VALLEY SETTLER
Published onco a week in Palmer,
Alaska for the Matanuska Valley
Fafmers' Cooperating Association,
for the purpose of giving news of
the Association's work, problems
and accomplishments.
by- Lucille Le Due
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ists with the Territorial Depart
ment of Education for grades 12 and
lower. This is generally on a
sharing basis with the Territory
supplying the larger figure and
the local school boards supplying
the smaller from their local tax
Income. . .
Community colleges will not de
tract enrollment from the Terri
torial University, President Terri3
Moore pointed out in a special re
port to the Board of Regents. The
community college appeals to high
school graduates and adults who
would not go away tp college, hut
who would take credit courses if
offered evenings and Saturday after
noons in their home town. Experi-'
once in the States has shown that
the community college can be es
tablished using the facilities of
ti e local high school for night
cI asses •
Dr, Moore’s report also stated
that Outside universities are not
as great competitors of the Uni
versity of Alaska and the local
community college as many persons
believe. Referring to the master's
thesis of William Cashen, Dean of
Men and Director of the U, of <i.
summe.r school, of the ' “l'iskan
high school .graduates who entered
tho University of Washington i'n a
15-year period, nearly half remain
ed for one college year or less.
Only I4. students chose fisheries and
3 forestry.
Dr. Moore's report concludes that
the great need in Alaskan communi
ties is for liberal arts courses
and "ipcome improvement courses"
(vocational courses) which will
have a direct bearing on the stu
dent's wage status.
Dr. Moore plans to explore the
community college idea further with
school boards in various towns. "We
know there are sufficient persons
who wish to continue their educa
tion in their own communities to
start the community college," he
stated. "The details must now be
worked out and the plan put into
operation."
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approximately 60$ of the Co-op em
ployes are members. The associa
tion i3 striving for a 100$ member
ship .
Don. Parks Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Don. Parks of Palmer, return
ed home on Wednesday of this week
accompanied by his mother, who has
been in the states for several
months for medical treatment.
Don, has been discharged from
the Navy in order to return home
and assist his father, who is a
dairyman in the Valley. Mr. Farks
Sr. is in ill health.
Mrs. Herb Holstein left this
week for the States where she will
visit friends and relatives in
California. She flow out and plans
to return in a few weeks.
Mrs. Viola Cebula has resigned
from the Bureau of Reclamation in
order to take a trip to the States.
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in a weakened condition and has been
spending this week at his home.
Mrs. Rasmussen statod this week
that no serious difficulty had been
'located, and all that would be
needed would be strict adherence
to his doctor's orders.
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