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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
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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.