SCHOOL NEWS
THIRD GRADE
We have collected many inter
esting articles and are displaying
them in our science table. The
most unusual item is a large an
• cient mastadon tooth brought by
Paul Tveter.
Letters written by Jimmy Fos
ter and Janet Muller were select
ed for mailing. Janet has already
received an answer from a gill on
a Wisconsin dairy farm who at
tends a rural school.
We now have forty-five chil
dren in our room. Earl Towner is
vacationing ‘‘Outside” with his
parents.
FOURTH GRADE
The Fourth Grade has 37 pu
pils this year.
They organized their home room
recently by electing officers. Gret
chen Fricke was elected president;
Robert Dickson, vice-president;
Christine Hudert, secretary and
Charlene Hudgins, treasurer.
The first activity they planned
was a Thanksgiving party, which
proved quite enjoyable. After
working a turkey crossword puz
zle, which Gretchen Fricke won,
the class wrote down all the
words they could make out of the
word Thanksgiving. Marie Tait
won this, obtaining 41 words. The
next main attraction was bingo,
which was won by various ones,
Elva Ahmasuk winning three
games.
* The refreshments, Kool-Aid,
cookies and candies pleased every
one. The favors, a turkey cup,
were made in Art Class.
Two weeks ago Fourth Grade
was busy writing letters to some
schools in Texas and the State of
Washington. Many interesting let
tres were written telling about
life here in Nome.
HIGH SCHOOL
The Monroe Doctrine which
was read to Congress on Dec. 2,
1823, was destined to become one
of the important documents1 in
American history. Pi es i d e n t
James Monroe in his message to
Congress made a statement which
has become famous throughout
the world. He called attention to
dangers which would threaten
the United States in case the kings
of Europe tried to restore Spanish
rule in Latin America. He stated
that any attempt on their part to
extend their system to any portion
of this hemisphere would be un
friendly to the United States.
Students of the High School
thoroughly enjoyed their Thanks
giving party held on Wednesday
evening, Nov. 23. It was held at
the close of the six weeks exam
ination thus providing a means of
relaxation.
Most of the students had tur
key, chicken or goose for Thanks
giving Day. Practically every one
enjoyed their brief vacaiton with
plenty of rest and sleep.
At a tournament game with the
Base Cooks, the High School team
trounced their opponents by a
score of 53 to 23.
The following students made
the last honor holl: George Bell,
Harold Bell, Ralph Bingham, Wil
fred Boucher, Jr., Daniel Bowen,
Juanita Fagerstrom, Sh i r 1 e e
Fricke, Olga Hay, John Hudert,
Donna Miller, Vernon Olson, and
Clarence Willoya.
English III students have com
pleted their original one-act plays
and have assigned character parts
to the students in English II.
They are now studying naturalists
who expressed extreme realism in
their literary work. Writers on
economic issues who expressed
realism are Frank Norris and
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Rotary [Mans for
Ladies Niglit
“Ladies Night,” complete with
I even a debate about the feminine
| purse will be a Rotarian event on
Dec. 17, according to plans made
I the the Club’s noon luncheon yes
terday. President Stan Morgan fi
nally wound up with just about
I everybody committed to some fea
I ture for the occasion, with Bill
Cameron chairmon of the event.
Scoutmaster Jim McLean an
nounced that the Scouts are tak
ing as their project this month the
collecting, repairing and painting
of repairable toys, and expect to
be of help to Santa at the Com
munity Christmas Party. He, John
Almquist, and Skip Barron will
be glad to hear of toys that will
be made available for the project,
and Mr. McLean said the Scouts
were starting this Saturday.
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Guests at the Club were Dr.
Vogel, ear, eye, nose and throat
specialist, who was introduced by
Dr. Fred Langsam, and Dick
Small, introduced by A. Polet. Dr.
i Vogel is on loan to the Territorial
Department of Health by Duke
University, and is in Nome for two
weeks. Those needing attention
are requested to ask for appoint
ments through Dr. Langsam.
Hamlin Garland.
Now is the season of the year
to behold the beauty of the Hea
vens. Four bright planets are
plainly visible In the morning, to
the south, the planets Mars and
Saturn are very close to one an
other. It is quite unusual to see
them so close. In the evening,
Venus is close to Jupiter in the
low southern sky On Dec. 6th
these two planets will be in con
junction, *hat is in the same rela
tive position in the sky.
Catholic Information
‘‘Ever a virgin?” What say the Gospels?
Mary, the Mother of Jesus
Christ, was a virgin throughout,
her life.
This is an article of faith which
every Catholic must believe be-'
cause it is one of God’s truths re
vealed through Scripture and
through Tradition. Now Tradition
comes to us by word of mouth and (
by written word, that is, the writ-:
ings of the early Fathers. As both
are God’s revelations, they cannot j
conflict.
But aren’t there conflicts? For
instance, was Mary always a vir
gin? “Yes,” says tradtiion. But j
don’t both Matthew and Mark
contradict this when they tell us;
of the “brethren of the Lord”?
“Brethren of the Lord,” surely;
but if this means blood-brothers,
then how about other texts? For
instance, the Scriptures plainly:
imply that these brethren were'
older than Jesus. If blood-broth
ers, then Mary must have had
children before Jesus. Then Jesus
was not born of a virgin. Then St.
: Luke’s famous first chapter is en-,
! tirely askew.
Again, if Jesus had blood-broth
ers, why is He so freqently called
the “son of Mary”—only He? If He
had blood-brothers why did He
not, when dying on the Cross, con
fide His Blessed Mother to one of
them rather than to Sc. John who,
was the son of Zebedec and Sa
lome?
And so we become entirely con-'
fused—until the scholars tell u<
that the Hebrew term for “breth
ren” did not necessarily, mean
blood-brothers Here in brief is
their explanation:
In the Hebrew and Aramaic (in
which our Lord spoke* there was
no exclusive word for ‘•cousin."
The word “Ah” could, and often
did, mean brother, cousin, uncle,
nephew, or even member of the
same tribe, as so often used in the
Old Testament. It is translating
the word “Ah” as “Brethren,” and
understanding it to mean biood
brothers. thnt causes the seeming
conflict. Take it to mean “cousins”
or merely “relatives” and the
Catholic dogma of the perpetual
virginity of Our Blessed Lady re
mains unscathed.
Remember that the Apostles
preached and taught by wa*d-of
mouth for at least six years before
St. Matthew started to write the
first Gospel. Remember, that the
civilized world of the day was
converted to Christianity before
the Church had gathered togethei*
and declared inspired these writ
ings now known as the New Tes
tament. Remember that it was the
great St. Augustine of Hippo who
wrote in the fifth century: “For
myself. I would not believe the
Gospel unless the authority o: the
Catholic Church moved me there
to.”
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