T he C H EM A W A A M ERICAN
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^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
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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
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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.