Show 4 I Farthest West Boy Scouts Are Farthest North Too 4 4 r a. a p 4 r f 7 p. p I I Ir r SEATTLE Wash NEA NEA-If you will look at the map of Alaska up near the point where the American continent draws close to Asia you ou dIscover Cape Prince of Wales It i is the farthest west point on the continent And on it stands Uncle Sams Sam's farthest west school The chIldren who attend this his school are all Esl Eskimos imos Indians or combinations of the two with here and there a. a trace of white blood The boys of the school hare have just organized the Farthest west BoyScout Boy Doy Scout troop in America If you OU have imagined Alaska as asa a land of perpetual ice and snow with maybe a few reindeer and polar bears swimming through Ice Ice- strewn seas you ma may wonder what these school chIldren and Boy Scouts find to do As a matter of fact they are kept pt busier than most American school schoot children They learn a a. great many things besides the three Its Rs NOTHING BUT AN IDEA lt It was to help the boys along in their studies that Clark Garber government school teacher decided to organize the troop Then for uniforms he got hold of some old army belts and packs from an Alaskan arm army post Nimble Nimble Nim- Nim ble fInger of native women and school girls reduced the equipment In size It fitted the sturdy stocky frames of the Eskimo scouts Then Then Then- Garb r was vms ready for tor work He taught the tho scouts that the first secret of commercial success is health and that tha health comes through clean living That is the main lesson the bureau of education tion Al Alaska Ion tres to teach the Eskimo It seel seeks to o make him Independent and comparatively rich And it Is comIng along verwell very ver- well its plans TH THEY EY POLICE TH THE E VILLAGE Twice monthly the scouts hold village meetings at which problems problems lems of the community are dis- dis cUl cussed ed They work worl with the Es- Es village councIl and it is their job to l keep the communIty community Ity dean clean and sanitary They look after the needy police pollee the see that the curfew law is obeyed and act as official and hosts to vi visitors The first tiring thIng the Irinco of Wales Vales troop did when It was organized or- or was to form general sc ence class GO TO SCHOOL AT NIGHT As in the United States the farthest west school works hard hardin in winter and lets out in sum sum- mer Then most of the boys and girls help the grownups with the in boat buildIng in tanning hides and In doing the work of of the settlement In the winter which Isa is a a. time o of perpetual night is hold every day Jn under er artificial light Sometimes school lessons and e ec- ec tures broadcast b by United States radio stations are picked up tp and lIstened to via loud speakers by the tho entire entro village gathered in tho schoolroom The cape ape school is run as a minIature nun min lature republic as ate ae all the tho bureaus bureau's bu- bu reau's northern school When the children have learned the principles of republican government the Idea Is e by them to the whole Village I I Jj k j d dj j I II I r rJ Americas Above farthest west Soy Scouts line up to greet a visitor at Cape Prince of Wales The Below scouts explore an old wreck on the beach near the cape |