254 Man, 48 Women'
Register At U. Of A.
(Fairbanks News-Miner*
Two hundred and fifty-four
men and forty-eight women have
applied for admission to the Uni-1
versity of Alaska for the fall term, :
Blain E. Mercer, registrar said to
day.
Of this total of 302 applications 1
which have been accepted or are j
in process, 136 are students who
were enrolled at the university
during the year 1948-49. More are
expected before the fall term be
gins, Mercer said.
So far only 43 of the prospective
new students give Alaskan home
addresses. The others are from the
States.
“This proportion is highly un
P favorable from the viewpoint of
Alaskans,” Mercer said. “It is
hoped that more students in the
Territory will investigate the fa
cilities offered by the university
in planning their college educa
tions.”
One of the difficulties for new
students, which has been instru
mental in curtailing enrollment at
the univei'sity, is the housing
shortage, Mercer said. He urged
residents to help in any way pos
sible in providing housing for
both married couple and single
students.
BAREX Nearing
Completion
SEATTLE, i/P) — The navy re
ported yesterday its Point Barrow,
Alaska, resupply project was
nearing completion.
A delayed dispatch received
here said unloading of heavy ships
at Point Barrow was virtually
completed, and several vessels are
enroute back to west coast ports.
The navy icebreaker Burton Is
land, which lost a starboard en
gine shaft in bucking heavy ice
last Thursday, is returning to
Long Beach. Calif., after having
* been relieved by the coast guard
Group To Make
Mental Survey
Of Alaska
(By Mary Lee Council)
‘Secretary to Delegate Bartlett)
A group of government officials
will leave Washington the early
part of August to determine whe
ther or not a mental institution
should be constructed in the Ter
ritory.
The group, headed by Dr. Win
fred Overholser, superintendent
of the District of Columbia’s men
tal hospital, St. Elizabeth’s, will
also include Dr. Dale Cameron,
assistant director of the National
Institute of Mental Health, and M.
Wilfred Coding of the Alaska
branch, Division of Territories and
Island Possessions in the interior
department. The three men will
be joined in Alaska by officials of
the Territorial department of
health and the Alaska Native Ser
vice. It is probable that an official
from the department of justice
will also accompany the group to
the Territory.
The main purposes of the trip
are to visit and study the facili
ties and operation of Morningside
Hospital at Portland, to study on
the ground in the Territory the
present methods of committting,
detaining and transporting persons
committed to Morningside, to in
vestigate the feasibility of setting
up and operating one or more
modern mental health clinics in
Alaska and to determine whether
such clinics would operate to re
duce the number of patients now
being institutionalized and to
study and evaluate the need for
construction of a complete psychi
atric hospital in Alaska to take
the place of Morningside.
icebreaker Northwind.
The Northwind took over the
task of leading supply ships to
Barter Island, 230 miles east of
Barrow.
The expedition’s flagship George
Clymer was to remain offshore at
Point Barrow until the Barter Is
land unit completed its operation.
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and one ounce.
The baby, fourth child of the
Lupicas, was born at St. Ann’s
maternity hospital last night.
Charley promptly began hand
ing out cigars and tried to forget
that the Cleveland team had just
lost two games in Philadelphia.
Tomorrow Lupica, a 37-year-old;
store proprietor, rounds out 10
weeks on top of the 20-foot pole j
where he vowed to stay until the i
Cleveland Indians baseball club
reaches first place in the Ameri
can League.
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