The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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MY DUTY
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I may get the position; and if I do I must make good.
I shall be on probation. This, no doubt, will be very
trying for me for business men want their work done
quickly and neatly. I shall be watched, and criticised.
I shall be expected to be as interested as if I were
working for myself. When I am corrected for mis
takes I shall be courteous and thankful for the help
and not sulk or act peeved.
This will lead me to promotions and promotions
will lead to other folks hearing about me and I shall
have better positions offered me right along. In that
way the references will take care of themselves.
All the while my education will still be going on.
There will be new people, new places, new work, new
things to learn, and new positions to fill.
This effort in getting an education I owe to my
race that I may be an example of what I can do; to
society, that it may not have an extra burden; to my
self because it would be a crime not to get all I can;
to my parents, who have hoped that I ’d never do
anything that would reflect against the training given
me.
“ CATCHING COLDS” COSTLY
Colds cost the citizens of Oregon over three millions
of dollars annually. The population of Oregon is about
eight hundred thousand. Assuming that forty percent
of the population are wage earners earning an average of
five dollars per day, missing work two days due to colds
represents a loss approximately of three million dollars
yearly. All this loss is the result of a condition which
is to a great extent preventable.
Fifty per cent of all absences from work lasting one
day or more is due to colds. In addition to a loss of
time, colds cause inefficiency. It is not possible for
a person suffering with a cold to concentrate on his
duties.
In spite of the different climates, there is a similarity
in the occurrence of colds throughout the country.
The common cold is the most frequent of all acute
infections. Colds are not usually considered a serious
matter. However, the total cost of colds computed in
terms of time lost, inefficiency, doctor bills, medicine,
is greater than for any other disease. Its complications
such as pneumonia, nephritis, heart and other organic
diseases, make it a more important infection than
tuberculosis or any other infectious disease. Colds
are usually infections of the nose, throat, or bronchi.
The infection is usually spreadby direct infection from
persons having colds. Sputum from individuals having
colds is cast on the ground or floor and dried, and its
contained germs are swept or blown about. Colds,
while they are strictly infectious, are brought on by
accessory factors.
These accessory factors are:
1. Over-heated and uneven room temperature.
2. Rack of sufficient humidity.
3. Chilling or wetting of the feet.
4. Fatigue and lack of sleep.
5. Overeating and an improper diet.
6. Defective air passages, diseased tonsils, ade
noids, and sinus infections.
7. Faulty elimination.
8. A run-down condition with a special suscept
ibility to catching cold.
9. Presence of an epidemic of colds that are highly
infectious.
TH E A N IM A L KINGDOM
At night when the stars start tw inkling
And the lustre of the moon rises higher,
One coyote lets forth a yapping,
Then the others join in the choir.
When the owl and the bat swoop silently
To snatch their watchful prey,
At night, the kingdom of animals,
Undisturbed possessed full sway.
The wily coyote prowls about,
Rabbits hop here and there,
Even the smallest, the mice, are out,
While nightbirds flit through the air.
I climb some lonely hilltop,
That towers above the plain,
And I think of the fearful redskins
And how ruthlessly they were slain.
And, as I stand there thinking,
They seem to be back again,
H unting the wandering buffalo
And roving over the plain.
The vales become dotted with tepees,
The fences and fields melt away,
Two buffaloes stand on a summit,
Challenging each other to fray.
At night the campfires crackle,
The steak froths over the fire,
And it gives you that feeling of freedom
and ease
W hich all nature lovers desire.
They wrap up in their deerskin blankets
That w ithstand the wind and the rain,
They get up and have breakfast at dawn,
And away on the trail again.
—ROSALIA GROUNDS, Chemawa, Student
The mid-winter "exam s'1 held here last week are
now past, but for those who experienced “ narrow es
capes’ ’ some good resolutions are in order. At the end of
the year the final examinations will come, so it seems
the part of wisdom for all of our students to dig in as
they never did before. At present the final tests seem
a long way off, but in truth the time will prove all too
short. A word to the wise should be sufficient.
It is with regret that we note the departure of Mr.
A. G-. Wilson on Monday for Standing Rock Agency,
North Dakota, where he will be assigned work by the
Indian office, at least for the present. Mr. Wilson
had been at Chemawa as chief clerk for about a year
and a-half and his ability and genial manner won for
him the respect and friendship of all. We regret the
necessity of his departure and we bespeak unlimited
good luck and happiness for him wherever fortune
may cast him. For the present his family will con
tinue to reside at Chemawa.