T he CHEMAWA AMERICAN
P age 3
Organizations
Louise Levay, Juanita LaFleur, Jessie Lamewoman,
Thelma Moore, Alice Menard, Louida Osborne, Cleo
Sulkey.
LITTLE FLOWER SOCIETY
CHARACTER
The Little Flower Society held their regular meet
ing, Tuesday evening Jan. 21. The constitution was
read by the president and it was debated by many of
the members. We finally came to an agreement.
The secretary, Alice Cross, read all the names of those
who have been dropped from the society and the names
of those who have one more chance as a fair warning
to everyone.
Mrs. Allen helped us in our character study. There
were several good suggestions submitted by a number
of girls. No special program was prepared by the en
tertaining committee so our sponsor let us dance for
awhile.
TREBLE CLEF GLUB
The Girls’ Music club held their regular meeting on
January 17. A very interesting talk based on appre
ciation of music was given by Mr.Ruthyn Turney. Mr.
Turney also played some very beautiful selections
which were more than enjoyed by the members.
BOYS’ MUSIC GLUB
The Boys’ Music club motored to Wheatland on
Jan. 18, and performed for the local Grange group of
that vicinity.
The orchestra played some popular
selections which were followed with vocal solos by Joe
White, Francis Thomas and James Rosario.
Two
quartette numbers were also sung by James Dupuis,
Dan Motanic, Francis Thomas and Joe White.
The
program was well rendered and received by the people
gathered.
Delicious refreshments was served at the
close of the program.
Y. M. C. A. NOTES
On the night of January 27, the club held a very
interesting meeting. After the preliminary procedures
of the meeting, Frank Powee favored us with a solo
on his brand new accordion and Willis Miller, who
represents the Wasco tribe, told his tribal history which
proved interesting to all members. A constitution
was presented by the president. It proved favorable
and was ratified.
We are making preparations to hold a debate with
the Y. W. C. A. and the Catholic Boys Ass’n. The
following boys were selected to represent Y. M.: Sam
Scott, William Settler, Edward Jones, and Vernon
Jackson.
Various committees were selected to make prep
arations for the “Good Fellowship” joint meeting
which is to be held next Sunday afternoon.
C itizenship H onor R oll
Alice Alexander, William Alexander, Esther Ar
quette, Erma Chamberlain, Gladys Foster, Agnes Hall,
Character is the greatest force in the world. The
young man or woman who starts out with a resolution
to make capital out of his character, and to pledge his
whole manhood o r womanhood for every obligation
into which he enters, will not be a failure, though he
wins neither fame nor fortune. No person ever really
does a great thing and loses his character in the process.
Character as your capital is greatly underestimated
by a large majority of our young people. They seem
to put more emphasis upon smartness, shrewdness,
than upon downright honesty and integrity of char
acter. Boys—girls—no substitute has ever been dis
covered for honesty. Multitudes of people have come
to grief and trouble trying to find one. Our jails are
full of people who have attempted to substitute some
thing else for it. The principles by which the problems
of real success are solved are right and justice, honesty
and integrity, qualities which characterize all of our
really big men and women. And just in proportion
as a person, old or young, deviates from these princi
ples he falls short of solving his problems.
Every one of our young people ought to feel that
there is that in them that bribery of any kind—bribery
for a good time, bribery to influence them to take or
handle that which is not theirs—cannot touch; some
thing which is not for sale; something they would not
sacrifice or tamper with for any price; something for
which they would give their lives, if necessary, and
that is honesty and integrity of character.
Young
people just as soon as it is found out that you always
stand for the right, that your influence is on the side
of good, you assume importance and become a power
in your own little world.
Upon everything you do, boys and girls, put there
on the trademark of your manhood and womanhood.
You cannot afford to sell the best and greatest quality
you have, your honor—your manhood or womanhood.
Resolve that under no circumstances will you be less
than a man or a woman. Resolve that whatever comes
up in your life, you are going to stand for something,
that you are going to be a man—a woman—first, last
and all the time.
Where, we may ask, in modern history, is there an
example of a man who exerted such a power for good,
who was such a living force in civilization, as was a
poor backwoods boy, Abraham Lincoln? In spite of
the ravages of time the reputation of Lincoln grows
larger and his character means more to the world every
year. It is because he kept his record clean, and
never prostituted nor gambled with his reputation.
What a powerful illustration of the fact that character
is the greatest force in the world. Reprinted—1923
Chemawa American.