NORTHERN EIGHT '
Published monthly by the Uualakleet
•Aj Eskimo School
Unalakleet Alaska.
K-K-Van Ness.Editor
Samuel Annruk... business Manager
One Dollar per year
EDITOR!ALAND COMMENT
Teicherswho have been favored
with a copy of “A New Citizenship’'
by Wilson E Gill, will find it highly
interesting and,in part, quite easily
applied to the Eskimo pupils.
We deliberated some time 1 efore
venturing to apply it to our room.
When we finally asked the pupils if
they wished to organize a colart of Jus
tice in which all cases were to be tried
we were some what surprised to find
that every one was very anxious.
After giving a serious ta.k to im
press them that it was rot play, but
business, real business, a slier iff,clerk,
judge,and two policemen were elected
The sheriff and policemen were in
structed to make arrests any hour of
the day and on any day.
I hursday court convened. All seemed
to look forward to a jolly time. A table
and chair was placed for the clerk.
On the table was an open Bible. We
walked on tiptoe to make all more
impressive. A lirge armed clnir was
placed for the judge,and another for
the sheriff; and a bench for ti e
prisoners.
At the proper time the clerk call
ed out, “Hear ye! hear ye! hear ye!
All those having business at this
court draw near and give their atten
tion; let all others depart.”
The smiles had disapeared. The
oTicers were feeling their positions’
and the prisoners looked bositively
scared. The first brought forward,
a boy, charged with using bad la a
gaage,plead guilty and was sentenced
to carry i:i the school wood for two
nights; the next, a little girl, plead
guilty. The Judge gave her a light
sentence.
\V h en eou r t adj on rued there was an
atmosphere of real court proceedings
in the room.
We have since given the court
jurisdiction over the entire school. Po
far we have rot discover'd anythi: g
discouraging, but on tire other hand
there is much to encourage us in the
undertaking.
iCach week there have been
fewer arrests. I ad la: guage ar.d
u r vho’.some acts on tire grounds
rue row under cor trol ru d fist dir
a’ppearing. If r.ecessarv to step out
of the room we are sure perfect order
will be maintained. The officers .arc
elected monthly that all may i e train
ed At this w: it rug we are quite enth
us i a.Stic.
In the June issue we are homing
to print a complete program of the
Reindeer Fair to be held atsliaktolik
the first week in January, 1916.
Already some of the boys have set
thier shoulders to tire wheel. On the
quiet they are talking of racing sleds
and how to drive like Tehu.
We hope that a goo illy number of
the teachers will comply with Mr.
Evans request and send in sample
* ‘ Reindeer Fair Songs. ’ ’
Mr. Evans reports that in his
district there are some teachers
gifted with the gift of rhyme.
We await the coming poems with
no little interest. Perhaps no other
editor has ever dared to thus talk.