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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1903)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN 3 The Chemawa American. !'n Wished Weekly by the Pupils of the Chemawa Indian School. Hihscrijition I'r'ce, 25 Onto Pr Year. Clubs of five and over 20 Cenfs pr year. Address all Busiuecs CoinnmiiicaU.m to The Chemawa Amkkican, Chemawa, Okhhon. Note If this space ...b marked with a red cross it means; ".that your ub seripiion has xpirtl. Please renew. Ki.tered at the Postoffice at Chemawa, Or. as second -class mail-matter. Goodbye, Old Yean Nexl Tuesday, June 30th will he the lat day of the fiscal 8Cho.il year 1903, which lias liK'ii Hie most huccvssful, peaceful and at icfactcrv in the history of Chr ma wa. No tumble, c'issensi nf, disloyal pints tr raoke'.s have marred tlie harmony and piece of the chool, or destroyed its usefulness. Th fify employes have all worked losjether hs one happy fami ly, with the interest Of the pupils and school at heart. The teachers in the Literary Department hnve done excellent work, . and besides . keeping up with all their other duties, have given an enter! intnent ewch month during the year without missing any month. The lndiwtiial instructors have labored faith fully aud with success in teaching the var ious trade nd industrhsto the pupile. However Hn education ch not be acquired in a trade learned in one year, or two, or even three. Pupils must not be impatiem, hut keep on sticking to it until they ihor ouglily masteivr their trades, and are com petent to out in the world, fully able to walk by the side of the best white mechan ics, fnrmers and gardeners, etc. It is the buys and girls who only attend school for one or two years, and then leave t'dnking they know it all, thai injures the setiooi that they attended as well ad them selves. Do not be half a carpenter, blacksmith or gardener. Be ambitious, and determined to stick to , our sonooling and trade until you have thoroughly learned the same, mid then you will not be ashamed to go out in the wcrld and hold up your heads, teeling you understand and are fitted to occupy t ie beat of portions O d 1903 will soon be gone. Have we been careful to improve each day and hour so as to make them count the most to our future advan age, or have we wast d many oi these prcious houis when we ought to hav ben at work or study? Those are things to think about serioulv, mi tint we can do better in l'u i u re years. En Interesting meeting. The prayer meeting on Sunday night was ot uuu ual iuieiest. Joim Stacy gave an imer8(ng acc lUtit. of t lie Y. M. C. A, meeting at Gearhart. iMaiy J. Smith, Fay -Charles and Irene Chams and Mits lienw Campbell also took a prominent pur t in the meeting. Mi-s F.ench " sang a beautiful hymn and the fongS by the Kchool were sang with spirit and feeling. Supt. Potter urged the pupils to try, to at tain th belter things of this life and cites a c .seof a b y who formerly attended Che mawa and who while here was a source f trouble and pare to., the employes, who is now in trouble with the, civil authorities. Instances of this kind ate a menace of, the furtherance of Indian education. Bos and girls be guided by the excellent advice o? our Superintendent. Do right heie for right's sake and then when you art fighting the battle of life on your own ac lount you will be good Christians and good int-n ana w men. The numbtr of pupils on roll at Carlisle May 29th was 1002; number in country homes, 584.
