THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published Monthly at the United States Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon
H. L WADSWORTH, Superintendent
Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffioe as Second-Class M a il M a t t e r ..........
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T H E N E W YEAR
Although Joshua is credited with having made the sun stand still,
time passed on just the same— it is still passing on, and always will be.
No power can command time—years come and go in spite of us. We
are born, we grow to maturity, and we pass hence, all in a compara
tively brief space of time. The majority of us are looking ever to the
future, at which time we confidently expect to be happy—we overlook
the present, which is of greater importance . Our past is of no benefit
to us save for the lessons which we may have learned—our future is too
vague, remote, too uncertain. Now is the time—the only time.
We are now entered upon the year of 1916. Many things are des
tined to occur in the coming twelve months before 1917. History is
making every day and some of the most important and momentous
events of the world to date are looking us in the face—the European
war, for instance. Who can foresee what the end of the great conflict
is to be? But we believe that 1916 will see the beginning of the settle
ment of this great war—the beginning of the end. Not the end in real
ity, but a silencing of cannon, for the effects of the war will be felt for
many years after hostilities cease. Then must commerce the work of re
construction. Conditions in Europe are not alone in importance—we
have Mexico in our back yard engaged in a sort of family hair-pulling
match. We will find that 1916 will see many important changes in
our sister republic to the south of us. Trade conditions of the whole
world are changing as a result of the havoc of war, and these changes
are of greatest importance to the people of the United States, for, not