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.