The Chemawa American, March 21, 1923, Page 4, Image 4

T H E CHEM AW A AM ERICAN
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T H E R IG H T K I N D OF S P I R I T
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persists, sticks, hangs on w hen others let go. T e n a ­
city of purpose gives confidence. If you stick to
vour purpose th ro u g h thick and th in , if you have the
genius of persistence, you have th e very first qualifica­
tions of an achiever.
T h o u san d s of people all over our co u n try are in
proverty and suffering who found o u t after th ey had
given up th a t they had been alm ost in sig h t of s u c ­
cess when they surrendered; w ho saw those who took
up the w ork w here they had dropped it win o u t very
quickly. T h ere m ay come a tim e in y o u r life when
you will have no idea w hat to do n ex t; w hen you may
not be able to m ake an in tellig en t move, w hen you
can see no lig h t ahead. T h en is th e tim e sim ply to
h an g on and refuse to give up . W e ham m er in this
lesson to you stu d en ts tim e and again because it is the
very first lesson you should learn. Y ou should “ keep
o n ,” “ keep o n ,” alw ays “ keep o n .” W ithout this
tenacity of purpose, ed u catio n —b rilliancy, even g en i­
us— will not am ount to m uch. W ith it any one of
you here will suceeed. It was h o ld in g on th ree more
days th a t enabled C olum bus to discover th e new
w orld. It was holding on w’h ich took P eary to the
n o rth pole. T h e same is tru e of m any w onderful
things. T h e w orld owes m ore to th e persistency
th a t never gives u p th a n to alm ost a n y th in g else.
T his is a proof of your greatness: S tu d en ts, when
you can stick to your aim, can accom blish your p u r­
pose in spite of all em barrassm ents, irritatio n s and d is­
hearten in g conditions.
Many of our g ran d est men an d women started out
poor, w ith o u t friends, had no b acking, had no capital
but pure g rit and invincible purpose, and we urge
each of our readers to be dom inated by som e m ighty
aim w hile at C hem aw a, to have a fixed purpose to get
ev ery th in g here, som ething definite, a plan, and you
mav be su re every em ployee and stu d en t here will be
glad to stand by you.
A C A D E M IC N O T E S
M rs. R isser discussed in a very in terestin g and help­
ful m anner ch ap ter X V , Classroom M ethod and M an ­
agem ent, in te ach e rs’ m eeting M onday m orning.
C hapter X V I was assigned to Miss McDowell and
chap ter X V II to Miss Connolly for discussion at the
n e x t m eeting, M arch 28. O ther m atters discussed in
th e m eeting were the vocational declam ation contests,
m eans of im proving the discipline in the classroom s,
and th e advisability of having th e five-m inute recess
period for ad prevocational and prim ary pupils. Plans
w ere also discussed for th e w ritin g of the H om e B uild­
in g essays and teachers were requested to prepare
questions in com pliance w ith th e request received from
M r. P ta irs , Chief S upervisor of E d u catio n .
T he school assem bly, w hich had been postponed
two weeks on account of adverse circum stances, was
held last W ednesday to com m em orate C hem aw a’s
fo rty -th ird anniversary. T h e vocational classes had
a lively contest in class songs and yells, follow ed by a
com petition for first place as au th o r of a C hem aw a
poem. In the m orning session R obert Jo h n so n , of th e
ten th grade, carried off first honors w ith his poem .
T h e prize was a delicious cake baked by the g irls of
th e dom estic science d ep artm en t. Jesse M organ, of
the n in th grade, carried off the second prize, a box of
fine chocolate candy; M aude P o tts carried off th ird
prize, a box of candy; and O ccenia D eh k ittie, a little
freshm an, took fourth prize, w hich was a sm all cake.
T he n in th grade w alked off w ith th e first aw ard on
th e class yells, and the e ig h th grad e took first w ith
th e ir class song.
In the afternoon session Rose Seeds, n in th g rad e,
carried off first honors w ith her class poem; M argaret
F ra n k , eig h t grade, won second; and Moses G eorge,
seventh grade, won third place. T h e prizes, sim ilar
to those presented to the contestan ts in the other d iv i­
sion, w ere presented by Miss Ju d d . T h e freshies
su rp rised us w ith th e vigor of their class yell and carried
off first honors. T he Ju n io rs were given first place
in the song contest. A num ber of friends on th e
cam pus dropped in to hear the contests. T h e ju d g es
were selected by the presidents of th e classes for th e
song and yell contest, and appointed by the principal
for the contest in poetry. S u p erin ten d en t H all p re ­
sented the prizes to the pupils of th e m orning session
and added interest, and som etim es m errim ent, by his
presentation speeches.
IT E M S F R O M T H E T R A D E S
C arpenters are at w ork on the new brooder house.
T he tru ck crew are busy hau lin g wood, two cars of
w hich arrived th is w eek.
T h e m asons have been stopping leaks in the w ash ­
room at the Sm all B oys’ H om e.
D em onstration week is not far off now and tra d e s
d ep artm ents are busy prep arin g for it.
The hose carts are ta k in g on a new coat of red and
black w hich greatly im proves their appearance.
Ju st at present th e farm ers are w aiting for th e m ois­
tu re to dry out so they can finish th e ploughing.
T h e engineers have a new in terp retatio n for an old
song. T hey sing it, “ K eep the oil fires b u rn in g .”
Baseball season is here. T he carp en ters have made
a batting cage for the practice of b attin g and the g rounds
have been laid o u t anew .
Mrs M artha A rm stro n g , w ho has been em ployed
here d u rin g the w inter, left last week for her hom e at
S t. M arie, Idaho. H er sister, Miss S kipton, accom ­
panied her as far as P o rtlan d .