AMERICAN.
2 CHEMAWA
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II. L. Lovelace,
Manager,
Published Weekly by the Pupils of the
Chemawa Indian School.
Subscription Price. 25 Cents Per Tear.
Clubs ot five and over 20 Cents per year
Entered at the Postoffice at, Chemawa, Or.,
as second -class mail-matter.
Address all Business Communications to
The Chemawa American,
Chemawa, Oregon.
Always in word or action appear artless
and natural. The art which conceals art,
is art in its highest form,
A careless boy or girl with no purpose
in life will never be a success. Make up
your mind to be somebody; to do some
thing, and then pitch in and do it.
As woman is the guide of man's life, he
should always treat her with respect, with
out regard to age or position. Under no
circumstances speak disrespectfully . of a ;
child's parents in its presence.
A question for those at Chemawa. Are
you a subscriber of the American? If
not, why not? Show your interest in the
paper and . your school by subscribing
without delay. We went to give you the
news, give us all that you know so we can
tell it to others.
There may be some who may tell you
that those who advise you to get a good
Industrial Education arenotyour friends.
Those who have given the subject close
study are the best friends the Indian ever
had. Among these are our Superintendent
of Indian Schools, the Honorable Com
missioner of Indian Affairs, and our Presi
dent all of whom are strong friends of In
dustrial Education, and thare so from
their personal knowledge of the Indian and
his needs. They are your friends.
Think twice before you spesk once is
pretty good, but it is bftter sometimes to
even then do some more thinking.
Never say "Potter", "Campbell", "Brew
er", but remember that all gentlemen have
handles" to the'r names and the gentle
manly and polite way to talk is to eay "Mr.
Potter", "Mr. Campbell", "Mr Brewer"
or whomever you may be talking about,
Be polite and gentlemanly, if you wish to
be considered as a gentleman yourself.
The friends of the Indians who are in
favor of an Industrial Education for him
do not for a moment think that the Indian
is not capable of a higher, literary Educa
tion. They feel that like the white man,
if he wants a higher education he should
earn it himself. If he has it in him, he
will work his way up in life bv the same
methods as his white brothers.
Chemawa believes in matin? carpenters,
harnessmakers, blacksmiths, tailors, cooks,
dressmakers etc., and in doing this we, in
eidentailv, do carpenters' work, toake har
ness, watrons, clothing and drespes,
We do r.ot gauge a young man's or wo
men's success at their trude by the
amount of work they turn out, but rather
by what they have learned and their abil
ity to turn out first class work.
This past week all over Europe and the j
United States, even as far South as Rome
and Galveston the people have been suffer- I
ing from blizzards and intense cold. Whi'e
here in the Willamette Valley we still !
have a few ropes on onr bushes and f
green grass. Just like during Summer j
while the whole world was Svvel teringand
trying to endure the severe heat, we weie
having such pleasant and moderate weath-
er. We may not have all the comfort! !
of life, but we do have moderate weather
the year around. We may catch some cold
weather during the Winter and then we
may not, with the chance in favor of not
having it.