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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1925)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN PAGE 4 THE RIGHT KIND OF SPIRIT (Continued from page 1 ) others let go. Tenacity of purpose gives confidence. If you stick to your purpose through thick and thin, if you have the genius of persistence, you have the very first qualification of an achiever. Thousands of people all over our country are in poverty and suffering who found out after they had given up that they had been almost in sight of suc cess when they surrendered; who saw those who took up the work where they had dropped it win out very quickly. There may come a time in your life when you will have no idea what to do next; when you may not be able to make an intelligent move, when you can see no light ahead. Then is the time simply to hang on and refuse to give up. We hammer in this lesson to you students time and again because it is the very first lesson you should learn. You should “keep on,” “keep on,” always “keep on.” Without this tenacity of purpose, education—brilliancy, even geni us—will not amount to much. With it any one of you here will succeed. It was holding on three more days that enabled Columbus to discover the new world. It was holding on which took Peary to the north pole. The same is true of many wonderful things. The world owes more to the persistency that never gives up than to almost anything else. This is a proof of your greatness: Students, when you can stick to your aim, can accomplish your pur pose in spite of all embarrassments, irritations and disheartening conditions. Many of our grandest men and women started out poor, without friends, had no backing, had no capital but pure grit and invincible purpose, and we urge each of our readers to be dominated by some mighty aim while at Chemawa, to have a fixed purpose to get everything here, something definite, a plan, and you may be sure every employee and student here will be glad to stand by you. LITERARY SOCIETIES Reliance The Reliance Literary Society met in the audi torium on Friday, November 6th. President Atkins presided. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. The names of the new Reliance members were read and much applause was given them. After a short business discussion the following program was given in an excellent way: Song, Society; instrumental music, Raymond Hal dane, Wm. Markistrum and PaulKeta; recitation, Le ander Wilson; sleight of hand, Jacob Atkins; proph ecy. Alfred Bernard; vocal solo, Albert Orr; things that never happen, Royal Holst and Dewey Matt; jokes, Wm. Johnson; closing songs and yells, Members. After hearing short talks by Mr. Carroll and Mr. Fisher the society adjourned. Excelsior The Excelsior Literary Society held its regular meet ingin room seven, school building, Nov. 6, 1925. The election of officers was held with the following results: President, Louis Dupuis; vice-president, John Dexter; secretary, Jesse Morgan; treasurer, Archie Greycloud; sergeant-at-arms, Arthur Bruce; yell leader, Henry Bowker. It was decided that the Reliance and Excelsior So cieties would play a football game just after Thanks giving, and that the members of the first team be al lowed to play. The names of new members were read and applaud ed. After a short program and the critic’s report the society adjourned. DOMESTIC SCIENCE NOTES Read this if you think the Freshmen are not on the job. We prepared and served a dinner for the visiting football team on Saturday, a week ago, and the Sopho mores helped the seventh grade girls serve the lunch eon. We have canned pumpkins, and also made some pumpkin pies--just the kind that “grandmother” made. Norma Douglas has the honor of being the first Freshman to start the sixth grade girls on their lessons in domestic science. Hazel Boyd and Constance Caisse are now the high school lunch girls. DOMESTIC ART NOTES Broadcasting from station D. A. D., the Sophomores will now tell you of their new work as seamstresses: We are now reviewing some of the work in making patches, darning and renovating. Each girl has been assigned a certain amount of fan cy work which is to be on display during Christmas week, and some is to be sold also. Since we were last here, our instructor, Miss Vesper, has developed a new way in which we are to ‘ ‘clean up. ’ ’ Each girl has an assigned duty to perform through the week, so we never have time to waste now. You’ll hear from us next week. In every progressive community in all the world the old gives place to the new. Old landmarks are oblit erated and new ones established, and this holds true at Chemawa. The truth of the above was exemplified here last week when the porch along the north side of Brewer Hall was torn down. The structure is a wooden affair and the porch, in its dilapidated state, had be come a liability in more ways than one and its removal became necessary.
