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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1930)
Page. 3 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN SCOUTS EN TER TA IN Troop No. 8 of the Boy Stouts, under the direction of Mr. Francisco, gave a two act play Saturday night that showed the life and experiences of boys in a Boy Scout camp. Drama, tragedy, comedy, and Scout activities were interwoven in the scenes. (F rom t h e Q uiver of A braham L incoln ) Wauseka Hauser as the Scout Hero played the part well and gave an instructive demonstration in life The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss saving. Wallace Holt, who doubled as hard-boiled Red Mike and Patrol Leader, handled the parts in a of friends. creditable manner. Bill Mote as Deacon, Senior Patrol No man is good enough to govern another man Leader, carried his part with distinction, Leslie Evans as bugler and Patrol Leader demonstrated Scout work without that other’s consent. : with the ease and accuracy that comes from continued practice. Lloyd Holt, who doubled as Scout and as Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with Chief Two Bears,' “ talked” the Indian sign language him while he is right, and part with him when he fluently and gave a very pleasing Indian song. Paul Buck as Chief Big Fish took his part naturally. A r goes wrong. thur Harper as the colored cook furnished the merri ment. The rest of the cast: Edward George as Patrol’ . The way for a young man to rise is to improve him Leader, Clifford Olson, Thomas Plouffe, Archie Silver self every way he can, never supectiug that anybody, thorne, Wayne Bachman, John Harper, Erie Rhoades, Fred Crissler, Woodrow Ball, Gale Bobb, George wishes to hinder him. Clark, Edward Anders,bn, Leo Dess and Theodore Baker as Scouts, and Earl Seeds, Eugene Ray and It is difficult, to make a man miserable while he Peter Casey as hunters played their various parts well. feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to During the play, scout work, such as artificial respi ration^ bandaging, Indian sign language, sending the great God who made him. messages by semaphore, fireman’s drag, lift and carry, scaling, stretcher making and two-men hand- I am not ashamed to confess that twenty-five years wall carries were demonstrated; Five sets of pyramids ago I was a hired laborer, mauling rails, at work on a were built quickly. Setting-up excersises were. given. flatboat—just what might happen to any poor man's;»; Scout songs were sung. And the Scout Laws were exemplified by twelve in embers of the Troop which, son. if carried into every day life will bring success to any boy or girl... . No men living are more worthy to be trusted than BOY SCOUTS those who toil up from poverty—none less inclined to Scout Tunney heads the department for “ wise-cracks*.’ on the take or H touch ought which they have not honestly American he advises. Tunney asks, “ How many sides to a water pitcher?” earned. Scout Bennie Sanderson appeared before the Court of Honor There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true clian- nel to brood over the attempted injury. The true rule in determining to embrace or reject anything, is not whether 7it have any evil in it, but whether it have more of evil or of good. There are few things wholly,evil of * wholly good. If you intend to go tQ work, there is no better place than right where you are; if you do hot intend ¡to go to work, you can not get along anywhere. Squirming and crawling about from place to plate can do no good. The prudent, penniless beginner in the world labors for wages a while, saves a surplus with which to buy tool&or land for himself;'.then labors on his own ac count another while, and at length hires another new beginner to help him. held at the State House foi his Second Class badge. Who is next? Scouts Jvloy4 Holt and Paul Buck believe in preserving “ Indiah Music.” Did you hear them sing at the Scout play? It probably made Rain-in-the-Face and Sitting Bull turn over in their graves. The Indian sign language has been revived by the Scouts. It beats writing notes for communication. The Scouts aie now making preparations to take part in the Boy Scout Field Day, May 24, o n th e Salem High School Athletic field. Our troops-are all busy, each having its test and advancing the Scout program. LOCAL “ Rin Tin T in ” provided a movie for us last Sunday afternoon. “ Every dog has his day.” Many of our people witnessed the attempt last Mon day of Luna to eclipse old Sol. d t was quite a feature, but Luna,was not equal to a total eclipse. Russell Vallidy and William Jones,- two of our promising youftg auto mechanics, repaired the auto of Mr. Andrew Riggs of Grand Ronde last week and are reported to have done a fine job of it.
