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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1903)
8 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN. 5upt. Shell's Addres.. After Band Concert, Saturday evening, we had the pleasure of being entertained by Supt. Shell, who related several aruns ing anecdotes, and gave us some good ad vice. . "I did not know until I entered this hall that I would be called on to speak to you. You know when a young gentleman has been keeping company with a young lady for a long time, and she is wondering when he will put the momentous question, atid finally when the has plucked up courage to ask her, she immediately says "Ob, how sudden!" Very often T suppose you have ministers to Bpeak to you, and they tell you that you should improve yourselves and be good, and r then you listen to some statesman and he tells you that you should be "patriotic." However, young ladies and gentlemen . I am glad to have met you, and it recalls a little experience in my own life. When I was a boy about sixteen, back in Ohio, you know a fellow at that age thinks ,he- can give the old gentleman . pointers, and I thought I knew about as much as any man knew at forty. I remember a man addressed us and said: "Young ladiei and gentlemen there is a great future before you. You havb bright eyes intelligent looks and I have not the faintest doubt but what there are among you several, who will be our future pres idents of theTJnited Slates." "I immediately straightened up and re solved to be President, and I remember looking over to the girls' side for a suitable person for Mrs, President. Well I have grown up, but my expecta tions I never hope to realize. I love young people almost without ex ception. Sam Jones once said, (he was a noted preacher) "I love everybody, if you find me a man that I do not love, I will hug him until be hollows." "And so it is with me, if you show me a woman that I do not love, I will let Mrs. Shell hug her until she 'hollers.' But love is the key note of all success. Last August, I had the pleasure, and I might say the distinction of meeting down at Newp' -rt, a number of ladies and gentle men of this institution, among them Mr, Potter and Mr. Campbell, who is with us tonight. Let me tell you, I went fishing with Mr. Campbell one day, and the reason I went fishing with him was he told me a wonderful fish story the day before. I have no doubt but that Mr. Campbell tells the truth under all circumstances, ex cepting when he tells fish stories. Seriously I repeat the assertion, I made in the beginning. I am glad to be with you. Sometime ago 1 bad some correspondence with Mr. Potter and Mi. Campbell in re gard to bringing some boys and girls to this school. . One reason I wanted to come wa3 that I knew it would do some good to the boys I brought. Second to meet the employes. And third to see how a first class Indian school is conducted. . You are here in this institution, these people are doing everything for you, and you should realize what the Great Father's Government is doing for you here. Mr. Potter or Mr. Campbell gives you advice. Sometimes you think it is good, and some times not, and that it is cheap and does not cost you anything. But of all the words I have spoken this evening, wont you please treasure these few words.? "In everything you do, do the very best you can." (Then followed a discourse on the build ing aud t horoughness of one of t!ie sculp tors on the Acropolis.) And concluded that the principle to be ground in each and everyone of us was to do the very best vte can. That strength of characttr comes from influences surrounding you every day. Then he described the difference be tween being over particular aud methodical.
