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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1931)
Page 3 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Rev. S. Darlow Johnson, pastor of the Leslie M. E. church in Salem, will preach next Sunday morning at the Protestant service. (F rom the Q uiver of H ans C hristian O rsted ) Enlightenment contributes powerfully to extinguish revenge, cruelty and pride among mankind. The more Christians became enlightened so much the more they were obliged to fulfill the command ment of love and humility. It might be supposed that Christianity itself would imbue the most ignorant among its followers with a horror of all vices, and it will not fail to do so when man devotes himself to it with his whole heart. —■ * We see that in what concerns material things, the state of man is not worse, but better than it was in former ages. The question now only remains, wheth er the case is not different with spiritual things? w— In our days the passions of men are more curbed by reason, and above all, internal peace is better protected by laws and good regulations. We are also more cautious than formerly about commencing a war, by which the lives and welfare of so many men are at stake. Superstition is one of the most pernicious errors which prevailed in less enlightened times, and which has not yet entirely lost its power. In the Daik Ages, an extraordinary confidence was placed in astrologers, who foretold by the stars portentious events and des tinies of man. Every year we experience something new, and we invent something new; the son learns from the father and the young generally from the old. In this way an increasing treasure of knowledge is constantly col lected in the world, which cannot be lost, unless men so entirely surrender themselves to folly and vice, that they do not even endeavor to learn anything good and useful. It is worthy of remark how often men allow them selves to be deceived by a name. We frequently call the past ages “the olden times,” and our ancestors “the ancients,” and we fancy that we thus pay par ticular respect to their age and wisdom. But what are called the ‘ ‘ancient days’ * were exactly the ‘ ‘young days” of the human race; mankind is now older and more experienced than it was in past ages; but we should not pride ourselves on that, for our descendants will be still better and more experienced than we. Let us only endeavor to leave behind us the remem brance that we have not disgraced the time in which we lived. The third division of the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. social groups met on Sunday afternoon for a delight ful hour of games and music which was followed by a delicious supper served in the boys’ Club room. The groups were directed by Agues Scott and Herman Goudy. secretaries of the two groups, assisted by cap able committees. The 10th and 12th grade members of the Little Flower Society entertained their friends with a game social Sunday afternoon. At the close delicious re freshments prepared by Helen Monroe, Margaret Hop- towit and Theo Bird were served. Miss Roddy and Mr. and Mrs. Allen assisted the students in making their afternoon a pleasant affair. Mr. G. E. E. Lindquist was the speaker Sunday morning at the Protestant church. He gave a most inspirational message in which he stressed the import ance of not chasing “tomorrow,” but of living today, and of taking full advantage of the opportunities of the present. The wealth of stories and illustrative material which he used made the address interesting and practical even for the youngest members of the congregation. On Sunday evening five members of the Willamette University Y. M. C. A.- presented a program at the Chemawa Y. A large group of boys were in attend ance and enjoyed thoroughly the program. Three talks were given on Christianity: a natural thing, Christianity: a practical thing, and Christianity: an ideal thing. Two male quartet numbers and a whis tling solo by the visiting group and a vocal solo by Raymond Haldane added to the enjoyment of the evening. Mr. Lindquist was also a guest at this meet ing and spoke briefly of some of his experiences in the Y. M. C. A.s in the different schools. SENIOR ROTATEBS The January meeting of the Senior Rotaters was a business session. The Club considered the names of those in the present Junior Class who will be acceptable for a nucleus around which the next year’s club may be built. Other business of importance was brought up, the amendment of the Constitution being the most urgent. The Club will extend an invitation to the Senior sponsor, Miss White, and to the other members of the Senior class to attend the February meeting. A short, voluntary program was rendered by the members and there were no visitors at this meeting. Frank Johnson, Matthew James, Serena Twiggs, Lottie Kipp, Martha Decelles, James Kelly and Nedra Galbreath were on the program.—L ottie K ipp , Secretary.
