The ChemflW6 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 X
W ednesday, J a n u a r y 23, 1918
NO EXCUSE FOR IGNORANCE
Ign o ran ce in th is day and generation can n o t be e x
cused on the plea of lack of o p p o rtu n ity . O u r sp len
did school system , the m u ltitu d e of cheap books, new s
papers and m agazines, m ake it easy for every person to
become fam iliar w ith w hat is going on in th e w orld.
B ut it is to th e boy or girl w ho desires to become pro
ficient in some special line of train in g , or in one of
the m echanical a rts, or th in k s he can n o t succeed
th ro u g h some deficiency in his or her ed u catio n , th a t
these suggestions m ay be helpful.
T h e first place, if your progress in any lin e is h am
pered by lack of know ledge on any p artic u lar subject
you can rem ove th e difficulty to a g reat e x te n t by
self-stu d y along th a t line. F o r instance, if yo u r in
ability to m ake calculations retard s y o u r progress in
ca rp e n terin g , engin eerin g , farm ing, dressm ak in g ,
cooking, etc ., you will find ’ it profitable to sta rt at
th a t branch of m athem atics w ith the determ in atio n of
m asterin g it. If you reg u larly devote a few m inutes
each day to th is w ork you will be am azed to find how
m uch know ledge you can acquire in a sh o rt tim e.
H ap h azard stu d y or reading, how ever, brin g s but
little resu lt, b u t th e system atic, well directed blows
will rem ove th e g reatest obstacles.
Did you ever see g reat rocks or boulders upon a
m ountain sid e, seem ingly firm and im m ovable, and
w onder w h eth er they could ever be m oved from their
setting? T h e n ju st a flake of snow , a drop of rain and
a little h o ary frost, th en an o th er drop and an o th er flake
an d an o th er an d an o th er. M onths and years pass and
a few m ore agencies are at w ork, un til at last the huge
boulder is so nicely poised th a t it requires only the
flu tter of a b ird ’s w ing to sta rt it crash in g dow n the
m ountainside. Can you ever rem ove th e obstacles
from yo u r way? A little lesson learned here, another
th ere, and a p rin ted colum n or a book m astered from
tim e to tim e and the obstacles in your path will d is
appear as if by m agic,
THE STORY OF A BITE OF FOOD
An Impersonation
I was p u t into a little g irl’s m outh and th e re I was
chew ed by h er sh arp little teeth w hile I was moved
about in her m onth w ith som ething called a to n g u e. A
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juice called saliva poured out all over me. I know it
was called “ saliv a” because I heard the teeth and
tongue call out: “ Come, Saliva, and help u s .” It
came from its hom e under the to n g u e and back of the
lower jaw and back of the cheek u n d er the ear. T h e
salivary glands are its home.
T h en th e to n g u e crow ded me dow n into a long
narrow way w hich was called the th ro a t. From the
th ro at to th e stom ach th ere was a roadw ay called th e
esophagus.
T h en w h at do you th in k happened to me? I was in
a place th a t looked like a great store house, w here I
stayed fo ra long w hile. T h is store house is called th e
stom ach. H ere I had another juice poured out on
m e. I was told th a t it was called the gastric juice. By
th is tim e I was g e ttin g pretty th in , indeed, alm ost a
liquid.
W hen I left the stom ach, I w ent to a place called the
sm all in testin e. H ere also several juices poured out
on me. T h ere w as one fiom a d uct th a t em ptied in
to the sm all in testin e. T h is one cam e from a very
large organ w eighing nearly four pounds and w hich
lies on th e rig h t side of the body opposite th e stom ach.
It secretes a ju ice called bile, w hich is greenish-yellow
in color. T h e d uct from the liver em pties into the
small in testine.
T h ere is also an o th er juice flow ing th ro u g h a duct
w hich joins th is duct. T his juice is called th e p a n
creatic ju ice. Its hom e is a long, flat organ th a t lies
u n d er th e stom ach and we call th is organ th e pancreas.
T h e small in testin e also poured out juices on m e.
T hese were called intestinal juices. H ere I saw an old
friend of m ine, a to u g h fiber of m eat, and I asked him
w hat he in ten d ed to do. H e replied: ” 1 am going
on w ith m y jo u rn ey . I am going to a place they call
large in te stin e .” I asked him w hy he intended to go to
that place, and he said: “ Because I am too to u g h to
be d ig ested —g o o d -b y e.”
I w as now in a liquid form and th e n e x t th in g I
knew I was slip p in g th o u g h the cracks in th e sm all
in testin e into very fine tubes called blood vessels.
T hese kept grow ing larger and larger and kept ru n n in g
about all over th e body till I lost track of m yself and
th e first th in g I knew I aw oke and found it all a dream .
— M aggie B ennett, S ix th G rade.