The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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EDUCATION
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expect this of us, to make their dreams not just a hope,
Out a reality. Even our good Uncle Sam, . “ dear ol’
jpal,” who gives us our bread, he expects us to
show him that we have really appreciated his gift,
education.
Be somebody. Help yourself. Let not these op
portunities slide by without so much as a side glance.
Then no one will regret. Wake up to the fact that an
education is a help that you need to get along in this
world.
DATA CONTRIBUTED BY OUR STUDENTS
“ Good Queen Bess” was the popular title bestowed
on Queen Elizabeth of England.
Richard I of England was known as * ‘Richard the
lion hearted” because of his bravery. He figures
prominently in Scott’s novel, ^Ivanhoe.”
“ Mad Anthony” Wayne was ah American Revolu
tionary general, so called because of his reckless brav
ery.
The silk industry originated in China. According
to native records, it has existed there from a remote
period. A Chinese empress, very long ago. encouraged
the cultivation of the mulberry tree, the rearing of the
worms, and the reeling of silk. Silk was introduced
into Europe from the East through the conquests of
Alexander the Great. It was worn by the Romans, and
an the twelfth century it was made largely by the Sici
lians and Venetians. It came into common use in
^England in the sixteenth century.
Achilles was shot in the heel with a poisoned arrow
and he died from that shot. Penthesilea was eventually
slain by Achilles, the most distinguished of the Greeks
for strength and bravery. The name of the Queen of
the Amflaons was Penthesilea.- Penthesilea went to war
after accidentally killing her sister with an arrow in
tended for a deer. She resolved to slay thebray&st man
in the world. This was Achilles.'
The mackerel has wonderful muscles and is beauti
fully built for swimming. The rndst important mack
erel fisheries are in Great Britain. Mackerel thbve in
schools. They follow herring, pilchards and sprats,
upon which they feed, and are caught in nets which
they cannot see. The nets are floated in the water,
banging straight, like walls of thin cord, into which
the mackerel put their heads and become entangled
With their gills.
The Old Guard of Napoleon, a branch of the Im
perial Guard, was founded by him in 1804. It consisted
of veterans who had served in three campaigns. It
figured prominently in the Napoleonic wars and made
its last charge at Waterloo.
MY GIRD
I had a girl; her name was Sue;
I loved this girl and I was true.
She rouged her cheeks in harmless
frolic,
Then kissed herself and died with
colic.
I got another, as all boys do;
I loved her better than I loved Sue. .
She called me “ K ing,” I called her
“ Queen,”
And this girl died from eating beans.
And that is the way with a modern
flirt:
She’ll spend your money ’till you feel
hurt,
She’ll love and coo and dream and
sigh,
But she’ll break your heart if she has
to die.
Harry Frost, writer of the above, was for some few
years a student at Chemawa and there are many
employes and pupils here at present who remember
him well, for he is a likeable chap. At present Harry
is the editoaf*in-chiel of the Bacone Indian, the publi
cation of Bacone College of Oklahoma. The above
poem is amusing and interesting to us. As a matter
of human interest it is absorbing and we are inclined
to believe that since leaving Chemawa for Oklahoma
Harry has developed a side of his nature undreamed
of by us—a “ lady killer.” Well, we wish him lppk.
Do you know that—
“ Sobriquet” is a French Word meaning nickname.
‘ ‘Tittle Corporal” was the sobriquet given to Napoleon
Bonaparte because he was only 5 feet 2 inches tall and
had begun his career as a corporal.
HONOR ROLL
Following is the honor toll for the period ending
February 22:
Senior Class
John Frenier, Russell Hayward and Frank George.
Junior Class
Cesdlfe Pepion and Aaron Soolium.
Sophomore Class
Ira Booth, Leo Cottonoir, Frank Johnson, Clarence
Orton and Warren Wilder.
Freshmen Class
Agnes Scott, Rosalia Grounds and Benjamin Piku-
tarik.
Eighth Grade
Robert Thomas, Leota Plasteur and Edna Wesley.
Seventh Grade
.Eunice Buck, Alice Backman, Bessie Scott, Esiah
Galeshoff, Francis Thomas, George Lucei and Ben
jamin Bear.