The Chemawa American, December 08, 1926, Image 1

The Chemawa American
Printed at Chemawa, Oregon, and Devoted to the Interests of Indian Education
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Vol. XXVIII
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Wednesday, December 8, 1926 ^Y - ..^5
CHEMAWA
Come, dear Seniors, let us rally
Round our banner grand,
Where true wisdom’s ever sounding
And with truth goes hand and hand;
Let us seek for all true knowledge
And from ignorance be free.
And with joyous, gladsome voices
Hail the dawn of “victory.”
Old Chemawa throws her portals
Open wide to us all,
We will gather round her standard,
We will answer to her call;
We will never waste her teachings
That to us were kindly given,
By our motto conquer error,
By her light in life be driven.
Hark, I hear the Juniors answer,
Yes, dear friends, we’ll join with you,
Yes, we’ll aid you in the battle.
Struggle manfully and true;
Darkness, ignorance, shall vanish,
Light and knowledge take their place,
And with “Service” as your motto
Will advance at rapid pace.
Then we’ll clasp our hands in friendship,
And a mighty phalanx stand,
Be impregnable to arrows faithful
Hurled at Chemawa’s band;
Now the field has opened widely,
There is room enough for all,
Rally all and join our army,
Answer Old Chemawa’s call.
—A Senior
GOV. PIERCE’S ADDRESS
Following are extracts from the speech of Gov.
Walter M. Pierce, at the Salem Indian School on No­
vember 28, 1926:
It is a pleasure to again return and speak to you
while I am Governor of the state. I remember being
here two or three times about two years ago, and I am
sincerely glad to come back here because I have no
audience in the State of Oregon that is more attentive
than the students at Chemawa. I wonder what I can
say to you tonight that you will remember? I would
like to say just a word before I forget about apprecia­
tion for your country. If we could only realize what
a pleasure it is to live right now in a country where
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we can have the things and do the things we now do.
Within a generation some of us can remember when
we saw the first automobile. I saw an old horse going
down the street today, and I wondered if I had ever
ridden behind anything so slow as that. Now we
push a button and down the road we go as fast as we
want. A short time ago women were regarded as
slaves. It is only within my memory that woman
has come within her own, to take her own place.
Proud as we are to live now, we should be especially
proud that we live where the stars and stripes raise in
the breezes. You know, looking back in time, it is
about 65 grandmothers that takes us back to the time
of Christ. If we would go back 200 grandmothers,
we would be back to about the time of the building of
the Pyramids, and back 300 grandmothers would take
us back to the beginning of history.
During the last five generations since the flag came
—since America came—it seems to me that any boy
or girl has the right to rise and to do things for them­
selves. Think of my own case, forty-four years ago
I wandered into this state looking for work. I had
no money, I had no friends. I tried to get work in
Portland, but couldn’t get it. I went back to Eastern
Oregon and got work in a hay field pitching hay.
Finally I got a place to teach school and in forty years
made the governorship of the state. This could be
possible only in America.
We want volunteers among you boys and girls who
will vote and take a part in the government. We do
not want volunteers for the army and the navy, but
boys and girls who will live honest, true and upright
lives, and appreciate this country. The law says,
“Don’t drink Booze.” If the law says cut your hair
off, cut it clear off. Obey the law. A law-obeyer is
what we want. It is most important if America is to
stand.
How I would like to have you remember this that I
say to you tonight, that I sincerely hope that you will
be thinkers. Someone has said: “How few there are
of the few that really think even among those who think
they learn to think.” Never acquire the habit, I
beg of you, to read page after page and not remember
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