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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August ID. i»U4
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ATHEISM IN THE SCHOOLS
INVESTIGATION has disclosed that atheism has gained
* tremendous advance in the schools, colleges and uni
versities of the nation. Investigators atttribute the con
dition to a general tendency of youth to rebel at restraint
in whatever form it is presented and a like tendency on
the part of parents and many educators to permit imma
ture youth to carve for itself rather than adhere to the
old for of discipline which found its source in spiritual
development from childhood.
The investigation also reveals that the general as
sault upon religion of whatever nature come through a
natural tendency on the part of college students to study
Biblican history with an eye to criticism of whatever por
tions offer room for debate as to correctness or plausi
bility. Commercializing the condition, panderers to all
forms of moral delinquency have supplied literature cal
culated to gain general circulation, through its confirma
tory nature.
It would be as logical to set aside as worthless all his
tory of past experiences of humankind and seek by expe
riment to gain a given end morally, spiritually and ma
terially.
Contrary to the claims made by the rodents of civili
zation, the United States in the concrete and as example
should be sufficient to defeat any assault made upon re
ligion. Those who are willing to scrap the fundamentals
of the nation which are spiritual rather than material,
must first reconcile the condition of the nation under this
spiritual development as compared with that of nations
which in ages past took the very course youth seeks to
day, cast aside all spiritual discipline and accepted what
to them was the new thought but what was in fact the
very agencies that caused former civilizations to decay.
Youth might turn its eye and ear to results that have
been achieved in this, the greatest nation of the world un
der the old order and upon a spiritual foundation. It
would need neither preaching or exhortation from laymen
to set it upon the right track.
That which has gone before indicates what will come
after.
Ford says he will run his newspaper so as not to of
fend any person. Well, Henry has performed miracles
before with coal oil cans and cog wheels; maybe he will
succeed.
No sooner is Dr. Jagger’s back turned than Kolauea
volcano begins to emulate the kids when the teacher leaves
the room. Let’s hope Katmai will behave when he turns
his back on the Valley of the Ten Thousand Smokes.
So accustomed have the flappers and flappees become
to the fade-out clinches ofthe movies that they fall into
a half-Nelson before the orchestra plays: “God save the
rest of us.”
A Chicago band leader says the jazz band offers the
best opening for college graduates. And we always
thought that colleges were for the development of the in
tellect.
General complaint is voiced in the States that there
are few opportunities for college graduates. They might
try going to work.
An JEskimo band from the Arctic is preparing to
broadcast native jazz in the States. We knew if we wait
ed and persevered Alaska’s revenge would be sweet.
A tourist in Seward the other day wanted to know if
the whales in Resurrection Bay blubbered as they swept
past the dock.
Another tourist on board a vessel leaving the port of
Seward wanted to know what the sailors were doing now,
and the mate replied “weighing the anchor.”
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and life. * To her the balloon was a fai
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ry representing the spirit which she
coveted—happiness, beauty, purity ;
and piety. She deprecated the fact
that it, like herself, did not possess
an immortal soul and could respond
in kind to her blandishments.
This was emblematic of Child Life..
A moment later the auctioneers j
crier, with ringing bell, entered the J
room, announcing that the sale of
child-life^was about to begin.
Mounting the auction block the auc
tioneer called for bids. ,
“Pleasure” stepped forward with the
i first bid, to be followed by “Vanity,”
j “Child Labor,” “Ambition,” “Free
; Thinker,” “Riches,” “Get Rich Quick,”
i“Graft,’> “Crime,” “Ex-King Alcohol,”
and “Law.”
Each cried the justness of his bid,
(each of the conditions.
Then “Christianity” stepped to the
front, offering all that was good, in
cluding the spiritual with the mate
rial.
“Going, once! going, twice!! going
three time, and sold!!!.”
The voices of the children burst
forth in “Onward, Christian Soldier,”
and rang out beautifully on the am
bient air.
The interior services ended, the
children massed for the march to the
Zero Milestone bearing a scroll a half
hundred feet in length upon which
was printed the names of children
who had contributed to the building
fund. All were not on the roll, but
there were hundreds of thousands.
As the children began the proces
sion from the building a cinema re
cord of the historical scene began.
All massed in a hollow' square about
| the Zero Milestone, with Bishop Shep
ard and his aides grouped about the
emblem of the beginning of even
greater things which are to amanate J
from the fountainhead of learning j
and Christian teachings.
Massed about the base of the Mile
stone wrere native ferns, and the brass
plate which covered the cript glis
tened in the sunlight.
Bishop Shepard delivered the ora
tion, in which he pointed out the im
portance of the epochal event and how
the eyes of hundreds of thousands of
boys and girls "were at that moment
focussed upon Alaska and aw'aiting the
news that the fruits of their sacri
fice and energies were ripening. He
paid a touching tribute to the heroic
Alaska pioneers and dog mushers who |
gave the inspiration in the Nome se-j
rum race "which fructified in the fine
building being dedicated. In the same
i
vein he showered praise upon the hum- i
ble little steeds of the north, the dog,
man’s faithful friend, so emblematic
of the deepest bond of affection.
Following the oration, Mrs. Annie
Hobbs Woodcock, who led the drive of
the “Baltos” through winch the money
for the new building was secured, told
of how the heroism of the dog mush
ers and faithful Balto caught the pub
lic imagination and brought the name
of Alaska before the eyes of millions,
and how the boys and girls of the
United States took this method of
giving expression to their love of their
little brothers and sisters of Alaska,
and to do honor to their canine
friends.
Following Mrs. Woodcock s speech
the names of the “Baltos” were de
posited in the crypt of the Zero Mile
stone, the plate screwed in place and
the flag raising ceremony proceeded,
after which Rev. Dr. Smith delivered
the benediction.
C. J. Lincke of The Gateway made
a complete motion picture record of
the event, which -was donated to the
Home Mission Board to be shown in
LIBERTY
THEATER
8 O’CLOCK — ONE SHOW — 8 O’CLOCK
COMEDY!— —COMEDY!
Here is the Chief Laugh Maker
JOHNNY HINES
in the best thing he has ever done
“The Early Bird”
It’s a Roaring Farce from Start to Finish
Something You Can’t Afford to Miss. The Funniest
Mixups You’ve Ever Seen
SEVEN REELS OF FUN
And There is a Pathe News and Fable Reel
THE K. & M. STORE
the States and which will eventually
be shown in Seward.
SALVAGED AIRPLANE EN
ROUTE TO FAIRBANKS
A swallow plane which a year ago
took a plunge into the Kuskokwim
river and was wrecked by the ice
passed through Seward today for Fair
banks, where it will be reconstructed
by the Fairbanks Airplane Corpora
tion. The plane traveled all the way
from near McGrath to Seattle and was
returned by the S. S. Yukon Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Paiilsteiner, are
moving from the home they have
occupied for some years, to the
Tellison residence on Second Avenue.
FAMILY DEPARTS
E. Mattschei, for the last three
years engaged in the auto repair
business and who has accepted a
no°ition in the gas car department
of the Alaska Railroad in Anchorage,
returned Saturday. Yesterday he
moved his family over as well as
their house-hold effects.
F. A. McCloud of Seattle, manager
of Swift & Co., who has been making
a business trip through Alaska, pass
ed through Seward yesterday en '
route south.
A number of railroad laborers
were sent out to Eagle River today.
“Golf clubs and balls; just re
ceivel. The course is open, see
Urbach.”