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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1939)
T he 4 She (fltygmama y Amgrtnm 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 PA U L T . JACKSON ROBAIR THOMAS Superintendent Printer and Manager REPORTERS—Iris Housed, Erma Chamberlain, Adam Bearcub, Jay Hedderick, Elsie Contraro, Isabel Francis, James Gerard, Margery Henry. Editorial j^U N R IS E ! And w ith it the urgent call for work and action. T he days lie before, unditsurbed, aw aiting our actions, th e pattern to form. Are we going to take this day, waste its hours, smear its clear record w ith haughtiness, misdeeds, and unkindness? Or are we going to take this day, and give our best by using every m inute available to a good purpose by scattering happiness and kindness as we go, and in this way m olding into a pattern, “ a perfect day?” In everyone’s life there comes, each day, some problem, great or small, th at m ust be shouldered and settled. T he m anner in which we overcome this difficulty makes us the greater or weaker for th at day. If we recognize our duty, fullfill it to the best of our ability we have built up our character and added a star to that day. Nightfall! W hen day is ended and night steals softly w estw ard, we may regret w hat we m ight have finished if only we had started. As we make a survey of the happenings of the day, our con tribution, and donation, though small, may have made our world a better place in which to live. Each day here at Chemawa, let us be wise, by tak in g advantage of the num erous opportunities extended so freely to us individually. Eet us take away, from each day, at least one worthwhile lesson, for a well-lived today will make a better tom orrow .— E rma C hamberlin ways a great many resolutions made by peo ple who are sure th at they will keep their word. But do they? Many people make a resolution th at they know they w on’t keep. T hey may even C hemawa A merican boast to friends th at they have sworn off for good, but in a short time they have forgotten or have put it off u n til they are indulging as m uch as ever. Many of these so called resolutions apply to our school work and activities. Do we not re solve to do better work and be more active? T hen let us do ju st that. W e will be on our own some day, and the way we do our work now will effect our life greatly in years to come. So as the New Year continues, let us resolve to do better work, to be a better citizen, and above all, to set out to accomplish som ething b etter.— J ames G erard JpRiENDS and fellow students, it would be a great thing if we could learn to do four things that H enry Van Dyke said a man must learn to do if he would make his record true: “ To think w ithout confusion clearly; To love one’s fellow- men sincerely; To act from honest motives purely; To tru st in heaven and God securely.” If we could follow these four traits we would indeed find life and our world a fine place to live in. W hen you open the newspapers all you see is war, spy rings, and nations and dictators arm ing for war! Y ou’ll find this splashed all over the papers. Why? Did they love one’s fellow- men sincerely? { No! All they have in m ind is hate, suspicion, and greed. It is up to us, the present generation to try and better this. W e who are here at Chemawa can do our bit if we follow the four things that would m ake our record true. We have come to Chemawa to acquire knowledge, get a higher standard of living and do our bit towards fu r thering a higher, better living and education. Chemawa is a wonderful place. Eet us not come here to spend our tim e foolishly; let us acquire as m uch knowledge as we can, cooperate fully w ith our advisers and our employees, do our bit no m atter how disagreeble it is and in the end w e’ll profit by it and C htm aw a will indeed be a wonderful place. Let us profit by our stay here and think w ithout confusion, love our fellow- students sincerely, act from honest motives purely, and tru st in heaven and God securely. —A dam B earceb Scout A rnoux and his troup have received some new equipm ent from New York with which to continue their work.
