The Nome daily nugget., 1910-12-31
THE LookEk-0N

The ball was started rolling this af tenoon for the Aksala carnival which will wind up this evening. ar should We say in the small wee hours of the morning. up at Eagle Hall
 Therr k no person who can afford to miss the entertainment to be given in honor of Queen Helen of Aksala" for it will bc worth several times the price of admission.
 Queen Helen" will be every inch a royal person during the hour her sub. jects will perform before her. and the best talent here in Nome and as far east as Fort Davis will vive with one another to win the smile of her majesty for their good work.
 Right now there are several people in Nome from Council who are going to stay over for the event instead of de parting early this morning as was their first intention. if il is worth while for Commodities to stay over and it cer- tainly should be worth while for Nome ties tn attend in body
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 AS the years go by reports of Eski- mos stealing will become more common than they are at the present time. It lis the younger generation that is doing the work. and this seems to be one of the weak links in the chain of civil izng these simple minded people
 Ever since the question of establish iEg the Quartz Creek Mission arose tC. ing the early days of the camp. ar the t1atter of educating the ,.skinrcS ;a ;cn urder consideration it has b, en la Nnious question in the minds rf many whether or no such acts didn't t"nd 10 CeN'or d race of criminals
 During the period when many were asked to lend support to the Quartz Creek Mission. debates arose. and II was often stated that the rising generation would develop many criminals, ana bearing out this fact there seems to have been many traits develop in the growing boys and girls of the Eskimo race that were unknown quantities be fore the white man migrated to this section of Alaska or before the gold rush in 1898.
 Should a hegira set rhe other way and the country he depopulated of the white race the question is Has education and civilization been of any benefit to the Eskimo?"
 \ little boy once asked his dad: Why do they call the lnoou dead planet Because" answered his fath er. il shines by proxy. that is it reflects the brightness of the sun. much the same as you are fond of doing with a looking glass"
 There are many living representa- tiVes of this "refiected glory act" walk ! ing the face of this earth. and although this k the age where one should stand Tor himself and by himself, there are a few with squid like vertebrae that can only shine by proxy
 This is the age when men must create for themselves. We have passed | through the pictorial ages which the Eskimo is now leaving behind. and ! have long since passed into that period | where all should be practical beings : We have a new standard-and it's in ! dividuai
 The most that We can hope for in any | society is the greatest possible Der l centage of the highest type. A civil | iation nf sturdy. sane. forceful. yirile beings is the ultimate goal of human orga nization.
 t isn't any easy matter to rise above the average-only unusual men acquire more than a normal and therefore n nominal percentage of wealth, knowl edge or reputation One shouldn't con fuse the itch of envy for the fire of the mighty. for this will result in try Ing to shine by proxy. and although one may think like the ass in the lion skin. pr the wren bedecked with the canary