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THE
CHEM AW A
AM ERICAN
business and society will have no foundation.
No one can foretell the possibilities of a human life. Some of our
greatest men are men who began from the lower walks of life. There
are moments in our lives that are worth more than years. To be able to
know and to grasp these particular times is often the making or marring
of a life. No man knew his opportunity better than Edison; his prompt
attention to his ideas have been his fortune. Ideas, not gold, govern
the world. A human worker without ideas is only a machine; he is
contented to serve all his life, doing the same work over without prog
ress. He has no ambition or purpose. The young man or woman best
equipped by industry and application for life’s work is quickest to dis
cover opportunity.
Nothing slips away more easily than opportunity, and once gone it is
gon? forever. Whittier says, “ Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the
saddest are these: It might have been.”
Thus the first link in our lives is passed. What will they bring to
us? This depends upon how we use the knowledge gained in the first
step. What we have done is the result of constant stimulation by our
teachers. W hen we faltered they came to our assistance and with a help
ing hand roused our drooping energies and beckoned us on with sug
gestion and explanation and by the inspiration of their example. We
feel as though the work they have done for us can never be repaid and
this is especially true in respect to our superintendent, Mr. Wadsworth,
who was always ready to give a word of advice and a helping hand- yet
we shall ever in thought retain the attitude of pupil and remember them
as our leaders. Our fellow-pupils, we beckon you to follow us. The
time has come when we must say farewell. May the pleasure we have
all enjoyed tonight never be clouded by the sorrows of a misspent life.
SOME INSECT FR IEND S
E L L A J U L I A M C C U L L Y , Kake Tribe; A laska
HAT a dreary world this would be if mother nature
had not been so kind as to provide us with such beau
tiful trees, birds and flowers. Imagine how she feels
when we destroy her helpers that really do not harm
us in the least. We kill insects because we think they
are so disagreeable and harmful, but this is just a
fancy of ours.
The true insect has six legs and no more; the body is divided into
three parts, head, thorax and abdomen; a pair of feelers protruding