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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 II
W ednesday, J a n u a r y 21, 1920
THE P O SSIB IL IT IE S OF YO URSELF
On the ev ening of Ja n . 11th, in chapel, S u p t. H all
delivered the follow ing splendid talk to those assem
bled:
S tuden ts, I believe you realize that I am sincere in
my desire to help you grow in to good women and men
m ental as well as physical— not poor and weak men
and women, so, by reason of my relation to you, I
feel it a d u ty at these chapel m eetings to try to say
so m ething th a t will help, and will “ s tic k .” Saint
Paul is quoted in the Bible as saying: “ Be ye tra n s
form ed by the ren ew in g of your m inds; ” th at is, by
ch a n g in g , en n o b lin g , p u rify in g and freshening o n e ’s
th o u g h ts.
O ne of th e h ardest lessons we have to learn in
keeping fit is th a t we build o u r bodies w ith our
th o u g h ts as m uch as by o u r m aterial food. It is a lit
eral fact th a t m an does not live by bread alone. O ur
bodies are disco rd an t or harm onious, diseased or
healthy, in accordance w ith our h abitual th o u g h t.
T here are those who, h aving learned th is lesson, have
had th eir counten an ces so altered in a single year by
persistent rig h t th in k in g th a t one w ould scarcely
know th e m . T h ey have changed faces th a t were
lined with do u b t, disfigured w ith fear and a n x ie ty ,
and scarred by w orry and vice, to a positive reflection
of hope, cheer and jo y . W e are alw ays expressing
outw ardly w hat is g o in g on in w ard ly . Before we
move a finger or bat an eve we first th in k it; w h a t
ever we do is prom pted th ro u g h a th o u g h t. T h a t is
the reason th at I am d raw in g your atten tio n to the
need of th in k in g rig h t, so th at you will be moved
habitually to do th e rig h t th in g and move u pw ard in
the line of progress.
If you w ant to be successful, if you desire to be
loved, if you w ish to be h ap p y ,o r lucky, or m asterful,
th in k on these subjects and hold them as yo u r ideals.
“ As a m an th in k e th in his h eart, so is h e .” H old th e
ideal of yourself as you long to be,alw ays,everyw here,
and in proportion to yo u r vigorous affirm ation along
these lines will it become realized in your life. But
o n e’s am bition and ideals need constant w atching, for
when you begin to slig h t y o u r w ork, to sh irk , to give
poor service, a rapid decline in your character takes
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place. God m ade us to be honest and any d ep ar
tu re from it ta in ts the w hole character. H onesty
m eans strict reliability in your w ork. It m eans, also,
accuracy, carefulness and honesty in your w ork. It
m eans tru th . It m eans, too, th a t you m ust not steal
a n o th e r’s money or p ro p erty , and it does not mean
th a t you can do poor work or blunder th ro u g h life in
a careless, indifferent m anner. N o th in g can give you
th e glow of satisfaction, the uplift and th rill, w hich
com es from d oing perfect w ork. It fits our very n a
tu res and harm onizes w ith our being. It is doing
th in g s a little b etter th an the other fellow, being a
a little neater, quicker, m ore accurate, a little m ore
polite and obliging, m ore energ etic,h elp fu l, th a n those
ab o u t you th at develops the individual and alw ays
helps him for better th in g s.
Y our success depends upon follow ing and living up
to h igh ideals and keeping y o u r th o u g h ts clean as
w ell as proving your m ettle by your actions. So, s tu
d e n ts, the m ain value in your career is in the su g g e s
tion th a t you allow n o th in g to enter your life th at will
in ju re your ideal o r lower vour stan d ard of quality.
Prove your persistence and determ ination by follow ing
an ideal and be satisfied w ith n o th in g but the good,
an d I ’ll say th a t you will not fall back to the rear of
th e procession. It is the co n stan t effort to be first-
class in ev e ry th in g th a t one attem p ts th at conquers.
It is in everybody to be first-class in som ething if he
w ill. T h ere is no excuse for incom petence on the p art
of any pupil at this school, for the o p portunity to grow
in to the best m anhood and w om anhood is rig h t here
at C hem aw a, and I would th a t every stu d e n t shall
take advantage of such opp o rtu n ity .
F or the first tim e in over five years the G erm an flag
has been raised on a m erchant ship sailing from an
A m erican p o rt.
T h e steam er M anchuria of the
A m erican line sailed from New Y ork for H am burg
carry in g a cargo of 1 0 ,0 0 0 tons, w hich consisted p rin
cipally of co tton, w heat and copper and 15,000 bags
of mail for G erm any and A u stria. T h is was the first
large mail sent direct to G erm any since the war. A
num ber of passengers on th e ship carried as baggage
a large am ount of candy, cakes, ham s, and o th er
foodstuffs.
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