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Chemawa American
E d ito ria l S e c tio n
O regon S c h o lastic Press
D ra w s C h em aw a C re w
During the days of October 11—13,
four students and rne advisor from
the Chemawa American went to the
University of Oregon in Eugene to
attend the Oregon Scholastic Press
Conference.
They were Mr. John Dashney,
Advisor, Lynn Miller, Eleanor Carl-
tikoff and Bridget James, Report
ers and Photographer Roy Aishanna.
Lynn, Eleanor and Bridget stayed
at Pi Beta Phi, one of the soror
ities, and Roy stayed at Theta Chi,
one of ten fraternities at Oregon.
The students registered for the
conference Thursday evening, Oct
ober 11.
Friday morning and part
of the afternoon everyone attended
classes.Some of the classes offered
were on how to write a lively news
column, a new approach to sports
articles or columns, how to produce
the all-American newspaper and
classes in photography and cartoons.
Later that evening a banquet was
held for the s tudents in the Erb
Memorial Union. There were sev
eral speakers, including the turf
editor and handicapp gr of the Los
Angeles Examiner, who spoke on
things concerning journalism.
H IL L
TOP
On Saturday morning there was a
last conference meeting.
After
lunch the students went to the
Oregon-California football game, to
see the Oregon Ducks beat Calif
ornia 41—10.
After the game Mr. & Mrs. Dash
ney took Roy back to Chemawa, and
Tira Ande sen, who works at CAEC
brought Bridget, Lynn and Eleanor
back. The students came back to
the Chemawa American with a better
understanding of journalism and
writing articles about specific
subjects.
The Chemawa American would
like to thank the CAEC and all
others who helped make 4he trip
p qssible.
Hom e L e tte rs --
W hat H appened?
There is no real reason as to why
there are no home letters this year,
according to Mr. Ed Bartlett, Vice-
Principal.
Mr. Bartlett said, “ I guess every
one just forgot about it.” He also
mentioned that he didn’t think there
was anyone appointed to take charge
of home letters, which is probably
the reason why the program has not
gone into effect.
Bartlett feels that the home letters
are good for both the students and
their parents.
The home letters
kept the parents informed on the hap
penings at Chemawa, and gave the
students a chance to write a letter
to their parents and not have to
worry about paying postage.
L ast year each department took
turns writing a form letter to th e
parents. The problem caused by
this was that some of the dep grt-
ments took too long in getting this
done or just sort of kept putting it
off.
Mr. Bartlett feels that the home
letter program should go into -effect
again, and he is going to see about
getting it started one more.
In a random sampling of ten stu
dents, seven said they liked the
idea of home letters and would like
to see the program go into e ffect
again. The other three said that
they really didn’t care.
C ouncil
Notes
by Lynn Miller
A. S. C. Secretary
The Student Council has been
working on ideas to improve some of
the problems and concerns of both
students and staff.
One of our biggest concerns this
year is forming a Student Bill of
Rights, one which will be written
by students. The Student Council
feels it is important for students to
know what legal rights they have as
students.
Other concerns have been getting
more activities on weekends, better
communication between the Student
Council and the student body and the
staff, and student problems. One
problem has been students throwing
rocks and pop bottles at passing
trains and playing chicken with the
trains.
The Student Council has worked
hard on getting the crosswalk open
ed. We wouldn’t want to see the
crosswalk closed. We would like to
see students show that they are
responsible so we can continue
using the cross walk.
President Richard Nixon has
proclaimed November 14 as National
Student Government Day, to recog
nize the importance of student gov
ernments in our schools.
Governor Tom McCall stated,
“ Student councils and similar organ
izations provide students with an
opportunity to work together for
common purposes,” with the effect
that students “ learn about governing
and government, thereby increasing
their social consciousness and their
personal worth to their communities.
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Member of Oregon Scholastic Press
Published monthly (except during va
cations) during the school year by the
joint efforts of the journalism, business
education and graphic arts classes.
Official publication of Chemawa In
dian School, 5495 Chugach St., N.E.,
Salem, OR 97303.
Editor:
Eleanor Carltikofl
Student Staff: Fred H ill, Bonnie James,
Bridget James, David James,
Susan James, Velma Manual,
Lynn Miller, Bob Tomaskin,
Ernie Wheeler
Staff Adviser:
Mr, John Dashney
Printing Adviser:
Mr. Ron Berg
VariTyping:
Business Education
students
Principal:
Mr. J. W. “ Choctaw” Smith
Superintendent:
H r. Ed Loncfifcht