The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current, October 25, 1916, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPAG E 2 T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published W eekly at th e Salem Indian Training School, Chemawa, Oregon, HARW OOD H A LL, Superintendent Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney. M anager Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class Mail M atter SU BSC R IPTIO N - 25C ts P E R A N N U M DO IT N O W A fter a season of fieedom from w ork and lessons, it is alw ays h ard to fit into the req u irem en ts and d isci pline of th e daily ro u tin e. If it were not for the m o notonous g rin d and d ru d g ery in a tta in in g o u r purpose, th e effort w ould alw ays be a pleasure. But th e d ru d gery and g rin d m u st com e; it is th re e -fc u rth s of the process. In yo u r literary w ork, both in classroom and soci ety, do not halt at th e disageeable point. C onsider th a t th e exercise develops y o u r m ental pow ers as th e d rill develops the m uscle, and vou will soon find y o u r your task s easier and y o u r progress g reater. T ak e an in terest in your w ork from th e b eg in n in g . Do not w ait until you see the last half of the year coining around to m ake up w h at should have been a steady advan cem en t. G et in to y o u r w ork now. Put in th e foundation faith fu l daily w ork and th e end of the year will find you stro n g e r and rich er, both in k now l edge and ch aracter. LOCAL LORE W ork is p ro g ressin g on the addition to th e au d i to riu m . G eneral inspection of th e school batallion took place S unday m orning. It w ould be h ard to find two b etter kept b u ild in g s th a n M cBride and M itchell H alls. Mr. R euben S anders sp en t S atu rd ay last in P o rt lan d . H e rep o rts a good gam e betw een N ebraska and O . A . C. football team s. S ix ty new bureaus were d istrib u ted in th e various room s of th e p u p ils’ q u arte rs S atu rd ay afternoon by th e p ro p erty clerk, M r. Brace. G ro u n d has been broken tor a m acadam road to connect th e main road in fro n t of th e cam pus w ith th e one in th e rear of the shops. A 20-horse pow er tractio n engine boiler has been secured to supply steam for the lau n d ry tem porarily. T h is is m ade necessary on account of two of th e school boilers being out of com m ission. S u p erin ten d en t H all gave a very forceful talk at S unday night chapel on the individual responsibility of th e stu d e n ts and the far-reach in g effects of carelessness. Miss W elsh from P o rtlan d and M rs. Seviens from Silverton visited C hem aw a S a tu rd a y . T h ey were d e lig h ted w ith th e school and are p lan n in g to come back again soon. M rs. Brewer retu rn ed from her n orthern trip on S u n d ay last. She m et w iih a w arm w elcome from all. A bout eighty-five pupils w ere enrolled th ro u g h Mrs. B rew er’s efforts. Petroleum B arrett, a form er C hem aw a stu d e n t, spent last w eek-end w ith his b ro th er G eorge. H e left m onday for P o rtlan d w here he will take a good position in a large m achine shop. C hem aw a boasts of a well k ep t and well stu d e n t body d in in g room and kitchen as bakery. O ur pupils are fo rtu n a te indeed such an abundance of well prepared food well served. organized well as a in having w hich is Miss R uth Brew er and Mr. L oulin Brew er entered th e O regon A g ric u ltu ra l College at C orvallis th is year. Both of these estim able y o u n g people are g rad u ates of C hem aw a, and afterw ards g rad u ated from th e Salem H ig h School. An attra ctiv e booklet co n tain in g C hem aw a songs and yells is now being printed in th e A m erican office. T h e stu d e n t body is fo rtu n ate in having the P resident in th e p rin tin g office, as he is com piling old favorites and ad d in g th e new ones. N ick Orloff, our yell leader, requests th at ev ery body keep th eir eyes on him from th e tim e he gives th e signals for yells or songs u n til finished. It is the only m ethod by w hich th e stu d e n t body can ren d er th eir yells or songs in unison and effectively. Miss S arah Brew er, our efficient and w ide-aw ake ste n o g ra p h er and assista n t clerk in th e S u p e rin te n d e n t’s office, devotes an h o u r each n ig h t d u rin g stu d y ho u r teaching a class of pupils in stenography who are especially anxious to learn . All are ta k in g m uch interest. M r. S m ith has received a le tte r from Joseph D u n bar, one of C hem aw a’s g rad u ates. A t present he is located in C leveland, O hio, w here he is em ployed by the M axw ell A utom obile C om pany. Joseph was one of o u r all-round ath letes and sen d s best w ishes to our football team for a successful season. M r. W illiam J . W arn er, of C ornell U niversity, will tak e u p th e coaching of the C hem aw a football team s for the rest of th e season. M r. W arn er is one of the best coaches in A m erica. H e will be ably assisted by M r. R uben S anders w ho has had the team in train in g up to the present tim e and has done good w ork.