KODIAK. AI.AKKA. APRIL & MAY 191K. Voi. XVIII. No. 1 & i
Longwood School Notes
A war garden army wasorganized,
work is being done, and the results
will make another story.
Thr last month of the term isalways
frill t f interest, for several reasons:
All wonder who will be promoted,
who will get the prizes, who their
next teachers « ill be and what they
will do next year The cloaing exer
cises and the prospective vacation also
make the heart beat faster.
Our record shows that at the close
of school there has been pfiid by the
pnpils for ]{ed Cross. Thrift Stamps
and War Savings Certificates. $111.00,
and that when the sweaters the gitos
are working on are finished they will
have li to their credit. Thisappears
quite credits hie when it is known how
limited are the means hereof earning
money.
The manual training class has spent
most of the class periods and a few
days besides in finishing the interior
of both school rooms with wainscot,
ceiling and paint. The boys have
not only enjoyed the work, but have
gotten practical training in inat-hing
boardsnailing without bruising, mix
ing paint and putting it on without
streaks The rooms are done, except
mouldings, and it is hoped that we
may finish the halls the same way
next year.
The second, third and forth grades
ill the lower room had a spelling con
test for the year which resulted as
follows:
2d Grade, Anton Novikoff lstprize
Titiana Wasbrekoff 2d.
3d Grade, Gracia Patcbell 1st prize.
Bernard Names 2d.
4th Grade, Anita Galvarine 1st
prize.
Mary Berg 2d.
An added interest and a rare priv
ilege this year was a visit by our Ter
ritorial Commissioner of Education,
Lester D. Henderson, the first officer
of this kind in Alaska. He addressed
us at the school house in the evening
of our last day, May 29, speaking
with much force and enthusiasm of
the privileges and duties of both pu
pils and teachers and commending
both for the evidences of good work
and school spirit. Mr. Henderson
was making an official tour of inspec
tion of the schools of this district and
had previously spent a day observing
our regular work.
I.ient. Orton of the U. S. Navy, in
charge of the radio construction party
here last year and this, offered prizes
to the girl and boy in each r,n-in who
had the highest average for the year
in attendance and scholarship. Com
bining the number of days in attend
ance and the number of points made