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*' Thn / Believe"
Educator Names 'Spiritual Handholds' as
Essential to Keep Firm Grip on Reality
Aviator, expert on aeronautical law and teacher. Dr. Fred
Dow Fagg, Jr., reveals here his personal creed. This is
one of a series of statements prepared for broadcast by thinking,
useful people in all walks of life. The program is presented by
Edward R. Murrow over KIBH at 3:55 and 10:30 Monday thru
Friday.
By Dr. Fred Dow Fagg, Jr.
President. University of
Southern California
The view of the high Sierra
Lake, nestled in the snow and
rock slightly below the timber
line, was beautiful from my van
tage point some five hundred
feet above its shimmering sur
face. I was anxious to rejoin my
companions and try the fishing
before the afternoon shadows—
edging out from the surrounding
array of peaks—entirely covered
the lake. Just a short distance
beyond the intervening shale,
the trail zig-zagged down to the
valley. I disliked the thought of
returning by the long, tedious
trail I had ascended, and de
cided to chance the shale—even
though part of it lay above a
sheer drop-off of several hun
dred feet.
I started working my wav
over the loose rock with consid
erable caution and had covered
about half the distance when I
became aware of a slight, but
persistent, yielding of the shale
under my feet. Desperately, I
looked for something that would
offer support, and lurched for
ward to grasp a light outcrop
ping of solid rock just as the
surface shale under foot—loos
ened from its foundation by the
warm noonday sun — cascaded
downward and disappeared over
the cliff. Several seconds passed
hefnre T heard it rattle into the
from Seward
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August 12
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August 19
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August 27
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lake.
Finally—after clue considera
tion of the folly of short cuts—I
managed to move from handhold
to handhold and, at last, pulled
myself to the trail by the aid of
a dwarf juniper root. I have for
gotten how many trout I caught
that afternoon, but I have not
forgotten the value of a hand
hold.
Handholds are needed also
during the course of everyday
life. They provide security when
the things we depend upon seem
to be slipping out from under
us. What are the spiritual hand
holds 1 have found to be of most
value?
First, the teachings of the
humble carpenter of Nazareth—
for their insistence on the su
preme worth of the individual,
for their stressing of tlie sig
nificance of sympathetic under
standing, and for their unsur
passed evidence of dauntless
faith.
Second, the conviction that,
while every person should de
light in making a courageous
and self-reliant effort to live up
to his capabilities, there are well
springs of power outside him
self that can be tapped—it he
will avail himself oi them .
Third, that the nature of this
world and of the people in it is
determined more by our individ
ual vision, understanding, and
conduct, tnan by any materud
environmental factors, and that
— in other words—nothing will
produce the good world but the
good man.
These are the principal spir
itual handholds I have found to
possess enduring value. They
offer both an exciting challenge
and a calm assurance. They are
the things I believe.
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MANY ALASKA BUSINESSES
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ply to \ irtually all -small busi
nesses in Vnska, acv rdi m? to a
state.a.:... is. ueu ti..s .v vi. it; Si -
little In J. B. Gillingham, chair
man ol the* Regional V/age Sui
bilization Board.
"Bccrnt publ:c:*y a .at o:<
Luipuoii of siiinii oils..a ss H orn
the wage stabilization program
hits caused uncertainty among
some employers as to whether or
not their enterprises are still
subject to to Wage Stabilization
Board regulations," Gillingham
said.
He explained that Congress
had recently amended the De
fense' Production Act by exempt
ing, effective July 20, small
business establishments employ
ing eight or less workers. Gil
lingham pointed out. hovvi ver,
that the Act authorized the Pres
ident to exclude from this ex
emption occupations, indus.ries
or areas in which remov I of
wage controls on small busi
nesses would have unstabilizing
effects.
“The decision was made in
Washington, D.C., that wage con
trols on small business should
not be lifted in Alaska at this
time," Gillingham said. “Conse
quently, no enterprise in Alaska
is exempt from wage board regu
lations on the basis of the size of
its work force."
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Poe of Sew
ard are parents of a boy, Robert
Lynn, born August 4 in Seward
General Hospital. The newcomer
weighed six pounds.
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Mr .and Mrs. Walter Blue this
week. The Earls drove over the
Alaska Highway, their first trip
to Alaska.
The Earls have traveled in
Europe, especially Switzerland,
but declare the scenery of Alas
ka far surpasses anything they
have ever seen.
Mrs. Earl was a school chum
of Mrs. Blue and they taught
school together. They had not
seen each other for 15 years. The
reunion was a happy one.
Mr. Earl is with the New York
Central Railroad.
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tour of the Peninsula this week.
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Ninilchik, Homer and all way
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