Chemawa American
Published every third Friday during the school year by
the Chemawa Indian School. Address all communications
to the CHEMAWA AMERICAN, Chemawa, Oregon.
Published in accordance with the Interior Department
appropriation Act, 1940, approved May 10, 1939.
Subscription 50 cents a year.
PAUL T. JACKSON
Superintendent
ROBAIR THOMAS
ROSALIND E. CRUISE
Printer and Manager
Journalism Instructor
REPORTERS—Joe Hayward. Stanley Williams, Marjorie Skahan,
Margaret Skahan
Editorial
Why haven’t we produced a leader here at Che
mawa in the recent years? Many want a sufficient
answer.
We haven’t produced a leader because we
haven’t given anyone a fair chance to develop lead
ership within himself. Each time he tried to
express his opinions or suggestions, we laughed
at him, told him he was “nuts” and “razzed”
until he couldn’t stand it anymore but still we
“razzed” until we killed all his spirit and am
bition to become a leader. But if he could “take it’ ’
we called him a “show off,” and “razzed” him
about trying to get in good with the employees
until he did quit trying to get ahead.
A jealous pride within ourselves has developed.
We hate to think of anyone’s being better then
ourselves, or having attention giving him. We
try to steal the attention by razzing him or criti
cizing him bitterly and saying, “oh, he love it,”
and such trash. Many of the students here are
bashful or backward and “razzing will do them
much barm. “Razzing” is much more harmful in
a school of this type than one would suspect be
cause it stops the promotion of leadership.
To create leadership we must stop this razzing.
The seniorsand juniors’ supposedly being leaders
anyway, should lead the entire group in a cam
paign against “razzing. ’ ’ It will be appreciated by
the students here now and others in years to fol
low, if these upperclassmen accept this challenge.
—S tanley W illiams
“Smile and the world smiles with you!” What
a grand motto to follow. For smiles help to build
friendships, and friendships are firm foundations
for the future. You must have friendships before
you consider your plans for the future complete.
And who hasn’t a plan for his future? So remem
ber, you must smile, if you are to make friend
ships, or to have the world smile with you.
Learn to greet everybody with a cheerful and
sincere smile. Don’t show people your “grouch
iness,” if you feel pessimistic. Give them the
impression that life holds only happiness for you.
And say, when you know sorrow is in the heart
of another, even the tiniest smile can render much
understanding and happiness to them, if that smile
is sincere. So smile to one and all.
Doesn’t it give you a feeling of well being, if
you pass someone, and that someone smiles at
you? Yes, and even though you may not know or
care for that particular “someone,” don’t you
think it helps him on his way, if you return that
smile? Yes, it will. Show your good qualities with
a sparkling smile to everyone journeying on Life’s
Highway.
Remember, that when you are gone, all of those
whom you befriended, will always carry those
memories of your happy, inspiring smile. You will
be remembered by the things you have done. If
you have a smile to greet everybody, you can be
assured that you will leave a memory all your
friends will cherish. Your smile helps to make life
just a wee bit more pleasant for those about you, as
well as for yourself.—M argaret S kahan
Memories of School Days! ... A Com
plete album depicting school life at
Chemawa. . . . You may not always be
with your friends and what will be
more enjoyable than purchasing a
year book, and always being with them.
That is the magic that this book will
perform. . . . Yes, it will make your
heart glow when you look over the
"Happy Home" collection of photo
graphs, recalling the "big days" and
other important events . . . For cam
pus orders see Nellie Walters and Ar
thur Van Pelt. . . . The price now is
50 cents. . . . Rfter publication day,
which will be about May 15th, the price
will raise to 75 cts. . . . For outside or
ders address the CHEMAWA AMERI
CAN, Chemawa, Oregon.