CHEii AW'A AFRICAN. "J
t) H. L. tpVBLACS,, , t- 1
. Manager.
PfljirtshPd, Weekly by Iho Pupils of the
ai iChemawa Indian School.
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Cluht ot Ave and over 20 Cen's pr year.
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hlHi bGLASS ORATION.
IiiwMeand Gemlerueu, Schoolmate! j ,
W have assembled here to-day lor a
last'cJaas exercise. To-day is a period ln
our Hves we have looked forwaYd Icas-of-muchdrtiportance
to us. . Whether it will
b ff great importance will rest .with each
iiwtivfctaal of this das.. . 1 : r .--IVUeKcan
continue iu the work of improve-i
thent -'we can fold our hands and In a
few yeara lose all we have won. Thin as-,
aenioii may be ta Blrongv for the diploma
we Snail receive this evening at. our.-final
AKrciK8 will always bividftrce of -onr a-
cl lavement. ,liut. the queM iotm I-would.,
put teach is, shall we utilize thfsa.Jioo
orteliall w e put J u to .-.practice the lessons
wetttuve learned? or shkll .we drift away
Mid! loe through inaction the ral advan
tages tiiat should be ourstbrimKh ihetdu--cation
bestowed upon ua by ur good gov
etnuient? It does not follow that because
we have beeu considered worlhyof giadu-.
atvdfa that we-shall find reftwdn bteiowt-d.
uftolt whin we entTUiwpbttiulivf life.r.
Tbotoaiidi'hef.fl o Aaietibifiii Just as.
wori-iiyidr huiuE Bud aub9iii : wef-
ojiwie ofus may ever W twbea LincolLS
true to an honest pr,!e ln life, art:- hy
perseverance makeJfo.ourstlvef ao honor
able place in bu-tineati and society.
What we have done is a remilt of cou
Btant tffort on the part of our teacher.
- When we grew discouraged or wre about
to fill they cace lo our assistance llh a
helpful hand and an encouraging word,
but from now on their duties cease. They
have fu filled their obligations to ns and
we are now to depend upon ourselves.
This evehmg we shall hear the words o
farewell from him who has won the honor
of'tbia graduating claa. He may picture
the future from his standpoint. He eau
truthfully outline a future course by the
past. It Is s iid we govern the future but
the future is a sealed book to which timn
holds thu key; It is our own bw.lt and we
alone will he rasp mible f,r what is in it.
No one cart make the futur for us. '
Circumstances may govern our actions
but we imtsttryaDd govern- -circum-tlances
and press onward asdid Longfellow's hero
In his poem "Excelsior."
hero Lonirfellow's poem?- Our teachers
may. to a certain extent, answer this. qnes.
tin. They can tell us whether when-we
met tlie difficult problems of our study we
allowed tlie'upli'lt ofExcel-ioi-.1' 1 t;- -Sonn
we shall know what it la to go out
in the world and tWht the battle of life for
daily bre;td and our friends Will ellvr ap--p'aud
or pity us aoco'rding as we succeed or
fall,
This ola'sH now fr you, friends and fellow
sluden's, will a.iO i be replaced hy nno he r
We know we are aa fleeting mome'ds
witnyou todj ahd gone tomorrow. But
there will be no distiirtiance in the tu-bool
life of our belo ;ed 'institution, the Chemawa
Indian School. .
We will remember you tin -ugh you may
forget ua. The memory of mir echool and
leai-lnrs nd elusamutes will always remain
Tina. temptations will .visit ns all as we
pass through life is ' certain. but- may we
have courage to withalaijd.tbem, and may.
tbu.pUaanure we. enj'yi;.idji .never be
olmrtedhy the sorrowsjol . misspent llfe.i