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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1917)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN WRITES SPLENDID LETTER I I f and if we are good Americans the answer will be em phatic—we are going to comply conscientiously with the conditions of the pledge every day and at every meal. Food saving is the immediate and urgent duty of every man, woman and child in civilian life. It has been asked by our government, and it is a necessity for the success of this war. The fact that food conservation in the United States is not compulsory, but is asked merely as a volunteer service, should be an unfailing appeal to Americanism. If you are behind your go\- ernment you will keep your pledge and be glad of the opportunity to eat a little less of the prescribed foods in order that the underfed women and children of our allies may have more; also that the men fighting our battles at the front may be abundantly supplied with “ fighting fuel.” , There are many branches of service in Uncle Sam s army. The food conservation service is the only branch open to every man, woman and child in the nation. The enlistment should be 100 per cent, and each enlistment should mean a definite saving of meat, wheat, sugar and fats—the four staples of which there is a world shortage and which must be supplied by the United States to our allies in this war against war. After signing the Hoover pledge it is left with you personally to keep it. Your pledge is wholly an af fair of honor. There is no one appointed to watch you and see that you keep it, except yourself. 11 . i_• » The majority of our readers are aware of the fact that the Indian String Quartet, now touring the East under the auspices of the Redpath Lyceum Bureau is a Chemawa product. Under a recent date, Alex Mel- ovidov, second violin player of the quartet, wrote from Ohio to Supt. Hall of our school the following splendid letter: I owe everything to Chemawa and the teachers who instructed me while there. I am proud to state that I was once a student at Chemawa. I would not say this if I didn’t think I could make good. If the students there only realized what Chemawa offers them, not in one particular line but in all lines, they would study much harder. I didn’t put any too much time into my school work while there, but I stuck to my music. One doesn’t know what is before him until he goes out into this wide world of ours to face its problems. I keep on studying every chance I get and find that I ve learned a lot by keepimg my eyes open as I go along. Our work is taking everywhere, and we have large audiences in every town. Chemawa is mentioned during every concert that we give. People come up to see us after the concert and ask us to tell them something about Chemawa. Of course we always have a good word to say of the school. The last time we were in Chicago we played for some of Chicago’s prominent musicians, and after we finished our program they came forward and told us how much they enjoyed it and how well we played together. PU PILS’ NOTES There is no reason why a good many students A number of girls are knitting socks for our boy s should not go out from Chemawa and do as well as we are doing—not alone in music, but in whatever who have joined the army. The eighth grade class is glad to see Frederick they choose. They can do it if they but center their minds upon the one thing they wish to be and stick to Wilder back in the class room again. it. The only way to become anybody in this world is Rose Simmons, ex-student, is now located at Tula- to stick to one thing and work at it hard. I ’ve proved lip, Washington, as assistant seamstress. this by the little experience I ’ve had since I left there. The eighth grade takes much interest, in pen man- The country out this way doesn’t seem much differ ship in which Mr. Hobucket is instructing. ent from the country out there only it is more thick The pupils of the lowest grade are improving fast ly settled. I don’t think I could find a more beautiful and all hope to be in the second grade by Christmas. spot than Chemawa, although I have seen many beau The children of Winona Hall who were excused tiful places on my trip. from study hour will do their studying in the sitting Wishing both you and Mrs. Hall a very pleasant winter, I will close. The rest of the boys join me in room. The mandolin and guitar club, under the direction sending best regards. Yours sincerely, of Mr. Loos, had their first lesson on Monday. The A le x M e l o v id o v . girls are very enthusiastic and are anxious to learn. The garden detail has made fine progress in digging THE FOOD PLEDGE potatoes for our winter’s use. They have about 3,000 Now that many have signed the food conservation bushels stored away in the root house and are still pledge, just what are they going to do about keeping gathering more by harrowing the field over to pull out it? the ones that have been covered up by the plow. This is a question that we should all ask ourselves,
