THE CHE MAW A AMERICAN
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Mr; COOPER'S LECTURE
Mr. Cooper gave an interesting Lecture
Monday evening. -The subject he spoke
on was "Only half .doing things." He
spoke .of the many 'different ways, the
farmers thoughout the country did
their plowing, seeding, harvesting, and
dairying, and explained how a vast ,
amount of it was only half, done.; .
He illustrated the importance of. .
knowing how to plow, and why many .
farmers raise poor crops; because they
do not know ihe principles of plowing
and preparing the soil for, the seed.
Only half doing things is the ruination
of multitudes. .The world is crowded
with people who don't do all they can.
Half-hearted success is whole-hearted
failure. Half-hearted work gives . us
half-hearted men who can neither live
half a life nor make liaif a success, nor
develop into half a hi an. .
uThe.man who pu.ts only half his en
ergy into his work finds that it is the
other half that counts. The one who
knows only ha if 1 the things about his
business Hnds that all the' profits are
i n t he o t h e r h alf. The man w h o on ly '
half trys will accomplish something,
hut not enough " ''Do the thing that
ought to be 'done whether ou like , it or
nut." . nake yourself like it That is
the schooling and discipline upon which
men grow. Thy great uulk of failures
are t'ailuivs because people don't do all
they can. Your best can't be very
much without discipline; without hav
ing done the thing that was hard.
Do you read the best books, and the
best articles, asMciate With the best
company, think the best, thoughts and
strive for the highest ideals? VVho aie
the men vou ttiink about and trv to be
like? Wild Bill, Fan-Handle Pete,
Alkali Ike, f prize fighters, i tight rope
walkers, stage heroes, or the great and
magnificent men in every calling?
Brevities
Our gymnasium is a source of pride to
all employes and students.
The girls on the bleachers did some
good rooting at the game on Saturday.
The Senior Class pupils were pleased
to have Ralph Allen enter their grade
Tuesday,
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Definition: A School Tramp: One
who spends a year or so at every Tndian
School at which he can enter. Moral:.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
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RECEPTION.
Sunday afternoon Mr. Smith invited
the boys who played in the last Satur
day's football game to his home to a
reception. When we entered the room
a heavy line of ice cream with a back field
of delicious cakes stared us in the face.
The Referee, Time-keeper and -other
officials stood ready to give the signal
for the game to start. It wasn't neces
sary for the official to say "are you ready"
because the smile that decked each
player's countenance gave proof that all
vvere ready and anxious to play. Mr.
Larsen gave the signal for a line plunge.
When the dust had cleared away it was
found that the oppomnts had all dissap-'
peared but one, which Mr. Sfhith wasn't
alple.to handle. Big Joe had "tackled"
the remaining . one and soon had him
out of the game. The game was a clean
one throughout with the exception of
one play when Big Joe 'fumbled," drop
ping the contents of a spoonful on his
uglad rags." Mrs. Smith, the "physican,"
was soon on the scene with her benzine
bottle and removed the spot. It was a
great victory for all present and one to
be remembered by the boys.