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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1920)
] 3 o MAY 8 The Chemawa American P r in te d at C h em atva, Oregon, a n d D evoted to the Interests o f In d ian E d u c a tio n Vol. X X II W ednesday, J a n u a r y 14, 1920 WORK A N D CHARACTER No. 14 of w o rk —th at w hich is cheap and a fraud. \ \ e m ust learn from the experiences of o th ers— W e glow habitually into th at w ith w hich we come in contact. It becomes a part of us, and the habit of from the advice we receive from those older and w iser th an ourselves. T h ere is none of us w hose p e r doing th in g s in a slovenly way always leaves its m ark on th e ch aracter of a person. W hat we do, w hat you sonal experiences in life w ould place him far or high do and w hat all of us do, should be done w ith a view on the road to know ledge; all of us have to levy on the to th o ro u g h n ess— put q uality into your w ork. Most experiences of others, and listen to th e ir counsel, and young people do not realize th at the education, the com fort, the satisfaction, th e general im provem ent, read books, for in these w ays only can we acquire learning sufficient for our present day needs and for yes, the bracing up of th e en tire individual, come from doing one th in g absolutely rig h t, which o u t our needs as they are likely to appear to us tom orrow w eighs a thousand tim es the value of m any botched an d the day after. K eep yo u r m ind active and recep or slipshod jobs. tive, and your eyes and ears open, and store aw ay as The en tire person is influenced l>v the way of o n e ’s usual m anner of doing th in g s. T h e habit of th o r you w ould piecious corn in tim e of fam ine every grain oughness and accuracy builds up th e m ind, im proves of know ledge th a t is presented as you travel the b y the w hole character. And on th e co n trary , doing p ath s th ro u g h th e sands of tim e. N early every S u n th in g s in a loose, half-hearted, careless m anner injures day evening S upt. H all has delivered papers of g reat th e m en tality , dem oralizes the th in k in g process and value to all w hen addressing those assem bled in pulls th e stu d en t dow n to low er levels. E very half- chapel. E very-one of these ta lk s have been full of done lesson, every half-done or botched up piece of w ork th a t you do leaves its bad effects behind and good advice to all. T h ey have pointed o u t the p ath takes away som e of your self-respect. You in ju re to success, to good citizen sh ip , to a full and happy yourself for doing your best ju st in proportion to the life. T hese addresses have been good to listen to, num b er of tim es you allow' yourself to do poor w ork and they m ake m ig h ty good read in g , and subject of any kind, until finally all self-respect vanishes, confidence goes w ith it, and w hen th at happens m atter well w orth stu d y in g . T h e discourse of S upt. you are no longer of m uch use to yourself or a n y H all on th e evening of Ja n u ary 4th , was of such e x one else. You are only ju n k thereafter. cellence th a t we are pu b lish in g it, as follows: So, now at the very com m encem ent of the year 1920, W e are now com m encing th e last half of our school be honest with yourself; go into your work and stu d y year, w hich alw ays has im pressed me as th e best part determ ined to w in out, give yourself a chance, p u t fo rth y o u r best endeavors and not your second best. of the year, for in th a t part our stu d en ts have reached You will like yourself better and be liked by others, th e ir strid e and progress is m ore rap id . I w ant to and in the end w ill be of some consequence in life at talk a little w hile to n ig h t on th a t old subject of school and a success after you leave. I would like W ork and C h a ra c te r.’’ Do you realize th a t it takes every stu d e n t at C hem aw a, and the w orkers also, to honest w ork to m ake an honest, straig h t-fo rw ard c h a r adopt this form ula: “ D uring the ensuing year I will acter? H ow may of you observe carelessness, slip determ in e as nearly as possibie to do those tasks w hich I shall have to preform from start to finish in order to shodness, lack of thoro u g h n ess, in o th er students? succeed, and n o th in g under the sun shall divert mv The habit of d o in g poor, slovenly w ork will, after efforts from finishing every task w hich I begin in a aw hile, m ake a stu d e n t dishonest in o th er th in g s. T he thorough m a n n e r.” stu d e n t who h ab itually slig h ts his w ork (b y w ork I It is said th at a high school stu d e n t has tw elve y ea rs' advantage over a gram m ar stu d e n t in chances m ean physical as well as m e n tal) slig h ts his ch aracter. Botched w ork m akes a botched life, for the q u ality of ot succeeding in business lines on account of the m ental train in g acquired in seeking out, grasping, o u r w ork is a part of us. E very poor piece of work and ap p ly in g the principles behind th e various studies. you do, be it in feeding horses, cooking a meal, iro n It is also said th at a u niversity stu d e n t has a propor tionate advantage over the high school stu d en t, and in g a dress, cleaning the y ard, or w hatever it m ay be, so on. All of w hich clinches my arg u m en t th at to is an enem y w hich p ulls you dow n— keeps you from succeed you m ust have th e m ental qualification to get progressing. F o r n o th in g kills am bition or low ers ahead, and to acquire faith and honesty in yourself th e standard quicker than fam iliarity w ith a low grade you m ust do vour w ork th o ro u g h ly .
