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The Chemawa American
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, D ecem ber 13, 1916
TAKE CRITICISM
It has been said th a t we are living in an age of c riti
cism . No one w ho has been allied w ith any kind of
w ork, and especially school w ork, can doubt th e tru th
of th e statem en t. B ut we are able to d istin g u ish two
k in d s of criticism : F irst, th a t w hich is necessary to
o u r im provem ent and prom pted by love for th e one
criticized. T h is is the kind given you by yo u r te ach
ers at Chem aw a and is one of th e th in g s you come to
school to g et. T h e second kind is th a t w hich comes
from a class w hich can n o t b etter be described th an by
one v u lg ar w ord “ so reh e ad s.” All of us should
have d ig n ity enough not ta let this k ind w orry us.
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tried to tear dow n ra th e r th an to build and he has
alw ays aim ed at th e goed things. T herefore, let him
not in ju re the one w ho has done w hat he him self has
failed to do, but com pete w ith him , strive to surpass
him , and both will thereby be helped.
R em em ber th is, you n g men and young w om en,
boys and girls of th is school, in every case th e one
who backbites, says m ean, c u ttin g th in g s about his
associates, is indeed listed am ong th e failures of the
w orld. H e cannot grow into stro n g , useful m atu rity ,
nor can he be of any satisfaction to him self or those
about him .
L IT E R A R Y SOCIETIES
R eliance
SA Y TH E H E L P F U L T H IN G
W hen th ere is so m uch need in th e life of ev ery stu
dent to cu ltivate a bigger, k in d lier, nobler n atu re ,
surely none can w aste one m om ent of tim e on th e
p e tty occupation c f back b itin g . In no way can such
an in dulg en ce be helpful. T o the one w ho says th e
m ean th in g s of a fellow stu d en t, it is a su re d estro y er
of th e good m aterial he has placed in th e fo u n d atio n
of his ch aracter. T o th e one w ho is censured it is
usually a check in his developm ent and a cause for
m uch b itter feeling and heartache.
T h is sp irit of b ack b itin g is not w idely prevalent
am ong the C hem aw a stu d en ts, but it is an enem y th a t
m u st be curbed in th e very b eg in n in g . U n fo rtu n ately
it is often used upon those boys and girls who are
capable and try to give th e ir best w henever th ey are
called upon. W hile they are try in g to b uild for th e m
selves and th eir school, o th ers are try in g to pull dow n.
Do those destroyers appreciate the fact th a t th ey
are doing a three-fold injury? T h ey h in d er a fellow-
stu d e n t, they keep back th e good resu lts th a t m ig h t
be gained for th e school, and w orst of all, they poison
th e ir ow n h earts and m inds. If they could but see
how little, how babyish it is and how it reveals the
coarser, com m on elem ent of th e ir n atu re, certain ly
none would reso rt to such m eanness. T h e desire to
say c u ttin g th in g s of an o th er who excels is aroused
by o n e’s ow n in ab ility to do. W hose fault is it th a t
he is not able? In m ost cases the responsibility falls
upon th e individual him self; he has failed to m ake
use of his o p p o rtu n ities; m ore th an likev he has alw ays
T h e Reliance L iterary Society m et as usual W ednes
day last. W hile the program was not carried out in
detail as originally planned the num bers were well
rendered and pleasing. O ur g uest, Mrs. S torm , fa
vored us w ith a few en co u rag in g rem arks. T h e m ost
pleasing feature of th e evening was the renew ed in
terest and loyalty w hich seemed to perm eate th e w hole
organ izatio n, several offering volunteer services.
E xcelsior P rogram
O pening A ddress
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B iography of G eorge W ashington
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In d ian L egend
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Closing R em arks
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F red Jackson
G us. G artiez
E rn est G reer
E arl N uckolls
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A dvisor
W inona Program
O p en in g A ddress
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P resident
Song
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Rose Sim m ons
R eading
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Julia Gromoff
R ecitation
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Y eltha F razier
N onpareil Program
Roll Call
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Each girl answ ered w ith a quotation
O pening A ddress
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Mae A dam s
H isto ry of Pearliest In d ian s
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C atherine W ilder
In d ian s
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Effie Davis
R ecitation
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Felecia H osier
In d ian Song
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P'lsie Spokane, E m m a Jones,
Sal lie B arnhart, H a rrie tt Suton
Mv T rib e
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H a rrie tt Y erney, E d n a Salstrom , A urilla Selsic,
M arcella Silvers, Rosa O ’B rien, R u th M cN ickle
In d ian S tory
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Sadie K now les
Song
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Mae A dam s, S arah P eratrovich,
M argaret H arn ey , L yda Bauer
Indian A rt
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M vra Ranzi