The Chemawa American, April 10, 1929, Page 4, Image 4

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The C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
T H O M A S A . E D IS O N
(C o n tin u e d fro m p a g e 1 ) i
there he would make his way to the shipbuilding yards,
pick up and examine every tool he could find, ask a
hundred questions of the busy workmen, get under
their feet and in their path, and bother them generally.
They often thought his questions so foolish that they
thought the poor little fellow was not bright.
Even
his father, forty years later, said that many folks
considered Thomas a little lacking in ordinary intel­
ligence.
H e was forever asking his father the reason for this
and that, and when, in very desperation and think­
ing frankness the better policy, the unhappy parent
would answer, “ I don’t know, ’ ’ the boy would reduce
him to still deeper depths of distraction by instantly
demanding, “ W hy don’t you know?”
There are a few people in Milan today who remem­
ber little A1 Edison, and they may tell you how on
one occasion he chased the old goose off her nest and
tried to hatch out the eggs himself by sitting on them,
first to satisfy a natural desire to know how it was
done. A little later on he showed his first interest
ip aviation by endeavoring to persuade the “ hired
g ir l” to swallow some fearful concoction, with the
promise that if she did so she would certainly be able
to fly . The young woman firmly declined to try
the experiment, but Thomas, who in all probability
thoroughly Relieved what he had undoubtebly been
told, was so persistent in his entreaties that she would
try even a little, that at last she swallowed a small
dose, and immediately became , so ill that the doctor
had to be summoned. The boy expressed regret that
she was sick, but appeared to think that her inability
to fly lay in herself and not with the liquid.
W H A T M Y E D U C A T IO N M E A N S TO M E
By SPY NA HOWARD. Chemawa Student
When a student is striving for an education, it
would be an ideal plan for him to analyze the meaning
of the word ‘ ‘Education” and give the following points
his strictest attention:
During our grade school period, we are being pre­
pared for our high school career, and while we are in
the grades why not think about the subjects we’d like
take up; and choose those that will benefit us most in-
securing a livelihood for ourselves and in helping
others?
W e students in high school are being prepared for
something. Therefore, we should strive more eagerly
for that something which is an education to aid us in
supporting ourselves. W e are equipping ourselves
with self-reliance, and trying with all our ability to
keep ourselves on the pedestal of equality with others.
After all, our ideals are happiness and success in
this strife for an education.
In order to acquire all of these things, its our prob­
lem to meditate on the following: W hy and how we
get an education, and our obligation in acquiring the
same.
Many of us fail to consider the obligations we owe
to our race. W e often hear a student make this re­
mark, “ O h, I despise school.” That is an ignorant,
ungrateful expression.
W e have descended from a backward race. Our fore­
fathers never heard about civilization or education.
Even today some of our living ancestors hesitate to go
forward.
Then it is our problem to lead them in that direction
through our examples, and these examples we get
through education. W ith this education we can carry
back to them sanitation, health and citizenship.
When we graduate, or when we shall have to leave
this school that gives us everything, our highest ideal
should be to be independent, to secure a position and
to support ourselves. Who of us on leaving a high­
school would look to his parents for food and clothing?
Who of us wants to become a burden on society? wu
Our education should be a prop under the phases 9
good society, to help keep the standards up high and
not allow th.em to be lowered.
We will be paying the government back for our
education by being good and helpful citizens.
It is necessary for us to know that education does
not stop after we have left our Alma Mater, for it’s
then we must adapt our ways of living to those in our
community, and keep informed on the things that
will be continually entering our lives.
One should never be satisfied with a routine that
is just barely existing. Try to be above that.
W hy not let happiness, success and education be
our guiding star through life? M y education means
all of that to m e.
Many animals, including horses and other domestic
animals, frequently act as if they had a premonition of
a coming storm. Apparently their instincts are so
highly developed that they are sensitive to slight chang­
es in the atmosphere not noticed by human beings.
Male mosquitoes do not bite. The proboscis of the
female only is fitted for biting and sucking. The
mouth parts of the male are rudimentary and he could
not bite no matter how hard he tried.
ESCO R T S
Sunday April 14—M c B r id e .............................Miss Judd
W i n o n a .............................M r. Klein
Hawley - - - - -
Mrs. Klein