THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
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AT IT AGAIN. N.
Chilocco and Carlisle, our two big
brothers, are "scrapping." It is no ex
hibition boxing match either. Gloves
were thrown aside in the first round
and now it is for blood.
Here, big boys, you stop that or all v
the rest of your brother schools will
C get after both of you, red hot. Don't
be jealous of each other. There U
lots of room in this .big country for a
dozen Carlisles and Chiloccos. So
be good now, make up, and use all
your ammunition in the future in
civilizing and educating the Indian,
in your own preferred way, and do
not waste it "hitting" each other, by
unkind criticism and harmful com
- inent.
CHOOSING BOYS.
Ceorge Sexton, who has charge of
two hundred boys at Wanamaker's,
loves to talk about boys. "Boys are
not a necessary evil at this establish
ment," he said, "they are the material
out of which men are to be made."
"How do you choose your cash boys,
Mr. Sexton? I asked.
"My first question is; 'Where is the
boy?' You see, it all depends upon the
boy himself. You can judge the boy
better from his appearance, his man
ner, his dress, and the way he comes
into an office, than from any descrip
tion of him. Character shows forth
in little things you can't-hide. I take
boys by what you might call first im
pressions. I have sized a boy up be
fore he asked me for a place. The re-
moval or non-removal of the hat on
entering the office, the respectful and
self-respecting way in which a boy
addressed me, the way in which he
meets my look and questions, all give
me an idea of his bringing up and the
"stuff" that is in him.. As to appear
ance, I look at once for these things:
polished shoes, clean clothes, and
clean face, hands and finger nails.
Good clothes are not requisites; a boy's
clothes may be ragged, his shoes have
holes in them, yet his appearance
may still give evidence of a desire to
be neat. I will not employ a cigar
ette smoker, if I know it. , As for re
ference a boy's teacher is the best re
ference he can have. The recommen
dation which a good boy in our em
ploy gives a boy applying for a posi
tion always receives marked consider
ation. Good cash boys don't stay
cash boys long. Some boys who came
here as cash boys are now junior
salesmen. Others have good positions
throughout the house. Selected.
AN INTERESTING LECTURE.
On Monday night Inspector
Chubbock delivered a most interest
ing lecture on dairying to the faculty
and student body. He showed by
actual experiment how the per cent of
butter fat is ascertained by using the
Babcock test. The milk from several
of the school cows was tested and the
amount of butter fat was determined
from each cow for a period of five days
milking. Then the pupils figured out
how much butter could be produced in
a year, and the value of the same in
dollars and cents.
It was a most practical as well as
scientific discourse and pupils and
employes were deeply interested.
Several of the prominent farmers and