TUESDAY. APRIL 26, 1949
Students Work and Help Navajos In Summer Camp
(This is the first in a series
of eight articles on summer
work camp experiences of sev
eral members of the student
body. Further information con
cerning such work camps can
be obtainei at the PSCA office.
304 Old Main).
As told to the Daily Collegian
by Paul Raver, a member of
the Friends Society Work Camp
in Aneth, Utah, last summer.
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Aneth, Utah, consists of one mind. We erected buildings, built
trading post and a government a pump house, etc. The construe
school for Navajo Indian child- tion of quonset huts was the big
ren. It is 45 miles to the nearest j o b, but they were finished in
town, in southeastern Utah. three weeks. The school, which
The work camp consisted of 22 had not been used for several
campers, the director, and his years, looked better in its new
wife. The group represented a paint job, roof, and plaster. The
cross-section of all parts of the pump house was built with the
United States. One woman was able assistance of the Navajo
from the Tuscarora Indian Re- stone masons.
servation of New York state. The A job of a little different na-
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campers included farmers, stud
ents, nurses, professors, and oth
ers, and was composed of men
and women of all ages, with the
majority in the student age group.
It was a great satisfaction to
all of us who attended to know
that through the little we did
while there 65 more Navajo child
ren can get a crack at something
we take for granted, but which
they cherish dearly.
The work was quite diverse,
but we had one main objective in
ture took several fellows into the
Hogans, mud homes, of many of
the Navajos in the community to
get a survey of school age child
ren. There are about three or four
times as many school age child
ren as the school will hold.
Assure Navalos of Aid
The objective we all had in
mind was to meet the Navajo and
to give him some assurance that
there are some white men who
One of the few examples of
wholehearted cooperation be
tween Hindu and Moslem factions
in India during last year's riots
was seen in the Student Relief
Committee for the nation, which
had delegates from both sides,
and which showed complete im
partiality in distributing relief
goods purchased by Indian dona
tions.
MAKE YOURS THE MILDER CIGARETTE
want to help the red men. This
was done i n several ways—
through medical care, a com
munity day program, soft ball
games with Navajo youths, and
in the little contacts we had with
the Navajo during the Iwo months
we were there.
Library Requests
Return of Posters
Two posters were stolen from
the bulletin boards on the second
floor of the library over the week
end. One of these was part of
the "Invest Your Summer" ex
hibit sponsored by the Students
Christian Association; the other
was from the La Vie display.
Miss Elsa Lisle, circulation lib
rarian, has requested that the
posters be returned because
others aren't available.
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Theta Phi Alpha
Theta Phi Alpha Sorority and
Chi phi fraternity honored their
pledges at an "April Showers"
dance Saturday at the Chi Phi
House.
Jack Huber and his orchestra
furnished the music for the
"Showers."
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