Seward Seaport Record
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Seward, Alaska
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Mildred Kirkpatrick . Managing Editor
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Editorial—
WATCH YOUR SCHOOLS
by George Peck
(Editor's Note: George Peck
is Chairman of the Board of the
National Labor-Management
Foundation and Executive Edi
tor of its official publication,
“Partners.")
In an editorial captioned,
“Trust Your Public Schools," a
Mid-West editor recently point
ed out that “there has been a
sustained attack upon the pub
lic schools of the United States
for a number of years, with cri
tics using ‘innuendo’ and end
less repetition to persuade the
American people that their
schools, their teachers, their
youths and their textbooks are
disloyal and subversive.”
The editorial conciuaeci with
the following paragraph:
"While it may be distaseful
to some super-patriots to discov
er that school children are be
ing taught to discover that
other systems of government
exist in the world and that other
systems of economy have been
considered by mankind, the dis
satisfaction of the alleged patri
ots does not change the facts,
which every intelligent Ameri
can should know.”
It strikes me that this editor
misunderstands those whom he
classifies as “alleged or super
patriots." They do not object to
teaching our youth that our
American Republic is not the
1
orily system of government or
that American Capitalism is not
the only system of economy that
man has devised. Far from it,
they believe that students should
be taught the FACTS regarding
totalitarianism, communism and
socialism.
Their quarrel is not with the
teaching of these other systems,
but with a method of teaching
them which has been and is be
ing used in all too many of our
schools. This is a method where
by the teacher instructs, or by
“inuendo,” (to borrow a word
from our editor friend), implies
that these SLAVE systems of
government and economy are
superior to our FREE American
systems.
There can be no surer way of
instilling a love and respect for
‘‘The American Way” in the
hearts and minds of American
youngsters than for the teachers
in our public schools to tell the
truth, the whole truth and noth
ing but the truth about other
systems of government and econ
omy, both past and present. A
like revelation of the truth re
garding our American systems
will make them shine by com
parison.
As to the editor's admonition
that we should “Trust Our Pub
lic Schools," I beg to take issue.
We should not trust our public
schools too far. First of all, we
should carefully screen our
teachers before putting them on
the job. and secondly, we should
continuously check on them to
make sure that they are teach
ing our youngsters the things
they should be taught and in the
proper manner. Let us never for
get that "Eternal Vigilance Is
the Price of Liberty.”
A corporation, an organiza
tion or a club hires a treasurer.
Before engaging his services, he
is thoroughly investigated. Every
avenue is explored to insure that
he will honestly and capably
fulfill the duties of his office.
Nevertheless, at regular inter
vals an auditor is sent in to
check the books, just to make
sure that everything is in order.
Thus a safeguard is maintained
for the stockholders or members,
as the case may be. The trea
surer is not trusted too far.
How much more important it
is to set up safeguards for the
“minds” of our children, to in
sure that those minds are not
being poisoned by subversive
propaganda. We must keep an
eye on our schools, we must not
be too trusting with them.
After carefully selecting our
teachers, we must periodically
“audit” them to make sure that
our children are being taught
the fundamentals of good cit
izenship, American style. Thus
we will insure that America will
continue to be free, strohg and
prosperous.
The Inlet Inn
in Homer
NEW AND MODERN
ACCOMMODATIONS
Carl F. Gulley, Owner
P.O. Box 8 Homer, Alaska
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The Alaska Railroad Riverbcats will make ONLY TWO
THROUGH TRIPS all the way to Marshall and
Fort Yukon this season.
SAILING DATES FROM NENANA
To Marshall .June 13
August 10
To Fort Yukon .June 7
August 10
Freight is now being accepted at ARR Freight Depots
along the line for Marshall and Fort Yukon River points.
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For information call your ARB Agent at Seward
PROPERTY TRANSFERS
Lots 21 & 22, Block 39, Orig.
Townsite. Lillie James Plasterer
to Mary Elizabeth Lee, resi
dence.
Lots 9, 10 & 11, Block 4,
Laubner Addition. Alfred &
Elsie Brossow to Lyle & Edith
Douglas, residence.
Lots 2, 3 & 4, Block 3, Bay
view Addition. Mark C. & Errna
Walker to Everett House &
wife. Residence.
Lot 26 & Fractional Lot 27,
Block 37, Orig. Townsite. El
dred C. & Norine M. Reed to
Harry L. Smith & wife, resi
dence.
Bobbie’s Dress Shop, 4th Ave.
Bobbie & Harry L. Smith to
Norine M. Reed.
Lots 26 & 27, Orig. Townsite.
Jos. T. Jones to Don Paul Bal
mat & wife, option to purchase,
residence.
—Balmat Realty
God Given Right
It’s a God-given right for
everyone to get up in the world,
but hitting the ceiling is the
wrong way to go about it.
The stork got busy this week
after quite a lull in deliveries.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Stub
blefield of Seward are parents
of a son, Robert Lynn, born
April 17. He weighed 2 lbs. 10
oz. at birth.
Mr. and Mrs. John Offield
have a young son, born April 18.
William Shephard weighed 8
lbs. 3 oz. Mr. Offield is yard
master for the Alaska Railroad
at Seward.
A daughter arrived for Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Wolfe April 18.
She tipped the scales at 7 lbs.
and has been named Wanda La
verne. The Wolfes are from
Moose Pass.
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