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DEC l 1916 1 3 MAY 8 Thp 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 W e d n e s d a y , D e c e m b e r 6, 1916 Vol. X IX BOOST Boost vour people, boost your frien d , Boost th e school th a t you a tte n d , Boost th e place in w hich y o u ’re d w ellin g , Boost th e goods th a t you a re sellin g , Boost th e p eople ro u n d about you, T hey can get alo n g w ith o u t you, But success w ill q u ic k er find th e m If th ey know you are b eh in d th e m . Boost for every forw ard m o vem ent, Boost for every new im p ro v em en t, Boost th e m an for w hom you labor, Boost th e s tra n g e r and th e neig h b o r, Do not be a ch ro n ic k n o ck er. Do n o t be a p ro g ress blocker, If you d m ak e your Service b e tte r Boost it to th e final le tte r. — A dapted from D etro it F ree Press. No. 9 and slu g g ish . No essential good can be derived under such conditions. A gain, you have th e op p o rtu n ities for developing th e energetic q uality in w alking across the cam pus, in going to the street car, or in perform ing an erran d . Step u p w ith life and alacrity and th a t very activity will g en erate g reater force for the n ex t occasion. Now, this does not m ean th a t you m ust ru sh m adly th ro u g h your tasks, across the cam pus or to the street car. T ru e , such a m ethod m ight have the show of energy, but it would not effect m uch good. It m eans, th a t you m ust move and act w ith a definite, clear p u r pose; for real energy is su re to b rin g about results. E nergy! energy! G et it into you. Eeel it, act it, if your life is to be successful eith er here at school or w hen you go out to take your place in the w orld. DEVELOP ENERG Y T H A N K S G IV IN G E N T E R T A IN M E N T E n erg y is a very g reat force in the successful d e velopm ent of a life. No m an or wom an can attain tru e success w ith o u t th is all-im p o rtan t q u ality . E n ergy is th e pow er, th e active force, by w hich resu lts are obtained. T h erefo re, if you would b rin g th in g s to pass you m ust rise from sluggish listlessness to quick, effective action. Now is th e tim e to cu ltiv ate energy, w hile you are in school tra in in g yourselves for th e best use of y o u r pow ers; and the best wav to go about th is is to begin w ith th e first active d u ty th a t comes up, by g o in g into it w ith all the vim , force, will and stre n g th th a t is needed to accom plish th e task in th e q u ick est, m ost sucessful way you can. Such o p p o rtu n ities are p resen tin g them selves at all tim es. In yo u r in d u strial classes th ere is scarcely tim e in w hich to perform th e w ork to be done; b u t all could be done if you w ould individually go in to it w ith all your m ig h t, ta k in g each step and m ak in g each move w ith a definite, d eteim in ed effort to use every m in u te in th e m ost effective way possible. In th e class-room every lesson, every recitatio n , is an occasion for th e exertion of en erg y . H ow in te re st in g and effective is th e recitation w here each m em ber of the class is on th e alert to m ake the m ost of the tim e, b u t, on the o th er h an d it is ex asp eratin g to listen to a class w hen every w ord or operation m ust be draw n from th e p u p ils and every m ovem ent is labored T h e play, “ Miles S ta n d is h ,” was rendered on T h an k sg iv in g evening in the school au ditorium by the seventh grade pupils, u n d er direction of M rs. San Brace, to whom m uch credit is due for th e effective train in g of the stu d e n ts and for the intelligent m anner in w hich the various p arts were portrayed. T he stage was very appropriately decorated w ith good rep rese n tatio n s of the P u ritan period for a settin g , w hile th e actors w ore costum es of th a t day. From the tim e th e cu rtain first rose until after the last act the audience was en tertain ed every m inute. A nnie S exton took th e p art of Priscilla and Joe G ale th at of T hom as A lden, w hile G eorge Peters acted as Miles S tan d ish . T hese three principal actors carried out their parts well. T h ere w ere several scenes in w hich a good m any of the stu d en ts took p art, all dressed in costum e of th a t early tim e. T h e Indian scene was well portrayed, in w hich an In d ian dance w ith dancers in artistic Indian costum e brought down th e house. A ltogether the play as p re sented bv the seventh grade was well received. W il liam W alters delighted th e audience w ith a euphonium solo, w hile G race Russell gave an in stru m en tal solo on the piano. T h e entire seventh grade favored the a u dience w ith two choruses. E veryone left th e a u d ito r ium w ith a feeling th at the first general en tertain m en t of the season was a pronounced success.
