THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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A MASTER LIFE
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ing dishes or carrying a hod, you can always, if you
will, be a thoroughbred. The humblest occupation
may be glorified by the spirit put into it. What you
do for a living does not matter so much as how you
do it. It is the spirit in which you do your work that
counts, and that counts through all eternity. You can
have no nobler ambition than this—to make your life
count.
The man or woman w’ho lives for self alone, whose
life is not of value to the whole community, no matter
what his education or calling is a failure. There can
be no greater mistake than to grind all of your energy,
and your heart’s blood, your very selves, into meat,
your raiment, and to devote only the crumbs, the
odds and ends of your time and energies, to man-
making and woman-making. You must work for
your manhood, your womanhood, as much as for your
money, and take as much pains to get it, and keep it,
too.
Our closing thought is: That your ideas and ideals
can never be solid possessions until you express them
in life. It is good to respect airy structures in the
imagination, but you must bring them down and give
them a solid footing on earth if they are ever to do you
or the world any good. While they are in the air
they are impracticable. If they never get over the
borderland of the imagination they will do you more
harm than good.
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS
The painters are working on furniture that has been
repaired and also on the hall of the lower floor of Wi
nona Hall.
The plumbing department has done some very neat
work recently on the sheet metal frames for the lamp
shades that the art students are making.
Recent freezing weather has materially injured some
of our winter grain and it will be necessary to re-seed
some of the land where frost has worked havoc.
Mr. Henry Turner is taking the place of Mr. Tyrell
while the latter is on leave. This arrangement keeps
Mr. Turner busy, supplying the wants of both chil
dren and chickens.
When it rains so hard that the rafters and wall plates
get too slippery to stay on the carpenters have to leave
the roof of the shop addition, but they are good at
staying at the job.
Our truck is out of the shop again now and seems
as good as ever. 1'his speaks well for the driver, Mr.
Briggs, his detail, and the several mechanical depart
ments that contributed to the rehabilitation.
A department that has been operating on its own
initiation is the tailor shop. Mr. James was called away
for several days last week and the boys of his detail
proceeded in a quiet and efficient way with their work
until his return. This speaks very well for the young
men in this department.
The resignation of Mr. Will, our shoe and harness
maker, has left this department with the detail to do
the work without an instructor. So far there have
been three boys who are worthy of honorable mention
in this work. Alfred Kiu, Nickolai Nelson and Joseph
Matte have shown interest and proficiency in the work
and the other boys have supported them well. Good
work!
DOMESTIC ART NOTES
“Maw’in, folks, heah we are agin.”
What’s the use of education if it cannot be put to
practical use?
There are designs, and designs, and more designs,
as proven by Miss Groves who has collected designs
through her entire service, actually originated by
Zuni, Hopi and Navajo students; however, we are not
to be beaten for we intend to show our ability to orig
inate designs as good as theirs. Can we do it?
Certainly.
Sewing, sewing, why most certainly we are. We
are patching, darning, cleaning and pressing. New
clothes are being made, and old clothes are made into
new ones. “How perfectly lovely!” Do our arms ache?
Of course not, we are too interested to stop and think
about our aching limbs. Why, this is all fun. Just
you try it and see. That is what we call an honest-
to-goodness “renovation.”
“Much is expected of the Seniors. We expect
them to be leaders at their home, or wherever they go,”
said Miss Groves in her talk to us last week. Selec
tion of clothes, knowing how to make them, when to
wear them, and the cost, were her main points under
the subject of clothing
In speaking of foods, she
strongly expressed that the most important is to have
a perfect knowledge of the kind of food most nourish
ing to the body. How to cook and serve a simple meal
is the next important object to consider in cookery.
We strongly believe Miss Groves’ words were not
merely wasted, for we have in our class just that qual
ity which will fulfill these requirements.
“Fowls fly and so does time.” Au Revoir,
T he H appy -G o -L ucky S eniors .
DETAIL FOR WEEK
Sunday escort for girls, January 25
McBride Hall
Winona Hall
Asst. Farmer
Teacher No. 15
Teacher No. 5
Poultryman