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ESKIMO klDblES LOVE 1'HEM
SCHOOL AND TRY TA BREAK IN
Families in tl£ Arctic Move Hundreds
of Miles To Get Near Place Where
Children Are Taught From Books.
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Ever hoar of a normal school boy
Trying to break in sctynd at t> o’clock
in the morning?
Yes, it has been attempted, but not
in Seattle. It was done far within the
Arctic Circle', in the barron lands of
the Arctic Circle, where the federal
government maintains scores of
schools for the .Eskimo. • How the
brown men of the North regarded the
intrusion of school is a story of roman
ce and achievement, the result a monu
ment to the army of teachers who
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braved the Northern elements to bring
the three MRV to the natives.
•And the Eskimo kiddies- do they
ike school V* was a question asked J.
It. liaguire. superintendent of the
Northwestern district of the United
: States bureau #of education a dis
• h kt more than 400 mites square and
’• having eleven schools..
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quire. “It's quite a task to keep them
but of school. Up there, you know,
a school is warm and cony. And it’s
mighty interesting * to the children.
Why, on one occasion a bunch of
• thhm lined up at 6 a m. and wanted
to break in school.”
Maguire is in Seattle, conferring
with his chief , W. T Upp, head of
.the Alaska division" off the bureau of
* education. The : superintendent is
universally iked among • the Eskimo,
and up North they cal him "Ooopik,”
meaning white owl.' Maguire’s horn
rimmed gasses Suggested a white
' owl to the Eskimo mind, and they
forwjlh called him that.
Eskimo Child is Patriotic
• ‘The superintendent admits that the
* school child, although Inten
Vsfely patriotic and studious, is as mis
chievous and#fuH of playful pranks
as the average American school boy.
Stick-planks'as putting a tack on the
teachers seat and bearing him with
g spithall are not entirely foreign to
* file Eskimo kiddies, it was vouch
saftd.
* fit* Seattle some Cam*lies have beer
kkowa to refuse to live m houses that
were hot nearer than three block.* to
a school. However, ip the Arctic,
-(0/4 Eskimo famine* have been
bfum-n to move 100 mi'ea to get near
a schcol, and wherever a school is lo
cated r village is sure to spring up
around it
The Alaskan Eskimo has long dis
‘ carded most of the superstition that
formerly ddmidkted their lives. With
superstition want the “big chiefs’* of
vtfce people. To them there'is but one
hig chief; and he is W. T. Lopp,ahead
of the Alaska educational work for
ifee government, who maintains his
headquarters in Seattle. To the Es
tfrno he is known as “Toomooruk.”
flow he is regarded in the North is
indicated by the following comment
written by an Eskimo and published
J* Urn native paper, The Eskimo.
“Mr. Lapp is afeithar an eight hour
man tip m eievep month man. . He
eiitn iiHHioUt “ of hi* wafat*
fcfct. phi tate* n» neUkm, Why is
it tti* it* *•! *vote dMtt* <ta»
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to work, and work with no let up^
It is easy to give the answer when
their work wins for them wealth or
position. This does not answer the
question when it refers to Mr. Lopp.
His work is hard and discouraging
and lacks appreciation. We who are
on the job in Alaska, when things go
frrong, when the trail is heavy and
the wind ahead and no good camping
place within leach can always think
of out* good chief in Seattle who has
been through it all. He bucked the
storms, and has been cold and uncom
fortable, when the going was worst
than it is now. Mr. Lopp always has
sympathy and appreciation for oiu
work, for he knows it all better than
we do ourselves. But iu his rathei
lonely work, who appreciates \vhaf hi
does? Who can jolly him along like he
does all of us? »
“Tooraooruk! Chief! Aill of us in
the field take off our hats to you. We
don’t know* much about things in other
parts of Alaska, but in this district,
we wi&h to tell you that you loom up
as so much of a man that it is no won
der that one of our Eskimos wrote oi
you iu a song: 'Mr. Lopp, the Chief of
our Alaska Country!' But, after all,
didn’t you grow up in tills' district?
Aren't you a Reindeer man ?
“We started out to ask a question,
but did not answer it. Why does Mr.
Loop keep on working as he does and
as few other men do. Why? Just
because he belongs to that rare breed
of wren who are born to work always
and unselfishly for the good of men.
The doing of much work is his reward.
“We are proud of our work in this
district, and of course throughout
Aaska. We believe it is good. After
fourteen years in *the service, we be
lieve the success of our work is due
to two things more than all others;
We are working among the finest of
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the backward races— the Eskimo;
and we have as a chief a man who
grew up in the work, knows the peo
ple and the country, and is absouteiy
and unqualifiedly devoted to the work.
“Now all of this may not appeal to
Mr. Lopp, but after all this is our
paper and we can write what we
please in it.” *
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AND NONSENSE FOREIGN AND
LOCAL, CAUGHT ON THE
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It has come to our notice today that.
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there are several- ^yomen in the town
of Seward who hove been offended by
the Moose ad which appeared on the
front page of the Gateway. The refer
ence made to “Cows”' was the cause of
their becoming peeved. It was not the
intention of the writer of the “ad” or
notice to compare women with cows
u- visa-versa. The Moose Order is a
lodge. The members of the lodge are
known as Moose. The reference to
Cows and Calves .was meant to convoy
to the people of Seward that the wives
and'*children of the Moose members
were included together with all of
their friends. We did not mean to in
sinuate that the Seward women are
cows. If we had we would have used
the word heifer. Most any woman
would object to bein called a cow. We
are sorry that some of them thought
that we thought they were cows. If we
lo think such a thing at any time \rt
ill say it outright in the paper.
The Cows of the Moose herd all un
derstand what was meant, so please,
all you other women who an*" not
Cow' Moose, consider that you are one
and mingle with the Moose Herd at
the big dance tonight.
Yon’ll have the time of your life
:it the jolliest dance that has been
pulled off in Seward for many moons.
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If any of you who live in Seward
can ever remember seeing a more
beautiful sight than the moon lit bay
.ast night about eight o’clock, you can
consider yourselves mighty lucky. No
artist living could paint the scene as
it was produced by Old Mother Nature
last night. She is the Master Painter
of wonderful pictures and the one she
painted last night will never be for
gotten by those who saw it.
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fife names of Jack Johnson and
John Vincent were accidentally left
off the list of contributors to the Red
Cross fund.
^jjjcRooi Life, issued 6y tfite- Depart
ment of the Interior, Bureau of Edu
cation, makes the following announce*
ment
As a part of the nation-wide cam
paign for the improvement , of the
schools and other agencies of educa
tion, including larger appropriations
for the pay of teachers and for build
ings and equipment, the Commissioner
of Education, Dr. P. P. Claxton, is de
signating the week of December 5-11,
the first full\week in December, as
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“school week,” and is requesting the
governors and the chief school officers
of the several States and Terratoiftes
to take such action as may be neces
sary to cause the people to use this
week in such way as will most effect
ively dissemimate among the people
accurate information irTregard to the
conditions and needs of the. schools,
enhance appreciation of the value of
ediVr.tion and create such interest as
will re:w!t i i better opportunities for
education and larger appropriations
for schools of all kinefs and grades.
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The commissioner suggests that
during this week the public ' press
should give more attention and a larg
er amount of space to educational top
•• than usual;
That on Sunday, December; 5, min
isters should use one or more of their
church services for emphasizing the
importance of education.
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SEWARD METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday School 11: A. M.
Open Forum Class 12 noon.
Evening Service 7:30.,
Subject of Sermon “The Evolution of
A Saint.”
All are invited.
1). E. Carter, Pastor.
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SOCIETY NOTES
The spirit of bouyant good fellow
ship entered into the dancers at \ the
Hard Times dance given in the Odd
Fellows Hall on Saturday evening by
the soldiers of Co. “B”. The question
what am 1 going to wear concerned
was easily decided and .by the look of
the costumes. worn by the men they
evidently did not stay awak planning.
It was a gay evening and a berry one
and the music was just "peppy enough
for a good time. The hall was filled to
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rapacity and we are delighted .to know
that all the dancers in Seward turned
out to make this dance a success.
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The feature to be shown at the Lib
ert}' Theatre Sunday night is by the
famous writer Mary Robarts Rinehart.
This shaw has made the biggest hit of
any comedy op the legitimate stage
in recent times playing to capacity at
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the Knickerbocker all last winter.
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The Moose .are planning to hold a
dance and Buffet Lunch this evening
at the A. B. Ball at Nine o’clock. It
has been some time since the Moose
gave one^f their dances and the com
mittee in charge are working hard for
its success.
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F. B. Camp and W. P. Opalka din
ed with Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Thompson
on Thanksgiving evening.
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Mr.^&nd Mrs. Gostave Bdrgen en
tained at a Thanksgiving dinner on
Thursday for the :• following friends:
Mr. and Mrs. -Al. Davis, H. V. Hoben
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and Peter Ogle. ■ * *
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.. Mr. apd Mrs, . Barry Ellsworth
were host and hostess at a delightful
Thanksgiving dinner onTThuisday ev
«Ung to the following, guests,
Thomas Drayton, Mrs< Good, Miss
Beulah Wilson and Tom Haineo,'
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Privates Pechota and Brown of the
local detachment planned and served a
very elaborate dinner for the, boys of
! Co' “B” at the Barracks on Thanks
giving evening. Four courses were
served with a plentiful supply of nuts
candy, cigars and cigarettes.
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Mr. George Laughlin entertained a
1 number of his friends at a Thanksgiv
ing dinner at his bungalow af Mile
Sev^n. Covers were laid for thirty
two of the? following friends:— Miss
Triplett, >Miss Nash, Miss Schwarz,
, Miss Sylvia dexton, Miss Jane Me.'
Naily, Miss Jessica Don Carlos, Mr.
and 'Mrs. D. E. Carter and Filmer
Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Sexton, Mr. and
Mrs. Luqt*, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Keen,
Mr and Mrs. C. £}. Orlandei\ Mr. and
Mis. C. H. Romig, Mr$. Co'pe^. Mrs.
Mrs. Don Carlo*, Mrs. fehellhorn and
children, X McMullen, X H. Whittle
sey, Charlie Cooper, and Howard Ro
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of Mr. aid Mrs. Alexander McDonald
on ThtakyrMptfey.
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