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repeated th e hum an m ind becomes im pressed w ith it, in sen sib ly .”
I he absolute honesty of W ashington and th e tru th of his u tterances,
as above m entioned, m ust appeal to all classes of people who are su p
porters of rig h t against w rong and who are lovers of tru th and justice.
W e do not wish to incite or antagonize one race against an o th er—far from
it for both and all peoples m ust live here in peace and am ity; therefore,
let us not harp upon the shortcom ings of our forbears unnecessarily.
In our present-day life we wish to call the atten tio n of all to th e fact
th a t the un scru p u lo u s w hite m an who tries to d efrau d the Indian will
ju st as readily defrau d his w hite b rother if o p p o rtu n ity to do is p re
se n ted .’ Such being the case, it behooves all of us to be in a position
to fight th e u n scru p u lo u s blackleg and we are pleased to see th a t the
Society of A m erican In d ian s is in a position to voice its own sentim ents
th ro u g h its own press.
ANOTHER M O N T H
In th e course of an o th er m onth we will be on the eve of our com
m encem ent. In th e very n atu re of th in g s there is m uch w ork to be
crow ded into th at period and the proper course for us to pursue, one
and all, is to roll up our sleeves and go at it w ith a vim . W e wish to
have a m em orable com m encem ent and m ust w ork to th a t end.
T o look back it seems such a very short tim e since the b eg in n in g of
school last fall and some of us will soon be asking ourselves w hat has
been our accom plishm ent w ithin th a t period. Of course there is al
w ays an inner grow th, an expansion of w hich we are not conscious,
but added to th is we should each have progressed and m ade the most of
our o pportu n ities to a degree w hich would unable us to point to some
specific achievem ent. Life at best is short and uncertain and we should
all do our best at all tim es.