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PAGE 2 T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lish ed W eek ly a t th e Salem In d ia n T rain in g School, Chem awa, Oregon, H A RW O O D H A L L , S u p e rin te n d e n t A ddress all com m unications to R u th y n T urney, M anager E n te red a t th e Chem aw a, Oregon, Postoffice a s Second- Class M ail M a tte r S U B S C R IP T IO N - - 2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M LOCAL Miss A n n ette H ansen of P ortland spent T h a n k s giving w ith M rs. M cCrosson. Chem aw a stu d en ts enjoyed th e T h an k sg iv in g d in ner. As usual the em ployes acted as w aiters. S u p t. and M rs. H all w ere gu ests of M iss Scholder at the T each ers’ Club for T h an k sg iv in g d in n er. M any of our stu d en ts are excused from stu d y h o u r on account of h aving attain ed an average above 85. M r. R. E . D aly, teacher of a g ric u ltu re , has for w arded his papers for a com m ission in th e signal corps. Miss R u th Brew er of O. A . C. spent T h an k sg iv in g at hom e. She had Miss E ucile Seifert w ith her as a guest. T h e orchestra rendered a very p retty n um ber at Sunday n ig h t chapel, “ A H u n g arian I d y l” by K eler- Bela. “ T h e A m erican H y m n ” by K eller was well su n g by the choir. Miss W h ite and M rs. Teabo ate T h a n k sg iv in g d in ner w ith M rs. Brewer and fam ily, w hile Miss S kipton and Miss M cFadden dined w ith M r. an d M rs. W oods. Mrs. D oherty was a guest at her n iece’s in Salem . T h e E xcelsior L iterary Society desires to extend th a n k s to th e N onpareil Society for the courtesy w hich was show n them on F rid ay evening, and w hich th ey appreciated very m uch. M r. L au ren C hristofferson, who has been clerking in Mr. H e n d e rso n ’s store and w ho is well know n to a 1 C hem aw a people, has enlisted in the navy. H e left on M onday m orning for P o rtlan d . P revious, how ever, to his d ep artu re, he was m arried to Miss R ita K ip p en g er of G ervais. Six h u n d red copies of th e new tu n e for “ A m erica” w ith full band and o rchestra p arts have been donated to Chem aw a, and was su n g for the first tim e at the T h an k sg iv in g en tertain m en t. I t has a good sw ing an d has captivated all here who have heard it. T he new air of “ A m erica” is designed to get aw ay from th e E n g lish song of “ God Save the K in g ,” as well as a G erm an so n g , both of w hich have th e sam e tu n e as A m e ric a .” John F ritts, form er Chem aw a boy, is now a m em ber of Co. E, 32nd U. S. In fa n try , and is stationed at H on o lulu, H . T . Jam es T hom pson, one of our A laskan In d ia n boys who enlisted in th e navy last sp rin g in com pany w ith L yle C arrow , and was stationed at B rem erton, recently w rote S upt. H all from New’ V ork. H e is now7 on th e torpedo boat destroyer T erry and has ju st re tu rn e d from a.voyage to F ran ce, but wras not allowed shore leave w hile there. H e says th a t T hom as W illiam s, an o th er of our boys, is in th e naval hospital on account of h av in g his eyes badly burned, w hich m ay be th e cause of his discharge from th e navy. In th a t event T hom as desires to retu rn to Chem aw a. Jam es says he was on the U . S. S. C onnecticutt for a w’hile, b u t was tra n s ferred to the d estroyer T e rry . Now7 and th en , consciously or unconsciously, a p e r son builds better th a n he know s. T h e th in g to do, wdiether or not it is prem editated, is to b u ild . O ne can not expect a crop unless one plan ts— sow ing of seed m ust precede th e harvest. T h is is tru e of p lan t life; it is tru e of anim al life; it is also tru e in th e w orking of the hum an m ind. It is said, and tru ly , too, th a t stu rd y oaks from little acorns grow’. H av in g these th o u g h ts in m ind we w’ish both to encourage and to co n g ratu late Miss Scholder for th e course she is p u rsu in g in read in g of evenings to a num ber of her sm all est charges. From first hand know ledge we feel a s sured th a t she is doing a w onderful th in g for th ese little fellow s. H e r read in g is for them the u n folding of m any a beau tifu l vision and opens to them a new w'orld. T h ey learn of a thousand and one th in g s u n dream ed of an d th eir desire to read, to know7, to hear, and to see q uickens every faculty of w'hich these lads are possessed. Good books will present to them th e best and m ost enno b lin g th o u g h ts, and as they are now at the m ost im pressionable age, th e benefits they will derive from th is evening reading circle is inestim able. O B E D IE N C E MOST N E E D E D W A S H IN G T O N , N ov. 25.— “ W ith th e help of God and a few m arines I shall carry out th e d e p a rt m e n t’s in stru c tio n s.” T h is terse m essage, variously accredited to every great N aval com m ander from Jo h n P aul Jones to G eorge Dewey, finds a not u n im p o rtan t place in the schem e of in d o ctrin atio n of U. S. m arines at th e ir tra in in g cam ps. T h a t a U. S. m arine m ust never fail in a n y th in g he u n d ertak es, th a t discipline, health and courage are in dispensable to his success as a m arine, and th a t the “ advance alw ays, and never s u rre n d e r,” idea be upperm ost in his m ind, n ig h t and day, are a few of th e th in g s in th e creed of U ncle S am ’s soldiers of th e N aw .
