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The Chemawa American
P r in 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 t e r e s t s o f In d ia n E d u c a tio n
Vol. X X
W ednesday, J a n u a r y 16, 1918
ITS U P TO YOU
“ To be or not to be” is a question as old as the bills
and it has occupied the minds of men ever since those
minds were capable of being occupied. However,
bear in mind that we are to be—we have no “ say”
in that matter. W hat we are to be, what we will to
be, is something in which all of us may have a voice
and it is just as important a problem as that given in
the opening sentence.
If any of us ever become saints it will be by our own
deeds. These are the means by which all of us must
climb—by our deeds we are exalted. Alas! it is also true
that by our deeds we are condemned. Having become
cognizant of these truths, who among us will desire
to so act that we are nothing more or less than a 50-50
person—a person who who is neither good nor bad?
A 50-50 person will not cut much of a figure anywhere.
When you average below the 50-50 point there is
m ighty little “ possibility” to you unless you pull
yourself together, pass some good, strong resolutions
and begin without delay to carry them out. There is
no reason for any of you to think your case hopeless.
Bear in mind your case is in your own hands.
H A V E JO IN E D TH E COLORS
Following is a list of Chemawa young men who have
enlisted in the army or navy:
Oscar John, Jeff Secena, Stephen Chiefnight, George
W. Hillman, Charles Brazille, Frank Souvigner, Perry
Bowman, John Pablo, Louis Tellier, William K. Dale,
John Victor Adams, David Archambeau, Ray W hite,
Jake Sorter, Alvin Smith, Miller Charles, William
Pariseau, Orin French, Mckinley Johnson, Lee Evans,
Ed Evans, Paul W ashington, James Moses, Ben Hull,
Sherman Young, Willie Service, Joseph Gale, George
Peters, Robert Service, Louis Towner, Ralph Sellew,
James K ennedy, H enry Burd, Philip Rees, Eugene
Gueffe, William W alters, Charles Eder, Lawrence
Taylor, James Thompson, Aurelius Talbot, George
Jackson, Don P. Barrett, Blake C uthbert, William
Andrews, Clarence Adams, Gabriel Anderson, Nick
Orloff, Robert Alpheus, fylartin Colby, John Beyer,
Lawrence Frazier, Charles Durkee, George Orbert,
Thomas Williams, Alexander Pratt, John Fritz, Archie
Lane, Alfred Lane, Dan Johnson, Adam W illard,
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H ugh Jackson, Sam Luton, David Forsman, Healy
Jones, Jasper Grant, Jerry Rees, Ben Corville, Gabe
Deschamp, Earl Nuckolls, Henry Darnell, Francis
Leach, John Trout, John Lee, H arry Busby, Allison
Stone, August LaRose.
HONOR ROLL
Following is the students’ honor roll for December;
those making 90 per cent or better:
First Grade
Ralph Smith, Inga Stepan, Martin Johnny, Sam
Scabrough, M argaret Gray, Bernice Kenny, Marieta
Marlowe, Alma Mischell, Robert Baulne, Ben Brock
man, Jack Bruno, Vernon Keaton, George Le Deaux.
Third Grade
Ramona Tripp, Aloysius Courchane, Lyda Davis,
Rose Landergreen, George Johnson, Geneva Brooks.
Fourth Grade
Margaret Nathan, Katherine Ridley, Albert Lee,
Edward Troute, Esther Blodgett, Emma Carlson,
Mamie Hancorne, Francis Smith, Albert Sm ith.
Fifth Grade
Hazel Peconom, Felicia Hastier, Percy Minesinger,
Carrie Anderson, Dewey Dixon, Charles Kipp.
Sixth Grade
Joseph Johnson, Annie Peratrovich, Amy Bern,
Doris Hoxie, Jessie Cleveland, Sophia Anderson,
Maggie Bennett, Viola Byers, Irene Curl, Mary Damon,
Peter Gardipe, Joseph Greer.
Seventh Grade
Victoria Damon, Retha Carson, Nellie Brigham,
Henry Carmichael.
Eight Grade.
Effie Davis, Mildred Hoover, A rthur Johnson,
Agnes Lambert, H attie Martin, Annie Miller, Elizabeth
M ontgomery,'M arie Nelson, Nicholas Pettellen, Ann
Sexton, Marie Stone, Ruby W hite.
N inth Grade
Francis Boyce, Henry Campbell, Bertha Grimes, Julia
Gromoff, Edwin Rousselle, Laura Squiqui, Katherine
W ilder.
T enth Grade.
Mamie Frisk, Alicia Kimball, Myra Rauzi, Kathrine
Reed, H enry Davis.