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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1921)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAG E 4 DEFEAT AND FAILURE (C o n tin u e d from pag e 1) So, stu d en ts, if any of you here are d elu d in g y o u r self w ith the belief th a t som ehow , some w ay, som e th in g will tu rn up to im prove your condition w ith o u t effort on yo u r part, you are m aking a trem endous m is tak e and losing precious tim e. N o th in g will com e to you except th ro u g h y o u r ow n labor, your own efforts, and m uch depends upon how you em ploy your tim e rig h t now. T h e b etter you w ork th e g reater th e re su lts, the m ore you will secure, for th e stu d en t who can g rit his teeth and go at it alone w hether he r e ceives encouragem ent or not, who w ith or w ith o u t the approval of his classm ates can go ahead or tu rn back, is the one who gets th ere and is also the fellow the w hole world is alter. I t is the one w ith courage and d eterm in atio n who w ins the prize. T h ere is alw ays room at the top for th e m an or wom an who will stam p th eir own m ark of in d iv id u ality or su p erio rity or distin ctiv en ess upon w hatever th ey do. Such an one need have no fear of m any rivals. GENERAL ITEMS Goodness! H ow tim e flies! O ur ath letic alm anac begins already to su g g est looking for baseball bats, balls and m its. Miss V irg in ia G oodm an of T acom a, W ash ., was at C hem aw a last week v isitin g relatives. W hile here she was th e guest of Mr. and M rs. Sanders. E dw ard D upuis, a form er stu d e n t, paid the school a sh o rt visit last week. H e is now m arried and living in O regon C ity. H e rep o rts th at he is g ettin g along nicely. M rs. M arie L . B ottineau B aldw in, LLB , L L M ., W ash in g to n College of L aw , W ash in g to n , D. C ., a C hippew a In d ia n , is an active m em ber of the College W o m en ’s C lub at the N atio n al C apital. Of late d etails of boys have been b lasting stum ps out and clearin g u p th e land east of the hospital. W h en cleared th is land will be a valuable addition to o u r cu ltiv ated area, as th e soil is very fine. T h is is th e season of th e year w hen m uch p ru n in g of orchards is in progress. T h is is w ork w herein c o n siderable care should be exercised, as bad p ru n in g will do m ore dam age th a n good. T hose who p ru n e should know w hat th ey are d o in g . F o r the past week or so A lbert Spearson and G eorge T h o m as have been busy a t rep air w ork in M itchell H all. T h ey are good h u stlers and good w orkm en in the line of carp en try and the repairs and im provem ents they have m ade is g reatly appreciated by all the boys of th a t building. L ittle R euben S anders has had a serious tim e of it of late. H e is ju st now recovering from q u ite a d el icate surgical operation w hich took place at a Salem H o sp ital. T h is little fellow has been u n fo rtu n a te and has been com pelled to subm it to several operations in his few years of life, but it is now th o u g h t and hoped th a t he is on the way to a speedy recovery and perfect h ealth . THE HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN L ast T h u rsd ay evening w as th e tim e set for th e open session of th e R eliance L iterary Society and they chose to en tertain th e ir guests w ith th e presentation of “ T h e H ig h School F re sh m a n .” T h e boys really did splendidly from begin n in g to end and m erited the liberal applause they received. F ollow ing is the cast of characters: H a rry T e m p leto n (a fre sh m a n ) - - - - W ill T h o rn to n (a se n io r) - - - - - Ja c k M orrell (a football coach) - - - J a n ie s C lark e (a reck less b ro k e r’s so n ) - - C h arles Jack so n (a y ell le a d e r) - - - Sam B elton (a w estern s tu d e n t) - - - Ju liu s C ohen (a fresh m an from th e B ro n x ) - Lew S am p so n (C la rk e ’s to o l) . . . . O rrie M orton (a sm all tow n d u d e ) - - Si H a rn e ss (a c o u n try b y -p ro d u ct) Ben C astle (w h o th in k s stu d y a b o re ) R oss F in n e rty (a n Iris h y o u n g ste r) - - - A. S h e p a rd C. E d w ard s - L. Colby E . T h e rria u lt R . N uckolls F . W ilder - C. B uchert w . F razier - J. R acine J . H an sen E . L iljeg ren w . K en n ed y T h e follow ing en tertain in g specialties w ere given betw een the acts: O p e n in g S o n g ............................................................ M em b ers S a x o p h o n e Solo - - - - - - a . S h ep ard C o rn et Solo - - - - - - - F . P e ra tro v ic h R elian ce Q u a rte t - - - - - - - - A. S h ep ard , W . K en n ed y , F . P e ra tro v ic h , A. Jo h n so n R ecitatio n - - - - - - - - W . F raz ie r A ccordion Solo - - - - - - - G. N ix DOMESTIC SCIENCE NOTES T h e cooks for the past week w ere L ena C leveland for B D ivision and L ucy Y andall for A D ivision. T h e first to occupy ou r guest room s since they have been painted w ere four m en of the O .A .C . F reshm en team . T h e dom estic science girls w ere u p early W ed n es day and cooked a very nice breakfast for th e O. A . C. freshm en team . T h e freshm en and sophom ore g ills have had th eir dom estic science ex am in atio n s for th is sem ester. O f th e first year vocational class th e follow ing received th e highest m arks: H attie Cay to n , M aude P o tts and S tella G rim es. On T uesday last the Sophom ores cooked and served a delicious dinner to the F resh m en team of O .A .C . It w as reported that the d in n e r was a success. Jessie C leveland and L illian G au th ier did the serving and were h ighly com plim ented.
