THE NEW NATIVE
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
HYDABURG TRADING CO.
HYDABURG, ALASKA.
SUBSCRIPTION. 1.00 a YEAR
Advertising rate on application
Set up and printed by the ninth
and eight grade pupils:
Eoyd Nakathla, Lena George.
Herbert George, Henry Duncan,
Gideon Duncan, Francis John.
Pavid Frank Howard Frank.
Jones Yeltatzie Artist
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Marius Hansome
Consulting Teacher.
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Hybaburg-an English speak
ing town in 1920 was a slo
gan coined by C.W. Hawkes
worth, Government Teacher
in 1912. while the slogan has
not been fully realized, the
fact is, that the Town coun
cil was elected on a platform
w hich pledged English as the
spoken language in all of its
deliberations. Gradually, the
influence of the U.S. public
School is bringing the transi
tion from the Hyda varnacu
lar to English.
Today the English language
is spoken by 200 million peo
ple. The number of words in
the Standard Dictionary is a
little over 400,000. The total
numbeT of words used in the
Bible does not quit reach
7,000. Shakespeare used 25,
000 words. The average man
uses about 3'000 words,
words are tools by which we
express our meaning to our
neighbors. Compare the num
ber of words used in the Bible
with a modern Webster,s and
you can see at once that lan
guage grows, what makes it
growr? T he answer is simple.
The grade changes in trades
and industries, invention, and
the variety of human activies
in an endeavor to harness
the forces of nature and the
improvement of society. E
lecrricty has given us about
a 1,000 new words. I he auto
mobile has produced some
400. i hus in vention neces
sitates new terminology and,
if the inventor does not have
a word to make clear his
meaning, he manufactures
one. The conclusion to be
drawn here is, unless we con
stantly strive to acquire skill
in these new vehicles of tliot
these tools of thot, which we
call word, we cannot under
stand our neighbors. Failing
to understand one another,
we quarrel. How shall we,
then, improve our own stock
of lauguage-tools?
More good magazines should
come thru the local Postoffice
to the home than is the case
We must read more to gain
and hold the intellectual re
spect of thinking men women.
Why not start a magazine
fund for a reading table in
the School?
MY DOLLIES.
I have a little dt Hie
Her name is Mary Jane
One of her many follies
Is to wander in the rain.
And when she comes home wet
From strolling around the town
I put her straight to tn-d
And puli the curtains dowrn.
Jane has a little brother
Donald is his name
I believe in “loving another”
So I treat them both the same.
Anna Lee
When the late J.Pierpont Morgan
was asked, ’’What is the best and
safest collateral for a loan?” he an
swered in one word’’Character!”And
when further asked, ’’What is charac
ter?’^ replied, in that terse,brusque
maimer of his, “Character is the
sum total of what a man i ! To me
it means a man who is worthy of
trust.” _£
WHAT do growing
CH1LDERN NEED?
The daily diet should in
clude.
Milk.atleastlpintaday.
Cereal and bread.
Green vegetables, espe
cially leafy vegetables.
Fruit.
Egg, meat or fish. If no
one of these three is used,
an additional pint of |
milk should be given.
Has Your Child These?
Continued in next issue
A Guess.
An exchange says that the three-ball
sign in front of certain shops is of In
dian origin. From the Pawn-ee,
suppose.—Boston Transcript. ^B