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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1938)
4 T he ; C hemawa GUpmama y Amrrtran Published every third Friday during the school ‘year* by the Salem Indian School Press. Address all communi cations to the “Chemawa American,” Salem Indian school, Chemawa, Oregon. * Published 'in Accordance with the Interior Appropriation Act, 1939. Approved May 9, 1938. SUBSCRIPTION, FIFTY-CENTS A YEAR PAUL< T . JA C K S O N ROBAIR THOMAS Superintendent Printer and Manager REPORTERS—Iris Hogsed, Erma Chamberlain, Adam Bearcub, Jay Hedderick, Elsie Contraro, Isabel Francis, James Gerard, Margery Henry. Editorial r p W K N T Y years ago ou r A m erican b ro th ers fa th ers, h u sb an d s, cousins, friends, and sw eeth earts w ent to w ar to save D em ocracy and to fight “ a tevar to end w a rs .” W e w ent to w ar to end w ar b u t now only a man who is deaf, d um b and blind w ould d are deny th a t this world is n earer to a general conflict today th an at any m om ent since th e A rm istice was signed. Som e are saying, “ W h a t th is co u n try needs is a good w a rm th a t ’11 s ta rt th in g s „ g o in g .” Y es, w ars do sta rt th in g s going. A m erica had a certain kind of prosperity in 1917-18, and som e people, b oth in th e tren ch es and at hom e had a good tim e. W ages W e re h ig h for those w ho w ere not fighting, and secu rity was given th e soldiers w ho w ere supplied w ith necessities. H is supplies were assured him alth o u g h h e m ight be m aim ed or killed at any m om ent. A ll he had to do was to obey and carry out orders. I t cost th e A llies an average of $25,000 to kill one soldier. Since riine m illion w ere killed and m any o th ers w ere w ounded, we can easily see th a t th e business of k illin g m en is a costly one. D u rin g a wrar, each m achine g un requires, seven m en beh in d th e fro n t to supply it w ith m etal food. A lig h t ta n k req u ires six m en, w hile an airp lan e w ith a crew co n sistin g of both th e crew , pilot, and g u n n ers, requires six ty m en. T h u s one can see how Costly it is to have w ar. W a r is u g ly , b ru ta l, and destroys ev e ry th in g th a t we love best. W a r has its horrors-—no one can p ain t th em too black. In th e old days1, it was considered sw’eet and fittin g to die for o n e ’s co u n try , b u t in a m odern w ar, one m ay be b u rn ed or blow n to bits w ith o u t sw eetness or f'ttin g n e s s .. A m erican I t seems to m e th a t citizens sfiould be patrio tic and have a love for th e U n ited S tates of A m erica, bu t at th e sam e tim e th ey should be ta u g h t th e tru th about w ar and its costs in h u m an life, ideals, an d m aterial w ealth, so th e y m ay realize th a t w ar is not all g lo ry .— A dam B earcub. L o c a ls M arie F a rro n , class of *35, cam e from P o rtlan d to visit her tw o b ro th ers, Irv a n and C harles, last S u n d ay afternoon. M rs. C harley from P en d leto n , O regon has been here v isitin g h er th re e d au g h ters who are a t te n d in g school here. On F rid ay N ov. 11, th e first q u a rte r of th e school year ends. T h ere will be changes in som e of th e vocational classes for the second q u arte r. . M r. A llender, th e T o p p en ish field ag en t, b ro u g h t tw o new stu d en ts to C hem aw a last w eek, D avid Lopez and Jac k M iller. Words and Phrases v. (Continued from page 2) and how to be gentlem en, and to be men w hen we go h o m e .” — John A braham . I am try in g to learn th a t w hich will b rin g me som e good, and will help my paren ts ou t. A lso I am try in g to help m y class and th e w hole g rade school—som ething th a t will b rin g them g o o d .” — V incent A dolph. “ W e are learn in g sp o rtsm anship. T o be polite, to be good losers and good w in n e rs .’’— Jim m ie Dan. “ W e are p u t in h ig h er grades w hen Miss P age th in k s we can w ork b e tte r and h ard er. ” — A lex Boone. Donald B arnaby said th at “ cleanliness of m ind, body, and hom e are th in g s he is learn in g th a t will be of im portance to him . W ayne L eighton is learning hew to spend m o ney, t^nd how to hold a job. H e th in k s his k itch en tra in in g will be v alu ab le to him. A deline P eters stresses th at they ra u -t prep are to-earn th eir living. A n n ie Y ellow stone em p h a sizes th e need to be able to talk before a g ro u p , and to be .polite. A bner H ev ew a’n is th e stro n g est rooter for th e tra in in g they are g e ttin g in th e a rt class, but th ere are m any w ho have stressed th e w o rth of th e art course to them.. S etious th o u g h t is given by th é stu d en ts of th e th e grade school to eye tre a tm e n t an d h ealth education , C leanliness o f person, classroom s, and g ro u n d s were nam ed by practically all as b e in g very necessary learn in g s, as were th e im p o r ta n t ch a rac te r tra its ; fair play, honesty, frie n d liness. and good sp o rtsm an sh ip . T h e ir pet class es are: H om e econom ics, shops and art.
