THE KlisKO TIMES
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5ust 29th, 1923. at the postoffice at
okotrut, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
PRESIDENT BUNNELL TELLS OiF
ADV ANTAGES OF ALASKA COL
LEGE AND SCHOOL OF MINES
COLLEGE, Alaska, July 21.—Many
to who inthis statement conies have
matriculated at some institution of
higher learning in the States; others
•were graduated at the annual high
school commencements in the Terri
tory this year, but whether you have
attended college, intend to attend, or
are at present undecided, I trust that
you and those most concerned about
you reducation will take time to give
due consideration to the Alaska Agri
cultural College and School of Mines.
The Alaska College will begin its
twelfth year September 15.7with a
faculty exceptionally well qualified
both by scholastic attainments and by
teaching experience to present the
several courses offered. For this rea
son I emphasize the fact that a small
institution splendidly equipped with
the latest and best laboraory equip
ment!, adequate library facilities, and
the advantages of individual atention
in class room work, presents the best
kind of an opportunity, for a. young
man or a young woman to secure an
education.
(juite recently we were confronted
with the statemen that the College
was essentially a mining school for
men and had inadequate faciities for
women students. Sixty have been
graduated fro mthis institution. Of
this number, twenty-five are from the
Schoo of Mines; thirty-five are from
other departments; there are fourteen
■ women graduates. If one will take
time to scan the list of graduates to
• he found on pages 85 and 86 of the
1933-1934 catalogue, together with
■ the list of seniors on page 87, nine of
whom were graduated this year, he
will find recorded there young men
and women who made good in coljege
and who are making good out of col
lege. Of the sixty graduates, forty
six are domiciled in the Territory and
occupy responsible positions. Besides
the Arts and Letters Course leading
to the degree of Bachelor of Arts,
courses leading to the degree of Bach
elor of Science are offered in Agricul
ture, Business Administration, Chem
istry, Civil Engineering, General
Science, Geology, Home Economies,
Metallurgy and Mining Engineering.
Of special advantage and interest
in connection with this “Farthest
| North” College” are the cooperative
i research projects upon which it is en
gaged: Palaeontology with the Amer
ican Museum of Natural History,
study of the Aurora under grant from
the Rockefeller Foundation, second
International Polar Year Commission,
and Archaeological work on St. Law
1 rence Island. In addition, the United
States Bureau of Mines and the Bio-!
logical Survey have stations at the
College. Under the provisions of the
Hatch Act the College operates both
the Fairbanks and the Mathnuska
Agricultural Experiment Stations.
The Smith-Lever Act provides funds |
for cooperative extension work in ag- i
riculture and home economics.
Located in a section of Alaska i
where mining operations are being
conducted on a large scale, the stu
dent in the School of Mines has the
unusual advantage of being able to
; combine theoretical training in the j
• class room with practical work in the}
field.
It is not always easy to decide in
1 favor of efficiency. Sometimes even
in Alaska it is difficult to understand
tha all that flitters is not gold. It is
believed that those who enter college
for th efirst time will find the small
institution of special advantage. To
be well known both by students and
professors is a safeguard worth con
sidering during the first two years of
college life when the foundation of a
career is being established.
In this day of financial stress it is
exceedingly important that all of us
undertake to eliminate extravagance
and for the dollar expended secure a
dollar’s worth of value. The Alaska
College has reduced the cost of a
year's work at the College to a mini
; mum. There is no tuition. Board and
room have been reduced from $55 to
; $50 per month. Books and supplies
are sold at practically laid-down
wholesale cost. Young men and
| women who attend this institution
i have no occasion to throw away
j money. It is not in good form and
there are no expensive traditions.
: Then, too, the Alaska Steamship
Company and the Alaska Railroad
j sell to the student attending the Col
j lege a round-trip ticket for a single
fare. They are making Interior*
Aaska close to the Coast, both in
time and cost.
Alaska needs its young men and
wbmen to build this Empire of the
North. Its broad expanses, its un
limited resources, its strategic posi
tion with reference to the Orient both
by land and by air, together with the
fact that it is the Nation’s greatest
natural scenic playground, its unex
plored valleys, its unfrequented
ranges, present problems for a pio
neer people to solve and having
solved them to reap the benefits
thereof. Alaska today offers to its
home folks advantages and oppor
tunities they can hardly hope to find
elsewhere.
CHARLES E. BUNNELL,
President
Checking Up.
Wifey—Frederick, can you tell me
where you were in 1920?
Frederick—No. Why? .
Wifey—Well, I’m worried. I just
read that in 1920 one person out of
every TO in this country was in
prison.—Pathfinder (Wash.).
NEW,STOCK 2 NEW PRICES!
The famous Reliance Brand Canned
GoodsJExcIusively
Swift’s OvenizedJHams and Bacon
General Merchandise
1 11 ■—■■■»■ . II)—WP——
P. W. CARLSON - OPMR
FINANCIER SAYS FREE GOLt>
SALES VITAL TO ALASKA
(Alaska Press.)
Business men of the Pacific -North- ;
west must bestir themselves to pro
tect Alaska’s mineral development
from disadvantage "no w being im-'
,.;>se.i on it through the premium paid -,
on gold by Canada, compared with'
the $20.67 per ounce allowed by the
Federal Government, according to,
Frank K. Easter uf Seattle, -oug iden
tified with financing Alaska .develop
velopments. Everybody at all fa
miliar with Alaskan resources knows !
that its mining potentialities have
been barely scratched, Easter -assert
ed iii an interview last week, being ,
handicapped by lack of highways into
mineralized areas.
“Canada is allowing its gold pro- }
ducers around $27 an ounce for gold,” |
Easter said, “and both London and js
South Africa are paying, heavy pre
miums for gold over the American. '
government’s allowance for the metaL
There has been much talk of a free
market for gold in this country, but.
the ulministration at Washington
has been silent, although moving
heaven and earth to advance prices
of commodities, thereby raising the
costs of all 'mining and other oper
ators.
“What we fear here is that capital
for mineral development wi*r l*e -at
tracted to Canada and Alaska's re
sources will be l<'f‘ undeveloped until
the facts are brought with emphasis
to the attention of the Government at
Washingon. .Unit yof action to this
end undoubtedly will be mor eeffica- .
cious than if we leave Alaska to carry ;
on the fight unaided.”
Easter favors a new organization
of wining men, and mining interest
has been aroused in the foi matron of '
a tree gold market. If gold be paid ’
for at world prices, Alaska's buying '
I ower will be ver vr.veatly increased. !
W*Y PEOPLE SMI US.
Those Chorus Girk
“Hoar did Karl get that .black
eye?"
“He was'uniting at the stage door
for a chorus girl, and—•”
“And her fiance came along?"
“No. Her .grandson-came out and
thrashed him.”—Der Goetz.
Wot Hast Enough
Indy—Why jure .you in prison, my
good .man ?
Convict—-For ^driving a car too
slowly, lady.
Lady—You nnattoo quickly.
Convict--Nq; 1 mean too slaarly.
The owner jumped linto another car
and caught up to one.—rEveniag Bul
letin (Phila.).
Pretty hurt
“Dad, I was the anferhqy n the class
today who could answer teacher a
question.*
“What did he ask?”
“Who broke the class i room \ win
dow.”—Woche hn Bild (Alton).
All Figured Oat.
“How many fingers .hasevycm. Bob
ert?”
"Ten.*
“Well, if four were nionab what
would you have?*
"No more music lessons.**—Every
body's Weekly (London).
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tard plaster.' "1 •
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