The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1934, Page 14

14 ettt e e cA NEW cALASKA bororrrrrrrrrrerrre s PRESIDENT BUNNELL HE important eration right now is College is doing rather it came into existence one wants a few hi: but only by way of int The College opened in is the last land grant co: is eo-educational. At present i receives Federal aid to the (’\'rn' of $50,000.00 from the Morrill- son Act, $15,000.00 from the F consid what t than how Naturally fac tic thing for It Act, and $12.000.00 from t Lever Act. The balance required appropriated by th Territorial Legislature. It has Jousing accommodations for stu- dents who desire to reside on the campus. Its whole scheme of ope tion including courses of study and degrees compares favc y th the other land gr About 30 per cent of come from the S ‘Farthest Nor her learning in the rcated at 64° 51° 21" tude. It is in a pione countr is a pioneer and for the most lives the life of a pionecr present enrollment is 177. As far as one is ablé to juds has met with just about the same obstacles and encouragements as have been expe nced by other land grant colleges in the building nt e ] students the of and & ti- part It process. The paramount fact is .that the obstacl presenfed have been overcome and that the in- titution has had a normal three ~dimension growth, Constructive Service Its efforts to be of s e and to render a constructive vice in the solution of Alaskan problems 'have brought to it stations of the - The School of Mines of the Alaska Collepe - e e USSP PSPPI PSR S S | \ \ o 4 By ERNEST N. PATTY Dean of the College and Head of the School of Mines STRONG mining school located 4% in a busy mining count an ideal opportunity for the bitious young man who desires to make mining engineering, or some branch of the mir 1 industrie: his life's work. The outstanding mining schools of the United & am- are generally located .in or near 4mmrumt mining districts. This i rue of the hool of Mines of the Alaska College ing quartz and within a few and where classes in geology mining may at will transfer problems. underground ‘The School of Mines at the Al- where both ope; placer mines are miles of the campus and their the outstanding mining America and draws a large per- centage of its “enrollment from distant points in the States. The majority of these young men re- main to grow up with the country. New Developments Encouraged Alaska is now contending closely with California as the premier gold producing region of the United States. . In the Fairbanks district, within a radium of 25 miles from chools in e e U A Hunting as an Extra Curricular Activity? By PROFESSOR BAST Students and faculty of the Al- aska Agricultural College and BSchool of Mines enjoy and profit from the excellent hunting within easy reach. This winter, pintail, willow grouse, spruce hen, rabbit, caribou, mountain sheep, and moose meat are appearing at the board of various members of the com- munity. Spruce hen and pintail grouse | have appeared on the campus at | various times this fall and willow Museum Is Sought Out (Continued from Pege Thirteen) Acquisitions Made During' the year, tions were made by the museum, the most notable being the original | American flag unfurled at the time of the transfer of Alaska from Russian hands in 1867. Lack of funds prevented any other ac- quisitions of great value, and the demise of the Alaska Historical Society some years ago removed one fertile source of relics. The museum, craft work, the hunting and fish- ing implements, the household ap- of the Eskimos, ‘and footwear, and in fact all| ‘material used in their social and life, attract the attention of all - visitors to several acquisi- with its valuable | collection of aboriginal art and| Thiingits and Aleuts, their clothing | DEVELOPMENT EDITIO —THE DAILY AL ASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, JAN. 28, 1934. nited States Bureau of Survey the ulture. The I experiment gical and arc station have been ege by the and are now the College Mines and Dey I mtol nent tural exp transfe: to Federal government owned and operated by Recogn its ability to engage upon research projects the Rocke- ler Foundation appropriated for the College to m : study of the It was select- International the base 1ska and 5 had an opport 0 cooper- ate with and to contribute to the success of a first order internation- al research project. Its activitie in palaeonctological eni archa ological research heve enlisted the Short Cou the campus, more than three mil- lion dollars in go last year. The favorable pos 1 and silver ‘has cnmurflufi(‘. new developments and the curve of the future points upward for Alasl mineral industry. At the € ool of Mine: the stu- T ‘suppm't and approval of the Na- tional Museum and the American | Museum of Natural History. In the field of education there are no easy problems but every problem is intensely interesting. Of course there is the eternal ques- tion, What is an education? or what does The problem is somewhat simpli- fied for the one who has the fore- sight to work for an education where there are interesting and useful things doing and where he can become a dynamic factor the doing process. Wealth Is the Reward Where can be found a better heritage for him who believes in - himself and who has the coumge‘i t oconquer? The wealth of - rse Miners dents who are not afraid of hard work have an excellent opportunity | |for summer employment in the mining industry which secures for | them the necessary blending of | practical experience and technical | | training | The School of Mines produced its being educated mean? | in| this | 0 qah gt -y - st B B bttt b b BE B b bbbt Bttt bt b rr e Campus of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines Jompliments D e e O vast domain is the reward for him who is willing to learn about, be educated in, and make, this north-) land his home. ¢ In the span of the life of this to conquer? The wealth of this concept of Alaska. Gradually we are finding it a place to live in| rather than a place in which to | exist. Instead of hurrying away || ! ! from the north we are hurrying back to it. The stampede days| with saloons, dance bhalls, and gambling dens in the limelight as| units of eivilization are gone for- ever. Today Alaska presents the home as its fundamental unit of | social organization. From its door | the children are hurrying off to| | school and on to college. Gradu-| | ated from college, they are mak- = |ing their homes in Alaska. This is SAN JUAN FISHI CKING CO. the new Alaska. | first graduate eight years ago. Since | | then a group of young men trained | |in Alaska have gone out into the | industry where they are . taking | their places, and where many have now advancedd to positions of re-| sponsibility. Others have tackled important new projects on their | own .account. As the years go by to enrich and mature their judev‘ ment it is no optimistic boast to, say. that these young men are going , to influence deeply the mineral development of the vast territory which is Alaska. A few, no doubt, AT SR will make contributions to mineral | €5 3 oo B . SR S : f developments ‘which will give em- (¢, e 1L return indirectly to the Territory} . s o B som R s 3 T - . g ployment to hundreds of men, and | many times its mateial contribu- i Q | tion to the Alaska College. Another interesting side light of the Alaska College is the Min- ing Short Course which is given |each winter for prospectors and ASmnll mine operators. The prac- [tical ten weeks of training bring | together men ranging from twenty to seventy years of age—men who have spent their lives in the hills and. young men with the will to break new trails. The training which they receive in the elemen- |tary study of rocks and minerals, | the treatment of ores.and assaying, |is designed to give them new vision \nnd new effectiveness in the hills. grouse may be found along the loughs nearby. One covey of pin- tails must have heard of the rule prohibiting shooting on or near the campus. It fed quite regularly near the dormitories at times when members of the student body were abroad hunting Tremendous coveys of pintail grouse were attracted by the grain | fields and blueberry patches along the Farmers Road, and the stu- | dents enjoy much good shooting. Rarest and best of the local grouse are the willow. These birds ,‘nc scarey, quick- 1hmkmg and fast !U.med States and Europe. | The social and economic life of the Alaska natives for the past |century can be visualized almost {at a glance, and a great deal of | By Tourists material has been collected show- ing the culture of centuries prev- The relics have been so ar- ged that a comparison can beé | drawn between the primitive and | the modern in native life. 1 Library Valuable Many rare and important vol- | umes of early history and explora- | tion are contained in the librar Their ue can best be shown by the price of cne book, quoted by booksellers at $800 the volume. It |is a copy Voyages of Kruzen- | stern. Many of books are so rare t it would be in ible to repla iem il they were lost n and his assistant enabled to give answers to | many inquiries an historical ’naluro through their access to these | volumes, and the collection has become well known throughout the world. Dating back as far as two \and three centuries, with rare wood |euts and prints, maps and char- | tography, these acceunts of early moving. Furthermore they tend to keep in the heaviest brush and are one-shot birds when compared with spruce hens that will on occasion sit while a poor marksman takes three to five shots. An afternoon spent hunting willow grouse with a4 22 may not yield a large bag but the returns are large when one considers sport obtained. For sheep hunting a plane may be chartered and in less than an | hour one can be in the foothills jof the Alaska Range where roam numerous flocks of mountain sheep. |A Iacu]ty pany made such a mp 2 last Christmas and returned with several carcasses. Packers of ‘When it comes to moose hunting only those who have experienced it can tell you how it feels to drop | a large bull moose. The college awards no major or minor letter to a_student who in< dulges in hunting as an extra- curricular activity but what award could ‘take the place of the thrill| obtained from a sheep or moose hunt or the pleasures derived from 4 short walk hunting grouse after Ilve or six hours in the clusrotll ‘)uumeh give detailed histories of the life and habits, modes of living, customs and beliefs of the Alaskan aborigines. Many lectures were given during the year to tourists, the museum being kept open evenings, Suridays and holidays when boats weré in port. These addresses were made by Father Kashevaroff, with oe« casionally enlisted co-operation from various Federal officials on spec- ialized topics. The lectures are a regular feature of the school pro- | gram for the puplls of the channel. CHINESE MONEY T0 BACK MINE The Big Four Group property on Mineral Creek, in the Valdez district 'is being prospected by Clarence W. Poy, an American- born Chinese who was formerly employed as mining engineer at Latouche. Unable to enlist capital |in this country, Mr. Poy crossed the seas to the home of his an- admiratior cestors, and it is reported Chinese & M from all parts of the |explorations and round-the-world | capital will back his future efforts. NEW COMPANY ORGANIZED BY BELCASTLET A new company, the Alask Southern Packing Company, Inc,| has been formed by Nick Bez and| W. A. Castleton. The company has | purchased the diesel motorship) “La Marced,” 245 feet in length. Oanning machinery is now being’ installed in the vessel and she will| operate in Alaskan waters as & floating canmery, according to & }mc communication from Mr.| Canneries: CHUCKANUT BAY, Puget Sound EXCURSION INLET, Alaska The company h changing flw hailing port of the craft from) King County to Juneau, and t.he’ company itself will be incorporated| under the laws of the Territory of Alaska. Headquarters Address. | South Bellingham, Washington | ployees