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T 2 -0 FEB 1 5 191' 3 MAY 8 / The ChemawaAmerican P r i n t e d a t C h e m a w a , O re g o n , a n d D e v o te d to th e In te r e s t s o f In d ia n E d u c a tio n Voi. XIX Wednesday, February 7, 1917 HARD THINGS No. 17 pursuit all day and cut out their academic training. For people in general, the hard thing is the one Such a course in a general way would be a serious most dreaded and the one to put off for future treat mistake. In this age of enlightenment, a trained ment; yet there are a few who actually enjoy the hand without a trained mind back of it is of little difficult undertaking and place it first of all their value. No matter what occupation you take up you duties and obligations. Those few are fortunate. will find competition great, and the boy or girl with They are the ones who will come out in the end with brains is the one who will “ get there.” This fact is so well known that we need not cite the strongest, truest characters. It is easy to see that the man who swings the hammer all day has a better any proofs to verify it. But if that was not so, there developed muscle than the one who must spend his is another reason why you should seek to gain all the time in an office. So will he who struggles with hard education the school can give you, and that is for the problems and conditions become stronger in character pleasure and happiness it would be to you. An edu than the man who has his way made easy. It is in cated person has countless pleasures which an unedu deed true that the “ perfect type comes from continu cated person does not have; and, futhermore, the ac ous struggle.” ademic course at Chemawa does not carry you farther Yes, we are inclined to want the easy thing. We than you ought to go. In fact, every bit of the out seek the easy place, but most of us must pay dearly lined course of study is necessary for transacting the for it at some time, since we cannot depend upon the very ordinary duties of life. continuation of favorable conditions. Therefore, if WHY ISN ’T WAR STOPPED our strength and courage are developed to a point of The following dispatch from Cordova, Alaska, has self-confidence the hard experiences will be more easi ly met. School life is full of little circumstances that appeared in a number of our exchanges, and is so good will bring this sort of development if the student will that we are moved to add to its publicity: Chief Goodlataw of the Copper river Indians is highly only face them with determination to win. One might evade the enemy once, twice, or three times, but he must incensed that Uncle Sam does not put an end to the have the encounter sooner or later, and that against war in Europe. Goodlataw is a learned man among his tribesmen. He knows Alaska well, and as a taker of increased forces. Surely our students can see the application of this to salmon and trapper of foxes he is without an equal. He their own lives while here in school. They surely gained considerable reputation during the building of know, too, that though they have trying experiences the Copper River and Northwestern railroad by bring now they shall have far harder ones when the time ing in court offenders who sold liquor to members of his comes to take part in the work of the unfeeling, resist tribe and he has profound respect for the officers of less world. “ Get into the thing; grapple with it.” Re the court, who are to him the highest representatives of member that no one can make headway by merely re the law. Ever since the war began in Europe Goodlataw has solving and then side-stepping at the difficult point. Therefore, Chemawa students, do not shrink from the been hearing about it from time to time, but his only hard things, do not put them off, and do not give up comment has been: “ Those fellows better look out with the first attempt at conquest, but seize them, “ go over there.” Recently the chief listened with increasing restless into them” at once, and strike with such a masterful hand that opposing forces shall see no chance of thwart ness to talk about the battle of the Somme, with de tails of the number of killed, wounded and captured, ing you. big guns and miles of trenches. Finally he broke out EDUCATION THE ROAD TO SUCCESS with: There is a tendency among people to shirk their “ W hat’s the matter over that place, no United States literary training. Occasionally in our schools a re Marshall? Why don’t write a letter to the judge? He quest is made bv a pupil to work in some industrial fix ’em.”
