NORTHERN LIGHT
Published monthly by the Unalakleet
Eskimo School
Unuiaklecl Alaska
E E.Van Ness.Editor
S i n id A: wrak... Business Manager
One Dollar per year
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT
MAN S WAY
Years ago some one said, “Actions
spe:k louder than words.” It is now
a well worn proverb the truth of
which is seldom questio: ed. But does
it not take far more grace to say,
“forgive” than it takes to call out to
o ;e whom you have wronged, “Hallo
John!I'm going your way. Might as
well get into my Auto and I’ll drop
you at yo ir gate. ” On the surface the
a no re see ns to !>e a friendly deed.
b it it is, in many instances,a man
made,flimsy blanket to cover up an
unforgiven act; A some thinginyour
life that you woul \ like to forget
The truth is.it is .ot • >’‘s way,
It is not the w ly >f g *. e. t Joes
l.ot lay bare the inner eh mber of the
heart of the accusor. God s way is sim
ple direct,perfect and effective. Many
a feud could have been prevented;
many a life spared had the accusor
been man enough to have gone to the
accused and said, “Forgive. ”
What a real joy it brings to the
o .e who thus speaks,and howit welds
together the severed relation, mak
ing the link of friendship even stro g
er than before the rupture.
He is a brave man who, cognizant
of his wrong says, “forgive.”
He is a coward who seeing his
wrong doing covets it up with pre
le ided friendly deeds when at heart
there is still the virus of death.
A BIT OF GOOD NEWS
Extracts from letters written us by
Guerie Benson our former pupil,
and assistant teacher last year:“I
was pretty homesick yesterday— I
haven’t been as homesick as i thot i’d
l>e — Don’t think I am discontented
tho, for I think you are the dearest
things for ever sending me here—
Have Marion write often—vVhat do
you think? I siw June Add .ins, and
Miss Shaw, Pres o. the .v'omen’s
Suffrage Movement—1 we t to hear
the U. S. Marine Band. Oh: it was
the greatest thing you eve l e nd—
He i d .V ]. Bryan lecture some time
ago—I am getting along O A. -Am
getting all the music I wai t. I h ;ve
some of the nicest music. I wish
yo i could hear it. I play Moonlight
on the Hudson. I have the piece,
‘Dreaming,’’ and it is the prettiest
thing, md a hesitation piece called,
ight of Gladness”
dhey had a memorial service fo:
Mr. McClurkan— Oh! it v as so sad,
everybody wept for him—I am tak
ing the first year of the Vcademic
course—vVell, greet all the s holm s
forme—;Iow is Billy getting along?
Bless his dear little lieait Yo.,s
devotedly.
«r NO JANUARY NUMBER
A:, abscess in the palm 01 the hand
nude it i.ecessny ior us to spend
so ne t.vo weeks in the hospital at
St Micheal under the care of Dr.
Ferrenbaugh.Had we the space we
would gladly say many good things
of the hospital corps; Alden.Cullum,
Slifer and Hay nor, and also the civ
ilians who took delight in making
o lr st :y a pleasant << ;e.