Vorm-ern inglrt
Volume i
U nalak let: t, Alaska. Jan nary,
Number 5
REMEDY SOUGHT
Teachers are invited to offer sug
gestions thru the N. L,. to the follow
ing:—
I do not sectn to be able to arouse
the enthusiasm I tvisli to see. They
are coate it to plo.l along slowly while
I want to see a wholesome spirit of
competition I am not • o.nplaining
of the boys for in many ways they do
well. Hut I w rat the n to do better
their very best.
As a thought we would say that j
perhaps the boys do not have a suf
ficient grasp of the Ivng.ish to help
themselves as much as yo i m ly lie
led to believe. Consequently they are
laboring under an extra burden. I
But more than likely the trouble
is that there is no particular goal to
which the boysare encouraged to
look.
How many of us would have dug
and toiled thru our college word had
we not been encouraged to do so by
the positions just ahead? And knowing
that the road to them all was via the
school room we were encouraged to
plod on.I met the same trouble here,
but Supt. Evans helped to solve it by
telling me there would be positions
for all preparing to teach, just as soon
as qualifie 1. This was a great incen
tive to my advanced pupils. One is
now te aching, two more are about
re \dy and a fourth is doing her best
in seventh grade work.
Subscrbe for the N.l*. tarty cems
for the rest of the year.
SAD BUT TRUE
Perhaps the saddest event of the
Unalakleet Christmas doings was the
shock received by Supt. Evans.
Christmas morning abont four
o’clock lie was snuggly tucked in bed
in a co/.y room of the teacher’s res
idence. So co y, so comfortable were
the environments that he dreamed,
dreame 1 he was on Earth no more.
Angels all around were assembling
for a grand chorus soft'y at first from
the golden harps, then sweet y loud
er until mighty waves of melody
surged from shore to shore.
Overcome by it all he awakened,
sat up in bed, and acta a 11 y
heard the last stanza of Holy Night
being sung just o :tside liis window
by Samuel, Cue ie, Kathrir.e and
Helga. Tlie music was sweet. The
dream sweeter b it Oh .'the awaken
ing and the cold cold fact,Still in
Alaska.
CONVERSION OF EX GOVERNOR
OK TKXXKSSKE
A few years ago when Te inessee
was making a fierce fight for state
wide prohibition G jvernor Patterson
was the siloon's best friend and
champion. At that time wc were in
Nashville,Tenn.and knew something
of the struggle. In the midst of the
fight Carmack, the prohibition lead
er, was shot down in cold blood.
This act roused the entire state to
action,and instead of hindering,help
ed the cause of truth.
continued on page 4.