THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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The president seeing the album,
motioned it aside. "Haven't time," he
f lid impatiently, "haven't time."
The young man replied in four words,
"Abraham Lincoln had time."
j Instantly the president stopped, took
I the hook and wrote his name, saying as
he returned it, "I count it a privilege to
write my name where Abraham Lincoln
wrote.
i It was a pretty incident. Might it not
to some of us be something more? We
I are so tempted .sometimes, in the hurry
! and worry of everything, to brush aside
trivial claims upon our time and patience.
Would we miss so many chances if wa
stopped to think whethei one greater than
Lincoln ever refused to do a kindness be
muse he had not time? Ex.
Springtime Come Again
0 rat fish in the eddy,
When de moon is in de full!
0 watermillion ready
".Wongs' yo' dewy leaves, to pull!
0 rlux(les, sugfr rooted?
I's women en us men
Is all done back bar'footed.
't'a'se de springtime's come again.
De hullbat 'gins to beller
Across! de shimmery hill.
'T ain't long befo' a feller
Kin hyuh de vvhuppoorvvill.
Dr hawk sets roun' en watches
De biddies wid de hen.
In ile doodle-dus' a-scratchin,'
'Ca'sede springtime's come again.
Dirt daubers soon be squealing',
Shapin' up deir mud.
En a sort er sleepy feeling'
'Id git gwine along yo, blood,
Till you'lose yo' holt en dozes,
Kn ji'rks, en wakes up den
Dr fus' thing dat you knows is
Dat de spiingtinie's come again.
: . J ' Ex.
Basketball
In all the leading colleges, and every
school in the country, there are differ
ent sports throughout the entire season.
In the summer months the most scientific
and favorite of all games is played
namely, baseball. In the fall of the
year, football is played. In the winter
evenings basketball is the favorite game.
It is a game played not only by the boys
but by the girls also.
It is interesting to watch a close game
and hear the excited rooters yelling for
the favorites, especially when one of
their players makes some star play.
Basketball, like any other game, is
played for championship honors and
this is the reason that the games to-day
are so hotly contested by all teams. It
also requires skill and plenty of practice.
A team is composed of five players, a
center, two fowards, two guards, and it
is also necessary to have two officials, an
umpire and a referee, whose duty it is to
penalize either team for fouls etc.
The game is generally played in two
halves from 10 to 30 minutes, with 10
minutes intermission for the players to
rest.
As for Chemawa teams, there is only
a few ofthem, but we are proud of the
girls' team as their prospects for win
ning championship of the Northwest are
bright and we hope that they will win.
P. S. Sixth grade.
Girls may admire the fellow who
writes poetry, but they would rather
marry the fellow who writes checks.
The worst fault with the fellow who
thinks he "knows it all," is that he's a
fool Ex.