Lonywood School Notes
Lazar Wasbretaoff from Oazinkie
and Freddie luge from Afoguak are
Daw boys in the primary room.
AU the time tbul can b« spared
frotu regular duties is spent on the
ice of Mirror lake which froze during
a perfect calm It is ideal for skating
when not covered with snow or vol
canic ash.
One of the general exercises of our
school is a review of the war situation
whenever anything of special impor*
tance occurs. It affords ample op*
portunitylor unprejudiced study of
war in all its phases.
The hov» of (lie manual training
department are beginning work on
vai ions things for Christinas. They
are not displaying ibis work, howev
er, as imu h of it is supposed to he a
surprise.
The kovs of the shop are anticipa
ting the building of a doiy this
year. They will go out into the
woo Is to find knees, then build the
boat according lo the best approved
types of those who are using dories
every day iu all kinds of seas.
A bookkeeping class, made up of
the combined classes of the 7th and
8th grade arithmetic c'asses, is doing
excellent work for beginners. 1 he
study is beneficial in many wavs out
side of the piinciples of debit and
credit. It teaches accuracy, system
au.l neatness besides giving a general
idea of the prices of things, of which
the noys and girls here have limited
k now ledge.
After having whooping cough last
year ami measles the year before, we
wondered what could come next to
break intootii school work. It came
in a form which might lie celled a
cross lietweeu old-fashioned lagripf.e
and Alaska tonsilitis. nearly every
body hail to have it and one or two
days in bed was required to satisfy
the peculiar demands of this particu
lar germ.
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The “All AW1*'! Keview” inn now
magazine that has recently come to
ourdesk. It is a very creditable pro
duction, giving s|»1**imii« 1 artidesof 111 -
tcrcst to all Alaskans as well as nows
from all parts of the Territory. It
deserves the heart y support of all who
are interested in the development of
the resonrees of Alaska and the gen
eral enlightenment of her people.
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Professor Georgeson Visits
Coming up from Sitka, Professor
Georgeson made a brief visit to Ko
diak and vicinity last month, lie ex
pressed himself as being much pleased
wit u the tuau ner in \\ hieh the station
here is solving the problems of agri
culture in this part of Alaska. He is
laying plans for a new agricultural
station near the growing new town
of Anchorage.
Tlie temperature has been remark
ably uniform tliis month with little
wind and much sunshine. It makes
us (eel sorry for those of the Middle
West and both sides—when we read
of the cyclones and near-blizzards.
The frozen lake and the snow are
very favorable to the to delivery of
wood by the men of the island. The
K.H.O. buys about a hundred cords a
year which makes a very much
needed addition to the meaner earn
ings at the fisheriesaud the cannery*