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1 20 rican 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 III W ednesday, A PR IL 6, 1921 BE A CONQUEROR r No. 26 som ebody to help them , to give them a boost, to m ake th in g s easy. S tu d en ts of th is class do not People have very little use for the w eak-kneed, the yearn for an education, but would accept it if it could faint hearted; b u t the conqueror who carries victory be gotten w ith o u t m uch effort. T h e young person in his very appearance, w ho overcom es opposition such as appalls w eak m inds, w ho does not skip his difficult w ho stops to w eigh and consider every possible d a n problem s, b u t conquers ev e ry th in g w hich gets in his g er or objection, then m agnifies w hat he sees, never w ay, is alw ays in dem and. People who accom plish am ounts to a hill of beans. H e is small and m ade for b u t little have a faculty foi seeing difficulties in the little th in g s. H e w alks around an obstacle and goes w ay of ev ery th in g they u n d ertak e. T h eir im ag in a as far as he can easily, b u t w hen the going gets hard he stops. tion conjures up obstacles w hich rise in th eir p athw ay T h e stro n g , up-and-a-com ing boy or g irl, the posi and paralize th e ir courage. T h ey begin to look for excuses as any plan of action is m ade—and of course tive, decisive one w ho has a program for each d a y ’s w ork, and who is determ ined to carry it out makes th e y find th e excuses. T h e re is alw ays an “ if ” or a his way ragardless of difficulties. I t is the weak- “ b u t” to keep them from ta k in g the necessary steps kneed stu d en t, the easily discouraged one, who tu rn s or m aking energetic effort to g et w hat they w ant. No person can rise to a n y th in g very great w ho al aside. L et us im press upon the m inds of all th at people low s him self to be tripped up or thw arted by im pedi m ents. T h eir achievem ents will be in proportion to who achieve th in g s, who get th in g s done, do not th e ir ability to rise triu m p h a n tly over the stum bling spend th e ir tim e h aggling over perplexities or w on blocks w hich trip o th ers. W h en we hear som e-one d erin g w hether they can overcom e them . T hey hold w hining th at they have no chance, com plaining th at th e end so persistently in view, and it looks so grand fate has doomed them to m ediocrity; w hen we see and desirable, th at th e w ork in cid en t to its achieve m ent, no m atter how p erp lex in g , is of com paratively such an one finding som eth in g in the way, we know th a t there is very poor chance of th at person progress little im portance. W e meet these trouble-borrow ing calam ity how lers, ing very far. W e know th a t they are not made of the m aterial th a t progresses. W hen a stu d en t or an y one difficulty-seeing people, on all sides. T here is u s u a l else, tells us th a t luck is ag ain st him , th a t he can see ly one or m ore such people in every class, literary so no way of doing w hat he w ould like to do, he adm its ciety , Y . M. C. A ., and so fo rth , who is ever seeing th a t he is not m aster of the situ atio n and m ust give difficulties w hich do not ap p ear to others, and if a n y w ay to opposition— th at he is not big enough or stro n g th in g ever depends w holly upon a person of this class you may be sure it is foredoom ed to neglect or failure. enough to overcom e it. N early every in v en tio n , discovery, or achievem ent So m any of our stu d e n ts, an d stu d en ts elsew here, w hich has blessed th e w orld would have failed had have not the inclination to buckle dow n to solid study or hard w ork. T hey say they desire success, b u t it is th e “ calam ity h o w le r,” th e objector, carried his point. evident th a t they do not w an t it badly enough to T h e y o u th who is bound to “ get th e re ” m ay see diffi pay the price. T hey prefer to d rift along, take th in g s cu lties a lrig h t, b ut he is not afraid of them because easy the desire to have a good tim e overbalances he feels th a t they are no m atch for h is d eterm in atio n . am bition. Y ou will find as you go along th a t the habit of Obstacles will look large or sm all to you according m inim izing annoyances and difficulties, of m aking the best of ev ery th in g th a t comes to you; of m agnifying to w hether you are large or sm all. A good m any and en larg in g upon th e pleasant and agreeable and boys and girls see m uch h ard sh ip in buckling down red u cin g to th e very least possible im portance ev ery to serious and co n stan t w ork in ord er to com plete th e ir schooljcourse. T hey lack the stam in a and g rit th in g th a t is disagreeable and u n p leasan t, will help necessary to succeed and upon the very first rebuff you w onderfully, not only in y o u r w ork here and else- they give up . Such stu d e n ts are alw ays looking for f Continued on page 4) i "n I ...
