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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1910)
4 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN Cbc Cbemawa Ettierctan Published Weekly at the United States Indian Training School. subscription Price, 25 Cents a Year Clubs of Five or Over 20 Cents. Kntered a the Ohemavva. Oregon, Postofficn as Second-class mail matter. Edwin L. Chalcraft - - Superintendent Postoffice Address - - Chemawa, Oregon Telegraphic Address - - Salem, Oregon PRINTING STAFF Benjamin Wilcox, Henry Darnell, John Service, Robert Service, Oscar Case, Jasper Grant, Reggie Downie, Harry Stone, Patsy Barrett YOUR HEADING MATTER. Your thinking is governed largely by what you read. You .environment will also exert an influence over your mind. Those whom you met socially will leave an impression on you for "better or for worse." By having care regarding the books you read and thecharaeier of those whom you choose for your friends and making your environment as congenial as possible, you should be able to advance yourself toward a plane, socially and in tellectually, which will contribute to your success and happiness throughout life. One of the greatest influences upon character is that of literature. The read ing of sensational and pernicious litera- . ture be comes in time a habit with a person. One acquires a taste for the sensational, and the sensational in cheap fiction is usually of a. very low order. The mind becomes "tuned" to this or that standard of literature and reasons and draws 'deductions accordingly. It requires a coarse mind to enjoy a coarse book. Many are the crimes committed as the result of reading low, cheap and brutal detective stories and romances. One has but to watch our daily papers' columns for proof of this assertion Bad com panionship leads to cigarettes, the cup, and bad literature. This is a combina tion which in time will certainly get the better of you and you will go '.o the"dogs" generally if you do not become an "out and out" criminal. The start toward such an end is more likely to be found in the books you read than any other t ne thing. Think a moment! Bad books cannot possibly do you any good that is an unheard-of proposition. On the other hand, the reading of good books, those given the public by the minds of moral and cultured men and women, will furn ish you motives for righteous thinking and living and conduce to your happi ness in many ways. It is well to consid er these matter. Christmas is soon to be here and some of the little children can "almost" hear the tinkling of the bells on old Santa's reindeers. Great, indeed, are the joys of of youthful anticipation! If the young sters could only realize h they would discover that it is possible to be happy every day. It takes not Christmas to make the earth beautiful, the air fresh and balmy, or the sun shine, all things; which we enjoy and for which we should be thankful. We are publishing in another column of this issue a document of a legal char acter which will probabh' be of interest to those who are attracted by bar proceed ings. It is a good sign to see our boys taking an interest in matters pertaining to the laws of the iand. Last year con siderable attention was given to "court proceedings", by one of our leading literary societies. ' '