New Britain herald., 1915-07-12


brave and struck him on the head
With his tomahawk and scalped him
and rode away before the eyes of his
victims comrades. When he returned
home with the scalp dangling from his
belt he was hailed on all sides as
hero. And as was the custom after
securing the first scalp the GOOD
Indian could choose q wife for him
self.
AS the Good Indian" told of all
these conquests which subsequently
made him chief of the tribe it showed
that the fun of fight and the spirit of
conquest are fundamental qualities
for succeeding in life. In school, in
athletics in business and in all things,
ITO go out and conquer is the spirit
which is always necessary for success.
In the stories as related by the In
dian, one could see that the quality
of endurance Is necessary FACTOR.
In order to conquer and reach the
desired goal the Indian som etimes
went without food for days at time.
When a baby he was taught to stifle
his cry and endure any hardship
which happened to arise. A gutter"
is disliked everywhere and it is only
those who have the staying power to
endure and overcome OBSTACLES that
succeed.
Another essential quality is square
ness. AS the Good Indian" recount
ed the story of how an agreement
was made by his people with the white
men hatred cleaned in his eyes. The
Indian gave vivid description Of
how they all sat around the smolder-
ing campfire and a compact was
drawn up with the white men. The
substance of the agreement was you
be square with us and we will be
square with you" The Indian, who
was at that time bad Indian" kept
his word while the white men unfaith-
fully broke theirs.
An article recently published re-
minded the speaker as an excellent
example of squareness Two football
teams were playing and great deal
of interest was conferred on the out
come as BOTH were keen rivals. After
the game had been under way about
ten minutes one of the best players on
one of the teams was caught fouling
and was put out of the game. With
the best man on the team out the re-
suit appeared dubious for that side
After short interval a man from
the sidelines with his face swathed
in bandages, was sent into fill the va
cancy. The playing of the myster-
lious athlete won the game for his
team.
After the game an investigation was
started and it was learned that the
player who had been suspended had
been sent in again under disguise. The
unfairness of this action was brought
before the faculty Of the school and
the coach was dismissed and the game
was awarded to the other side.
The quality of souareness and fair
ness as exhibited by the Indians is
the quality which makes the man.
said the speaker Rev. Mr. Cook at
ing occurrences which had actually :
happened. all of which demonstrated |
that it is necessary to be honest and /
sincere to succeed.
The Good Indian" although an old |
man is hale and hearty because when |
he was a young man he lived clean
life He did not smoke, drink, or
indulge in any other bad habits. An |
excellent example of good clean living.
said the speaker was furnished re- |
Gently by the Leland Stanford crew.
Beyond the expectations Of all present /
the California collegians finished Sec
ond in the boat race on the Hudson |
When the crew crossed the line not
a man toppled over This was good
test for the cleanliness of life in which
these men had lived. The greatest
athletes of today, such as Willard,
Mathewson, Collins and others ac-
count for their success because they
live a clean life.
The Good Indian believed in the
Great Spirit. He did things to please
this Spirit in order that he might
gain it's favor and win in battle. Mr..
Cook said that this reminded him of |
Hawthorne's story of the Great Stone
Face
Mr. Cook urged the people to assist
in helping the boys in this city to