NEED OF MORE
SCHOOL ROOM
POINTED OUT
Commissioner of Education L. D.
Henderson of Juneau has just com
pleted an examination of the Cordova
public schools, and is very favorably
impressed with the efficient manner
in which they are conducted. He also
discusses educational matters in gen
eral and makes some recommendations
in the following interview given to a
representative of the Daily Times:
“The public school is the biggest
and most important institution in any
community. We as a people have
within the past two years had im
pressed upon us the truth of the
statement, ‘The schools make the na
tion.’ It is encouraging to observe
the interest which the school board,
teachers, pupils and residents of Cor
dova generally manifest in the school.
This interest, and the harmony which
prevails in the community, mean much
in the future development of the
school. In no other community insti
tution is the need for co-operation so
great or the lack of co-operation so
sure to pi'oduce results which will
handicap the men and women of the
future as in the public schools.
“I find conditions in the school gen
erally satisfactory. The organization
of the work is such as will produce
results. The teachers are competent
and sincerely interested in the ad
vancement of the pupils. The chil
dren in general seem to be undertak
ing their tasks with a spirit which in
dicates an appreciation of the oppor
tunity which the school affords them.
The school board is highly progressive
and is laying plans to meet the in
creased enrollment r^hich is antici
pated with the opening of another
school year, and is planning to in
crease the efficiency of the school
through the addition of further courses
of study.
Alaska towns, Is confronted with the
problem of providing an additional
school building. This building, when
erected, should be carefully planned
with the idea of making it meet all
the needs of a modern school system.
Adequate provision should be made
for physical education, manual train
ing and domestic science. In addi
tion the building should be so con
structed as to make it available as a
general community center. The time
is now past when any city can invest
from $50,000 to $100,000 in a school
building which is designed for use dur
ing six hours each day for one hun
dred and eighty days in the year. The
building should be so constructed as
to meet the needs of all the people
and be in truth the people’s school.
“I am very desirous that the schools
in every community shall give par
ticular attention to the physical well
being of school children. Dental ex
amination and medical inspection, in
cluding vision tests, should be a regu
lar part of the school’s work. The
nation fell down physically when the
war test was applied. Approximately
30 per cent of the young men who
applied for admission to the army
were turned down because of physical
defects, many of which could have
been remedied earlier in life. Statis
tics sfhow that the average one hun
dred pupils in the public schools have
approximately the following percent
ages of physical defects:
Per Cent.
Seriously defective teeth. 40
Malnutrition . 10
Enlarged tonsils or adenoids...'. 15
Tuberculosis. 10
Defective vision. 20
Defective hearing . 5
Spinal curvature or other bone
deformity. 5
Organic heart disease. 2 V2
Serious nervous disorder. "5
“The physical condition of Alaska’s
school children may be superior to
that of the nation as a whole. At any
rate, we are under an obligation to
find out what the true condition is.”
Electric irons, 3 pounds to 6%
pounds. Prices $3.50 to $6.50 at the
Northwestern Hardware Company.
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We are buying all kinds of furs
%»d will pay the highest prices. Don’t
send your furs Outside before you
see me. We also make up all kinds
of furs and remodel in the latest
styles. They will be made right here.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
L. M. STEEINE, Tailor.
In connection with F. N. Hubbert.
EXPLORER IS !
MAKING TRIP
ALL ALONE
SEATTLE, Oct. 21 (by Associated
Press).;—An American explorer, Har
old Nolce, formerly a member of Vil
hjalmur Stefansson’s party, is working
his way eastward on foot along 'the
route of the northwest passage on the
northern rim of the continent, accord
ing to word received here. He expects
to reach the Hudson Bay country and
civilization some time next summer.
Storker Storkerson, formerly second
in command of the Stefansson party,
who arrived here recently from the
far North, said that Noice, accompa
nied only by Eskimos, was proceed
ing slowly and mapping portions of
the coast line as he goes. A stretch
of the coast line of Victoria Land,
heretofore unmapped, was being
charted by Noice, he said.
Noice may visit the interior of Vic
toria Land, which, according to all re
ports, has never been explored by
white men. All explorers, traders and
trappers who have touched Victoria
T.tind have nnlv inurneved alone: its
shores. Stefansson found the tribe of
“blond Eskimos” in the Victoria Land
country.
Noice has no ship and but few sup
plies. He depends almost entirely
upon his gun'for his living. Stefans
son, his former chief, who is noted
among explorers as being able to live
off the barren white lands of the
North, probably taught Noice how to
get about without carrying many sup
plies.
Noice’s parents live in Seattle. The
explorer is young in years, having
graduated from a high school here
about eight years ago. He went north
in 1912 with Captain Louis Lane on
the schooner Polar Bear. When Stef
ansson purchased the Polar Bear from
Lane, Noice shipped as a member of
the crew. Later, when Stefansson de
cided to return to the outside world,
Noice left the party and remained in
the North. His parents expect him
to return to Seattle next year.
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Dr. L. Von Zesch has returned.
It’s the flavor and the grain which j
make the bread at the City Bakery j
famous.
Your eyes fitted. Compound and
'stigmatic lenses replaced. See Os
borne.
No one should be without an elec
tric plate, especially the kind with 3
different heats. Northwestern Hard
ware Company.
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SMOKERS!
I)o you know the Horseshoe
Hilliard Hall carries one of the
most complete stocks of Tobacco
and Cigars handled by any store
in Alaska?
We have special facilities for
storing tobacco to preserve its
strength and insure it reaching
you in perfect condition. You
will find your favorite brand
here, moist and fragrant.
Standard Brands of
Cigars
including large sizes in the
Mozart, Lovera, Optimo, Up
mann, Roi-Tan and La Prefer
entia.
2 for 25c
$6.00 per box of 50
Popular brands of Smoking' To
baccos in tins, such as Velvet,
Prince Albert, Tuxedo.
3 for 50c
$2.00 per dozen
We carry a full line of Pipes,
Tobacco Pouches and other !
Smokers’ Accessories.
' HORSESHOE
BILLIARD HALL
E. L. HARWOOD, Prop.
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“Send it
to
Jones”
A Net
for washing your filmy things
The cleansing of the filmy, cob
webby things that come to our
laundry in your family bundle—
the silken underwear, dainty
| shirtwaists and gossamer Geor
! gettes and laces—has become a
fine art with us.
These articles of apparel, to
which a scrubboard would be
ruination, are never touched by
awkward hands when we wash
them.
In lieu of the none-too-gentle
practices of the laundress, we
employ a much safer method.
We place these finer articles in
special nets — each according to
its kind—for washing by gentle
sousing and rinsing.
I These nets are purse-like in
shape — in fact they closely re
\ semble the common mesh purse.
They are somewhat larger, how
ever, and made of cloth instead
of metal.
Secure in these nets, the sheerest
articles are cleansed without
coming into contact with wash
boards or the hands of workers.
Pure soft water and suds of a
mild white soap, weaving in and
out through the meshes, give
your things a freshness and
beauty that make them as new.
The care we use on garments
and apparel of this kind is typi
cal of that which we exercise in
the washing of everything. No
where is there any friction and
rubbing, to wear out fabrics.
Your clothes and the clothes of
your family, will last longer if
you will send them to us to be
washed.
If Monday is an ordeal, we have
a simple relief. Just let us know
and we will have our driver call
for your family bundle.
. Modern | aundry
(Jones’ Laundry)
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phone phone
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