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DANIELS—In The Lion s Den
The men of the Palmer High School basketball
squad are to be congratulated. We think there can
be no greater satisfaction in any tournament than to
be voted the team that displayed the finest sportsman
ship during the course or that tournament. It's an
even greater honor than winning games. There was
even higher honor in winning Tt; this year, because
teams were watched not only on the basketball floor
but. in their leisure hours, as well.
We're sgrry, though, that the 10 men on Palmer's
basketball squad stand alone in their ability to be good
sports, whether they're winning or losing. We hove
it on the highest authority, that if the award had been
made to Palmer spectators, rather than to Palmer's
team, then Valley residents would have carried home
an especially fine bouquet of skunk cabbage for being
the biggest stinkers at the tournament.
"I was ashamed to admit that I came from Palmer,"
one man said.
High school fans and adults alike had a field day
on the two evenings Palmer appeared on the Anchor
age court. A Valley fan was easy to find those nights,
other spectators say—you could tell him, or her, by
the extent and volume of vocabulary, none of which
would have been acceptable in the better class of
poolroom.
Nor is this attitude just company manners draggec
out for the benefit of out-of-towners. It's been more
or less noticeable on the part of Valley spectators dur
ing the entire season—never on the part of squad
members, themselves, however. They've been good
sports when they were winning or losing. One high
school coach reported them the "nicest bunch of boys
ever to visit us" following a game. It's regrettable that
spectators can't be taught the same elements of good
sportsmanship that the Palmer team has learned.
All season long, Valley spectators, both young and
old, have demonstrated a blithe disregard for rules of
courtesy and sportsmanship. Fans, usually of the
grade school variety, have continually walked across
the Palmer court, inside of game boundaries, while a
game was in progress. Candy, candy wrappers, cig
arette wrappers and gum have been tossed or spat on
the playing floor from the upstairs balcony. Smokers
have enjoyed pipes, cigarettes and even cigars during
a game's progress, although smoking is expressly for
bidden in the Gym while a basketball game is going on.
In short, our bad sportsmanship has gone much
farther than insulting referees. We have been guilty
of both bad manners and poor sportsmanship—the
essential qualities on a basketball floor, a baseball
diamond, in the classroom, or in life.
They both point to one thing. It's a kind of selfish
ness that we've never outgrown. The things we want
to do are the things we do, no matter how they infringe
on The rights or wants of our neighbors. We were born
to win, we think, so we've got to find someone else
to blame when we lose—and who better than the of
ficials of the game.
Taken on a basketball court, in a classroom, or irj
the daily game of living, that outlook on life can only
produce a pretty poor specimen of humanity—it's an
outlook on life that we're expected to outgrow as we
leave kindergarten behind, for as our consciousness
and our intelligence develops, we're supposed to de
velop an awareness for the rights and feelings of
others. Without that sense of awareness, which is
only fair play in the terms of the basketball court, we
can't travel far.
It's our suggestion that teachers in Palme. '~ool
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jand parents of Palmer school children begin right no*
I to cultivate that sense of fair play and awareness of
jthe privileges of our neighbor. They can't doTnuch
[about those of us who have already grown up without
j that sense, but we can develop it in our children with
| the hope that perhaps the Valley can move ahead with
[ them in the next generation, if not this.
Anchorage to Get
AHA Homes At Goose Lake
A 900-acre -site on which 250 or
300 homes will be built has been
secured at Goose Lake near An
chorage, it was announced by E.
Glen Wilder, executive director
of the Alaska Housing Authority.
The homes will be built under
terms of the recent Housing Act,
whereby the AHA will seek spon
sors to build homes in the area.
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This Week's ^
Yr Menu Suggestion for Lent ^
BAKED SMELT ::
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''pepper, sprinkle with lemon""
]' "juice. Let stand for 15 minutes.^
'"Roll smelt in cream and dip in>k
|' 'flour or cornmeal. Place in^
^buttered baking pan and bake^
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^ rr five minutes. Put on hot platter^ ^
n r and pour over butter remain-, k
I'r ing in baking pan. Serve with"
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Palmer Cold Storage::
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FOR SALE
'47 WILLYS JEEP 4-wheel
drive; winterized; good
condition—$695.
'40 PLYMOUTH 4-door sedan;
new motor; A-l tires; win
lerized, headbolt heater—
$575.
Hartley Brothers
Motor Go.
Brown's
Cleaners
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
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I SEWARD POSTMASTER TO BE
) SELECTED^ SV examination
. Seward’s new postmaster, .will
; be chosen through an open com
j petitive examination conducted
i by the Civil Service Commission,
jit was announced in.the Gateway
fcity recently. Applications for
the job must be filed in Juneau
before May 1 of this year*.
BAR-B-Q
A 6000 PUCE TO EAT ALL THE TME
FOOD
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o friendly smile, a cheerful greeting
and a sincere desire to be helpful.
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