THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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WRONG VIEWPOINT
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born ability, which is given to the weakest as well
as the strongest, and neglected the little opportunities
which were all around them that would have brought
them to their goal. No matter what the accidents of
birth or fortune, or what our neighbors have that we
may lack, there is nothing beyond our attainment;
there is absolutely no question but each one of us can
attain what we want to be. The world looks up to
a determined man, woman, boy or girl.
People applying for a position make a bad impres
sion when they seem to dwell upon the time “off” in
stead of showing interest in what is expected of them
during the time “on.”
Recently we heard a business man remark that
when people are thinking of the time off or a position
as a snap, he tells them to pass on. He wants some
one for the job for which they receive pay who think
more of the time “on” than they do of the time “off.”
Nothing comes through luck. Success or failure do
not come by accident. You choose them for your
selves. Success of the right kind is always in the
student who wins success. Not in conditions—he
makes conditions.
Practically all of the men and women holding im
portant positions in the world today started near the
ground and, in the course of years, through hard
work and ability, rung by rung, climbed to their pres
ent places of power and responsibility. Students, you
will never reach above your habitual thoughts, nor will
you go very far toward success by a constant desire to
change your occupation. You will have to stick to
some one thing and master it.
SOPHOMORE NOTES
Class, let’s make this our best year!
The latest
and Andrew
“Service”
help prepare
additions to our class are Ramona Tripp
St. Martin.
being our motto, we all did our best to
the exibit for the Fair.
Most of the Sophomore girls are detailed to the
Domestic Art or Domestic Science departments.
The representatives for the Sophomore Class on the
Varsity did well in the game last Saturday week.
One of our latest class songs is “Sophies,” origin
al tune, “Collegiate;” composed by Oxenia Hendrick
son.
We feel complimented by our teacher when she
stated that we Sophies seemed like old-timers in geom
etry.
The Sophomore girls have taken their first botany
walk of the year. We learned quite a bit and enjoyed
the outing.
The dear old Sophie class is gradually growing.
By January 1, 1926, we will have our quota. The
class now tallies twenty-six girls and twenty boys.
After spending a pleasant vacation in their homes in
Alaska, Agnes Peratrovich and Evelyn Roberts are
again in Chemawa to take up their studies for the com
ing year.
WHO AM IP
I am more powerful than the combined armies of
the world.
I have destroyed more men than all the wars of the
nations.
I am more deadly than bullets, and I have wrecked
more homes than the mightiest of siege guns.
I steal, in the United States alone, over $300,000,000
each year.
I spare no one, and I find my victims among the
rich and poor alike, the young and old, the strong
and weak. Widows and orphans know me.
I loom up to such proportions that I cast my shad
ow over every field of labor, from the turning of the
grindstone to the moving of every railroad train.
I massacre thousands upon thousands of wage earn
ers a year.
I lurk in unseen places and do most of my work
silently. You are warned against me but you heed
not.
I am relentless.
I am everywhere; in the house, on the streets, in
the factory, at the railroad crossing, and on the sea.
I bring sickness, degradation and death, and yet
few seek to avoid me.
I destroy, crush or maim; I give nothing but take all.
I am your worst enemy.
I AM CARELESSNESS.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE NOTES
Tuesday evening of last week the vocational Domes
tic Science classes prepared and served a dinner for
Congressman Cramton and his party. Although we
had short notice, we hear the dinner was up to the
usual high standard.
This year there are only three high school students,
but we have a Willamette University student, so we are
still making lunches. This week Iva Dupuis, Oxcenia
Hendrickson and Emily Ivanoff are taking care of
the lunches.
Any one visiting our department last week would
have found a busy scene. Some were practicing making
biscuits, scones, or whatever they were to demonstrate
at the fair; others were finishing the canning or packing
the fruit to be moved.