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CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
IP? (Ijemuivx Joiner ic;ui
H. L. Lovelace,
Manager,
Published Weekly by the Pupils f (lie
Chemawa Indian School.
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KEEP OFF THE GRASS.
Heaven. Home and Mother are said to be
the dearest and most treasured words in
the English larguage.
A noted College President says:
"Our young people, in the schools of to
day learn too much and know too little."
lie was not far from the truth. Thpre is
too much theoretical education to-day and
not enough of the practical.
One hundred years a go we were told to
do the best we cou.d and he satisfied he
causes "Angels could do no more." Now
we realize more than ever that, an ounce of
"get there" is worth at whole on of effort.
The man or woman who can "do" i the
one who succeeds.
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During -Miss Stafford's visit at Chemawa
she rganizfd the Girls1 Branch of the Y.
AV. V. A. of which forty, (ije Girls are nov:.
members. Tl, girls are 'most ly unde fif
teen. Irene Campbell was elected presi
dent, Eva woods vice-president, Ethel Par-
rish Secretary and Myrtle Sperry Treasur
er, Mary Juhrs was - appointed organist.
The girls met in the girls' reading room
on Sunday afternoon from two until three
and had a very enteresting meeting.
Honor, fame, public applause, may be
sought by man; but, as for woman, let
knowledge be her garment, virtue her
girdle and pity a crown about her bead.
This is her appropriate monopoly; and, thus
equipped, she will claim no station above
that which Heaven designed for her. nor
will she hesitate to lend her band, in cheer
fulness, to the vaiious household duties
which are emphatically assigned to her.
Graceful she may lie, in the mazy dance;
lovely, when her hand flings apon the air
sweet notes of music ; fair, when the bay
entwines her brow; but, lovelier, fairer, and
more graceful, is she, when, with meek
- eye and cheerful heart, she plies the home
ly task, desiring no reward save an approv
ing conscience. no praise, save the smiles
that beam from her own fireside.
The reputation of a borrower for int egrity
and reliability lias more to do with giving
credit.than his mere ability to pay. It is
interesting and ins'rnctive to note the
difference in the ability of young men
starting out on their c-ireeis t gain confid
ence. Of two you'll men who have bad equal
advantages of opportunity and education;
who, apparently, possess equal business
ability ; and who start, out in the same city
undi-r practieul'y like conditions, one will
rapidly gain credit at hanks and jobbing
houses, while the other cannot get. any
foothold whatever. People se'm to be
afraid to trust him, not because he is
vicious or dissipated, hut because they are
not certain of his integrity. Tbev do not.
feel that he can be depended upon under
all circumstances. Unlike theotberyoiini!
man, he has not cultivated the one thi"?
upon which all credits is b-.sed, a charac'C
above suspicion, a reputation without
reproach. '