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The ChemawaAmerican
P r i n t e d a t C h e m a w a , O r e g o n , a n d D e v o t e d to t h e I n t e r e s t s o f I n d i a n E d u c a t i o n
Vol. X IX
W ednesday, O ctober 18, 1916
A FEW DONT’S
D on’t im agine th a t the mere fact of y o u r being at
C hem aw a will do m uch good. You m ig h t absorb a
little know ledge, or a little m ig h t stick to you as you
pass th ro u g h school, but if you w ant an education
you m ust w ork for it.
D on’t im agine th a t th e teachers give you an ed u ca­
tion. T h ey can only show you th e w ay to get it
yourself.
D on’t th in k you can spend y o u r school days in an
easy and unconcerned w ay an d th en becom e active
w hen you go o u t into the w orld.
D o n ’t th in k th a t yo u r in stru c to rs are hum an p h o n o ­
g rap h s, w ound u p and set a-going and th a t you may
listen or not, ju s t as you feel inclined. E very w ord
th e y say in th e class-room , shop or on th e farm , is
necessary for you to know7 if you m aster th e subject
in h an d .
D on’t th in k th a t because certain ru les inconvenience
you they are not good ones. P erh ap s they are for th e
convenience of m any others.
D on’t th in k th a t the m anagem ent of th e school can
cater to about 600 individual tastes and w ishes.
T h in g s are ordered for th e good of th e m ajority
concerned.
D on’t forget th a t the w’av to be cheerful is to pass
a cheerful w7ord along to your com panions. W ith
each one th u s ra d ia tin g good cheer w h at a happy
school w7e shall have!
D on’t th in k th a t because you have h eard all this
before it is n o t necessary to rep eat. T h ese subjects
are so im p o rtan t th a t they bear rep etitio n m any tim es.
D on’t forget these th in g s.
L IT E R A R Y SOCIETIES
T h e first m eetin g of th e literary societies at C he­
m awa were held last W ednesday evening. E lection
of officers resulted as followrs:
W inona Society
P residen t, C ath erin e Reed; V ice-P resident, Cecil
R ussell; S ecretary, L au ra T h e rria u lt; T re asu rer,
F lorence L an d erg reen ; S erg ean t-at-A rm s, S a r a h
B lodgett; A dvisor, Miss R oberts.
P resid en t,
N onpareil Society
May A dam s; V ice-P resid en t,
M arie
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G arret; S ecretary, Zelina B righam ; T re asu rer, A da
C arson; R eporter, Leona John; S ergeant at-A rm s,
M artha S prague; A dvisor, Miss W hite.
E xcelsior Society
P resident, R eginald Downie; V ice-P resident, Karl
N uckolls; S ecretary, John Beyers; T reasu rer, Russell
A dam s; S erg ean t-at-A rm s, H en ry Cam pbell; R eporter,
Irv in g S hepard; A dvisor, Mrs. Risser.
R eliance Society
P resident, H en ry Davis; V ice-P resident, Jam es
G reeley; S ecretary and T reasu rer, Blake C u th b ert;
A dvisor, Miss F lin t.
G reat th in g s are expected th is year from th e lite r­
ary societies. W ith th e ir b rig h t, w ide-aw ake m em bers
splendid w ork will surely be done.
P U P IL S ’ N E W S ITEM S
E very m em ber of th e eighth grade class has su b ­
scribed for “ C u rre n t E v e n ts .”
T h e Chem aw a A m erican is received prom ptly each
w7eek. W e pupils find it a very in te re stin g paper
and it is a g reat help to us.
W hile th e first year pre-vocational boys are receiv­
ing in stru ctio n in th e blacksm ith shop, th e second
year are g o in g on w ith th e repairs.
M cBride H all was inspected by th e S u p erin ten d e n t
on T h u rsd ay last and from th e report received, m ost
of th e room s w ere in good condition.
T h e au d ito riu m looks considerably w recked, but as
th ere are a good m any men w orking in th e co n stru c­
tion w ork, it will soon take shape again.
T w o girls in the eig h th grade dem onstrated s h rin k ­
ing of woolen goods, and also testin g of cereals the
o th e r day to see if they contained starch.
T h e vocational D om estic Science class has been very
busy can n in g corn for th e w in ter supply. O ver one
h u n d red gallons w ere canned yesterday.
Of the eighty-tw 7o girls now in M cBride H all, a good
m any are recent arriv als. W e w’elcome them gladly
in our hall and are try in g to m ake them feel at hom e.
M r. H am m ond has m ade it very clear to th e stu-
dents the reason they are required to take so m any
trades in th e pre-vocational course and I th in k all are
well satisfied.