The Chemawa American, November 27, 1929, Image 1

CHEMAWA1^AMERICAN
Printed at Chemawa, Oregon, and Devoted to the Interests of Indian Education
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Wednesday, Nov. 27, 1929
Vol. XXXI
No. 12
THE VERITIES OF HUMAN CONDUCT
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No one is really consistent except in his cussedness.
When a boy’s face shines with soap, look behind bis
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You’ve got to open a good many oysters to find a
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For every man that the Lord makes smart enough to
to help himself, He makes two who have to be helped.
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The first banana-skin which a lot of fellows step on
when they’re put over men is a desire to be too popu­
lar.
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Some men are like oak leaves—they don’t know
when they’re dead, but still hang right on; and there
are others who let go before anything has really touch­
ed them.
It’s good to have money and the things that money
will buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while
and make sure you haven’t lost the things that money
won’t buy.
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You can buy a certain sort of popularity anywhere
with soft soap and favors; but you can’t buy respect
with anything but justice, and that’s the only popular­
ity worth having.
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When your name is on a note it stands only for
money; but when it’s on a letter of introduction or rec­
ommendation it stands for your judgment of ability
and character, and you can't call it in at the end of thir­
ty days, either.
It’s easy to learn all the notes that make good music
and all the rules that make good business, but a fel­
low’s got to add the fine curves to them himself if he
wants to do anything more than beat the bass-drum all
his life.
It is said that, “There is nothing good or bad but
thinking makes it so.” Quite true in a sense, but it
includes some very poor thinking. In passing upon
what is good and what is bad modesty and a sense of
justice should figure, and the final judgment should
be impartially based upon one’s experience and fitness
for judging. He must be a bold and ignorant fellow
who is imprudent and impudent enough to pass upon
something of which he knows nothing. And, alas!
the world has too many creatures of this ilk.
The motives of men differ; some strive for power,
rank or riches—all for various reasons. One person
will want power, position or wealth for the good he
may be able to do for his fellows. Others will seek
the same thing as a means of gratifying his own whims
—even to the detriment of those who assisted him to
power and authority. Some people look upon authority
as a trust, others think that it means personal license,
and the pity of it all is that there are too many of the
latter class in every country, clime and community.
As weeds flourish so do the noxious branches of the
human family.
If you point to a beautiful landscape and your com­
panion cannot sense any beauty there, do not doubt
the existence of beauty, rather you should realize that
the other has not the sense of refinement and beauty
to see it. The lack is not yours, but his, and he is
the poorer for it. We can find those whose ideas of
beautiful music lies in the tones of the ukelele and
saxophone. They could not appreciate a fine sym­
phony orchestra. This is just too bad and up to a
certain point we pity such people, but when they are
so coarse and crude as to boast their ignorance in
condemnation of what is above their comprehension
we lose our patience with them, and our sympathy as
well. There can be nothing more hopeless than the
ignoramus w’ho glories in his ignorance.
In all walks of life we see politics. Proper politics are
the backbone of our nation, but when power is granted
one unfit Justice goes blind. There are those who
pledge everything for office, high or low. They will
pledge their honor, when often their conduct proves
later that they have none. No sooner are they vested
with power than combines, cliques and bands are
formed to the end that laws, regulations and orderscan
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