Weekly Chemawa American., May 16, 1902, Image 2

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CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
H, 1. Lovelace,
Manager. !
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Chemawa Indian School.
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. What Is education? Is it in books a
iuiie? The world wit h Its thousau.la of oc
cupations and interests is our great r:ho"f.
What we get from bor.ka is recorded ex
perience and wisdom of others. Of what
benefit are these if we do not practice what
we learn from them? It is not only in'
knowingbut doing that makes the suc
cessful man.
We may study books until we are gray,
and if we have not put into practical use
what we have learued, we wonder, why
our lives have been failures..
. Some boys despair because they are re
quired to work a little with their hands.
Thev gay; "We came here to tret an edu
cation, not to be worked like mules."
Hold on, boys. Whiit do you consider
your education? Which do you think will
be of the most practical benefit to you
when von go out into life which you soon
er or later must) and dig for yourselves?
Remember you are not working for the
employes' Bpeciai benefit, bntforyour own,
you are shaping your future.
Work, aB if you were playing, bb if it
was a pleasure tb work; for you,' will al- .
ways find it a pleasure when you take an
Interest in It, and do it well.
Whenever you have work assigned you,
no mutter of what nature, do it well.
Honor lies in doing well whatever we find
to do.
Consider honroabta labor, a big half of
your education, learn frotu whatever you
do whether it he in the school room, your
own room, or on the farm.
The world estimates a man's abilities
with his success, in whatever profession
or business he may engage.
The Ohiloceo t-cliool has started a most
prHCticaland important branch of instruc
tion for its girls. Forty of them are learn
ing how to miik. Some of the strictly lit
erary advocates will criticise this step as
going too tar in the direction of practical
education for girls. The American be
lieves It to he a wise, splendid and business-like
step. It. will do the girls no harm
to milk morning and evening,, feed the
calves and inke care ..f the milk. The ex
ercise will be healthful and the knowledge
acquired beneficial whether thev use it or
The mischief with Indian training In
years past is that it has been top heavy
with literarv wort to the exclusion of in
dustrial training on a practical line, which
to tb Indian is especially important
and necessary.
Miss Peel, the national superintendent
of Indian schools, who is a thorough prac
tical busines woman a well as ft capable
and experienced educator, soon realized
this condition of affairs and by peislstent
effort has at last succeeded In getting Mm
workofourschoolsdown to a practical, every
day industrial basis. The result will be
our Indian boys and girls will leave school
equipped with a practical knowledge of
work and able to support themselves.
They will also pot-Bess an ample anion nt of
hook education to meet their needs, as the
literary training of our schools ia not to be
neglected while the. practical pait is ad
vanced, ...,