Weekly Chemawa American., March 20, 1903, Page 2, Image 2

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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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Uiork Bard vs. Play Bard
President Roosevelt in an address gave
the following excellent advice lo school
boys "Lys: You are hero to siudy, and
while you areat.it, study hard. When you
have got the chance to play outside, play
hard. Do not forget this, thar In the lung
tub the mail who shirks his work will
shirk his play. I remember a professor in
Yale speaking to ino of a member of the
eleven some years ago and saying, 'That
fellow is going to fail. He stands too low
in his studies. lie is slack there and he
will he slack when it comes to the hard
work on the gridiron ' He did fail.
"You are preparing yourself for the best
work of life. During your school days
and in after life I earnestly believe In
each of you having as good a lime as pos
sible, but making It come second to doing
the best kind of work possible. And iu
your studies and In your sports in school,
and afterwards in life in doing your work
in the great world, it fa a 6a fe plan to fol
low this rule a rule that I odcc heard
preached on the football field don't flinch,
don't foul, and hit the line hard."
H OJise Decision.
Commenting on the policy of the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs the Balm
Statenman lias the following in its issue of
Mart 19 th:
"The decision of the Comrnissloner of
Indian Affairs is a wise one. The great non
reseivation school for this territory is the
Salem institution. The contributing terri
tory for this school includes Oreiion, Wash
ington, .California, Montana, Idaho and
JJevada,
'0n y?8terday, Wednesday, March 18th,
there were in attendance at school fis4 In
dia pupils. Another large parly of pupil
from one of the Washington reservations is
now on the way here, and the number will
probably be increased in the present school
year, ending with June, to 700. With the
completion of the new brick dormitory for
large boys now in course of construction,
there will he accommodations and faciliiiw
here for 800 pupils, and this number wilt
likely be reached next year. With compar
atively small additional expense, scnmi
modations aud facilities can be provided for
a thousand or more, and the contributing
tenitory will keep thai many in school; in
fact, they should l-e bad now; and the mini- 1
hers on the reservations who ought; now ro
be hert are growing up in ignorance that i
will lead toidleness.and thus put off limner
the final solution of the problem ol the In- ;
dian question, in which this school ieile- f
signed to and does render most valuable '
assistance. ,'
"Thepolicy of the Commissioner oflnriiin
Affaira, which is the wise and correct pol
icy, is to continue the building up here of '
a Blrong school, with ample faoilitiwin
stead of dissipating the money possible lo ;
be secured from Congress, and kppmir i
several weak schools with indifferent is- i
cilitibS. The very beet in the service can ft
had he e with a continuance of this pi.'v. ,
and the very largest evm larger than Car
lisle in Pennsylvania."