Longwqpd School Notes
Hy H'.kbv O. McCain
Some wueks ago hii ex- teacher vi»
ited tho Long wood school*. He came
with a full met of pr«-conceived idea*
about all things Alaskan- Of course
hi» romantic expectations regarding
our so bool were not f ul filled. Instead
<>f the old “log school hmm-” with
puncheon door, Hat tad-log desks and
legged stools, he found a modern
framed building, light, warm and
cheerful; he found that our Bchool
equipment is fairly up to-date; but
more important still, he found about
forty wide awake, red blooded boys
and gir’s who are pursuing the game
Ooarsed ai d doing about the game
quality «»f work hs those in Greg >n,
Virginia or Vermont,
After hr- was runvinocd that school
continues f< r nine tnon'hu each year,
right throw \h “ .viut.f rs snowy blast a,’*
that the short winter Mays nr« not too
dark, and that the pupils mn no risk
of being devouini by the reuowtifd
Kodiak lirown Rear (who docsu’t live
at Kodiak at all,) our visitor brought
up his heaviest gun Ife expected to
stun us by asking whether any of our
pupils ever odvanerl far enough to
master “equara root ” We assured
him that pqnare root is regularly
taught iu the eighth grade and he
capitulated. H«* uow admits that wo
are regular pe« pie.
News Letter readers art* undoubt
edly more familiar with the work of
our school* and other A Utahan condi
tions ibiB.ii the visitor reL rrtd to a
diOV«. Nevertheless, Alaska’s win
dows on the United S'ales side arc so
barred across with iuni binary ice that
we continue to be the most misunder
dlood part of Uncle Sam’s domain.
As part of their language work our
pupil* have recently entered upon an
inteichange of letters with the pupils
of various schools throughout the
States and our insular posessions.
Bearing on the thought of the pro
ceeding paragtuph, it may be inter
esting to notice that an eighth grade
boy advised his correspondent that,
“I have lived in Alaska all my life
ami hate nevtr yet seen an iceberg;”
while a fifth grader declared: “We
are not Eskimos dressed in furs from
top to toe.”
An account of the Christmas pro
gram will b# found in another partof
the paper. Teachers and pupils en
joyed its preparation.
'J he boys of the manual training
classes began thrir work last fall by
painting the school buildings. They
then installed a Ro-San Toilet in the
school hours, doing both the plumb
ing and the carpentry. Noxt. came
the windows which had to be reputti
ed. The boys are engaged now in
m i kit g tabl. s ana other equipment
f. - the primary room Most of the
work on the school building* fell upon
the boys of the more advanced class
consisting of Eddie Bent, Herman
Reft, Bernard Names, Fred Unga
and Dan MoEwen. But James Bar
tell, Stephen Luke and Paul Chya
did splendidly.
Our pupils are trying to get togeth
er a little school museum consisting
of products an<i interesting specimens
from various parts of the United
States. They are willing to exchange
AlaakHit products for those fiotn any
part of the States. Such a collection
will he very helpful to them, especi
ally in 'heit study of geography.
Think how much more real Texas
and Nebraska will seem when icon
through a hull of co*tou and a bigear
<1 yellow corn. Any one interested