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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1950)
"?H -.J! t;'.?:t ;!rlj.ii ,i;itJ . r: j.f nl:i! ch Sch ool Observes 70th Birthday i emawa v This U Chemawa Indian school's 1950 senior class. It Is shown working durinr a study period in its modern classroom. In the backrronnd instructing a pupil is the 12th grade teacher, Beatrice Morse. r t irr fflv l Jin : n i 5 ; ; : I '"j' t J'vV -r r - Probably the most eager among pupils at the Chemaws Indian school 'are these Navajo Indian chil dren, shown receiving spelling instruction from their teacher, Mrs. Grayce Burley. The youngsters from Arizona and New Mexico are progressing rapidly under special instruction. None of them could speak English until this year. i r t With more than 60 pupils and 50 staff members, the Chemawa Indian school is a community within Itself. The photo, taken from the south end of the campus, shows the store and postoffiee and several school buildings. A group of pupils; are pictured walking from a class to their dormitory' (Photos by Lester F. 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The SUtesman CHEMAWA, Feb. 18 Pretty Indian maids, dressed in their na tive tribal costumes, ruled at Che mawa Indian school, Saturday when the institution four miles north of Salem celebrated its 70th birthday. Queen Eleanor Charley, 17, of the Walla Walla-Yakima Indian tribe, is number one figure for the special ceremonies. A junior in high school, she has been at Che mawa 10 years. Princesses in Queen Eleanor's royal court are Georgianna, 18, Craig, Alaska, a senior; Loretta Quaempts, 17, Pendleton, a junior; Isabelle Patchpe, 17, Nespelem, Wash., a sophomore, and Martina Quaempts, 14, a freshman and sis ter of Loretta. Chemawa Indian school, which today sprawls over 400 acres in the fertile Labish farm area, was founded at Forest Grove Feb. 25, 1880 by Lt. M. C. Wilkinson. The first buildings were located on a four-acre tract owned by Pacific university. The school soon outgrew Its Forest Grove site, and five years later was moved to its present lo cation at Chemawa. The first class was graduated from the present school in 1886 after completing the equivalent of a sixth-grade course. In 1888, another two years were added to the curriculum and the first grade school graduates re ceived their diplomas. A 10th grade was added in 1924, and a full high school course was ap proved in 1927. The school today includes more than .30 buildings, including class rooms, dormitories, staff houses, gymnasium and a dining room. Its picturesque campus is generously dotted with stately trees planted in the early 1900s. Mexico and Arizona. Operated by the federal govern ment, the institution is headed by R. M. Kelley, who took over as Chemawa's 21st superintendent in 1947. At " the present time, KelJey is directing a well-balanced aca demic and vocational training program. Reading, writing and arithmetic are the main subjects, but boys and girls are also offer ed a full proa-am of vocational Contrasted to the handful of subjects and athletic activities. students 70 years ago, Chemawa now has an annual enrollment av eraging 600 pupils from Indian tribes of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, California, New " ' ' ' ; . " : : -; v' -i ' y "3. v if ' - - r & - f , ix ft t " , xfc- i 1 ' w 'A - t v ' - .v. ' i; , - ' -' ' ::' , This small group, shown In an Id photo, Is the 1904 rraduatinr class at Chemawa Indian school. Stand ing from the left are Haynes DeWitt, William Blodgett, Lulu Beach, Jesse Crook and Percy Johnson; seated from the left are Olloise Sullivan, Faye Charles, Emma Williams, Cecelia Johnson and Blanche Davis. Several are still alive and residents of the northwest. Students leave Chemawa each year with a knowledge of the fun damentals of carpentering, print ing, mechanics, farming and home economics. Journalism stu dents under the instruction of Be atrice Morse, eighth grade teach er, publish a newspaper and an outstanding yearbook, the Che mawa American. The Indian race, famous for its outstanding athletes furnishes Chemawa j with top football, base ball, basketball and tjrack tear-. The Redskins have Riled up an enviable record throughout tbe years in competition ! with Wil larrctte valley schools. Faculty memberi believe the destin tne nortnwest ts ct continued existence at Chemawa of! Indians in isefiy tied wjt't of the school. L33e famous institution jwas threa t ened with sudden tfeath by a con gressional budget ;Cwt ;n 1948, but action by Willamette Ivalley citi-? zens restored the appropriation af ter a long light. 1 Many noted 9 Indian citizens sre numbered among the school's graduates, and Superintende nt Kelley believes many more out standing leaders will leave Che- ' ma wa's classrooms in the future. ALUMINUM It's Lighter ... 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