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The Chemawa 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, F e b ru a ry 11, 1920 TH E IN W A R D PROTEST C areful stu d y of oneself will in th e very n atu re of th in g s be beneficial. T h e follow ing article will surely aid in d e te rm in in g the shortcom ings of anybody. It is an address given recently in S unday chapel by S u p t. H all an d p o in ts the way to h igh achievem ent and happiness: It is said that h um an b eings cannot really be happy w ho do n o t believe in th e ir own honesty, and who do n o t believe they are try in g to do the rig h t th in g , to be f a ir , clean and stra ig h t. People are so co n stitu ted th a t every d e p a rtu re from the rig h t m akes them d isc o n te n t ed , u n h a p p y —causes them to lose th eir self-respect. No. 18 T h ere is plenty of tim e here to do every th in g re quired of you. So, if you are honest in a desire for an ed u catio n , now is the tim e to dig in and form , day by day, th e habit of excellence by doing ev ery th in g as it ought to be done. W hen you strive w ith your w hole m ight to do your very best everything looks b rig h ter, your whole attitu d e tow ard life is lifted up and your en tire n atu re im proves— grow s. D on’t you th in k for one m inute th at you can sh irk y o u r w ork, cheat in your lessons, and m aintain your stan d in g am ong your friends. You will be held back all th ro u g h your life on account of such laziness and lack of pride in your school achievem ents. You will be seriouslv em barrass ed and be obliged to accept defeat in every line of w ork th at req u ires skill, or brains, or thoro u g h n ess, all on account of d riftin g — having no purpose— d u rin g yo u r school days, u ntil you deteriorate and sink lower and low er in y o u r stan d ard s, w ith consequent loss of self-respect, a dim inished efficiency, a dw arfed n atu re , all resu ltin g in a stu n ted and unsuccessful life. W hen we obey th a t inw ard influence w hich prom pts us to do the rig h t th in g we invariably feel b etter, h a p pier, and approve o u r own action every tim e. On the c o n tra ry we alw ays feel— th a t inw ard p rotest w hich condem n s us every tim e we d isreg ard it. H ow m uch b etter yau feel after you have perform ed a fine job of w ork in any of th e d ep a rtm en ts w here you are d etail I wish I had the pow er to n ig h t to arouse every one ed how m uch m ore you th in k of yourself, how it of you stu d en ts to th e necessity of earn estly and h a b gives you confidence and self-respect! In fact, it itu ally doing th e rig h t th in g w hile you are at the age braces you up and aids your whole ch aracter. T h is to form proper life habits. Success of the real kind comes ab o u t alto g eth er by follow ing out th a t inside is alw ays in the stu d e n t who w int success, not in co n influence w hich p rom pts us to do th in g s rig h t, as they ditions. sho u ld be done, ju st as we feel an increase of self- N o-one becomes great through luck. You get w hat respect w hen we obey th e law of ju stice, of in te g rity , you pay for, in ch aracter, in w ork, and in en erg y . w ithin us. T here are few really good things w hich you cannot I tell you, stu d e n ts, th ere is an indescribable sense get if you are w illing to pay the price. People fail of satisfaction every tim e we honestly ex ert ourselves because they are not w illing to w ork hard enough, to to do the rig h t th in g . N o th in g but the best is good prepare th o ro u g h ly en o u g h , in order to be able to e n o u g h . H ow m any of you honestly and sincerely accom plish. Do y o u r w ork, boys and girls, in such a e x e rt yourselves every n ig h t d u rin g th e stu d y ho u r in way th a t you cannot be k ept back. S u ccesso r failure y o u r room s to p repare yo u r lesson for th e n e x t day? do not com e by accident —you choose them for yourself. U nless you tak e care of your tim e here to g et all Che- m aw a offers you will not have th at sense of w holeness If you im agine th e w orld is going to m iss you after so necessary to m ain tain you r self-respect, and w ith you are dead, try going away from your hom e tow n o u t self-respect any boy or girl is indeed in a sorry for a couple of w’eeks. m ental co n d itio n . T h e stu d e n t who dodges his lessons, ch eats d u rin g stu d y hour, cannot expect to progress, It is no t th e h e artless, listless im itatio n or rep ro d u ctio n and every tim e such ones do cheat they show th a t m erely, th a t leads to perfectio n , but ra th e r p erfect m ental th e ir aim s are not very h ig h —they are sim ply d riftin g poise a n d co m p reh en sio n th a t tin g le s an d ra d ia tes from every and d o d g in g . Rem em ber th a t n o th in g but q u ality in n erv e and brain cell th a t calls fo rth a sense of satisfaction oneself co u n ts. which leaves n o th in g fu rth e r to be desired .
