The Chemawa American, October 24, 1928, Page 4, Image 4

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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
CAN Y OU ST A N D DEFEAT?
If any of you, our young readers, expect to win
success without trouble, disappointments, set-backs,
discouragements, etc., you are painting for yourself
a kind of phenomenon of Providence rarely met with
in this world. Can you face repeated defeats and
failures? Can you stand criticism, constructive and
destructive? Can you “ begin all over again” repeat­
edly, and each time with vigor and a determined pur­
pose? Can you stand the derision of your fellows
when you fail—the scoffing and “ wise cracks” of the
would-be oracles?
If you can face all of these trials and continue
strong in your determination to succeed, we have
faith to believe that you will win out.
Few people have achieved anything worth while on
their first attempt. Often years of patient labor is
the price paid for what the world calls success. Ob­
stacles, large or small, appear to block progress, to try
the metal of us all—it was always so. It always will
be so. Bear in mind that Henri Ibsen, the great Nor-
egian writer and philosopher, said that “ every obstacle
a man overcomes makes him just that much a greater
man.” Young People, the same law holds for you as
it does for older people: You must sooner or later take
off your coats and go to work. Real success lies largely
in honest labor—the performance of it. Continued ef­
fort will get you what you desire if your efforts are
directed intelligently.
The libraries of the world hold- records without
number of men and women who refused to be discour­
aged, who laughed at failure, and who paid little, if
any, heed to the derision directed at them by their
fellows. Our “ Martyred President,” Abraham Lin­
coln, was not in any way influenced by defeat, mis­
fortune, or “ hard luck.”
When Lincoln was a young man he ran for the leg­
islature and was defeated.
,
He next engaged in business, failed, and was seven­
teen years paying his debts.
He was engaged to a beautiful young woman—she
died.
Entering politics again, he ran for Congress, and
was again defeated.
He then tried to get a position in the United States
Land Office, but failed.
Fie became a candidate for the United Senate, but
was badly beaten.
He ran for vice-President and was once more de­
feated.
When vou think of your hard luck, remember Lin­
coln.
PRO GRESS AT CHEM AW A
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buildings in this part of the country for a shop. It is
a large five-room stucco structure, all on the ground
floor. There is an office room of ample proportions,
a fine large stock room, a composing room, press
room, and a room eventually to be used as a linotype
home. We expect in time to install a linotype
here. The rooms are all well ventilated well heated
and lighted and they are large—we will no longer be
cramped in any way. The structure was put up with
an eye to the needs of the printing trade and is con­
venient in every way. Henceforth our presses will
be driven by individual electric motors. We have
just secured a fine two-revolution Lee cylinder press,
of which we are very proud; we are also installing a
great deal of new equipment. From the “ devil” to
“ me” we are all feeling pretty chesty.
The old building which for so many years was the
home of the music aud printing departments, which
has just been vacated, is to be remodeled and made
over into guest quarters. When completed according
to plans now under consideration it will be one of the
most attractive buildings on the campus, at least so
far as the interior is concerned, and it will fill a real
need, for the demand for quarters for visitors is great.
In addition to the immense amount of building and
remodeling above-mentioned there is in course of
construction a modern cottage for occupancy by the
school physician. This cottage is of ample size, mod­
ern in every way, with a capacious concrete base­
ment and a garage. It is to be located just north and
west of the hospital—convenient to the doctor’s place
of duty.
There has never been, in the past twenty years at
least, an era of so much building and remodeling,
changing and improving generally, at Chemawa as
wasi in evidence at the school during the past year.
We cannot -in this connection refrain from the
statement that we consider Supt. Lipps a genius of
finance, else he could not have put through so many
projects for the betterment of our great school, espec­
ially with the funds at his command. He has proved
himself possessed of vision—a true conception of
our various needs—for he has not undertaken a
single thing not vitally necessary. He reminds us
of one of Henri Ibsen’s characters—the “ Master
Builder.”
The law of worthy life is fundamentally the law of
strife. It is only through labor and painful effort, by
grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to
better things.—T heodore R oosevelt .
It is good to have money and the things that money
can buy, but it is good, too, to check up once in a
while and make sure you haven’t lost the things that
money can’t buy.—G eorge H orace L orimer .