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Entered as secono-class matter Au
gust 20th, 1923, at the postotfice at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of1
March 3, 1879..
Takotna. Alaska. October 15,-1932
THE FIRST DECADE OF
ALASKA’S COLLEGE
(Charles E. Bunnell, President of;
Alaska College, in Farthest
North. Collegian.;
The first decade of the College, has I
been completed; th>-. members of ten
graduating classes have received'
their diplomas. I am too busy t.o
write the history of this decade, but
a brief statement of what has been
accomplished is in order.
Thus far not a single pessimistc
prophecy with reference to the Col
lege ha sconie to pass. These prophe
cies have been legion and have come
from almost every conceivable angle. I
Naturally, I first recall those friends
who were greatly distressed because
I was “throwing away my efforts,” as
they said, to help build such an in- i
stitution. Even friends can be mis
taken.
The total enrollment that first year i
was sixty-two; the enrollment the
tenth year was two hundred eleven.
Six students enrolled the first day of
the first year; one hundred twelve
enrolled the first day of the tenth
year.. There was one graduate the
first yeari there were fifteen gradu
ates .the tentfc -yeax._
In 1922 there were two 4buildings i
on the campus, the main, college
\
I building and a residence. Today the
. main building has grown to three
: times its former size and there have
I been constructed during this period
two dormitories, a power plant, a
■ motors building, garages, a tank
house a mine shop building, three
; warehouses, coal bunkers, a gyra
; nasium, and five residences.
But. the story of progress during
this decade is not confined •> the rec
ord of enrollment, graduating classes,
buildings, equipment and teaching
staff. To the College have come
many activities that properly belong
to an institution such as this. A Bu
reau of ines station and a Bureau of
Biological Survey station are located
on the. campus. To Alaska have been
extended the benefits of the provisions
of the Hatch Act and the Smith-Lever
Act; study of the aurora is being car-,,
ried on under an approoviation inade
by the Rockefeller Foundation to the
College have been transferred by the
Department of Agriculture to hpth
the Fairbanks and hte Matanuska
agriculture experiment, stations; the.
Congress of the United States has
granted to the Territory 100,000 acres
of land for use of the College; with
funds furnished by Mr. Childs Frick,
the American Museum and the Fair
banks Exploration Company, in. co
operation with the College, are doing
important work in collecting skeletal
remains of mammals of the pleisto
cene pe.riod; the woork of Otto Wm.
Qeist alone in archaeology on St.
Lawrence Island is an. important con,
tribution to science, and just as the
decade closes the College becomes
headquarters for the Polar Year Ex
pedition station in. Alaska.
Of special help have been the stu
dent loan fund established by the An
chorage Women’s Club, the Margaret
R. Phipps Scholarship prize, the
James Gordon Steese prize, the loan
by Senator Lawrence C. Phipps for a
loan fund for students, the scholar
ships established by the Territorial
Legislature, and the gift to the Coll
lege of the Dr. Alfred H. Brooks Li
brary.
|
It has not been a decade free from
troubles, obstacles, and problems, but
these have for the most part met with
satisfactory solutions. At any rate
the memory of them is not abiding.
It has been a wonderful tejn ypars ’
of my life, and not willipgly;.v ex
changed, even if I conilq .^tradq. thenv
for. any other, decade- To live among
young people, striving for an educa
SamMJGH TRADING POST
McGrath, Alaska
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W. T. VANDERPQOL
Tnrzrrmx s -j ■
PROP.
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tion, and who for the most part are
providing: the ways and means there
of, to have the support of legislators
both in the Congress of the United
States and in the .Territorial Legis
lature who Kavgy^ision. and who be
lieve in the young men and women of
today, to have the enthusiastic sup-'
port of the Bom'd of Trustees, and to
have a faculty and student body will
ing to be engaged in and be a part
of this huilding process, is to feel that
the effort put forth is not in vain. I j
am . indeed, thankful for the oppor
tunity that has been afforded me to
be of assistance in the pioneer days ,
of this institution. j
WHY 1’EQl‘LE SMILE.
Maiden’s Dream.,,
Rather ^.Serious Escort—I’m ure
we all have our own hopes and aims ‘
in life, IVJiss Montgomery. What is
the height of your ambition?
Miss Montgomery (dreamily) —
About six feet, good-looking, and
with pots of money 1—London Hu
morist.
Modern Conveniences.
A former doughboy was visiting
one of the agricultural farm erperi
ment stations, or whatever they call
them.
“You fellows could do a 1 ot for the
boys in the army,” he remarked to
the big shot who. was showing him
around.”
•How’s that?”
“By producing a skinless potato,”
sighed the former doughboy, who had
done his share of kitchen, police.-:—
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Absent., Treq|ment..
Husband—The . doctor ordered me
away for a rest. _
W ife—Did you show him your
tongue ?
“No. I told hinj about yours..—
London Tit-Bits.
Big Lessqn,
“Well, dear,’’, said Dora’s father,,
“what did you learn on your first day
in Sunday school?”
“That I q ma,£hild ol Satan,” was
the innocent .reply.—Boston. Tranr
script.
Cojmnoii \ilmenf_
“Delighted to. have met you. Come,
over some evening soon and bring
your husband.”
“Thank you so much,, but we don’t
go anywhere. You see, my, husband
is paralyzed.”
“Don’t mind that, dear—my hus
band’s that way half of the time
himself.”—TitBits (London).
Frank J. Guskey \
* Notary Public
i
j Takotna, Alaska.
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