THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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MOOSEHEART LECTUR
The following lecture on Moose
heart was delivered at Wrangell
recently by Mrs. J. W. Pritchett,
who holds an appointment as dep
uty grand regent, of the Women of
The Women of Mooseheart legion,
and whose jurisdiction covers the
entire territory of Alaska. She is
authorized to travel, when deemed
necessary, institute chapters and is
called upon in all other ways to
Legion work, to the end that Moose
heart mey be a greater and better
institution. Mrs. Pritchett accom
panied three Wrangell children to
their Mooseheart home and upon
her return to Wrangell had this to
say regarding the things she saw
there:
“The task which I am called up
on to discharge this evening is one
in which I feel my heart eloquent
and my tongue dumb. Much has
been said and written about Moose
heart, but the half has never yet
been told. Some of the leading
newspapers of America have sent
talented writers to Mooseheart for
the purpose of writing r. story that
would describe the institution and
these writers have ail confessed
that their descriptive powers were
not equal to the task. It has been
said that Mooseheart is not a place
but a state of mind. The vast es
tate of more than a thousand acres
is not Mooseheart. nor the thousan 1
children, nor the schools, nor the
buildings, nor the officers. The real
Mooseheart is what the people with
in its bounds are trying to do.
“I have brought home with me
pictures of magnificant buildings,
beautiful lawns and happy children,
but the greatest thing of all at
Mooseheart is something which can
not be photographed or described in
words—it can only be felt by one
who ha# been there—it is the Moose
heart spirit which envelops the in
stitution and is manifested there
in every phase of child activity and
child welfare.
“Upon my arrival at Mooseheart
on the morning of September d
we were taken first to the informa
tion bureau to wait until Superin
tendent Adams, who was in con
ference with some of the Moose
heart governors, would be free to
see us. 1 immediately became in
terested in watching the groups of
children playing about the lawns.
It was a warm day and, being Sat
urday. all the boys who wished to
do so were permitted to go bare
footed.
“The children were suitably
clothed for play. The little girls
were in gingham dresses, but no
two were dressed alike. Some of the
boys wore dark blouses and over
alls. In short, they were dressed just
as • practical mothers everywhere
dress their children, for play. They
were playing all the usual games
that children love. Over on one
lawn the children were playing and
singing a circle game. Others were
using the playground equipment. A
group of kindergarten age were oc
cupied with the sandpile. A number
of the older ones were playing ten
nis. They all seemed happy and
seemed to be getting along tegether
without the slightest friction. But
! just as I was reflecting that it
could not always last—that a lit
tle human nature would be bound tc
; show itself sometimes here as well
i as elsewhere—two small voices wart
raised simultaneously in loud la
mentation. The matron came ou1
I immediately. She settled the diffi
culty quickly, but with nothing bul
kindness in her manner. Before go
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| ing back into the cottage she min
I istered to a wee one, for it seems
| that in Mooseheart families, as in
I others, little people have to be told
; to use their handkerchiefs.
! "Splendid lawns surround the
; Mooseheart homes; yet I did not see
1 a ‘Keep off the grass’ sign any
I where, and the children romped and
played on the grass to their little
, hearts' content.
“The Mooseheart town is model
ed after the plan of a New England
village. It is built on the edge of
the estate and the farm lands
stretch away almost as far as one
can see. Two most courteous 16
year-old boys slmwed me about the
town. They pointed out the various
buildings, explaining that the larg
er houses were the first dormitories.
They said that plan was soon given
up and cottages were being built.
Each accommodates from 12 to l*t
children, where they live together
with a matron in a happy family.
The buildings are all of concrete
blocks or gray stucco, with red tiled
roofs. They are built for permanence
as well as for beauty of architect
ure.
"By the time our little party
j were summoned to Superintendent
' Adams’ office, the children were
j losing their sense of being in a
'strange land. Mr. Adams welcomed
! them with a cordiality and friendli
i ness to which they instantly respond
: ed. They were assigned to their
i receiving cottages and so began
i life in their Mooseheart home. The
; first consideration of Mooseheart
! for the child is its physical cane.
, The children, upon arrival, are kept
' ten days in a receiving cottage be
| fore admitted to the regular dor
mitories as a preventive to any
1 spread of a contagious disease to
! which they may have been exposed
1 prior to their coming to Moose
■ heart. During this period the child
' ren are given an exhaustive physical
| examinations, immunizing against
diphtheria with toxin and anti-toxin
•and vaccinated against smallpox.
“A magnificant new hospital has
been recently erected and equipped
at a cost of $125,000. This was a
gift from the Philadelphia Moose
lodge as a memorial to those mem
bers who lost their lives overseas.
“Dr. John Nichols, who is the
Mooseheart physician in charge,
showed me through the hospital. The
surgery, sterilizing rooms. X-ray
rooms, diet kitchens, laboratories
and ample dispensary represent the
latest and most advanced ideas >n
modern science.
i Besides medical attention the
: new children, upon their arrival,
; are examined by the Moo. clieart
j dentist and dental sendee is ren
j dered according to their needs. And
| dental examination is male tlier.‘
j after every four months. Every
I thing possible is done to safeguard
| the health of the children,
j “Every child at Mooseheart at
tends church. On no other point are
j the Mooseheart officials more par
i ticular than to see that each child
receives religious training and is
brought up in the faith of its father
“It was my privilege to discuss
Mooseheart at length with two cf
the governors, and I was amazed
at the scope of the work and the
remarkable thoroguhness wi e *i.h
it is being carried out. As one of
them said: ‘Mooseheart is a place
, of ideals—a place that aims .it
j health of body and mind and spir’t.
j As the creation and object of the
; loyal affections of a numerous and
; powerful fraternity, Mooseheart is
i bound to teach, and does teach, the
sense of belonging to a family, a
! group, a community. We intend that
the children shall ab-orb into their
pores the ideas of brotherhood,
i friendship and joint action for a
! common cause, which is the in
| spiring thought of fraternalism.’
i As I listened to the governors talk
I realized that Moosedom is indeed
fortunate in having for its execu
tives men of such exceptional capa
bilities and splendid traits of charac
ter, who are aroused to a sense of
the supreme importance of sending
boys and girls out from Moose
(heart who shall carry with them
honest minds, upright souls, a high
love of their country, and a sense
of duty to the community into
which they are to go.
| “The word charity is never heard
' at Mooseheart. The child is taught
Uhat the Mooseheart school Home
i is a legacy left him by his father;
! that by his affiliation with the Moose
I lodge, his love and his protecting
i care, is still surrounding his child
ren, though he is gone from this
life.
“The word orphan is als tabooed,
for the Mooseheart authorities ask:
j 'How can a child be an orphan
fathers?’
“I once heard a probation officer
who was speaking to a Parent
Teachers’ association, state that over
j 80 per cent of the juvenile offend
' crs who came into his court were
children of one-parent families—
that is, either the mother or father
was trying alone to rear the child
ren. The officer said that this seem
ed to prove that God Almighty in
tended each child to hav* two
parents and both of them on the
job.
“It was probably with this idea
in mind that a woman’s auxiliary
to the Moose lodge was created as
one of the Mooseheart legion units,
for Mooseheart needs foster moth
ers as well as foster fathers.
“After three days spent at Moose
heart I had unconsciously acquired
a deeper vision of service, and a
broader understanding of the frater
nal spirit in which most lodges are
organized, but which the Moose
lodge in particular emphasizes some
what in its local lodges, but more
especially in support of Mooseheart.
I therefore gladly welcomed the op-;
portunity when it was presented to
me to be one of a class to be
initiated into the Mooseheart chap
ter of the Women of the Moose- ;
heart legion. It is a privilege to be
a Legionaire; to be identified with
an organization whose guiding mo
tive is service to little children who
have been deprived of a father’s j
support and care.
“It is a matter of interest to
know that the father of the Osburn
children paid but S3 in Mooseheart
dues after joining the lodge. In re
turn. his three dependent children
will be cared for intelligently and
kindly until they graduate from
high school, at which time they
will be well grounded in their chos
en vocation, and will be ready to
go out into the world as useful
citizens, trained to make a living
in one of the skilled trades in case
they do not care to further their
education by university work.
“But while Mooseheart stands
as a model among institutions for
children, its work is not finished.
: The men and women in charge are
planning constantly and are work
untiringly for the betterment of
. the Mooseheart home and school.
They cannot help but know the
favorable comment their work has
aroused, but it is inevitable that
they know many weary hours of
perplexity when they need to be
i conscious of the support and loyalty
of every Moose and Legionaire.
They need to know that back of
them stand the entire Moose mem
■ bership in fullest accord and sym
pathy with Mooseheart aims and
ideals.”
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tion in Nenana, the principals being
a young and dashing attache of the
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society bud of the stores depart
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