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WHO WAS HACHO?
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delicious repast he received so much satisfaction that
on his return home he commanded that honey be served
upon his table every day. Now, reader, ponder this
story well, for it has a moral. In a short time Hacho’s
palate became refined and vitiated. He began to lose
his native relish for simple fare and contracted the
habit of indulging himself in delicacies. All became
changed; from one appetizing experiment to another
he passed within a very short time until he arrived at
the wine glass, which he considered an agreeable im
provement on all former beverages. In time he became
habitually intoxicated. The simplicity of former years
was cast aside and he lived for pomp and ceremonies
and excesses of every character. Imperceptibly in
dolence and effeminacy stole upon him. He became
fat and lazy; no longer did he evince either mental or
physical powers. To climb to high places is a long
and laborious proceeding, but the fall from pinacle to
pit is of short duration.
One morning it was reported to Hacho that the King
of Norway had invaded his kingdom with a formid
able army. Hacho aroused himself from his voluptuous
lethargy, and, recalling some few sparks of hiseistwhile
valor, marched to meet the Norwegian monarch. The
battle occurred in the same forest wherein Hacho had
been lost while hunting gulos. It chanced also that
the King of Norway challenged Hacho to single com
bat, near the spot where he had first tasted honey.
The Lapland chief enervated by indulgence, languid
and long disused to arms, was soon overpowered and
beheaded. Just before the fatal blow fell ^acbo, after
the manner of the condemned, repentently reviewed
his past and uttered this exclamation:
“The vicious man should date his destiuction from
the first temptation. How justly do I fall a sacrifice
to sloth and luxury, in the place where I first yielded
to the allurements which seduced me to deviate from
temperance and innocence! The honey which I tasted
in this forest, and not the hand of the King of Nor
way, conquers Hacho.”
Such is the story of Hacho, as briefly and simply as
we can tell it. Does it not carry in addition to its in
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terest as a narrative a bit of homely philosophy? It is
also a warning against intemperance of any character.
See what came of just a little honey!
CONTINUING THEIR STUDIES
Sylvia Peterson, Blackfeet tribe, and a graduate of
the Browning High School, is now living at Chemawa
and attending the Salem Business College.
William Wall, a member of our last year’s graduat
ing class, is remaining here while attending the Salem
Business College. He is a Crow from Hardin, Mon
tana.
Daniel Lemery, member of the Flathead tribe, whose
home at present is Woodburn, Oregon, is one of the
students enrolled at Willamette University and remain
ing at Chemawa.
Marjorie McDougal, Chippewa tribe, whose parents
are at present living at the Tulalip Agency in Wash
ington, is attending the Salem Business College and
remaining at Chemawa.
Russell Hayward, whose home is in Metlakatla,
Alaska, and who graduated at Chemawa with the class
of 1929, returned and is living at the school while at
tending the Willamette University in Salem.
Anna Mae Gobert, Blackfeet tribe, who graduated
from the public High School in Browning, Montana,
last year, arrived at Chemawa a few days ago and is
enrolled at the Capital Business College in Salem.
Mylie Lawyer, Nez Perce tribe and great grand
daughter of Chief Lawyer, whose home is at Lapwai,
Idaho, is also making her present headquarters at Che
mawa while attending the Willamette University in
Salem.
We are indeed pleased to render assistance to these
young men and women in their desire to obtain a high
er education, and hope that each one of them will put
forth their best efforts at all times to make the most of
the opportunities which they have.
SENIOR NOTES
The Senior class held a meeting recently for the pur
pose of electing officers, as follows:
President, Julian Smith; vice-president, Antoine
Howard; secretary, Joe Matte; treasurers, Joe Alex
ander and Lillian Hayden; sergeant-at-arms, James
McKay; yell leaders, Solomon Twins.
We were glad to welcome into our class the Solomon
Twins, who returned Sunday, and Cecile Pepion a
valuable class member.—Reporter, Charles Morgan.
We have three new members in our class, Edna
Aubrey, John Davis and Antoine Howard. So at pres
ent we have a mighty class of twenty-four.