T he CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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CHEMAWA^)AMERICAN
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fine display of sportsmanship at the basketball game
on the preceeding Friday evening. He stated it was
as good a game as he had ever seen. Two numbers
by the orchestra, (a) “Morning Glories” by Reynard
and (b) ' The Secret of the Sea’ ’ by Zamecnick and an
anthem by the choir, “Ways of Pleasantness” by
Hoffman were well rendered. In conclusion all sang
“Dear Old Oregon.”
LOCAL
CAN YOU BEAT IT?
Mr. John B. Stacy, former student and employed at
Warmsprings, Oregon, sent in a two year subscription
to the American.
Monkeys in the zoo often go crazy watching the
action of their audience. A few weeks in the rest
house is required to bring them back to normal life.—
Life
Snow never falls on 70 percent of the earth’s sur
face.— Colliers
Calvin Coolidge was a devotee of the harmonica.
He kept one as a constant companion and played it
frequently during his stay at the White House.— Win
throp Sergeant
The golf ball was originally half bird and half horse.
It was horse hide stuffed with feathers.— Liberty
Thomas Plouffe and William Majhor, former stud
ents who are employed at White Swan, Washington,
visited the school and friends the past week-end.
Two new enrolled students the past week are Leo
Teehee, a former Chemawa student and Stanley Tim-
entwa of Omak, Washington.
Miss Charlotte Jordon, Chemawa graduate now at
tending Linfield College at McMinnville, was operated
on for appendicitis at McMinnville on Friday, March
8. She is reported as doing very well.
Benjamin Jones and Finley Wilson were recent
Chemawa guests. Benny has spent some months in
the sanitorium at Phoenix, Arizona and has complete
ly recovered from his illness.
Mr. Irving Shepard spent the past week-end at Che
mawa visiting old friends. It was rumored that Mr.
James defeated him excruciatingly in “cribbage” and
Jullian Larnard defeated him badly in his favorite
game, checkers. Yes, there is always something to be
admired about a gentleman who can take it.
Word has just been received here of the excellent
work now being done by Nellie Boe, Chemawa grad
uate of 1934, who is working at the Ft. Belknap reser
vation. She has recently been made assistant to the
Road Construction Supervisor under the E. C. W.
with a raise in pay. Nellie was an outstanding stud
ent in our commercial course.
On Saturday night, March 2nd, Mr. WalterG. Scott
brought his “Merry Marionettes” to Chemawa for our
entertainment. Two one-act plays and several vaude
ville acts held the interest of the audience during the
evening. The novelty of this program was fully ap
preciated by students and employees who attended.
After the show all who were interested were allowed
back-stage to view the stage, dolls and equipment.
This was one of the most unusual Saturday night en
tertainments ever held at the school.
CHAPEL
In Chapel Sunday night, March 10th, Superinten
dent Ryan complimented the student body on their
continued from paste one
sums of money rapidly. Many railroads had gone to
the wall. Great financial syndicates had attempted
to remedy the situation. Even the congress of the Unit
ed States had failed to remedy the matter. Then Har
riman stepped into the breach. All this time his pene
trating mind had been studying the intricate problem,
and all at once, when the outlook was most discourag
ing an astounding proposition reached the govern
ment—an offer to pay fifty-eight million dollars in
cash for the wretched road, and an additional twenty
seven millions to the holders of the first mortgage
bonds. This was in February, 1898, and the man
who made the authorities of the United States wonder,
and the great financial syndicates of New York open
their eyes, swung into the world’s vision as a coming
railroad giant. The result was that within three or
four years from the ending of the Government receiver
ship, the once despised “streak of rust” reaching from
Omaha to Ogden was paying good dividends.
Pure grit is the master key which unlocks all diffi
culties. What has it not accomplished?
The great life questions are: “Do you keep at it?”
‘ Can you stick by your proposition?’ ’ ‘ ‘ Can you per
severe after failure?” “Have you grit enough to hold
on. stick and hang, in spite of the most discouraging
obstacles.”
We have all observed Indian boys and girls who have
turned away from continuing their school—students
who had pluck enough to begin things with enthusi
asm but did not have grit enough to carry them to a
finish.
The point at which you are tempted to quit, the point
where your grit leaves you, will measure your achiev
ing power.
Many of the grandest men and women in the world
today started as poor boys and girls, with not one-half
the opportunities of Chemawa students—no capital
but pure grit and invincible purpose. Reprinted from
a 1923 American.