Nanook News, Vol. 15, No. 04 (October 1, 1971)

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Publisher Office of University Relations, Department of News Service, University of Alaska

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Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3908 Theatre Offers First Full Season represent a significant savings over the “ Winners” and “Losers” which are The UA speech, drama and radio price of individual tickets for the four performed back-to-back. Both segments department has announced the 1971-72 take place in modern Ireland. “The Apple season of the UA Drama Workshop, with productions.” Tree,” to be produced in early December, four shows — the first full season package There will be two productions each is based on stories by Mark Twain, Frank ever offered by the university group. semester. The fall productions will be the R. Stockton, and Jules Feiffer. The book, According to department head Walter dramatic production “Lovers” and the music, and lyrics are by Sheldon Harnick G. Ensign, “Season subscription sales will musical “The Apple Tree.” and Jerry Bock, with additional material commence during the week of September The first show, “Lovers,” opening on by Jerome Coopersmith. The show was 27th. The purchase of a season ticket will Oct. 15th, is actually two one-act plays, originally produced on Broadway by Stuart Ostrow, under the direction of Mike Nichols. Drama Workshop productions during the spring semester will be “The> M adw om an o f Chaillot,” by Jean Giraudoux, and “The Threepenny Opera,” by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. The two musical productions of this season are presented jointly with the Music Department’s Opera Workshop, under the direction of assistant professor of music David Williams. Tickets for the complete season will De $8.50, while individual tickets for the four productions would ordinarily total $11.00. Special university staff price is $7.50, while students may buy season tickets for $6.00. Information concerning season subscriptions is available at the speech department’s office in the Fine Arts TV in Bush Possible Complex from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday In six months, villagers in Fort Yukon Under an experimental project through Friday;or call 479-7751. and Togiak will know if television sponsored by the Alaska Educational reception through “mini-stations” is Broadcasting Commission and conducted Yen Heads AAUP possible in their areas. by the Division of Media Services, tiny television transmitters will be installed in Dennis Lim Yen, a counselor in the Orchestra Plays the two villages, “to see if we can get university’s Upward Bound program, this adequate reception throughout the week became president of the Fairbanks In Concert Sunday villages,” explained Dr. Charles Northrip, Chapter of the American Association of The Arctic Chamber Orchestra, UA Director of Media Services and University Professors (AAUP). returning from its third annual tour of project manager. Yen, elected vice-president o f the group Alaska, will present a concert at 4:00 p.m. During the six-month experiment, the last spring, takes over from Jean-Paul Sunday in the campus Great Hall. transmitters, on loan from the Billaud, who resigned the post due to the The 21-piece touring ensemble, under manufacturers, will be fed a television press of teaching duties. The chapter’s the direction of UA music professor signal from video tape recorders in the Executive Committee last week Gordon Wright, will present the same villages’ state-operated schools. Day-time determined that Yen, who transferred program they performed last week in a programs and educational films used in recently from the department of speech, four-day concert tour of Valdez, Cordova, the schools will be aired. radio and drama, can retain his AAUP Haines, Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell and The aim of the project, Northrip says, membership as well as hold office, Ketchikan. is to discover if the dream o f “rabbit-ear although he is no longer a member of the The program, which includes string antenna reception throughout the teaching faculty. music by Biber, Grieg and Mozart, will villages” is a feasible one. Richard Yen served as an assistant professor of feature soloists James Kowalsky, Paul Dowling, chief engineer for the speech for two years prior to joining the Rosenthal and Linda Rosenthal. Trumpet university’s new educational broadcasting Upward Bound program this summer. He soloist Kowalsky, formerly of the Phoenix station, KUAC-TV, will test reception has served on the University Assembly as a and Minneapolis symphony orchestras, with a small portable television, visiting representative from the College of Arts and now plays first trumpet with the the villages several times during the Letters. U niversity-Fairbanks Orchestra. The course of the project for these tests. Billaud, a professor of music, presided Rosenthals, well known for solo and At present, television service in remote over the AAUP chapter last year. The only orchestra appearances around the state, areas o f Alaska is available only through full-time teacher of piano on campus this \ O will perform the “Sinfonia Concertante for cable hook-ups or through translation of semester, he has also resigned from the Violin and Viola” by Mozart. television signals from major stations. The university’s Tenure Committee. Although 1 Orchestra conductor Gordon Wright is cable hook-up system, although providing piano classes have been limited to music beginning his third year at the university, adequate service, is costly, and the two majors and minors, overflow enrollment where he is orchestra director and an villages chosen for the experiment are too has caused a substantial increase in the i assistant professor of music, teaching far away from existing television stations class load of Professor Billaud and Christa music history and stringed instruments. to pick up signals. Bruce, a part-time piano instructor. NANOOK NEWS PAGE 2 October 1, 1971 ISEGR Book Available library Seeks Occasional articles, papers and speeches development and the issues of land use Alaskana by members and associates of the Institute determination in the state, speculates on Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, making a of Social, Economic and Government what will happen when the land freeze major effort to build up its Skinner Research bearing on broad Alaskan issues ends, and with Douglas N. Jones draws a Collection of materials on Alaska, the have been collected in a new book just picture of the impact of a native land Arctic and Antarctic, is calling on the published by the institute, “Alaska Public claims settlement on economic public for assistance. Policy—Current Problems and Issues.” development. “The long-range goal is to build the Gordon S. Harrison, editor of the book, best collection in the world on Alaska writes in an introduction: “The major Robert B. Weeden gives an Alaskan and one of the' best on the rest of the issues of public policy in Alaska today conservationist’s view of the Public Land polar regions,” said Charles Parr, tht concern land use and natural resource Law Review Commission’s report and library’s Arctic bibliographer. development—or, generally speaking, discusses man in nature. “Eventually,” he said, “the collection economic development. .. Thus, Alaska’s should include every United States, resource development is the theme that Harrison and Morehouse also write on Canadian, and Russian government links each of the 17 articles in this rural Alaska’s development problems, document dealing primarily with Alaska, Arthur E. Hippier on patterns of volume.” all of the books written by or about early migration, urbanization and acculturation The book is divided into five explorers, trappers, travelers, prospectors in the state, Weeden and David R. Klein on sections—one overview section and four on and settlers, the published diaries and wilderness and oil, Gregg K. Erickson on land, petroleum development, journals of the soldiers who played a Alaska’s petroleum leasing policy, and environmental quality, and rural significant role in Alaska’s first decades Scott R. Pearson on a framework for development. under the American flag, territorial and evaluating use of Alaska’s land and natural Among contributors to the book is state papers, guidebooks and maps, resources. Thomas A. Morehouse, who with institute scientific reports and biographies of director Victor Fischer wrote the recently Another contributor is George W. prominent Alaskans.” published “Borough Government in Rogers whose various papers and articles Much o f this material will be copied provide five chapters for the new institute Alaska.” In the new book, he writes, with on microfilm to insure its preservation. Harrison, on state government and publication. economic development in Alaska. At this time, the library is particularly The 327-page book—for sale at $5 a concerned with building its periodical Arlon R. Tussing considers the copy — can be obtained from the institute,, collection. economic and social impact of Alaskan oil College, Alaska. Among the periodicals the library would like to obtain are the Alaska-Yukon Magazine, the National Quarterly Highlights Geographic Magazine (before 1900), Beaver, Spirit of Missions, Missionary Below are highlights of KUAC’s fall quarter Thursday, 8:30 p.m. - CROSSROAD IN Review of the World and other early programming. For a complete program listing, TIME. KUAC’s award-winning documentary missionary magazines, and Outdoor Life. call or write the station, UA campus, 479-7492. series on the Athabascan Indians of Interior Alaska. Distributed nationally this fall by Many pre-1950 Alaskan newspapers are Sunday, 8:00 a.m. - JAZZ OF THE PAST. National Public Radio. (Repeats Friday also needed. 30 minutes of old jazz recordings produced and mornings at 8:00 a.m.) The foundation of the library’s present hosted by Lennie Kessl, former faculty member Friday, 8:30 p.m. - UNIVERSITY OF collection was gathered over a period of of the UA Art Department. ALASKA RADIO FORUM. A half-hour program Sunday, 8:30 p.m. - SOURDOUGHS of interviews and investigative discussions with years by W. J. Erskine, a Kodiak SPEAK. A series of interviews with pioneer leading Alaskan citizens, political figures and merchant. In 1951, after Erskine’s death, residents of the Tanana Valley. A look at influential personalities (Repeats Mondays at W. E. Skinner, president of Alaska Alaska’s Interior as seen by long-time residents, 8:00 a.m.) Steamship Co., bought it from the (repeats Monday mornings at 8:00) Saturday, 8:00 a.m. - THE OTHER ME. A Erskine estate and donated it to the Monday-Friday, 11:00 a.m. — PEGGY delightful Saturday morning hour of stories and GOLDIZEN. Fairbanks’ best-known baker songs for youngsters done by Joel and Melinda university. presents favorite recipes and ideas (approx. 10 Mattson. Anyone who would like to donate minutes.) Saturday, 8:30 p.m. - THE PEOPLE TALK. Monday, 5:00 p.m. - CANADA: NEWS Alaska’s only late evening talk show, with Dean periodicals and other materials to the AND COMMENT. UA Canadian students present Warmer. Listeners can participate with guests on library’s Alaska collection should write news and comment of Canadian events. (15 the program by telephone. (90 minutes). the Library or call ext. 7227 or ext. minutes) Monday-Friday, 3:00 p.m. - ALL THINGS 7224. Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. — PERFORMANCE. CONSIDERED. A 90-minute weekday Local artists perform and comment on musical news/public affairs/documentary series brought events in the Fairbanks area, with host Dr. to Alaska through the ATS-1 Communications THE NANOOK NEWS, the Charles Northrip. (repeats Wednesdays at 8:00 satellite. a.m.) Monday, 8:00 p.m. — BOOKBEAT. Host faculty-staff newsletter of the Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. - FACE NORTH. A Robert Cromie, book editor of the Chicago University of Alaska, is published half-hour weekly series of current scientific and Tribune, talks with authors about their most weekly by the University Relations sociological reports, interviews and essays done recent works. Office, News Service Department. in the arctic regions, (repeats Wednesdays at 8:30 Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. - NATIONAL PRESS p.m.). CLUB. Press meetings of the Washington, D.C. G erald Bowkett:, News Service Wednesday, 5:00 p.m. - BARROW TODAY. Press Club as reporters participate in question manager; Pat Monaghan, editor,Don 15-minute weekly series of radio documentaries and answer session with celebrities and political Carter and Gladys Reckley, on the problems in Barrow, Alaska. (Repeats personalities. Anchorage contributors. Deadline Thursdays at 8:30 a.m.) Thursday, 7:30 p.m. - FIRING LINE. Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. — ALASKA’S William F. Buckley, Jr. exchanges ideas with Tuesday noon for F riday OPINIONS. Selected editorials from Alaska various newsmaking personalities in this weekly publication. newspapers. (Repeats Thursdays at 8:00 a.m.) 60-minute program. NANOOK NEWS PAGE 3 October 1, 1971 POTPOURRI

More than half the $1.5 million appropriated by the 1971 Inform ation regarding NATIONAL SCIENCE legislature for STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP LOANS went to FOUNDATION GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS is now available Alaska students attending colleges and universities outside the at the Office of the Vice President for Research & Advanced state, the latest statistics show. Gov. William A. Egan announced Study, Bunnell 102. Applicants must be beginning graduate Sept. 10 that the fund was exhausted. Statistics prepared by the study by fall of 1972, or must not have completed more than state on Sept. 14 show that 549 students obtained loans totaling one calendar year of full or part-time graduate study. $675,130 to attend colleges and universities within Alaska and Fellowships awarded in spring of 1972 will be for three years, 460 obtained loans totaling $808,149 to attend institutions of the second and third years contingent on certification of higher learning outside the state. Of the 549 students studying in satisfactory progress. The fellowships are awarded for work the state, 382 are University of Alaska students who received leading to master’s or doctoral degrees in the mathematical, loans totaling $413,953. Seventy-one attending Alaska physical, medical, biological, engineering, and social sciences, Methodist University in Anchorage received loans totaling and in the history and philosophy of science. $102,716; 84 enrolled at Anchorage Community College received $139,400 in loans; six attending Sheldon Jackson A RIFLE SCOPE has been found and may be claimed by College in Sitka were awarded $10,800 in loans; five attending identification in Room 207 Irving Building. Juneau Community College received $8,050; and one student enrolled at Matanuska-Susitna Community College was awarded A student “WE CARE” drive to raise $10,000 for purchase of a $130 loan. Most of the 460 students going to colleges and a university ambulance went over the top last week with a universities outside Alaska under the Alaska loan program are $1,000 donation from ASUA. The university and students will enrolled in institutions in the western United States. Sixty-one now make plans for the solicitation of bids for the ambulance, are attending schools in the East and eight are attending schools which will be housed in the campus fire station now undergoing enlargement. Much of the money for the ambulance was raised abroad. through the sale of “We Care” buttons, cake sales and dances. LEARN DOG MUSHING, starting Oct. 9 at 3:00 p.m., 1169 University alumni made substantial contributions. “The Hess Ave., from Ken Hobson. All student, faculty and staff of students did this on their own —they were tremendous,” said the university are eligible; this course was conducted last winter university nurse Lucille Garrison, a co-chairman of the as well. Call 479-7241 for further information. fund-raising drive along with university fire chief Willard Whitaker and senior student Frank Henry. All correspondence regarding the university’s Southeastern Region should be addressed to the office of the Provost, If you are receiving too many or too few copies of the weekly Southeastern Regional Center, 225 6th Street, Juneau, NANOOK NEWS, please call News Service, Ext. 7581, before according to ACTING PROVOST CHARLES FERGUSON. Thursday to insure delivery of the correct number. Or, if you are Only correspondence concerning lower division courses should receiving your copies late due to misaddressing or other be sent to the Auke Bay or 5th Street addresses; everything else mistakes, please call to notify us of the situation. should be addressed to the senior college. Mr. and Mrs. FARRIS W. McALISTER of Anchorage have A new display on the Aleutian Islands featuring a rare donated $100 to the university library for purchase of collection of woven Attu grass baskets donated by William C. accounting books. They are the parents of Jane Neidhold, a Brown of Seattle can now be seen at the University Museum business administration student here. here. Earlier, demonstrations of basket-weaving, now almost a Fairbanks dance teacher Mary Cowden Snyder has forgotten art, were given at the museum by Mrs. Anfesia announced that dance scholarships are available to college men Shapsnikoff under a grant from the Endowment for the and boys over age 12. Mrs. Snyder has classes in ballet and jazz in Humanities. Mrs. Shapsnikoff has taught classes in Room 11, Patty Gym, on Monday and Thursday at 4:30 p.m., basket-weaving in the hope of perpetuating the art. She is one of and at the Alaskaland Civic Center on Tuesday, Friday and only a few women with the knowledge and skill to make the Saturday. Interested individuals may contact Mrs. Snyder at unique Aleutian baskets. When the Russians first reached the 479-2638 after 8 p.m. for more information. Aleutian Islands, they were impressed with the quality of Aleut basketry and compared the texture of the baskets — and woven The Rasmuson Library is the state’s only library to house grass mats and capes — with that of cloth. Brown is a native of Rand unclassified RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS, the Reader the Aleutian Islands. The baskets now on display were collected Services department has announced. A complete collection is by his wife, the late Roselyn Brown, between 1928 and 1941 in maintained and catalogued, along with the index, “Selected the Aleutians. Several of the baskets were made by his mother, Rand Abstracts.” the late Xcenia Brown. The Gary Newman Trucking & Excavating Co. of Fairbanks ’ The third edition of the library’s PERIODICALS AND has been awarded a contract by the university for demolition of SERIALS list, 50 pages longer than the 1970 edition, is now the Nevada Bar Building in downtown Fairbanks and is now at : available, listing 400 titles pertaining to Alaska and Artie regions work stripping the interior of the famous structure. The firm f and another 2000 titles from the U.S. Government Documents offered to raze the building, owned by the university, for Collection. Each entry in the list includes title, call number and $3,800. The key to the building was turned over to the firm on location. Records for the list are maintained on magnetic tape at Sept. 17. The successful bidder, under terms of the contract, the Computer Center and are updated bi-monthly. Library agreed to have the building removed from the site not later than patrons can consult the bi-monthly updated list on Level 5. Sept. 30 and to pay the sum of $25 a day as liquidated damages Attractively bound copies are available at the circulation desk of for each day after that date the work remains incomplete. > the library.______——— 1 LOW-FLYING NANOOK OF THE WEEK AWARD to the Three copies of ALASKA COMMUNITY INVENTORY - a earth-bound soul who complained to the FAA office of a light much-in-demand reference book published by the now defunct plane buzzing the campus last week, without first registering Federal Field Committee for Development Planning in Alaska — that complaint with the Office of Safety and Security. Had the are on file in the Rasmuson Library. The reference book lists complainer checked, he would have received an explanation for more than 200 Alaskan communities and cities and population the plane’s activity: photographer Spencer Linderman was on. assignment, shooting aerials of the College campus. and other data for each. NANOOK NEWS PAGE 4 October 1, 1971 Wood Off to Vietnam EVENTS Following a public dinner in his honor THIS WEEKEND All three will be representing Wisconsin here this month sponsored by the Greater KHYBER INN OPENS, Hess Dining State University-Stevens Point, which has Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce, UA Commons, Friday and Saturday, 8:30 p.m. (See been providing educational assistance to president William R. Wood will leave for story this page.) South Vietnam under contract with the South Vietnam to assist that nation FOLK DANCING in the Upper Commons U.S. Agency for International upgrade its institutions o f higher learning. Lounge this evening starting at 7:30. There will Development since 1967. Wood will depart Fairbanks Oct. 9 on be an instructor present; beginners are welcome. Wood was selected for the mission the month-long assignment and likely FILM FESTIVAL ON THE FLOOR of the “because of his vast experience and return there at a future time to follow up Borough Library, tonight, with showings at7:00 widely-acclaimed reputation for helping the work of this initial mission. and 9:00: no admission charge. universities in financial matters, particular The educator has undertaken many The annual CHAM-FASHION-AL formal universities located in developing social will be held Saturday at 8:00 p.m. at the assignments of this nature in the past, the countries,” said Dr. Lee S. Dreyfus, first of which took him tq Libya in 1955. Gold Room of the Travelers Inn. Tickets, which president of the Stevens Point institution, sell for $7.50 per person, are available through He is a vice president of the International in discussing the new mission. Quota Club members, and at Borealis Book and Association of University Presidents which the Northern Commerical Company. met in Liberia last June to assist developing nations of mid-Africa. Bartlett Dinner Set ARADHANA (Worship) is this week’s feature of the new FILMASIA SOCIETY, showing at Wood will visit various campuses in A dinner to provide funds for the 7:00 Saturday in Duckering 318. Admission South Vietnam but will concentrate his Bartlett Lecture Series will be held later price is $1 for adults, 50 cents for students; efforts at the University of Hue, working this month at the Travelers Inn. children under 5 are admitted free. with the rector of that institution. He will The dinner will be held on Alaska Day, ASUA MOVIES THIS WEEKEND are THE also consult with South Vietnam’s minister October 17, the anniversary of the GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, the famous of education and his staff. purchase of the territory from Russia in 1967 Western starring Clint Eastwood and Eli Two other American educators, one a 1867. The dinnerwill begin at 8 p.m. in the Wallach, showing at 6:30 and 11:55 Friday and 7:00 Sunday; and THE CHAIRMAN, starring specialist in collpgiate registration Travelers Inn Gold Room, after a no-host programs and the other in institutional Gregory Peck and Anne Heywood, an espionage cocktail hour; the guest speaker has not yet Cold War thriller-melodrama; Schaible Hall. research, will join Wood at the University been announced. of Hue. ARCTIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA The dinner is sponsored by the Bob CONCERT at 4:00 p.m. Sunday in the Great Hall Bartlett Memorial Fund Committee to (see story page 1). Khyber Inn Opens raise funds for the Bartlett Lectures, an MONDAY attempt to bring persons of wide reknown Preview television programs at KUAC-TV Hess Dining Commons, linking the t o th e university for speaking university’s upper dorm complex, provides studios, under the Regents Great Hall, 2-4 p.m. engagements. The first Bartlett Lectures Monday through Friday. the setting-four evenings each week for the were presented in 1970 by Khyber Inn, featuring coffee-house style GEOSCIENCES SEMINAR, Monday, 4:00 consumer-crusader Ralph Nader. p.m. in 201 Brooks, featuring Dr. David Stone programs and service. Co-chairmen for the dinner are speaking on “Paleogeophysics.” This weekend sees the grand opening of Fairbanks residents C.W. Snedden and Lil the Khyber Inn, with guitarist-singers TUESDAY Angerman; others on the fund committee COMPUTER SCIENCE SEMINAR at 8:00 providing the entertainment from 8:30 are Cliff Burglin, Gloria Fischer, James A. p.m. Tuesday, Room 110 Duckering. Topic: p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Messer, Alex Miller, Leslie Nerland, Walter FL/I Features On Saturday, an all-night movie festival Sczudlo, Mike Stepovich, William R. WEDNESDAY will follow, lasting until 7 a.m. Wood, Dorothy Wrede and Mrs. Luther TESTIMONIAL DINNER FOR UA Khyber Inn programs, sponsored by the Brice. PRESIDENT WILLIAM R. WOOD Wednesday, Student Activities Office, are open to all; Dinner tickets are $12.50, sponsoring 7 p.m. for cocktails, 8 p.m. for dinner; program features Elmer Rasmuson as main speaker. For however, the all-night movie festival donations, $50, and patron donations, reservations call 452-1105; admission price is requires an ASUA student identification $100. card. The ASUA movies usually shown in $10 per person. Schaible Hall will be moved to Hess THURSDAY Commons for this occasion. GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE SEMINAR, Help Wanted Thursday, 3:30 p.m. in the Elvey Building Winners o f last week’s auditions, who Conference Room, featuring Dr. Norman Dalkey will be appearing regularly at the Khyber The following positions are now open and applications are invited from qualified personnel. of Rand Corporation speaking on “Public Inn, are guitarist-singers Nancy Harris (first Interview appointments and additional Decision Making and Value Judgements.” prize), David Rychetnik (second prize), information may be obtained through Central NEXT WEEKEND John Crane (third), and Chris Smith Personnel, 112 Bunnell Building, or by Lerner and Lowe’s musical “BRIGADOON” (fourth). Tying for fourth place with telephoning 479-7349. goes on the boards at the Alaskaland Civic Center Smith was Gary Johnson, who presents ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY - Grade Friday through Sunday, with shows every poetry readings, accompanying himself on 11 — one position. Requirements: high school evening at 8:15 and a matinee Saturday at 2 p.m. the conga drum. diploma, three years’ experience as personal Tickets are available at the SUB Information secretary, typing speed of60-65 wpm, shorthand Booth, for $3.50 adults, $2.00 students and Khyber Inn will be open Wednesday military, and $1 for children under 12 for and Thursday, 8:30-11:00, and Friday and speed of 95 wpm, ability to meet the public. EDITORIAL ASSISTANT - Grade 11 - one matinee only. Saturday, 8:30 p.m. Snack bar service will position. Requirements: high school diploma, "LOVERS,” the theatre department's first be provided by ARA Services, the B.A. degree in Journalism, English, or Social production of the season, opens in the Fine Art? university’s food contractor. Upon the Sciences preferred, one to two years’ experience Theater. (See story page 1.). opening of the Wood Student Center later in editing, proofreading, and layout, ability to TUNDRA TIMES fund-raising banquet on this fall, the Khyber Inn programs will be operate MT/ST and MT/SC, typing speed of 60 Oct. 9, featuring prophetess Jeane Dixon;dinner moved to the new facility. wpm. at 8:00 p.m., at the Travelers Inn Gold Room.