Farthest-North Collegian, Vol. 31, No. 03 (February 1953)
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Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3197 VOLUME XXX| -COLLEGE, ALASKA, FEBRUARY, 1953 NUMBER THREE
42 Students Make Honor Grades Cashen Announces For 1st Semester; 31 From Alaska Summer School REGENTS IECEIVE BIENNIAL REPORT 1 Courses, Faculty THREE WOMEN RECEIVE STRAIGHT "A 's" Registrations^^?' .for the? 19.5 Report for 1950-52 Broken Into regular students ol lie University made average grade Institute Report sity *°r semester; according to Dean of the Uni Covers Instruction , Five Sections; Work Explained munities, as well as Canada and six cl-tferent Alaskan „ Other Functions IJ'2.950,- through .June 30, 1952, was transmitted to the Board of Regents The three “A” students are Mary Hawes, a sophomore from Fair Part • Fouf of the University’) 3 contains the .report?, of; the' President, ^ean of Agriculture, banks, studying Arts and Letters; Katrina Moore, a freshman from A fapylty of ten will be engaged Biehniail Report to the Legislaturei Director of the; Geopliygical. Institute, and the Martorana Report, College, also in Arts and Letters; and Anna Mueller of Nenana, a senior according to Dean Cashen, ;five reg i President’s Report I ^cbphysies^ Institute; -»Short anc concise, ^attempts to ^explain thi s in the ph/sical plant Jsrirollment, "and research1 workf?s ^ e n ’^ th e lege^'niey8 are* °James HumailifieS," operations, of the Institute (which, i; senior in WildlitrManagemmt! NeW A & L CoUrSG, of the Eielson building and the con- Anne Gain, .a junior in* General ■ ' University Science; Don Graves,^CiVil Engi- P rO V e S P o p u l a r students respectively. / V .' , "The report is .broken" down intc Seeks Funds various, parts ^bptfethe staff; re 1 son, Business Administration sopho- courses offered University of Alasks /; T^o;’factdty members, Dr. Ivar search cQKfejracts,. instruction, iacil- By TERRIS MOORE more; Patricia Johnson, senior in students in several years is English Skarland, professor o£ anthropology ities and equipment, and finances p expansion of campus utilities, the Arts and Letters; Anne Northrup, 212, ‘‘The Hurnanities”. This is th< and Dr. Clarence C;;H^lley, profes It covers the year that Dr. William | it^e/ Western state' universities, the S. Wilson, head of the Departmenl • -UhiViersify' of Alaska when goinf \ of the University trailer court for of Cheinist^y, was the Acting Direc?■ to the Legislature has usually feeec[ married couples, the Henderson ’ a bill. designed to appropriate halj E Memorial Pasteurization Plant, and and Letters junior. ’ Arts and,'Letters Department, and vey since^Ws^pjpdmtirient as Direct , the compietionvM : the Geophysical erectidh of a branch of the Univer- ’ Institute. from Fairbanks. In this group, be- the Music Department. ^Along: with the regular staff, of! sity in SE Alaska o^the Matanuska sides Miss Hawes, are Jerry Adams, • According ^ ^ ^ i Wells, “The Hu- the Institute, visiting professors and 1 University^ enrbllhi^h^ was made at summer teaching are Prof Lor- special lecturers have been .invited develops / ;frym^, lan insistance by a junior in Geophysics; Bob Doug- course designed to - introduce stu- to supplement the research teaching . arid was reported on by Dr. Moore ias, J|«ts iand Letters freshman; Bob dents^tojthe entire field Of the arts. musig department, and Prof. Mattie staff,*' During the last year these ! munities of Alaska that they wiM in the October 1952. issue of the Gray, who- is taking a fifth year in Its purpose is to present^l^uaader- ihaye included Dr. Franklin E not continue to provide Legislative Collegian. Highlights of it are the Givil Engineering and Patricia Me- lying principles so that the student Roach, from the U.S. Naval Ordi high percentage- of Alaskan high Navish, freshman H S Arts and will1 have i basis for the formation partment of business administration nance Testing Station at Pasadena, school graduates now attending the Letters. Two brothers, Leonard and of ari intelligent opinion on a. worfe Geology department will teach one the University of California; Dr. University. the other hand, Howard Isberg, are both taking Civil; 'of.art” military bases throughout the Ter- and Howard^ fs a freshman. Sheila a.re primarily ’frp.xpithe major arfe^ Mining Extension short course; Visiting Facufty According to the President’s in Arts and Letters, lives at Ladd erature, arid music. They will pre- The four visiting professors'W port, the main fields of research Field. - - *1? sent an; opportunity for the student be Dr. Walter A. Flick, professor of have been in agriculture and geo-,, Anchorage Students to become' acquainted with a few psychology and chairman of the University Builds Scientific physics. Also important are the Bob Ferko, Electrical Engineering examples of the best in ,eaiGh field; sophomore; Curlene Frostad, a and these, in turn, can be used as a .chology, Washington and ifee% Uni versity, Lexington, Virginik; Dr. Bird and Mammal Collections movement of .triakgulation stations Alan Hansen, a freshman in Civil Some of Dr. Veils’ own reprodup- By DR. BRINA KESSEL and bench marks in permafrost English, University of Connecticut, ' Diirihg tl|e last three years^ since the beginning of Wildlife work at Civil, Engineering sophomore; are have already been displayed. Other all from Anchorage. George Knight, collections will;'.be p rese n te d Unit, the i Biological Science Department, and the Wildlife Management from placer concentrations,* arid5 a sophomore in Civil Engineering, throughout the rest of tije^gemester cation and consultant fbr Junior study of the effect of marine borers colleges, the State College of WashDepartment have be^if cbdperating in the building of scientific reference st°n,Arts and Letters senior, -is. cha^es^^^more mategtls' become ington, PuUmfni Washington; and* Dr.‘L{[oore also, .cit^ the, work in ^ale6nt^bgy, ^uppor^3’ marnlyi&y ’ Other honor students include Bob chase. sity’s bird, mammal, and plant collec College, ChiCO, California. ittention. but it is’ hoped that in the | (Continued on Page 6) +.teach feeaec- Mrs. williams, who specializes in S s l ^ f u ^ S s S elementary education, has taught Officials Report partment for the course. The library m three previous summer sessions Registrar Flies t> 7 7 * • 1 - is alSo purchasing- additional books ministrative problems ^ arid ohangAft in the fields of art Miss* Karin Pehrson, weaving In closing, he reviews the relation rllb lica tio n o f specialist from Gothenburg, Sweden, lections have been gathered in To Ketchikan the ma°orityeare notUre“ lterdtaUthde graduate and the Territory. The Brooks Manuscript teach beginning and advanced ^rienms1 df the University, thoughr *a For Catalogue Blazing Alaska’s’ Trails will, ^ Department of Arts and Letters, Miss Jane McMullen, University ceived through exchanges J with Stateside museums The students , : The report submitted by the- ^ich^s^eing^utUshedToi^ly^y ®fining’ and General- Scieni H and G Food ials while they are carrying on fccordingStoUan fnnouMenf^S NERLAND HALL READY their research in the field.'Through made by University official ^ IN FALL, SAYS ENGINEER Miss McMullen will spend about njlhe^work of e&ting Dr. Biook’s Netland;Hall, new men’s dormi- Service Now a wefeR Ketchikan, and^ in addi- Agriculture Report In Cafeteria tion to working on the catalogue; graphs to illustrate the book has f .yle^^^ason OEdator's Nbtf* President Moore land-grant colleges _— teaching, re wrote .the following as an explana- and Cape Prince of Wales, as well1 offerings of the University of Alas- search, and extension I work. In accomplished. It is hoped that the wHl1 be ^stalled asTsoon a^ifa!-* tion of the current poli&yin regards; addition, ; it reviews * the budget, finished book w 11 be ready for dis-( llves * [ her return trip* to" GoU^ei vihe specimens from other parts of Alas Registrar will make short stops in Agricluttifal Extension Service and ka. Already, v^e not only have Wrangell, Petersburg, and Juneau, Home Demonstration program. where she will also speak with high Geophysical Report Feeling that the report' submitted ‘ agement of Mr. j3|alph Durante, bet Miss' McMullen, who; 'was born of ttfiSgraeratij^ldthii?.scietS mens of the Red-spotted BlUe- and raised in Seward^ also plans a by the Director of the Gedphysicat ' He has gonTaOuteide to Tmplete ter. known to students as “Count’*. throat, the Dotterel, and the Yello^w Institute will W of interest to many George Higdteston , and Clyde similiar trip in March. At that time peopl^ the COLLEGIAN has pre !h!M S$ SfE^ing it for print- ma(jeuntil the Territorial appropri- Graves, owners and operators of the Wagtail—Siberian birds that reach mg, selectmg photographs to be ati
8 MOORE, AS., MB..
Editor fH 1___ *______James E. Moody
Adviser ______.WilliamR. Cashen Circulation __ 1______- Donald Clark
The Territory Collects A Dividend Throughout the United States the cost of high* at our public universities has been growing by leaps and bounds! The figures show, for example, that the appropriations for higher education made by all forty-eight states of the Union rose froml 632 million dollars in 1930 to 2 billion, 644 million dollars in 1950. The rise in our own Territorial Budget Requests and Appropria tions for the University of Alaska since 1930 is substantiaUyjn proportion with this increase when one rea listica U y a d j* * the much larger growth that has taken place economy population, and work of its University since ly j in the United States as a whole and the universities therel Appropriations by State and Territorial L egislatui^^l higher education are investments of public funds. The appropri ations for operations are an investment in the higher educatin of Alaskan students presently in College; and the appropriaticl for plant facilities are investments in the higher education H future Alaskan students for the full life of the buildings and equipment erected. The investment of public funds calls for a return of fully as much as does the investment of private funds. In the case of the university the dividend is the performance of its graduates.1 And this performance is also a test of the effectiveness of thel work being done by the college or university. For those interested in what the Territory is getting in the| pages of its recent Biennial Beport just released (pages 36 and 37). There we learn something of the remarkable performance of its graduates to that one of its ROTC ■ ■ Fort Benning Officers’ School, completed his course of study I there as the very top man in a class of over fourteen hundred I hundred other ROTC graduates from all other colleges and versities the country t>ver. Another ROTC senior, to graduate this coming Commencement, has been notified he will receive hil regular, (not reserve) officer’s commission in the U. S. Army oJ graduation this year. This officially ranks basis as West Point Graduates of this year and indicates a formal] recognition that the University of Alaska is capable of giving ■ college education equal in Other graduates of the University have been admitted intol and are giving excellent account of themselves at graduate mediJ cal and other professional schools in this country and even in graduate schools so far away as England. The Alumni columns of this paper munities throughout the Territory graduates of the University! are holding positions of important civic and business responsi-i bility. For example, in one of the larger Alaskan communitieJ where difficulty in obtaining and keeping a satisfactory city man-1 ager had been a continuing problem, a young University of Alaska graduate of only two years was chosen to fill this difficult posi tion after having first served an apprenticeship as City Engineer and Acting City Manager. And in the same community, tM position of City Engineer is being capably filled by a H H graduate of the University. Many other examples could It is evident that the Territory is now receiving excellent I dividends from its preceding investment^M lH we trust the L e g is W m ^ v ^ ^ e a ^ h ^ j^ tin ^ w h e ^ m ^ ^ ^ l
Where We Stand On Statehood If there bel lie slightest doubt, let it end now. We are for Statehood. We itand 100% behind our legislature in the strong and responsible stand they the taking for Statehood. We. wish them well and ' Thinking it sti matter so ably, we reprint below, special wire permi ie editorial in the Februai the New York Tim Waits Her Turn.” “Whether the Congress and Admin: The Republican platform promised ‘immedis Hawaii’ and 'statehood for Alaska u n d e ^ ^ H suspicion was that an el ;e would pone Alaskan statehood. G e n e ia ^ ^ | paign, wait beyond this device, if such it was. He advocated I ■ H . of both Alaska and Hawaii. Last Tuesday, be State of the Union, he still urged n g g |j|& j| of Haw; ‘W< What hi will ai »pt. But anybody to believe that the reasons usually a d ^ a n c e d ^ B B Alaskan statehood at this time—inadequate poulation, pioneer stage of development, need for more experience in self-govern ment, etc.—are the really compelling ones. Self-interest, political and economic, inside and outside the territory, plays a lively part. AH the arguments, the honest and the hypocritical, the overt and the hidden, are a poor excuse for keeping even 150,000 in the status of second-class citizens, getting second-class treat ment from absentee legislators. “Alaska’s population today is not much less than that of Nevada. Under the drive of defense installations and the speed up development of resources—especially minerals—the territory is bound to grow. And certainly a community which is not allowed to govern itself makes a poor example for the non-self-governing communities not so far off across Bering Sea and Bering Strait.1! FEBRUARY, 1953 THE FARTHEST-NORTH COLLEGIAN PAGE THREE ALASKA: LAND OF DESTINY
FEBRUARY, 1953______THE FARTHEST-NORTH
President Em eritus Celebrates 75th Fairbanks Alum ni | U. ofA . A l u m n i News Birthday; Old Friends At Reception 5 E T u " i n ? , SS 1 Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, president. Emeritus, was honored at i a recep- n U M HnhhiPQ W Ic a J llU Snow' W a Mining Engineer rfofr the Bethle- ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWS OF FUTURE ALUMNI . 11. Over 150 guests attended to congratulate Dr. Bunnell on the occasion versity of Alaska Alumni Associa- sideratory of Bethlehem Steel, near President ...... j...Ivar Skarland proud parents of an eight-pound ba of his 75th birthday, which actually was the following day, January; 12, tion is sponsoring a Hobbies Show (College) by girl, Patricia Ann, born February ^Guests were received by Dr. and Mrs. John Weston, Mrs. Essie Dale^ on April 10th, to stimulate interest address is 227 West Locust St., Clef 17 in Fairbanks, Davis is a junior Sturgelewsik (Anchorage) 2nd Vice President ..... Holland dent of Buildings and Grounds for the University. ^ ‘ doSf native8 art1 work, g^Sa,C°£d Pennsylvania, come a copy of “The Secretary-Treasurer .... Dorothy quarterr^ceVab7Uy™m^lb Maurice Bntler E W gJewett‘ w lsT’st^dent°h^re PreTdint oTthe u”iversSitrio ? th e ll^ ^ ^ S B S P ^ ^ ^ ^ B °* Godey’s ^y^Books^iss^S George Schmidt, ’52, is currently for two years, V | . first years since opening | Demorests. Ladies’ Gazette, Design- "ervL flT the Zy^hereTe to Dean Beistline, George reports the parents of a six-pound fourteen that. his particular work is in the and one half ounce baby boy, James Above the cake hung a portrait of pr^Sent'^ d th t th sh 1 designing of timbers, stations and Robert, on February 28. Bob will Many^of^ the^^le”' $£» creating interest in hobbles, that goes along with the mining C.E. degree this spring. His wife, present were sourdoughs who have ma? eventually result in collections operations. Two shafts are being thfe former Carol Adams, is ditfof- known “The Judge” since the early that wiu rest'm 016 University Mu- ualized education for each boy. Be- sunk, he explained, to replace the seum. The Museum has already a open pit operations. To add to the grades 6 through 12, each student curn laude^rom^B^fclmeU u!!wer- as the Yanert collection of Alaskan standing in a heavy rainstorm.” sity in 1900, and came to Alaska materiaI and the Wolking basket George and his wife like it in Ruth, born in Fairbanks in 1953 on Jan- (their address is Box 418) hut. will at Wood Island, near Kodiak. In 1 :P“ ple “ Mr” * d*? “The Hilldene” for 1952 is dedi ,ton, was the winner of the Fair- cated to Mrs. Phelps. The Phelpses have two children, Windy, age 9 and Tfanmy, age 6. y r DR. BUNNELL host of prizes from local merchants. In 1908, after, completing a course' ” .• ?; ■ ------—-———:—, Mr. and Mrs. William Ellis (Mar partment here at the University. in law, he was admitted to the HARVESTING GRAPES IN FRANCE overseas from San Francisco on Alaskan Bar. Six years later he smm February first, after attending a was appointed United States Dis- J j | | is Assistant Professor of Physics six-weeks field school at Maxwell Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Oswalt are trict Judge for the Fourth Judicial B i Bill and “Mac” were both Veter- Field, Alabama, in December. Division, at Fairbanks^ He held this ]w|| position until August 11, 1921, when transferred to Ladd Field, where he Miller after the late Billy Miller, of Alaska in 1946, Bill as a gradu- br. Bunnell is probably more Huber was previously at Fort Bel- Both Mr. and Mrs. Oswalt are grad- active than ever, and continues to 1 B I T | yoir, Virginia. Mrs. Huber, who put in long days, which often end accompanied him outside; is again up late at night, at his office in Physics and Mac took some work in the Eielson building. . Anthropology. Later both attended Mrs. Paul Chapados (Patricia Roberts,, ’38) left Fairbanks recently after visiting here from Kodiak. Lt. Four Couples Chapados, ’48, was called for active lises spent a year in Scotland before Wed Recently settling in Vermont. Bill .expects to return to Scotland for (his Ph.-D; Stuart Yaffe, ’51 former ASUA Several marriages of interest to vice-president, is in his second year members of the University have of medical school at Washington taken place since the last issue of Wilbur Green, ’50, is now associ University in St. Louis, Missouri. lected for appointment as a Sec- ated with the Douglas Aircraft Cfom- ond Lieutenant in the Regular Ar- Liaheim, California On Sunday, January 28th, Miss the same time Yaffe was in offiee, Martha Elizabeth Hunt became the He is one of 633 Distinguished tary of^the Army Frank Pace Jr., * ■ ■ JTW panied a member of the 4-H dub an instructor, ______daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Harry Reserve Officers’ Training Corps^t IFrE ^legate 40 the Onlted States last year. First Lt. Edward W. Lewison, ’51, A laskan IFYE D elegate To leave as head of the Civil Engineer of Puget Sound in Washington be- Embarkation course at the Troop ing Department here, he is now Training Unit of the ;U. S. Naval District Engineer for the Alaska Commander of the gBS? France Returns To Cam pus Amphibious Base in Little Creek, Road Commission in Valdez.' stayed in Hess Hall. ttaining^CoriKat University °f Back on campus in her position as Home Economics Instructor for Virginia, early in December, Previ Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher traveled to ously he had been station ' at Woi- Mrs. John C. (Ellen) Brinsmade, as a Distinguished Military Student fall months in France living With farm families as a representative ters Air Force Base in Texas. Senior Cadet Award, a medal pre- to Fairbanks, Miss Sproul toured Southeastern Alaska showing colored Louis Reebs, ’51, former ASUA rado. Mrs. Brinsmade is Assistant sented by the American Legion, slides and relating her experiences. Since her return to the University , ©n December 31st, at a candle- ©afcer Post, No. 11, Fair- she has given illustrated talks to the International Relations. Club on February 13th for a two weeks al presented by the Association of several more in March. Miss Sproul is available and willing to show her Harvey Roberts, ’46, has returned the United States Army.- slides and for any group or*— Electrification Association in Fair- ., Colson’s appointment in the Reg- organization that is interested. _ _ _ . ular Army is the first in the history when queried on her impressions U S G S N O W L O C a te d gineering. Don received his degree of the University of Alaska. of France, Miss Sproul says that the . _ , _ Frank Hoggan, ’52, has returned lack of mechanical advancement I n BrOOKS B u i l d i n g Bob Rutledge City Manager for Fairbanks. Helen Honorary Degree WaS great6r The Fairbanks office of the UJS. _ , , n . „„ . . . ' .. Geological Survey, Alaskan Geology Dies Suddenly and fall working out ^Dawson^ Recipient1 Dies with these warm hearted, hospitable m Branch> of the officially Broofcs moved Memorial *° -room MineE Y. T., for the Yukon Consolidated Dr. J. P. Anderson, outstanding pcop c' U continues, one gams Building on campus from the Fair- St. Matthew’s church in Fairbanks Alaskan botanist, recently died in a *reat appreciation for their slow, banks oHlc[. In the Lavery build_ In A nchorage was the scene of a beautiful- wed Rochester, New York, , while on a easy-going way of life. One of my tog on Pebruary lst Bobert M ding on January 31, when Miss Eldz-j abeth Ann Collier became the bride trip from the State College of Agri- w“ Chapman, a graduate of Northwes- Fairbanks Chapter of Mr. Bert N. Sharp. Mr. Sharp is word^ust reMived0ma’campus.mS *° much about the efficiency of Amer- ^ niversl*y' ls m charge of the ,a sophomore in Business Adminis Of AHEA Formed tration. The new Mrs. Sharp is the honorary d(legree j df&ienoe t0 disc a fleld- Stewart thoughtfully ~ j 3 1 'il in Geology and Mining, and was a A Fairbanks chapter of the Amer- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. 'Col-', lier and the grand-daughter of Mrs. R. C. Rothenburg of Fairbanks. was organized on Saturday, Febm- third person to receive an honorary ^ d ^ ^ n o t ,i local U.S.G.S. ,7 cm- . death. While attending the Uhi- ^ hBd B noteworthy " the patron commenced to * handle” th^ocS cially basketball, hockey and box- Gilmore, president; Mrs. William i l l ary 2nd in a ceremony officiated by ^ His wife, the former Jorene Ann Walsh, secretary- treasurer. U. S. Commissioner Ladessa Nor- Mrs. James Goodfellow, Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen, Mrs. J. B, Hall, Mrs. while the former Miss Martens was G. W. Dethlefo, Mrs. Gray S. Tilly, employed by the Food Service dur- 1. 1 . II 1 1 ' ' U ' 1 The ir , r (International Fann r " i ' e i i" by passing some 80 hours upon ex- Youth Exchange), begun in 1948 as . 1 uuoing, aminaUon, was graduated in 1913. a means of promoting world peace Former Student PEO Women Help He obtained his master's degree through better understanding, is . Th,e mfve t0 ™e 11 loeation from the same institution in 19l6. sponsored by the National 4-H Cli* “ida^™ ^ g“ USt“ “ [ar “s ** ®r0" Killed By Train Furnish Hess Hall ticulturist at the Sitka Experiment 'Extension Service. Twenty-six ical and information for attended were Mrs. Bradford (Eliz The PEO Sisterhood of Fairbanks abeth Crites, ’45), Mrs. John Osgu- Anderson wrote extensiveljr for South America, and Australia, par- Partments. Mark Ringstad (Rose Potter, ’46) ,\ scientific publications, and had made ticipated during the past summer...... ' ' . Railroad freight train. The accident flora. His plant collection included through ^ vohintary ^contributors 0f ^e University in 1951 was the trade Scheofeldt, *38), Mrs. Carroll zines, the club has made it possible , Lindberg (Barbara Brewis,’39, and Mrs. Frank Conway (Winifred Mac Donald, ’36). Miss Walsh is a former Dr Anderson was a member of mers and International Harvester The name of the delegate for the mushing enthusiast, and was eVi- refreshments to a group ^60 people. .numerous scientific organizations, Farm Equipment Manufacturers, summer of 1953 has not been re dentally clearing out a dog trail am! very active in civic affairs. He “ d others. For each dele- veided M yet Any boy „ girl wlth Dean Earl Beistline of the School the Fairbanks branch of the PEO was twice elected to the House of Sate, the represented state contri- a JjgJj background who ls inter- was organized by the late Mrs. Har- ; Representatives In the Territorial butes $500.00 raised through money- ested m contact the Extension Washington, D. c” j |l * riet Hess, who took part in many Legislature, in 1937 and 1939, from making projects, or contributed by Service for information The I.F Y.E pressed Air magazine concerning civic affairs. The dorm was named spirit of the energetic dog musher, the future of mining. Titled “Rosy in honor of Mrs. Hess, who served ; fte First Divtetam While in Alaska ^onf'1 No“g o v iS ^ t "'m on^is °HerS * rare °PP°rtunity for a the Dog Musher’s Association has founding of the University until her j lotTsL^College staece%4?m THE FARTHEST-NORTH COLLEGIAN