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CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
Published Weekly by the Pupil of the
Chemawa Indian School.
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Entered at the Postoffici
Address all Business Communicatlm
Tub Chemawa American,
Chemawa, Oregon.
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Self help is the best kind of help.
Don't spit. Why? Beoiuse it is nllhy,
inhenlthy and ungentlfiumnly! Ukntlb-
UKN DON'T SPIT, OTJIBK9 MUST NOT.
government support. The parent,.,l dny Is
fast being regulated to the p.it by unr pre
sent C m.missloner.
Don't live on hopes to die of despair! Do
ar.nifthinif! Live in the present, not in the
future! Unn't be waiting tor something to
turn up! By that time your school days
mav he over and the opportunity have
passed.
Don't lie! A boy or girl who lies is handi
capped all through life. Even if they do
tell the truth, no one Itelleves them. The
reputation of being a liar Is easily gained
and , is almost impossible to get' rid of.
Then too, a person who lies will steal. A
liar and a thief! Who want) such a reputation?
Who is the young man, a member of the
Chemawa school, who has a reputation of
always getting "sick" when he ete an or
der to do anything lie don't waul to do? A
reputation like that is not to lie desired
and is liable to hurt the success of that
young man unless lie mends his ways.
Dr. Clark's lecture in the Asseml.iy
Hall Wednesday evening on "Home ami
Health" whs nmt'h enjoyed by all. V
hope every pupil will etideavor to follow
the splendid advice given them, while
here and when they leave school to mak
homeH for themselves. A good honi"
with good health is next to heaven, on
this earth. We can possess them by do
ing as Dr. Clark directed.
The Industrial idea must. even be kept
tothe front and with it the Ontiug lde.
The placing of our ludian youth of botli
sexes in the best families-not only from
schools, but also from our reservation.
Conditions are changing, environments are
different now from what they were twen
ty yes ten. or even five years ago. Now
there ore many settled communities near
the IndiHDH where but a few years ago wm
nothing but a wilderness or waste land.
This can bo done. When the outing hvr
tem as practiced at Carlisle, Chemawii,
Phoenix and elsewhere has been extended
to the- reservations another step will l
added to Indian progress and civilization.
Young men mint learn at school to work
just like they will have to when they "run
np against the real thing" out in life. If
they acquire the habits at school of daw.
dllng along and killing time, we can not ex-
K'otthem to acquire habits of Industry,
on't be watching the clock and noting
the time you have to work. A couple of
rnonths.nao, boys, we noticed one of the
brick masons on our new girls' dormitrry
looklntr at his watch several times during
the day. We also observed that the snl
contractor saw him. The next morning
we remarked that his place was vacant
and upon asking the contractor where he
was, he remarked that he could keep his