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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1930)
Printed at Chemawa, Oregon, and Devoted to the Interests of Indian Educ^h^ aiiiimmimiiUiiiniiiiiiiimiiiiwmiiiiiiiiiMiiiuiuniiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniuiiiiiiiiuiuiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiira iuwii^iViii!a|j£iH^ Vol. XXXI Wednesday, Apr. 2, 1930 ====================== THE FITNESS OF THINGS No. 29 case is nearly hopeless. Few chicken thieves realize the “fitness of things.” It is for the disposition of cases of this character that police and justice courts are maintained throughout the land. So long as people refuse to use their minds in living for good things; so long as they turn a deaf ear to the voice of conscience which God has given them, just so long will courts be necessary to maintain jus tice to all according to the merits of the individual and his case. In all walks of life we find that which is proper and fitting as well as that which is improper and unfit. In some people we find a consciousness of “the fitness of things” highly developed, while in others it is wholly lacking. We seem to live in a world of ‘op posites,” of “contradictions,” of “unfit” things in many ways. But this, some will argue, is as people think. True, to some extent, but we are quite well convinced that many things are true and that certain conditions are the outgrowth of other and previous conditions regardless of the old declaration that CHEMAWA HAS NOTABLE VISITORS “thinking makes it so.” Aside from the workings of the laws of the universe, Last Friday was a day long to be remembered at Che- which are impossible of change, theie are laws made mawa. It is known to our readers that Mr. George by man—some are good and some are bad. Man’s laws P. La Vatta was at Chemawa recently in an official may be changed and made better or worse. The laws capacity, also that he was for many years an employe of man are usually an index to the character and of the Union Pacific Company, and that he has un mentality of the people of the state and age of their usual standing with said Company. A week or more adoption. From the view-point of the statutes it is ago he left us and went to Portland on government expected that everything shall be well with all classes business. It seems to have occurred to him that Che of society if these writs are observed—that the “fitness mawa possessed certain features that he wished Union of things” will be the result. Pacific officials of Portland to see, so he arranged the The perfectly well-ordered individual does not trip from Portland here, accompanied by a couple of necessarily have to be supplied with a book of law in the company’s prominent men and a couple of news order that he shall live right, or do right by other paper representatives. They came up in one of the people. Such a person has an intuitive sense of what Union Pacific’s fine passenger buses, arriving here in is proper, and a high moral sense added, gives courage the forenoon, between 10 and 11 o’clock. to face conditions and do what is right. He is a law Supt. Lipps met the party and escorted them about unto himself and if he violates a statute it is usually a the grounds and departments until the noon hour when mistake, or caused by a condition of high excitement they all repaired to the Wigwam where Mrs. Steward aroused by the “unexpected” happening somewhere and her domestic science girls had prepared a most along the line. appetizing luncheon for them. The luncheon over, The hoodlum boy or the hoodlum girl are so classed Mr. Lipps again took the distinguished party for an for the simple reason that they lack the ability to see other inspection of what makes Chemawa. the “fitness of things.” When they essay to be loud The visitors were all greatly pleased with everything in dress and address they prove themselves ill-bred and really experienced many delightful surprises. No creatures devoid of a true vision of manners and place escaped them and from first to last the visit morals. Truly pitiable is the mental condition of some proved an unforgetable event for all at Chemawa and people. Fancy, for instance, how intelligent one must we have reason to believe that our guests felt them be to sneak under cover of darkness and rob a hen selves well repaid for their trip. roost! He tells of it to his “fool friends,” who think Mr. La Vatta was the prime mover in everything his act most brilliant. If he is caught and punished, and he could have given no better proof of his faith as he ought to be, he then thinks himself of even in us and our great school than he did in bringing his greater importance than ever and his “cronies” look distinguished and likeable friends to visit us. He and upon him as a hero. Such cases are hard for a humane his friends will be most welcome at Chemawa at any people to deal with. When good brain is lacking the time.
