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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1937)
T he C H EM A W A A M ERICAN 2 ^C hem aw a LM A m erica n s A bi-weekly paper devoted-to Indian education. Published and printed on alternate Friday’s during the school year by the students of the Chemawa Vocational School, Chemawa, Oregon. EDITORIAL STAFF Harry Wilder, Henry Sijohn, William Settler, Agnes Hall, Mildred McCrory, Wilma Mesplie REPORTERS Hazel Charles, June Courville, Dorothy Hayward, Josephine Juneau, Vivian McCleod, Zena Hogsed, Ullian Morin, Martha Bingham, Naomi Mesplie, Josephine Reynolds, Florence Wolf tail, Agnes Thprpe, George Bostwick, George Christian, Vernon Jackson, Noble Sanderville. P aul T. J ackson R osalind B. C ruise Superintendent Journalism Class ▲ ▼ R obert T homas H arry W ilder Manager and Printer Student Foreman — E d ito ria l— A person may say he has no time for reading—that he would rather spend his time doing more important things. This ¿s no attitude to take toward the reading of good books. Reading is not a waste of time if one selects books that' are educational as well as entertaining. If you do more reading you will find that it will help you in more ways than one. For instance, extensive reading will wid en your vocabulary. Every book has new words that have not been read before by the person who is reading it. Books about travel will give new ideas to the reader about different parts of the world and the life and occupations there. Some books will give ideas of what people who lived many years ago did. It is al ways interesting to know such things about the world in the past and what is going on around us at present. Millions of people in the world read good books and enjoy them. ».Let each of us be one of those millions and do some reading that will broaden our minds. No one in the world has as much opportunity to read good books as a school boy or girl. It is not too late to resolve to let the reading of a variety of books increase our knowledge.—L i e e i a n M orin \ How much time do you waste? What do you do with th e time when you are free from engagements or occupation? Many do not think it of great impor tance, but there are many people who have become famous through their hobbies that they had developed during their spare moments. Perhaps the greatest golf or tennis player at one time played only during his or her leisure time. Or perhaps some of the poorest speakers improved themselves by reading the better class of books during their leisure hours or minutes and are now recognized figures. Every body could be busy usefully and profitably if he chose to work. By always, doing something and occupying ones spare time, one will never be under suspicion of be ing at the wrong place at the wrong time. If most of the students here really did something worthwhile, something that is of beneficial value to others as well as themselves during their leisure time, they would be doing exceedingly well and brdadening their knowledge of various sub jects at the same tijne.—A gnes H are In the novel, “ Anthony Adverse;” there are some interesting word pictures of Napoleon in action. “ Energy radiated from him like heat from the sun. Every body was positively electrified by it; swept out of their own orbit into his. The force came from the head, the eyes and under the elbows.” In another place we are told about how Napoleon dictated letters. How clerks were worn out and others stepped in to take their places. Napoleon paced back and forth, his head on his chest, his arms behind him, dictating. “ The voice continued rapidly, smoothly, tersely, inevitably, bringing order out of chaos, hope and energy out of despair, changing the history of the world.” SUPT. JACKSON AND HR. SHOWALTER NARRATE SOUTHWEST EXPERIENCES PLUS TALES OF “ ? ” HOME STATE The first chapel service of this New Year washeld January 3, and conducted as usual. Mr. Jackson and Mr. Sho walter spoke on their experiences while away on their trip to San Antonio,' Texas. Mr.-Showalter said they had a very enjoyable trip except when they reached Mr. Jackson’s home state of Texas that he had spoken so much about. That was when they began to encounter difficulties and where they had to travel on their first gravel road, had to detour for the first time, and where the scenery was not much to talk about. Mr. Showalter made his talk very in J teresting by telling the students abour different activities in various schools in comparison to Chemawa. However, Che mawa was more predominating as a whole. In Santa Fe the metal work shops were very impressive. Everyone was in his own place and was doing something. They were helping their teacher by helping one another. At Riverside they were repairing one of their buildings from top to bottom all at once. Mr. Showalter stated that they probably would not finish this year, but when they do it will be a very fine job. At one of the council meetings they were told that one must be a very good mechanic in order that he may succeed® In order to be a good mechanic one must have at least four years of practical train ing. Mr. Jackson stated that in beauty and otherwise no school they visited had more to speak of than Chemawa. One thing that impresses Mr. Jackson, is Chema wa’s spirit of cooporation as a whole. Mr. Jackson balanced the laugh of the evening by telling about Mr. Showalter’s, experience in San Francisco where he became lost and missedT' his dinner en gagement. The whole student body was encour aged by Mr. Jackson for this new year just ahead, to do better—not good, but better. The Washington girls won over the Oregon girls in basketball Sunday at the gym. The score was 6 to 3. Although Washington has played quite a few games, they have not yet been defeated.
