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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1924)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN PAGE 4 SELF-DISCOVERY (Continued from page 1) The heating and plumbing of the new addition has been finished by the plumbers. The electricians have also completed preliminary work for this department. high ideal, calls out the finest and noblest qualities N ews I tem : T welve K illed at C hemawa . In in our natures. If we were looking for an employe and found a person who had this characteristic we formation has been received here that a week ago to day twelve were killed at the Salem Indian School, should ask for no other recommendation. Nothing else so reveals the very heart and marrow Chemawa, Oregon. Never mind, they were just pigs of character as the way in which we do our work, the for the Thanksgiving dinner. Buth the farm and garden details deserve special spirit, the quality we put into it. A poor job shows a poor ideal—a low ambition. A finely wrought piece mention for their persistence in taking out the potato of work is an indication of a superior mentality. crop. It is no small job to dig the crop with a fork, Many young men and women, as well as older ones, but they continue to bring them in as long as the cease to grow or advance because they become satisfied ground is not too soft to stand on. with their record. There is no one so humble or so The masons have raised the walls of the shop’s high up but he can improve. The plodder who has addition to the height of the upper window arches. an ideal, who tries to do everything he undertakes Here is another project worthy of special mention. better than it has ever been done before, who is ever These apprentices have demonstrated that they can lastingly trying to improve, gets way ahead of the and do work in all sorts of weather. What is more one who is always waiting for the big opportunity— they are cheerful about it. for a chance to do something that he considers worth BOY SCOUTS while. It is simply amazing what a single year of this constant improvement policy will accomplish. It Haskell has organized a Boy Scout Troop. Che is just a little more improvement here and a little mawa boasts of being second to none in “scouting.” better work there that really accomplishes the thing Here is what the Boys’ Life, Boy Scouts’ magazine, says: worth while. If you make yourself thoroughly competent in any In the three troops at Chemawa Indian School, in useful line, no matter what your condition or circum Oregon, are descendants of the first American scouts stances, no matter what your race or color, you will and splendidly are they living up to their heritage. be in demand. But excellence, superiority, cost These boys are from Indian tribes of the far north, something. One must make sacrifices for it. You and many have never known any other clothing than must keep your mind alert, you must be on your job fur, or any other house than an igloo. every minute, trying constantly to improve. Of Some have had wide experience in hunting and fish course, it is easier to slide along the line of least ing over the northern ice with dog sleds. Wonderful resistance, to be superficial, sloppy, slovenly in your chance for winter scouting! In contests with white work, than to pay the price of excellence in a daily boys these Indians present their scout craft so well struggle for improvement. that they defeat their opponents. Their thorough It rest entirely, young men and women, on you training is evident. They succeed in other things as whether you will be first, second or third-class in well. Scouting is playing a big part in their lives and your line. You can all improve on yesterday’s work is having a wonderful effect on the life of the school. if you will. Only your best on every occasion can DETAIL FOB WEEK lift your lives and give enduring satisfaction. Sunday escort for girls, December 7 INDUSTRIAL ITEMS The painters are progressing with their job at Wi nona Hall. The carpenters are nearly ready to turn the senior domestic science building over to the painters. Last week the bakers were a busy crowd. Mince pie, pumpkin pie, cake, bread and roast meat. Wow! What a feed! The engineering department will soon have the boiler settings finished and the work of piping and breeching will be pushed to get these boilers ready for service. McBride Hall Winona Hall Ass’t. Gardener Truck Driver H. M. McNary Teacher No. 2 Chaperone girls to Salem, Dec. 6 Teacher No. 4 Visitors to Literary societies, Dec. 5 Nonpareil—Tailor Winona—Teacher No. 10 Reliance—Property Clerk Excelsior—Ass’t D. S. Teacher To Junior Societies No. 1—Sewing Teacher No. 2—H. M. Mitchell No. 3—Teacher No. 13 No. 4—Teacher No. 14
