Weekly Chemawa American., August 06, 1909, Page 4, Image 4

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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Che Cbemawa American
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States Indian Training School.
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Henry Darnell, John Service, James Evans
Calvin Darnell, Louis Hudson Frazier
Meoum, Robert Service, Carl Stone.
Valedictory.
t , ; " (By Margaret LOwry.)
The time has arrived when this class
must bid farewell to dear friends and
teachers. We have successfully com
pleted our course here and we are ready
to go to a. greater field of action, with
the education that we have received to
guide us. Much work and untiring
patience have been required. Discourag
ing failures demanding and obtaining
further efforts on our part have only
served to make us stronger and better
fitted to contend with greater and
more arduous trials after we leave the
protection of our school. There ar
twenty-one members in this class, all
of whom have received good industrial
training, showing that Chemawa edu
cates the hand as well as the head. We
realize that the Indian needs a practical
education, as a practical education is the
foundation of good citizenship, and so
Chemawa teaches us to be industrious
and self-supporting. When we return
to our people let us help them to lead
lives of usefulness. Let us not forget
that they have not had the opportun
ities that we have had, and so let us
help them as we have been helped. We
can be of service to our people by set
ting a good example of industry and
of citizenship.
Instructors, we shall leave here full of
grateful appreciation of what this great
school has done for us, and with love
and gratitude in our hearts for you, dear
teachers, who have been so untiring' in
your efforts for our advancement. All
that we will be in the future we owe to
7your influence an J guidance. We thank
one and all, for the help you have given
us. We girls especially thank our dear
school-mother, Mrs. Theisz, for her kind
ness and for her advice to us while we
have been under her care.
Fellow-etudents, we thank you for the
friendly sympathy you have shown when
we have felt discouraged. It is hard to
eay farewell to you, with whom we have
been in constant companionship since
entering this school. We shall always
retain the kindliest memories of the
happy days spent with you. May the
friendship between you and each one of
this class be a lasting one. Put forth
your best efforts and some day you will
be rewarded as we are to be rewarded
today, with a hard-earned diploma.
Classmates, this day marks the com
mencement of a life that will be far dif
ferent from what we have known in
school, the beginning of n life in which
we must battle for ourselves. Let us
prove that the instruction we have re
ceived has not been given in vain. Let
us U6e to the best advantage the knowl
edge that has been imparted to us. This
day marks, also, our first great victory,
and, classmates, it rests with us whether
victory shall always be the crown of our
labors. This is the last time we shall
ever be together' as a class, but, when we