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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1918)
T H E C H E M A W A AM ERICAIN PAG E 4 PUPILS’ ITEMS Senior W e are assured th a t A licia K im ball will soon be well enough to rejoin th e class. T h e m em bers of the class have ju st finished w ritin g th eir biographies for the In d ian Office. T h e p ain ters are to u ch in g up th e so u th halls in th e school b u ild in g . W e wish th ey would c o n tin u e u n til all our room s are “ touched u p .” M rs. R isser told L incoln stories in chapel, Miss W h ite “ Some N ew T h in g s in W a r ,” and M rs. Brace contin u ed her ta lk s on “ H ere and T h e re ” d u rin g the last w eek. E dw in Zieglar left last W ednesday. E d w in e x pects to re tu rn n ex t fall to en ter Salem H ig h School to study M athem atics, p rep arato ry to a m ore e x tended course in E n g in eerin g . Child and Child S tudy will be ta u g h t by M rs. R isser for the n e x t tw en ty w eeks— Miss W h ite will teach C las sics, Mrs. Brace E n g lish and Mr. Devol Civics, etc, and Insects and Insecticides. W e have been assured th a t the exam inations at the end of the year will be no easier th a n th e m id-term ex am in atio n s. E ig h th G rade T he second y ear vocational sew ing-room g irls are now busy m ak in g w hite sum m er uniform s. W e are glad to hear from o u r classm ate, Joseph Gale, w ho has recently arrived in F ran ce. Dan Jo h n so n w rites from th e U . S. S. C leveland th a t he has been over to F ran ce th ree tim es and expects to go over again soon. A gnes K iern an , one of our form er stu d e n ts, w rites from K alispel, M ontana, th a t she expects to visit C hem aw a and old schoolm ates th e latter p art of A pril. S ix th G rade T h e six th grad e had a review’ on A laska, C uba and P orto R ico on T u esd ay an d are now’ ta k in g up the P anam a C anal Zone. T h ere w ere only th ree m em bers of the six th grade w’ho w ere on th e H o n o r R oll for th e m onth of Ja n u a ry . I t is up to th e o th ers to study a little m ore and reach th e num b er th a t w’ere on for Decem ber. PREPAREDNESS T h is is a b o y s’ age. Boys are w anted ev ery w h ere, in every activ ity . Boys are at a prem ium in th e w o rld ’s m arket. O p p o rtu n ity has stepped dow n from her h ig h pedes tal and knocks m ore th a n once a t doors w here boys m ay be found. Boys are fighting in E urope for dem ocracy. Boys on th is side of th e broad A tlantic are being train ed to help th e ir bro th ers abroad. T h e w orld is fast le arn in g k in sh ip . D em ocracy is being bought at a price th a t is beyond estim ation. N o sane m an, even at the price paid, d o ubts th e wisdom of th e purchase; for a w orld safe for dem ocracy m eans a g ran d and g lo rio u s w orld for fu tu re g en erations. M any boys in G erm any and A u stria are fighting against th e ir ow n best interest. T h e divine spark of liberty is found in every hum an breast. T h e sp ark w ill, at no d istan t date, be fanned into a flame in the hearts of boys born and bred in m onarchy. T h e world is m oving g randly on and th e brotherhood of m an is here— open w’ide th e door. B ut h ark , is any and every boy w anted? N o, th e best is dem anded. H ig h m inded boys, am bitious boys, g e n erous boys, boys clean in body and m ind only arew ’ant- ed. T h e w orld’s redem ption is th e w o rld ’s greatest task and only su p erio r boys can play a m a n ’s p a rt. T h e soldier boy m ay learn his p art in a few sh o rt m o n th s and he is then ready to give his life if need be. H is tim e for preparation is all too sh o rt. T h e g reater th e p rep aratio n for b attle, th e less th e risk and th e g reater th e en em y ’s g ro u n d gained. In civil life th e sam e g reat fact holds tru e. P re p a r edness is th e keynote of th e ho u r. My boy, th e m in u tes are precious— lose no tim e. B uild h ard , build fast, build true; the n e x t hour m ay be th e h o u r you are called from preparation to serve in civil life or to serve in th e arm y of y o u r co u n try . A boy’s w orld, a b o y ’s wrar, w’h at infinite possibilities for th e boy w ho is ready! INDIAN STATISTICS T h e In d ian population of the U nited S tates e x clusive of A laska is about 350,000, or, ro u g h ly , 1 in every 231 of th e w hole population. T h e num bers are in creasing slow ly. In 1916 the b irth rate w as 31.85 per 1,000 and th e d eath rate only 23.33. Of the one-tim e savage In d ian s of o u r co u n try , four tim es as m any now live in m odern houses as do in prim itive tepees, te n ts and o th e r tem porary struc tu res, and all b u t 50,000 w ear m odern dress. A bout th ree -fo u rth s of th e N o rth A m erican In d ian children are in public or mission schools, b u t 70 per cent of th e w hole num ber still cannot read or w rite E n g lish . D artm outh College w as founded by an In d ia n . T h e first w om an teacher in W isconsin was an I n d ian , E lectra Q u in n ey . She ta u g h t in th e first free school W isconsin had, a school established by M o h ican s from New Y o rk .— W orld O utlook.
