Page 3
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
Jack Frost is after us and is making a good bluff,
biting at us.
B orrowed from the Q uiver of S ir R ichard S teele
.... — ■ >
As folly is the foundation of pride, the natural
superstructure of it is madness.
sasas»--------- ----- >►
An inviolable fidelity, good humor, and complacency
of temper outlive all the charms of a fine face, and
make the decays of it invisible.
MM—
"
It is with some so hard a thing to employ their time,
that it is a great good fortune when they have a friend
indisposed, that they may be punctual in perplexing
him.
M—M-—
>»
Certain it is that secret kindnesses done to mankind
are as beautiful as secret injuries are detestable. To
be invisibly good is as godlike as to be invisibly ill,
diabolical.
MW----------------- >-
Do not think me a sour man, for I love conversation
and my friends; but I think one’s most intimate friend
may be too familar, and that there are such things as
unseasonable wit and painful mirth.
aax------------ >-
As degenerate as we are apt to say the age we live
in is, there are still amongst us men of illustrious
minds, who enjoy all the pleasures of good actions,
except that of being commended for them.
Some have such an immoderate relish for applause
that they expect it for things which in themselves are
so frivolous that it is impossible, without this affec
tation, to make them appear worthy either of blame
or praise.
atoa» — ....... >•
He was one of those that had too much wit to
know how to live in the world; he was a man of no
justice, but great good manner;s he ruined everybody
that had anything to do with him, but never said a
rude thing in his life.
The evil of unseasonable visits has been complained
of to me with much vehemence by persons of both
sexes; and I am desired to consider this very import
ant circumstance, that men may know how to regulate
their conduct in an affair which concerns no less than
life itself. For to a rational creature it is almost the
same cruelty as to attack his life, by robbing him of so
many moments of his time, or so many drops of his
blood.
Our people enjoyed a movie last Saturday night.
“Young Eagles” was the title of the production, and
it was in every way thrilling.
Mr. James T. Ryan, of Biloxi, Miss., arrived at the
school last Monday morning to fill the position of As
sistant Superintendent. Chemawa bids him welcome
and we all hope that he will like the place and find
his duties pleasant. He has his wife with him and
they are domiciled in the cottage near the auditorium.
We trust that Mrs. Ryan, too, will be happy here.
The work of the religious organizations is getting
well under way. The Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. have
been meeting regular each Sunday since the beginning
of the school year, with large attendance at each ses
sion. The Y. M. C. A. has elected the following of
ficers to serve through the year, Frank Johnson, presi
dent; Victor Smith, vice-president; Herman Goudy,
secretary; Joe White, treasurer; and Dowd Franklin,
sergeant-at-arms. Everett Sandberg and Edgar Sim-
mcns are serving on the program committee.
CHARACTER AND ASSOCIATION
(Continued from page 1)
and Association,” penned by this wonderfully gifted
woman. In its field it is a gem and merits serious re
flection—here it is:
The commerce of the world affords us the facility of
expressingourselves readily and gracefully concerning
the objects which present themselves; but it cannot
contribute to improve the judgment, except of those
who have theirs already well done.
Men, in general, lose part of their natural character
by being in continual company, and we are never less
ourselves than in living much with others. It is hard
ly anywhere but in solitude that we learn to think
strongly; there it is that the mind is improved and en
lightened, that the ideas are extended and strength
ened, that the feelings become refined and fortified,
that the moral man acquires a consistency, and as
sumes those qualities which he afterwards exercises
among his fellows.
There are persons who connot endure solitude; and
it is so much the worse for them; I know some of
these; I see only the more reason to pity them.
We may cherish solitude without becoming misan
thropes; none are less susceptible of attachment than
dissipated people; feeling souls withdraw from the
crowd.
I am tired of those amphibious beings whom we can.
not define, who do not know themselves, and whom
we find everywhere dragging their incapacity; they
make me impatient for retirement.