Twrnly-five Cents a Year.
‘9*N
October
Long wood S hool
We are fortunate in h. vine recured
Mr . J.R Minis, of Manhattan, K..*n <a
Principal. an l .Mis** Mac Arthur of
Mi MinnviMe. Ore. a- !*• 1 nar> Teach
er for the school. The chi dten in
both departments are d« n ^ cx. e lent
work under the ai e di e ti* 11 of
these teav hers.
As there is no ni^ht s. hool this
year, the boys of She mi m n dev te
the hour from 715 til! 6 is to study,
l.ater or. some ir*nua t»..i iin^ wi.l
Ik- v;iveu du. ini; th..t h» to
A leat her, who for years h s taught
in the State Normal Sc hoo 1 , ».1< o . s
burv'. Pa , ami n*** te^vhitii' i 1 the
City Hit'll School of Wi ke>- a. re.
Pa., visited the Kxposi'.io. . t Se..lt’,e,
ami writes vli>s <i ee.e thus . on* ern
ing the exhil.it from our si hon : ** • he
exhibit is good and stands .^e ond to
none of schools of the same jj wle
ami condition.” Of the sewing, she
says: "It looks vetv ne«t ..ml i» teMi
uually good.” Of the w.itten wo.k
'he writes: “I have examined it ca.e
fully. Theie is none better in the
building, and there are exhibit from
every habitable p.ace in Alaska.”
Our New Kngh.ud friends visited
the I air on then way to vi i us, and
took particular pains to see the s. hool
work. They aiso spoke in the high
est praise of it.
All this reflects great credit on the
te. cheis, Miss Hteeveand .Miss Vinton
\.ho ;.w to its preparation.
We were pleased so rereive from
the Primary S. S of tlie Tabernacle
Baptist Church of Seattle Jn.ooto
{.av for a bed in the little boy's dor
tnitoty.
A barrel of clothing has been reteie
ed from friends in Pullman. Wash.
Very thoughtfully the freight was
prepaid We greatly appreciate the
gift.
On our mailing list hr ve the
names of quite a number of pe< pie to
whom the News l.etter is rent gi; 11:i
tously. It may t>e you are not inter
ested in the work, and do m t iarr to
have the paper; if so, kindly drop us
a card and it will \ e discontinued.
We are converting the old harn into
a carpenter shop, blacksmith sht p,
and tool house.
There is not demand at present in
Alaska for workmen in many of the
trades, hut to know how to use carpen
ter tools wi.l 1 e useful anywhere.
It is now possible for our boys to
have such instruction, as Mr. Minis
will gladly devote several evenings
each week to manual training, whuh
he is thoroughly competent to teach,
having had &Uvb work in college.
The only thing th«it interferes with
the plan is the lack of tools. We need
six sets of tools that will cost $10.00
per set. This may come to the notn e
of some person or S. S. or Society
that will donate set.