Vol. Ik
Installation of Palmer Kiwanis
Club officers to serve for l?bl
took place last Monday eventna,Jan
uary 8, at the dinner held at the
Rec « Hall f or KinIs members ancl
their ladies,
The nemly elected officers are
Hudh A. Johnson, President; Dr.C,0 ^
F n "• 3.e , v 1 e e * pT e 3 '* cl o nt; Em 11 - o n~
cr 7• ^ «er -etary; Ha r 1 o**r Hod^s on,
f :un n? a 1 sec ret? ry; °nd John WeI~
s rd'-er ■•■or, treasurer.
The board of directors consists
ot Charles W* ls°n. Jack Maze, PI11
Zahradnicek, M,D. Snodgrass, ^eo
r ae p la c k , E ime r L a Due , Fat he r
Js ri e s P . S ne ad, T om« Day, kill R em
pe a , Dr . Foster Sim.s and Fast Fre
s i d e n t James Kur ley.
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Retiring officers are James Fur
ley, president; Elmer LeDuc, vice
pre sident; pob Johns, t rea s urer;
Fill Zahradnicek, secretary.
The famed Yukon River is reino
to start working for Alaskafs Crip
pled Children at break-up time
next spring. Plans to make the
mlehty river "benefit the Alaska
Crippled ChildrenTs Association
were announced this week by the Me
Finley Foundation, Incorporated, a
non-profit Anchorage organization
incorporated under territorial lav/.
Alaska’s oldest English-speaking
settlement end its largest city
will ho ko^r points in the new
puessine* contest, it was announced
by Don C* Fnudsen of Anchorage,
president of McFinley Foundation,
Inc. When the ice breaks up next
spring at Fort Yukon, north of the
Artie Circle, it will he the sign
al for sta^ino the Yukon River
Fall in Anchorage. The person
persons who nuess closest to the
exact break-up time will be an
nounced at the party in Anchorage.
One-ha If of the net proceeds will
r*c to the Alaska Crippl'ed Child
ren’s Association and one-haIf to
con't. on par*e I4.
[IITRI-KUl RLOillliEOinTS fifilj
In conformance v/ith a recommen
dation of the Sterns-Bis::nhower
Board report on the Service Acad
emies, the Secretary of the Navy
today approved the elimination of
p ] - ’ n o t. r 1. m o n on e t ry a nd e lament a r y
phyai.cs f rom the an t rn noe rsquire
al e nr s f or the N.S. Nava 1 Aca demy.
p ntri of t Y s s e s u Vi j cot s will he
nor c afte r 1nc1uded in t he Naval A
cademy curricu1urn3
This reduction in mandatory pre
entranee studies hrInos the educa
t i ona 1 r r qu i re ne nt s for entrance
to the Naval Academy more in cr'n
s o n a nee v; i t h wh a t i s n o r ma 11 y a -
i va i la h le i n t vr i c a 1 s e c nda ry
i s c h' ■ o1 1eve1 - Nava 1 Aca demy st ud
|ies c^vorin^ recent ^ears revealed
that cnhr about si- teen per cent
[of those enter* ry have done so on
the strength of their normal sec
(nd ary schro1inr alone.
The present hirh requirements
for rraluation from the Ihval A
c a demy will not he reduce*1 by this
change in the Academy course. The
new cnurses of clemont^r^ phys ics
and plane trigonometry will be add
ed to the courses new being taught
the re . The i r a dd i t i on in th e a 1
ready crowded schedule has been
male possible bv tvro changes which
have been approved for the next a
cademic year. Those are as fal
lows;
The c^mmencemont of the aca
demic yenr in early September
rather than late in that month
This chance is in accordance
wi th nne of the rec ~mmenda -
tions of the Sterns-Eisenhow
er Foard report.
Classroom work for members of
the 1 lebe Class to hecin ap
proximately two weeks in ad
vance of the start of the a
c a domic year. This is pos
sible through, the new plan te
have the entire r lebe Class
enter the Academy on one day
earlier in July.
The chance is effective immedi
conft. on pace J.