THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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OBIT, GO A N D GUMPTION
( Continued from page 1 )
Grit, to be effective, must have motive pòwer MS
hiud it—must be able to go. Grit without ^ is Only
alatent force at best. I t may manifest itself as obsti-
nacy or stubborness. l t is inert power and can ac
complish nothing of value without the go behind it to
put it in motion. It is like a gas engine without gas,
a steam engine without steam, or an electric motor
without current. It requires g r itto epdpre the stings
ajad pangs of outraged fortup£, J>ut put go bdtin& gfit
and you cease to endure—you achieve. You conquer.
You overcome the obstacles in the way. You break
loose the chains and manacles that bind you and step
forth into the light qf day untrammeled and unafraid.
Therefore, mix a goodly portion of go with,your gr//.
- You may possess plenty of grit and lots of go to put
it into action, but unless you also possess gumption you
will find ypjirself in trouble continually. You will be;
come a veritable “ but-in-ski.’ ’ Gumption is simply
¿common sense, and this we acquire largely through ex
perience. Lord Lytton says, “ One does not have
gumption till one has been properly cheated.” That
is to say, w.e learn through making mistakes. Some
one has said that the person who never made a mistake
never made anything else. Our failures, if we profit
by them, may prove just (as^ljiable¡ as our success.
The failure to make sincere effort is the only failure
that may be entirely without justification^ Tlje fellow
who refuses or neglects to make an honest effort de
serves to fail.
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I give you then this forumla: To make success, mix
grit, go and gumption, these three in equal parts, and
lake well before snaking.
LOCAL
The Seniors especially extend their deepest sympa
thy to
classs-qiat£, t^ucy Baughman. , who left oij
Oct. 30 , for her home because of the sudden death of
her mother.
McNary Hall has four .new black walnpt tables, in
the reading room. The McNary Hall boys. are con-
Uibuting, toward a doypnpoyt, Jfhe donations ¿re
coming in fast, too. The high school students are al
lowed to study in the reading room until ten o’clock
in the evening.
GET Y O U R TICKETS NOW
We are very fortunate in having à Lyceum number
from the Ellison-White Bureau on Nov. 14th at
This Company is headed by Mr. William Frye,
well known magician and illusionist, who has been
delighting audiences in all parts of the U. S. for the
past tenOye’ais. Assisting . Mr. Frye will be Miss
Leah Miles1 pianist, saxophonist and soprano. Thè
musical features of the program ^are an attractive
addition to Mr. Frye’s unusual entertainment.
The admission to this performance is 25c for all
students and 50c for adults. Tickets should be pur
chased before Nov. 14 from Victor Smith, Wilma
Ripp or Mrs. Reid.
A N O T H E R GONE
The Grim Reaper is no respecter of persons and We
regret the necessity of chronicling the passing of an
other good and able man to that“ bourne from whence
no traveler e’er returns” —Supt L. M. Compton of the
Tomah [Wis.] school. Few men have given such ef
ficient service, as had Supt, Compton., For something
like thirty years he had been the superintendent at the
Tomah school. This is perhaps,i a greater period, of
confi ntlous service as superintendent at one schòol
than any other màn in thè Indian Service has to his
credit. It is a remarkable record. , ,.
,,-,Supt. Compton, sarv Tomah grow from a^scimob °f
little importance to a school of considerable magnitude
and value—in fact, he was a vital force in Tomah’s
growth. This school is now WeH equipped to care for
350 students and it has an especially fine farm to,draw
on for partial support. During life Supt. Compton
yìàionjpd the importance and possibilities of dairying
and he had managed to stock the fine farm with à splen
did herd of Holstein cattle. During the trying years of
the late; war the .stock and dairy industries of Tomah
practically supported that institution. A,, . ■
Lindley Murray Compton was born August 27* 1868,
on a farm near Dayton, Ohio. A few years later his
parents moved to Spicèland, Indiana, where he grew
to manhood and graduated from the»; Spiceland, Acad
emy in 1887« If was here that he met-the young fady
wfio was Jatervto he. hjs wife, . Elva Elliot, and who
finished at fhe. Academy in 1888^,
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In 1891 fie entered thè Ihdian Setvice at Anadarko,
Okla., where he was both teacher and disciplinarian.
Receiving- ah appointment as .superintendent at Neah
Bay,.Wash., the same year, he returned, to. Spiceland
i[nd hej-nd ,Mussz
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married. From
Neah Bay they were transferred a year and a-half later
to Fort Belknap, Montana. In the early part of 1897
these good people moved to Tomah* _
Since 1891 to the present is a long time anfi h(s
continuous service from that date until his death was
only broken by one year in the law department of the
University of Michigan. Mr? Còmpton was always
active In .ci vic ,affairs and all of his contacts wore those
of an inspiring character.. He was at the time of his
death a member of many different orders of a benevo
lentcharacter^ . w
f
ile is survived by; a widow, two sobs ana a
daughter, and a host of friends in and out of the séryi’cé
who feel most keenly the. passing of so noble am an
and who extend sincere sympathy to the sorrowing
one’s whose home has lost a father. Malarial fever
followed by pleurisy was the cause of death.