ie W heeler
S ta ff A d v is e r:
M r. John D ashney
P r in tin g A d v is e r:
M r. Ron B e r j
V a r iT y p in g :
B u s in e s s E d u c a tio n
s tu d e n ts
P r in c ip a l:
M r. J . W. “ C h o c ta w ” Sm ith
A c tin g S u p t . : D r . Y . T . W itherspoon