THE CH EM AWA AMERICAN
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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon. Please address all communications to
Ruthyn Turney, Manager.
JAS. H. McGREGOR
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Superintendent
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CHEMAWA WINS OPENER
Chemawa started her 1926 football season by defeat
ing Commerce High of Portland 41 to 0 last Saturday
afternoon on the home field. In spite of the lopsided
score we don’t feel much like crowing. The opposition
didn’t have much of a defense against our plays, still
our best plays failed to work time after time. There
was too much charging into the line with heads
down on the part of our first-string backfield men.
The quarter-backs were guilty of long pauses be
tween plays and didn’t show the best of judgment
when the plays were finally called—showing that there
was no plan of battle.
The guards are weak, especially on defense. The
ends were cutting in too fast, leaving themselves open
to side-swipes, criss-crosses and long end-runs.
Bill Johnson, Charley DePoe and other reserve back-
field men went into the game with heads up, picked
their holes like veterans and managed to do consider
able damage the little while they were in the game.
There was some good work during the game, and it
makes us hopeful. A lot of poor work may be laid to
the earliness of the season, but it is a poor policy to
take too much advantage of that excuse.
We play Franklin High in Portland tomorrow.
DILLY-DALLYING
“By the street of By-and-by one arrives at the house
of Never.” Which means that if one puts off from day
to day in making a start for some place he will never
get anywhere. It is the same in doing anything.
Little or nothing is accomplished by one who delays
his start—by a procrastinator. It is well to take time
to consider what it is best to do in any event, provided
instant action is not demanded, but having once plan
ned a course an immediate start insures an early com
pletion of what is contemplated. This is always the
wisest course.
There is an old Spanish proverbs which says,
“Never do today what you can do tomorrow.” As
tomorrow never comes, to follow the counsel of the
above proverb one would never do anything. At
best this is a lazy man’s motto. The history of all
achiever’s is a record of struggle, of effort, and of
self-denial. There must be a beginning on any pro
ject and the time to begin is always NOW. One need
not be a spectacular performer, need not strive to
achieve in order to be in the lime light—in the pub
lic eye—rather for the satisfaction and necessity of do
ing some worth while thing; something that will
benefit the individual and the public. All good things
do this.
The race is not always to the swift. The slow-going
person, the plodder, is quite as likely to win a long
distance contest as is the quick starter. In fact more
so, if the quick starter is also a quick quitter. The
winner in the race of life needsnot to be a spectacular
starter, but he wants to be a sticker—a fine ender of
his task. Always face your task with a purpose, a
resolution to complete it within a reasonable time
and in a manner that be a credit to you. Do not
drift into anything for the chances are that within a
short time you will drift out of it. If you want to
have individuality do not drift with the masses. Get
into unexplored waters where you will not be crowded
in your efforts.
The game fish swims upstream—he defies the cur
rent. He is exhilarated in going against the current.
He probably is forced against many a rock as he bucks
the current, but he keeps on. He provides a lesson for
all of us, for he never quits, never “gives up.” He
is always headed higher up. Let us all fancy that we
are “game fishes” and are going upstream; against the
current, not drifting with it. Mudcats and suckers
abide in deep and muddy holes, where there is no
tempestuous dashing of waters to disturb them—and,
thev are forever in the same old hole. Let us not play
the sucker.
LOCAL
Fred Nystrum arrived on
where he spent the summer.
Friday from Alaska,
We’ve had unusually early frosts this fall and some
loss of garden truck is reported.
Ferol Porter of the Senior Class arrived on Saturday.
The Seniors were delighted to see her.
Many of the students and employees at Chemawa
w’ere sorry indeed to learn of the death of Supt. House
of Flandreau.
Solomon Fleury, while a football and baseball “he
ro,” is now adding new laurels to his crown by playing
the “high-brow” game of golf.
We are informed that John H. Will is now the pro
prietor of the Electric Shoe Shop at Springfield, Or.
Mr. Will was for some time in charge of Chemawa’s
shoe and harness shop and he is a splendid man and a
capable workman. All success to him.