2— Seward Seaport Record —Fri.. April 2f>. ’52 - Seward, Aaa
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Reporter Finds Mature Convictions Hard
to Sort out from 'Santa Ciaus Beliefs
Newscast-r and magazine writer. Edward P. Morgan, native of
Walla Walla. Wash., reveals here his personal creed. This is one
of a series of statements prepared for broadcast by thinking, use
ful people in all walks of life. The program is presented by Ed
ward R. Murrow over KIBH at 3:55 and 10:30. Monday through
Friday.
By EDWARD P. MORGAN
Foreign Correspondent
Commentator
When 1 was a small boy, I be
lieved in God the same way 1
b. lieved in Santa Claus: my
mother told me it was so. The
process of growing up—of sort
ing out mature convictions from
the world of make believe—this
has been a painful thing for me.
I still have my guard up
against what might be termed
professional religion. It is so
easy for us to press ourselves
into a pattern -to learn to say
pious tilings self righteously
without really b. lieving in them
or acting upon them. IIow can I
profess a belief in what we call
a Supreme Being without shew
ing an honest faith in the human
being—the ordinary mortal?
Of all times, I think, now is
the time when men must believe
in men. or they can beli ve in
nothing. If I cannot believe in
the man next door and recognize
and respect the human dignity
which is his birthright as inti
mately as his skin, what valid
connection can I claim with a
Presence in whose image I am
supposed to be cast? Put if 1
believe in humanity, then I come
to know, inevitably, that tii. re
is something bigge r than myself.
If I couldn't figure this out in
the spinning urban world where
life is swift and often ruthless.
I like to think what a kind of
instinctive humility would come
to me as I. a man, walked along,
say. in a deep gre n forest. Past
the temples of trees, through the
canyons of rocks and beside the
avenues of shining rivers. Per
haps that is the time when a
man's mind can best reach out
and grasp the stars.
I have a feeling that the world
is bigger than, w imagine—that
we are on the brink of great di
co\ ries i mly in s < it
in people.
We are only at the frontier of
humanity. We are just begin
ning to poke into the fascinating
recesses of the consciousness and
att mpt, somehow, to measure
that non-dimensional o r g a n
called the human soul. In other
words, we are on the verge of
discovering ourselves. 'I'llis ex
cites me. This will prove that the
world is not only big—it is also
small, a cozy place where people
can extend their minds, as easily
as they extend a hand, and touch
each other with understanding.
I believe people must have
nourishment for their minds and
spirits, just as we need pork
chops and potatoes and vitamin
C for our bodies. Malnutrition
of the mind means a warped
character as surely as rickets
mean puny bones. There is a
certain rich sustenance of beauty
which has help d me overcome
this disease. For me. beauty is
one of the most important things
in life. Or perhaps l mean an
awareness of beauty. It is every
tl.ing from the warm, sensuous
beauty of woman, who is life it
self, to the liquid rhythm of
music, the fragii , fleeting love
liness of dayoreak. the terrible
majesty of a storm. A picture,
a m. the open look of a child.
In • our frenetic -existence to
day. these things seem like' a
blur glimpsed through the win
c’ >w of a spt eding train. Our
very velocity adds to our uneasi
ness1- u tie ;i s i n e s s about our
selves. About how long we are
going to live. About death. But
the good things are there. I
think, if we pause to find them.
And I believe that as for him
self, a man lives in the faces and
the h arts of his children, and in
the tri. ndshios and the memo
ries of his friends. I believe that
all the permanence I ne cl is
floating there, on the si ream of
life.
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Sc hoc! April 5
April 5, 1952 marked the for
mal opening dale of the now
school building at Ninilchik, Al
aska. A crowd of nearly 200
persons gathered at tlie school
to celebrate the occasion. The
doors were opened to the public
at 4:20 p.m.
Great interest was shown in
the exhibits and projects pre
pared. by the pupils especially
for this event, including a min
iature' fish trap and a r lief map
of the Kenai Peninsula. A pot
luck supper was served in the
1 ecre ition room which was beau
tifully decorated with spring
colors. Rev. IVleekins led in
prayer; Mr. Bill Kaschenko gave
a toast to Alaska during the
meal which was follow d by
short speeches of congratulations
and good wishes by teachers of
the other communities of the
Western Kenai: Mr. George B.
Linn, superintendent of the
Homer Territorial School, Mr.
Louis Krainock of Anchor Point,
..as. Enid McLan. of Kasilof,
and Mr. O. C. Conley, superin
tendent of the Kenai Territorial
School. Mr. Floyd Blossom, pres
ident of the Ninilchik P-TA was
also called upon to speak.
The main speaker of the eve
ning was Mr. Walter Kotof'f of
Deep Creek who gave an in
teresting and humorous account
of the history of th Ninilchik
Territorial School. Mr. James E.
Hawkins, superintendent of the
Ninilchik school acted as Mas
ter of Ceremonies.
The meal was followed by
square dancing, led off by som
of the younger set (third through
seventh graders) who gave an
exhibition "I n d i a n" square
dance.
It was a fine evening's enter
lainment and did justice to the
reason behind it. The people of
Ninilchik and the surrounding
area are very proud and happy
about their n.w school which
has been in use since last No
vember. It has all the modern
school equi nnent and conven
iences of stateside schools and
is a complete and w e 1 c o m e
change from the old “school on
the hill" which served the com
munity for many y. ars.
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PHONE MAIN 54 or MAIN 55
Mr. and Mrs. Stan Niegetnann
arc parents of a son born in
Seward General Hospital April
19. The boy weighed 7 pounds,
10 ounces, lie was named Brian
Robert.
The Niegemanns are Seward
residents. Mr. Niegemann i.s em
ployed at Standard Oil Co.
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Flvnn of this city,
in Seward General Hospital
April 20. The youngest Flynn
weighed 7 pounds, (j ounces, lie
was named Michael Charles.
Mr. and Mrs. George Collins
are proud parents of a son born
in Seward Gen ral Hospital
April 22. He weighed 9 pounds,
4 ounces. The baby was named
Michael Arron.
An eight pound daughter was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Lemon, of Ninilchik, in Seward
General Hospital April 22. The
little girl was named Stephanie.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Knut
son are parents of a daughter
born in S. ward General Hospi
tal April 22. The little girl, who
was named Karlyn Pearl, weigh
ed 8 pounds, 12 ounces.
Mr. and Mrs. Knutson are resi
dents of Seward.
Edwin Otto Kilcher II was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Jules
Kilcher of Homer in Seward
C ■ ra! Hospital last Saturday.
April 19.
Tibs is the sixth child for the
Kilchcrs. He is named after an
uncle who owns a plantation in
Africa. The ’ • >v arrived on
schedule as predicted by his fa
ther last week, and weighing 8
pounds, 15 ounces.
The Kilchers are now home
steading near Homer. Jules is
wt II known as a lecturer. He is
on tour now with a color film
an his homeland, Switzerland.
He plans to take his entire
family and two cub bears on a
lecture tour of Switzerland this
summer. It will be the second
such'expedition. He will lecture
n Alaska with color films for
illustration.
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Meetings at Lutheran C lurch
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