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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1935)
CHEM AWA^JAMERICAN Printed at Chemawa, Oregon, and Devoted to the Interests of Indian Education NO. 14 THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1935 VOL. XXXVI CHEMAWA’S TROPHIES In the school library sets the many trophies Chem awa has won by its different athletic teams which be gan from 1899. At that time Chemawa competed with the best of them, winning many in baseball and track because of their being superior in these sports. Chemawa now boasts some 70 trophies in its library, of every description. Although this is about two thirds of what the school has won, considering the many that have been kept by the winners, this is quite a record and we doubt that any school in this state pos sesses this number. Mr. Reuben Sanders, local painter and one of the greatest athletes to perform under the red and white and Mr. Charles Larsen, senior clerk, also an athlete of note in his time, are the possess ors of many trophies in their homes. Though having older students in those days, the school has continued to win them, having won four last year when our athletes won all the trophies offer ed at the Forest Grove meet at which every high school in the state was represented and shattering the state record in the high hurdles. Twenty Years Ago Mr. Sanders, responding to a toast, called the attention of all those present to a table decorated with 19 silver cups which had been won by the different athletic teams of the school and said “Ladies and Gentlemen, there they are, lets go and win some more.’’ Let us adopt this motto. When weather permits we would like to see more on the athletic field, building their bodies as a preliminary to carry on, not only in sports but other activities as well. WHAT IS DISCIPLINE? How often we hear the word “discipline” especial ly in a military organization or in the days when Che mawa was a military school. Disciplinary tactics are generally more stressed in a military body because when dealing with a group more set regulations are needed which otherwise would be haphazard. The point which I’m trying to bring forth is discipline in a school like ours, the root word means to teach, is not to punish, or if you are punished it is to teach a lesson not to repeat the offense. No one wants to be disciplined but in every person there is an undeveloped sense of responsibility, the failure or weakness to see the other fellow’s idea on some subject, not only among young people but grown ups as well. These are the people who need discipline. Real discipline is not usually though so called bodily punishment, but the kind that touches the heart, or inside of you, will surely build good qualities. Many students, especially former graduates will come back to visit and say they are thankful to the teachers for constantly preaching and advising him to do his utmost while in school, which otherwise he would have had to learn by experience. “Experi ence” is a good teacher but it costs plenty. Now that spring is in the air we hope those wrho have a tendency to go out of bounds, cut classes, etc., will forget their erreonous plans and they will not be the worse off for it. This being the last issue of the American till the school year book is published we wish you a most suc cessful conclusion and those who began the year with ambition will not have tried in vain. INDIAN ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL FOR 1935 The Indian Achievement Award committee who will have the responsibility of selecting the winner of the 1935 Indian Achievement medal, sponsored by the Indian Council Fire, to be presented on Indian Day, September 27, comprise the following: Hon. John Collier, commissioner of Indian affairs; William Monahan, acting director of Indian education; Dr. J. N. B. Hewitt, bureau of ethnology. Smithsonian/ Institute. Washington, D. C.; Dr. Charles A. East man, Sioux Physician, author and lecturer, Detroit, Michigan; Dr. B. D. Weeks, President, Bacone Indi an College, Oklahoma; Senator Lynn J. Frazier, of North Dakota; Lew Sarett, author of “SlowSmoke,” and authority on Indian matters, Ravinia, Illinois; Mrs. Eugene B. Lawson, first vice president, General Federation of Women’s clubs, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Miss Frances Densmore, authority on Indian music. Red wing, Minnesota. Nominations for the medal may be sent to the head quarters of the Indian Council Fire, 108 N. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill. Dr. Charels A. Eastman, Sioux, won the 1933 medal, and Marie Martinez, Pueblo, was awarded the medal for 1934. —Good ^HIS will be the last issue of the paper till after the school annual is published. Ojncidently, we wish to state that we cannot print an annual unless we have the cooperation of employees as well as students. C.Try and have your pictures taken as soon as possible, not tomorrow, but today. QThe book was a rush job last year because the material was slow getting in and this makes it an ordeal for the printers. ^The price of the book is 50CtS till May 15th, after that time it will be raised to 75CtS <W’ promise you that this book will be prized by the person who purchases one. ^Address all communications to Rosalind E. Cruiss, Chemawa, Oregon.
