The Kennecoft STAR
JUackbimt JUmwcatt, <Alngka
Eiiiort & Publishers Pupils of Blackburn ScKoool
Tom O’Neill, 1st Grade Ronald Brososky, 2d grade
John Pytel, 3d grade Wm. Humpheries, 4th grade Lyle Morris, 6th grade
Bruce Morris, Oth grade Frank Morris, 10th grado
Initialed Items Are Written By Elementary Pupils; All Others Are By High School Pupils.
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Editorials
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Getting Along WitL TkeWorW
Two ways in which people conduct themselves are, first, to
growl, bark, and try to scare people with threats and a lot of
noise, and second, to treat people in such a way as to gain their
friendship and confidence, such as taking into consideration
their opinions, showing regard for them by listening to them,
and treating them as you would like to be treated.
If you use the first way, you just make people angry with
your criticism, threatening, bluffing and bragging. Nobody will
go out of their way to please you if they don’t like you. If you
: act that way in work or in business, people will hinder you all
they can.
If you treat others right, and don’t get angry at the least
litlle thing, they will help you because you please them. You
will have many good friends, who will do all they can .to please
you, even if they have to go far out of their way to do it.—Frank
• Hey, Dca£L! Waist Por Me!
We only have a certain number of years to live, We are al 1
ways hoping that tve may live as long as possible. Therefore
we should accomplish all we can. Many people waste their lives
trying to kill time when they could have done something useful
for themselves. There is always something to do to make a long
life out of a short one. ■
There is no use living if we just live to pass the time. We
have often heard the phrase, “Let’s kill some time.’’ This only
means, “Let’s bring the grim reaper closer.’'’ If a person is
really living and not just vegetating, he is always trying
to do godd or something useful. A person will get far ahead
and will make his life seem longer if he fills his time usefully.
—Bruce
Difficulties Witk Liquor
When people get drunk they are wasting their health and
their time. >
They are wasting their time because they could be doing
doing something useful or get something done that 1 as to be
done which was probably neglected so they could drink.
Drunkards waste their health because liquor weakens the
sys-t* m so that it can’t fight the germs so well. Insurance sta
tistics show that il a drinker gels a serious disease he is more
apt to die than a non-drinker. Drinkers are always considered
bigger risks by the insurance companies. Drinking can develop
k ney trouble, heart trouble and stomach trouble. The insur
ance companies say that the lives of all drinkers average much,
shorter than those of non drinkers.—Frank >
A wise rnau scraps his bad habits before they scrap him.
Slaughter of WilcULife >■ _k
We shouldn’t injure and kill harmless birds and animals.
People kill them because they can’t fight back and hurt us or
anything else. They might be just as good as people. They
don’t go around cutting dow*n trees and burning up all the for*
ests. They leel as we do We know because when they are
injured they show that they are in pain.
We are cowrards when we shoot harmless wild animals just
for the fun of it.—Lyle
Stay m Alaska For A Vacation
People need not go Outside to See new and wonderful things.
Right here in Alaska is plenty of variety for everybody.
There is flat land and rugged land. ‘ There are modern
tiwns for those who are tired of roughing it; and there are
plenty of hills and forests for those who are fed up with civili
zation. There are old Russian churches out to the Westward.
Here services are given just as in the days of Russian rule.
A vacation in Alaska does a lot of good because the air is
pure and not filled with smoke and germs. Except for the buzz
ing of the mosquitoes, it is very quiet and restful.—Bruce
A sea gud is a marvelous contraption. He cm gulp down
nine large herring and not get one bone stuck in his throat.
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The man in the moon is a lucky fellow. He always keeps
his face turned toward us, so need never worry about trim
ming the back of his neck. 1 -
Think of the good fortune of brother rabbit. His own colors
change .twice a year, so be is never troubled about racial
prejudice.
To light.is to illuminate and also to land on something. To
light out is to start out in a hurry, to put a light out is to in
crease the.darkness, and to be light is to have little weight or
to be slightly happy,or giddy. To be lit is to be either illumi
nated or inebriated. So when Columbus’ sailor shouted, “A
light! A light!’' he might have meant almost anytbiug.
C U R T A I N
T A ell, here we are at the olose of what has seemed at times
yy comparable to a long letter to some very fine friends.
- That may seem a bit strange, but not when we consider
that wa have here gathered the news, and a few of our thoughts,
and have passed them on to you. ’
If we were to name everyone who has helped us along by
encouraging word or by actual work, we would need a supple
ment. But we must mention Charles and Jack O’Neill, who
let us use tlie printing outfit. Neither can we forget Bill Fitz
gerald and the yard gang, who brought the heavy equipment,to
us. Then there are the machine shop men, who worked har$ to
make urgent repairs. Other helpers were the carpenters, who
made the type stands. Those area few. There are many more.
If the school should re-open next year, the Star will be
with us again. But if it should remain closed—then the Star
bids you all good-bye, with best wishes. v‘ *
TOMMY O’NEILL LYLE MORRIS
RONAL D BROSOSKY BRUCE MORRIS
JOHNNY PYTEL FRANK MORRIS
BILLY HUM^HERIES * JIM BUSEY