The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 12, 1904, Page 14

. — . Canopus | Is a Mighty | Star. >t the imag- hnieal reader » breaking point, is illus- celculation ! Astronor lacking edu- th v large he Yet of e the fact is 2 stak s known to scie 1s guesswork abou W es then, in T 1 picture of n, yvou t of imagi ion, onomical These gnitude of the red of you; million times more n the sun.” as the exceeds the xceeds the nmlllp!h’alor is v or A si unit stands for the earth m units represent the & E lion time million units de Canopus. Yet Canopus is also su t least we do not know what ks 1 But what a su pserved that the compari- = etwee the sun and the earth is r relative size, or volume, 12 to their mass, or quantity of mat- ter. This, however, does n af he stated inequa te ss, in everyday life s eiz that two bodies whi veigh the same are equal in mass f at Canopus placed ‘ of 2 nce would pil . If t n the mean destiny of the ® e ner may not. be a million t r than the latter. But the probak that there is no great dif- fe e of dens nd that we may . indifferent] that Canopus ex- « n times in fnass, r it is not near b 14 S near to that treme s is to the sun— 1k <3 about 93,000,000 es is solid globe te. At that dis- opus would arter of the ht and heat poured 10,600 times more in- esent radiation of the melt and vapo- e sucked into the rnace. or attractive power 2 million times as massive e sun puts another strain upon of a globe es tl TOoP N the little town of &t .Michael, the headquarters of the military reser- vation of Alaska, which is situated on the re of Norton Sound, has n established the first school for education of white and half-breed ldren"to be organized in that far- away, ice-bound territory, and that the stitution has proven & 'success is due the = untiring efforts and unselfish Franklin Moses, the regis- the United States Land Office The schoo! was organ- i ¥ twenty pupils and now, in less than two y the membership has grown rly one hundred. Many of the hailf-breed pupils, who, ¥ tered the school, did letter of the alphabet other, can now read and write, have acquired some knowledge of hmetic to nes T which confronted Mr. Moses he begdn his work may be better imagined than described, es- pecially when it is remembered that 1 the ring he knew nothing of the native tongue, and many of the half-breed chiidren were familiar with but few words of English. - Under these conditiors the work of the self- appointed teacher was difficult in the extreme, but one by one the obstacles were overcome, and the number of pu- pils increased, until, at the present A \\‘\\\\\w time, the students are not only in- \:i// g, writing and arith- FCATAZLY the hawe taken up simple study riptures and lately the choral music. Another thing which M introduced in the school is SEYOOL . Moses has the system- atic study of practical gymnastics, in which both the white and half-breed children take great interest, and the commander of the garrison at St Michael, realizing the value s the work undertaken by the volunteer in- structor, has ndly placed the military gymnasium at the disposal of the school. Since they have had access tc the proper apparatus for p. ical de- have be- kinds of velopment Mr. Moses' pupils come very proficient in all gymnastic exercises. When Mr. Mo Michael he touched by the treme of the mative and half-breed children, the most of whom knew only thei enough Engl FINRGIT irst arrived at St. was ignorance own dialect and just and the white children were in much the same 0 swear in,” cendition except where their parents bad instructed them in the letters of : 25 r the glphabet and in simple arithmetic a"l" JJEJL’/ After several months he proposed to of they ¢ most influential e Mi that ganize a school and send to San F' 2 teacher. He had already residents of St hael cisco for was informed that an effort been mac establish some kind of a school, bul that no one cared to come so far from civilization f: of St. Michael were or the salary that the peo- able to offer. After considering the question for soms kind to be established in Alaska. teaching of this school In the far north is not this young man’s first time Mr. Moses volunteered to try and o\ oiioice in the instructibn of hoys organize a school, stipulating, however, ,.4 voune men. Previous to his ap- that if successful, his services as teach- pointment, four vears ago, Mr. Moses er should be rendered without cost » had charge of the boys' department of the town, as he, being in the service the Young Men's Christian Assoclation of the Government, could not accept of Providence, Rhode Island, and dur- s other position with a salary at- ing the time that the juvenile classes immediate! self-apnointed of that institution were under his direc- he learned much that was of value in his new work regarding the instruction of young people. H. L. Cal- a member of the Young Men's iristian ociation of Providence, not long ago received a letter from F. T. Merritt, the United States Commis- sioner at St. Michael; describing the obtaining a place large enough for a school and the Commissioner spoke in ciassroom, and for a time it seemed the highest terms of the work acconi- as though the lack of a suitable room 1 hed by the former director of the or hail would prove a bar to the enter- Y. M. C. A., and so highly did the resi- prise; but after some discussion per- dents of St. Michael appreciate the vol- mission was granted Mr.sMoses by the untary services of Mr. Moses that they Judge at St. Michael to use the court recently presented him with a hand- room, and so in the judicial hall of some Masonic charm as a token of their the town was opened the first school regard. His proposal w accepted and the in- structor at once set to work among the children and young folks of the town, and soon had the names of twenty or more enrolled in the first ciass. The first difficulty which presented it- E to the young registrar after the organization of the class was that of der, FURZLS A7 STIICEHIELS XA T WCIHOOIL- TIR0E \GHHLAIDC I IE /Vlll“ \ \ \‘\‘ \| N | FCAIELIY HosES CEG/57TIRAR VS ZAND2 OFFTOE ST I AELS A S F W s 1Y The celebration of the. first €hrist- mas after the organization of the school was one which will be long re- e il \\\“ NN S, membered in St. Mic by the pupils of the school and was the first entertainment ever given in the town by children and young people. The programme was arranged by Mr. Moses, who endeavored, as nearly as possible, to follow the customs of the New England country school. The pro- gramme consisted of Christmas carols, songs and recitations by the white chil- 1. It was given ArIPE ALY RO ALL AI7TEAD SCFoaz ST VA ES S sc:a‘bac Y _mIIVIER, dren and a number of simple choruses by the half-breeds and natives. After ‘he entertainment the latter enjoyed a bountiful Christmas dinner prepared hyl- & number of the officers’ wives and ladles of the town. and in the evening there was the regulation Christmas tree, from which a Santa Claus in seal skins distributed gifts to the pupils of the school. Mr. Moses opened the school f&:flr the first time in November, 1902, and it was closed for the first vacation in May, 1903. In less than seven months Mr. Moses had taught all his pupils to read at sight and many of them were al- ready learning to write. The dtfficulty of teaching the ignorant natives the letters of the alphabet was almost in- credible, it being necessary to write each letter on the board and then re- peat it over and over until, parrot- like, they had learned it by heart. The white children, of course, advanced more rapidly than the natives and half-breeds and before long it was found advisable to divide the school into three classes of white children, half-breeds and natives, and then, in- deed, was the volunteer teacher kept busy. After a summer vacation of four months the school was reopened In September, 1903, and the children ad- venced steadily until the Christmas holidays once more interrupted the work. The celebration of sthe second Christmas was much like the first ex- cept that the programme rendered by the puplls of the sehool was far more elaborate, Including recitations. sing- fng (both solo and choral), gymnastic exercises by the boys and a faney drill by the girls, who executed 2 number of pretty figures. In a letter to a friend in Oakland, Cal., Mr. Moses gives the following ac- count of the Christmas celebration: “Christmas has come and gone on again and 1 went through just such a *ime as last year though every qne gaid ihat the entertainment this year was twice as good as the first one. “The boys each received a ‘parka’ (a fur jacket or blouse, cut something iu the shape of a man's overshirt), two pairs of socks and a bag of candy 1 the girls received a walist, a sewing bag and a bag of candy each. I d 3 each boy and girl a fifty-po < of flour. Instead of delivering the f r as I did last year, I had it at the tree and after the entertainment I gave it to them to carry home.” Immediately after the New Year the school reopened and at the last account there was talk of erecting a school- house in St. Michael for the accommo- dation the increasing classes. So popular has Mr. Moses become through his work in the school that no event, whether 2l or otherw ered a success unl Mr. Frank,” the young teacher is lovingly called his pupils, is present. And he has-weil deserved the respect and love which he has won, for he has successfully carried out a great work without asi- ing any reward for his services and with no incentive except the wish to better the condition of the young peo- ple of St. Michael. of | | | i | | | Largest | Clock in the World. - floral time, for plants ed a watch, same ¢ therium, which o cene b titmon The er be hands are | b est of which At the in the down and the sur extend four feet be E Agricultu buildings. ce cent re Ay where er, 14 feet square at the times larger IXTEEN timepiece S the fl £T! s ts of t in diameter; these a tall 'ace beneath would ond his head than any in the wor will 1 clock at the 3t. Loui ich 1s a eircle of flow- and the en pointers, the larg- oves five feet a minute. hands join man could le 1 the Palace of small ornate which 1s rase and 14 feet to the cornice line, is of Greeian archi- the he ground color of t dotted w meridians, to repres ling this bu 1nects chinery and move schanism that str The south wall glass In turn a swinging d nutes duri v or is thrown back vealing the works within. dome is a figu On the right of is a the roof, the half conti pound bell, whic deep tones that the exposition gre the first stroke of door swings open, T work. A companion s left of the cer immense h automatics is an At nigh brilliantly i the dial, t nestle u numeral. cause the will be u This clc has been plar \ riculture assistants. the inne smaller ¢ white will bordered p! of the pla ing gro of nts. h ing rim e« be of v W thro the ri except re ith wit al ear tt der of . ire by the n growing flow will be dicate ti and making Surrour ence of t six feet « again wi ored eart The mi long st earth has it sp s alternating wit sam h the s of Wit in h sou will in all 1 diameter. s the ¥ P hidden from view except for a few is a The it 1s which f is azure; and marked with the heavens. 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