The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-07-02
Up GRADES.
MISS LILLlE L, PITT


ercisss, 1885, Of the Indian Training
School, near Salem, Oregon.
This one Is chosen from the number
not on account of any preference. but a
a sample, Al our request, 70 show the
intelligence and enlightenment Of the
Indisn graduates. This, as all the other
orations aud essays, shows some besusi.
fal thoughts, and they are generally
eouched in very good English.
II wonder IL any Of you have ever
seen train q cars go up grade. II
you bavs, yoa know what an effort II
has TO make. What responsibility must
fall on the engineer, for the lives Of al
the passengers depend on him. All
have some idea about how he manages.
II 10 often dangerous unless skilfully
managed. Sometimes they put on two
engines, one behind aud one 10 trout,
yet they have to be very careful 10 ses
Ii they bold on the brakes. etc. When
II goes how firm and strong II looks, and
seems to put on all steam IL can find.
How eagerly all would watch = train
go up . grade. especially II II eouldn't
90. We weuld be 30 anxious 10 know
whsther Il got through all right. Some
times they unload il they don't SEQ any
other way 10 do. Bot when IL does get
started, oh how grand IL looks. puff
ing ano steamlng. AL this Is done
when managed by a skiifal engineer
Now when 40 speak Of skilfnl en-
eineer, the frat thing that strikes us ID
when . boy he must have studied hard
and didn't give up to difficulties that be
found in his work and studies. When
man he must have praetieed his pro.
f.ssien. | wonder IL hs ever .hought,
When he was having a. hard time in
school, that lie in some future years
would have to ran = train across the
continent, and be responsible for 30
many lives. Perhaps not. Yer be wns
faithful 10 Iittle things and didn't give
MP too easily when dark places came.
We see how carefully he manages and
how closely be wn,ehss every movemsni
of he train till is gets up. What
anxiety rolls from, his shoulders no one
can tell.
The road Of life Is an up grade. and
We are the engines anil engineers.
Who will be a skilial engineer
When we ask ourselves sometimes W
fsvl ~ il we couidn't undertake 80 e,sal
task. ths. it would be better II ".
didn't have 40 many things to do il
this world. Such thoughts come 10 us
though l think the very .thonght i
harder 10 bear than the work Itself
Again We feel that we are not 30 for
tnna,e ~ others, and therefore va d,
not wish 10 bother ourselves about il 8
pfe-slt. but will wait till some othel
time. Those who wait for ths futur'
should remember that ths present i To
future realized. But il on the othe
hand We are faithful 10 oil these It'll
things that seem 40 great t. besr .
present, wa find that when We 60 I
work Ia earnest, that they are not s
very big after all.
Often We get discouraged in our ever.
day duties, aud wish We could do some
thing greater. But we do not percsiy
that the lissle things accnmrnnlate ant
make great things in the future. Blu
we somstimes forget this and want /
reach ont TO something that we do AZ
see. We may describe this npwar
journey by climbing mountain. |
our every day duties If ws are faithtr
we are climbing mountain. TIE pei
sons that are 81 the foot eaanOt ses 4
far 40 ths persons At the top. Ho
grand Il il WHEN we look down o
everything ana see the hills and beaut
fnl landscape with all it's streams an
villages. How delightful the air seem
We are rewarded already by feeling q
cool air and seeing AL those things b.
| low us. We don't think Of the har
times we had in climbing the mountai'
We don't want to turn back but fe'
encouraged to 20 on and climb highe
However slow the journey seems v
shouIdn't feel disheartened, for in sou
way or other we will get there. Som'
times we think our teachers are vel
unklnd 10 us by giving ns long lessor
and do not roalizs the Importance
trying to learn them, and we think
are having hard time in achoo
everything seems to go wrong Al
nothing suits rs.
After ali s.e have been bringing th
trouble on ourselves. IL aTrer yea
we will wish we rad tried hard to stsd
and will look lack Oh our caroless wo
In school with regret We are oft
Discouraged BY little things that 9
not worth mentioning, but which 2
pear as mountains to as. What ah'