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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Cbe Cbemawa American
PubisHed "WeeKly at tKe United
States Indian Training ScKool.
STAFF
Editor-in-chief Fortunato Jayme, '06
TYPOS
Louie John Webster Hudson
Robert Cameron Orson Bell
Calvin Darnell Fidel Quimpo
Charlie Harris John McCush
Bartolome Lusada Gus Bowechop
Julian Fernandez
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"Think for thyself one good idea,
But known to be thine own
Is better than a thousand gleaned
From fields by others shown."
Stand for good principle.
A roy or girl who has the courage to
say no when tempted to do wrong, has ad
ded one more spike to the building of
good character.
The chief source of contentment is
activity and work. So if we can not all be
rich in this world's good, we can at least
be happy as long as we have health and
strength. So be careful of your health boys
and girls. A good strong body and a wil
lingness to work is really all the capital
that we need to make us self-supporting
American citizens and being such will
insure happiness.
Take up any book, speech, oration, or
written theme and you can tell whether
the author is an amateur at the business
or not. If he is you will quickly notice
the imaginary idea that to make an
impression upon his readers or listeners
whatever the case may be, he must go to
the great trouble of digging through poor
Webster's Dictionary in order to find the
greatest number of Polysyllabic and tri
syllabics imaginable in order to make a
thought that you could put in a peanut
shell appear like some terible cloudburst
when in reality it is only a temporary
fog rise which soon blows over.
Would it be to a greater advantage
for this person to use words familiar to
himself, give a better impression upon
the listeners and much easier on the jaw
bone to use everyday language in the
form of monosyllabics and disyllabic.
Prophecies of Spring.
The buds on the maples are swelling and
bursting,
The grass grows more green and the
heavens more blue;
The violets rise from their long winter
slumber,
To tell of the spring that is coming for
you.
The brook seems to sing in more music
al rythm,
The South sends its breezes, as harbin
gers true;
The birds on the wing carol .forth the
glad tidings
And sing of the Spring that is coming
for you.
All life feels the thrill of the glad
resurrection
From winter's cold tomb, and rejoices
anew
As the warm sunbeams summon all
nature to waken,
To greet the fair Spring that is coming
for you.
M. II. in Kx-