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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1920)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PA G E 4 THE W ASTERS (C o n tin u e d from page 1) If you go about w ith an acknow ledgem ent of in feriority show ing in y o u r face and m an n er, if ev ery th in g ab o u t you indicates th a t you do not believe in yourself, th a t you have very little respect for y o u r self, you certain ly should not blam e others for tak in g you at your ow n estim ate. You cannot afford to w aste yo u r tim e, sim ply to u c h ing as it were, w ith yo u r finger tip s th e tasks given you here at C hem aw a. Y ou can n o t afford to b rin g only a fraction of yourself to yo u r w ork. You m ust go to it a w hole m an, a w hole w om an, fresh, stro n g and vigorous, so th a t yo u r efforts will be spontaneous, not forced; b u oyant, not heavy. If you go at your tasks w ith jaded faculties and a sense of being tired , after half a nig h t of dissip atio n w ith th e " s p r e a d s ,” or loss of sleep, your w ork will suffer. U nder such circum stances ev ery th in g you do will bear th e stam p or im press of w eakness, and th ere is no success or satisfaction in w eakness. T h is is ju st w here so m any young people fail— in not b rin g in g all of them selves to th e ir task. T h ere is a w onderful creative force in a strong v itality because it tones up and increases th e power of all the faculties, so th a t they produce vastly m ore and are very m uch m ore efficient. So we declare our boys and g irls safe w hen th ey are busy in some useful em ploym ent. You are protected from all sorts of te m p tatio n s to idleness and its entail of injuries. A ctivity m eans life; in activ ity , d eath . Act! D o n ’t waste yo u r tim e. ITEM S FROM TH E TRA DES T h e bakery is tak in g on a b rig h t and cheerful a p pearance since th e p ain ters started w orking there. T h e tailors are d ra ftin g su it p a tte rn s and doing other w ork in connection w ith d esigning and c u ttin g . As soon as the w eather perm its th e p ain ters will finish th e ex terio r of th e m achine shop. T h at will give them some fu rth er practical w ork. T h e farm ers and som e e x tra help have been h a r vesting potatoes on th e shares recen tly . T h e ir share was su stan tia l and th e potatoes w ere very nice also. T h e dairy boys will soon be g rin d in g feed for th eir stock, as the repairs have come for th e g rin d er and th e m otor is being set and w ired ready for th e w ork. T h e plum bers have been ta k in g some practical w ork in th e g rad in g of sew er lines an d th eir general con stru ctio n . Some very creditable w ork in laying out th e lines here has been done in th e ir classes recen tly . P re p aratio n s are going forw ard to clear som e of the stu m p land at Chem aw a. Som e of th e fam ous T N T th a t was b o ught last year will be used. T he boys on the larm detail will gain som e valuable inform ation if they will follow closely the b lastin g process. T h e engineers are rep airin g w ater pum ps and the vacuum pum p T hese repairs were ordered recently, and th a n k s to prom ptness all around, these pum ps will now be in good order. T h e carp en ters are m aking m ore tables for the din ing-room as there are more p u p ils than can be p ro v id ed for at one tim e w ith all the present equipm ent and it will be necessary to give all a chance to eat at the sam e tim e, as otherw ise it delays th e w ork of the d in in g -ro o m force. T h e blacksm iths, som e of th e carpenters, and part of th e tru ck crew have been helping p u t in the new floor in the south end of th e blacksm ith shop. T h e concrete floor will be placed in th e m achine shop th is w eek. N ew doors are being placed in the opening betw een th e blacksm ith shop and m achine shop. ACADEM IC NOTES T h ere are five ju n io rs p lay in g on th e " H o t S h o t” lin e . T h e carp en ters of the ju n io r class are interested in m echanical draw ing. G eorge T hom as, a m em ber of the ju n io r class, m ade a h u n d red per cent in an E n g lish test recently. T h e g irls of ’22 are p rep arin g for a farewell dinner at th e dom estic science on T h u rsd ay afternoon. A lexander B eauvier is w o rk in g a t th e blacksm ith shop m aking a tom ahaw k for n ext y e a r’s ex h ib it. T h e ju n io r class is now stu d y in g about the H ebrew s, the only fam ilar subject so far in A ncient H isto ry . T h e ju n io rs have been review ing the study of ch em istry in order to get the new m em bers started a rig h t. T h e ju n io r class is still increasing in num bers. W e gladly welcome a new classm ate, Joyce Sim m ons. T h e sophom ore engineers are ta k in g g reat interest in th e stu d y of pum ps w hich they have ju s t begun. T h e engineers have been busy in stallin g a m otor in th e barn so th at M r. Bettles can fu rn ish m ash for the cows. A class m eeting was held by the ju n io rs last F riday to transact business. An enjoyable program was also presented. T h e m em bers of the eig h th grade have been having som e lively discussions in arith m etic on "C hoice of In v e stm e n t.” T h e second year vocationals have finished th eir history course, w hich included the G reat W ar, and are now review ing. T h e th ree " b a b ie s ” of th e ju n io r class had the h ig h est averages last m onth. T h ey are E lizabeth C h u rchill, Rosie G ray and L aurie Davis. C om petition for honor stu d e n t in the eig h th B class is ru n n in g h ig h . T h is m onth Rebecca C arpenter carries off th e honors w ith an average of 93 p e rc e n t. W atch for n e x t m o n th ’s report!
