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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1908)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN 9 , ELSEWHERE In order to properly plan for the quarter-Centennial Celebration to be held at Haskell Institute in 1909, consider able active work is already being done. Some of the good things contemplated are as follows: Hiawatha; Athletic Day; Commencement; Banquet. A? our plans nre perfected other announcements will be made from time to time. Indian Lender. The White Earth Indians will cele brate the fortieth anniversary of their settlement on the reservation at White Earth June 15 and 16. Indians from all of the Minnesota reservations will be in attendance and a big time is promised, The Weekly Review. "Boys, it is the hit that counts." said President Roosevelt recently to some n. idies at a target practice. The hit counts everywhere. There is such a thing as honorable failure, but bi'ix rahle sucee is better. And, do you know, my lads, that-success is very much a matter of habit. The habit. is usually fount d at school, and when once formed it abides. It is true that some boys who were fannies at school have succeeded fairly' wed in after life, but they succeed ed nut hecause of the failure, but in spite of it, j i (I iailuie is always Laid to over mine.' On the contrary, you watch the !: (! 1 o m c( e (is in all his undertakings at schoo , m the classroom, in examin ations, .in classroom contests and field eni.W'sis, ;md if you will follow-that lad in bis after career you will he apt tfind a successful man. It is the habit he fpiinui of hitting and not missing. The Nrv Era. a small representation from this school visited San Krancisc;) to "see the rcal licet and ail .report a most inter esting trip. Some admit that they were considerably pressed by the crowd, but seem to think it is better to have been squeezed thus than never to be squeezed at all. The New Indian. Supt. Asbury recently made atrip to visit the Day school at Fort McDermitt, bringing back a party of six nice girls who were anxious to avail themselves of the greater advantage of the training school and whose parents wrere fully as anxious. The New Indian. "The Nez Perces since Lewis and Clark" is an illustrated volume of rem iniscences and historical sketches by Kate C. McBeth, recently published br the F. H. Revell Company. It is a sim ple narrative of the author's life for more than twenty-seven years among the tribe named, amplified by many stories and traditions obtained from Elder "Billy" Williams, one of the Nez Perces who was considered the most re liable historian of the tribe. The author is a missionary and the book is writ ten from the missionary's standpoint, dealing largely with the progress of the tribe in religion and education. Many of the chapters have previously appear ed in the religious magazines. Ex. The school dairy is active these days. About 60 cows are milked, and the pro duct utilized in various ways. Mr. C. W. Leib in charge, is doing conscientious work to keep things nice and clean and for the best interests of the school. His butter tubs yield about 200 lbs. a week. The cows give approximately 1150 lbs. of milk a day, of which the employees consume about 300 pounds. The dairy, while not yet a model affair, will soon earn a credit mark as being up to date, and best of all, as clean and wholesome as can be. Indian School Journal.
