The Chemawa American, May 23, 1923, Page 2, Image 2

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T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD HALL, Superintendent
Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager
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5 0 Cts PER ANNUM
WHAT WE WOULD DO
If it were our privilege to be num bered am ong
those g rad u atin g from C hem aw a th is year we would
be very happy and should be proud of th e fact. If
possible, we would co n tin u e o u r stu d ies at some in ­
stitu tio n of higher ed u catio n ; not being able to p u r ­
sue academ ic w ork any fu rth e r, we would look for a
situation th a t prom ised a fu tu re w orth w hile for us.
W e would try to secure em ploym ent at some avoca­
tion to our lik in g , som eth in g w hich had an appeal
for us, in w hich we th o u g h t we had m ore th an a 50-
50 chance to succeed. H av in g found such a position
we would be m ighty careful not to lose it. W e would
tak e a personal in terest in every detail of the business
and it w ould be o u r d eterm in atio n th at no one should
prove m ore efficient in skill, general know ledge and
all-around dependability th a n our self. W e would be
w ithin call when our em ployer needed special h e lp 'o r
was seeking som e-one on whom he could bestow a
com m ission of tru st and responsibility. O ur w ork,
ou r earnestness, and our d ep o rtm en t in every way
should be such th a t we would force recognition. W e
would so live, do, and act th a t it w ould seem th at we
w ere necessary to the success of th e business. T h is
is good advice and possible for those who will hold
to proper standards.
H ere follow a few of the th in g s we would not do:
W e would not loaf and lay dow n on th e job w hen
we th o u g h t ourself not w atched. W e would not d rift
into o u r place of em ploym ent late. W e would not
ask to be excused for a few m om ents an d take an
hour. W e would keep those h o u rs w hich w ere our
very own in respectability— o u r private life should be
clean. W e would sh u n evil associates a l w a y s . W e
w ould not allow ourselves to d rift in to th e com pany
of anyone whose character was in any way q u estio n ­
able. W e would avoid dissipation of any sort at all
tim es. W e would sh u n a n y th in g w hatsoever w hich
m ig h t have even the slig h test tendency to render us
unfit for a vigorous prosecution of our life w ork.
VARSITY RECEIVES SECOND DEFEAT
O u r baseball squad enjoyed a fine auto ride to M o­
lalla last F rid ay afternoon an d in tu rn paid the price
by b eing defeated by the high school team of that place
3 to 1. All agree th a t th e co u n try is very fine and
th e scenery beautiful, but th eir defeat is hard to sw al­
low.
M olalla has the rep u tatio n of being an A -l baseball
tow n and th e high school team has m ade a fine record so
far th is season, yet we attrib u te the loss of this gam e
to th e fact th a t our boys won the gam e by a score of
ab o u t 15 to 0 before th e contest was even staged.
O ver-confidence will beat the best team in the co u n ­
try and th a t is exactly w hat defeated o u r team , for if
com parative scores co u n t for a n y th in g th e “ p re p p e rs”
should not have had a look-in, but as it was th in g s
tu rn ed out ju s t th e reverse.
B ettles did the tw irlin g for ou r side and stru c k out
13 b atters and allowed seven h its. E n g le for M olalla
stru c k out seven of our h itters and allow ed seven h its.
D andro G eorge registered ou r lone tally in the eighth
in n in g , w hile the grand parade by th e high schoolers
was staged in the fifth in n in g w hen th e y assem bled
five h its and B ettles advanced th e ru n n e rs aro u n d the
bags on a w ild pitch to first and tw o ru n n e rs w ere
allowed to ta g the rubber at hom e on an erro r by
D andro G eorge at sh o rt. T h eir th ird score w as also
m ade in the fifth on a clean h it to cen ter field.
W hile we adm it th e team m ade a fine show ing d u r ­
in g the first half of th e season w ith o u t th e loss of a
gam e, yet it m ust be rem em bered we cannot win
gam es on o u r rep u ta tio n , but m ust play w ith d e te r­
m ination every m in u te of th e gam e. R em em ber M r.
H a ll’s w ords, “ T h e determ ination to w in and the
bulldog tenacity to hang on to th e e n d ,” can be a p ­
plied in a baseball gam e as well as in o u r shop and
school room w ork.
T h re e of o u r hardest gam es still rem ain on our
schedule and it will take d eterm ination to w in th em .
Y. M. AND Y. W. 0. A. NOTES
T h e Y. W . C. A. had a most in te re stin g d isc u s­
sion m eeting last Sunday in th e “ Y ” room , u sing the
topic: “ xMaking th e sides of a tria n g le e q u a l.” T h e
all-ro u nd developm ent of the m ind, body and spirit was
ably discussed by th e girls. A fter th e program th e
g irls talked over plans for send in g delegates to th e
sum m er conference, w hich is to be held th is year at
th e cam p ow ned by the P ortlan d Y . W . C . A . at
G ea rh a rt, O regon.
T h e “ Y ” room is looking especially a ttra ctiv e now
since the room com m ittee used a little rose-colored dye
on th e cu rta in s.
Six little g irls, m em bers of th e Ju n io r Y . W . C. A .,
w ent in to Salem one afternoon last week and d elighted
th e folk in th e Old P eople’s H om e by sin g in g some
of th e ir p retty songs. T hey w ere each given a big
b unch of pansies and urged to com e back again.
T h e Bible classes finished up th eir w ork for th e
school year last T h u rsd ay n ig h t. T h e in terest in these
classes has been fine and the attendance has averaged
250 each week.