For The Children
SWEATERS 4-5-6
POLO SPIRTS
SUSPENDERS
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TR/WEL SUBSISTENCE UFI'EO
Fton Delegate Bob Bartlett we learn
that the maxinum per diem for feder
ail employees traveling within Alaska
on government business has been in- i
creased from >1(i8 to *11.
The regulation became effective Aug
ust 29, according to information
given to Delegate Bartlett by Dir
ector Frank Pace Jr., of the Bureau
of the Budget when he signed the
order.
The ceiling for the Territory is *2 1
above the maximum rate for the con- 1
tinental United States. Under a
law passed earlier this session,
travel allowance was fixed at the
maxinum rate of $9 a day to cover
subsistence allowance for federal
employees travelling within the con
tinental U.S. on official business.
Up to that time the maximum allow
ance was *6 a day. The rate for Al
aska of „-8 a day remained in force
after the law was passed pending a
determination by the Director of
the Bureau of the Budget and has nov^
been set at *11._j
. SCHCL APSHIPS AWARl'ED
Through the office of President Terris
iioore of the University of Alaska, it
is announced by the Scholarship Com
mittee of the University that the fin
al awards of the scholarships of the
Standard Oil Company, now to be given
annually, have been made for the ac
ademic year of 1949-50. These four
scholarships, in the amount of $500
to each student, have been awarded to
the following persons:
jSuzanne Schmidt Hall, a senior majorj
jing in the field of Arts and Letters,
Who plans to complete her work this
year; Charles J. Awe, Jr., a sopho
more, who will return to the School
!of Mines; Patricia A. O’Keefe, a
'freshman in the field of Arts and !■?'•
iters; and Jack A. Mabee, who has boo:'
iin business in Fairbanks, and who
pill enter the freshman class to maj
jor in the field of Arts and Letters.
■The purpose of these scholarships is
ito encourage students who offer pro
mise of becoming outstanding citizens
!in later years, and to create incen
tive for leadership in the American
way of life. There is one award each
jto a member of the freshman, sophomor<
;junior, and senior classes, regardles;
lof the course of study, race, or creec
jAwards are made by the University,
jeonsidering scholastic achievements,
'financial need, character and promise.
iThese scholarships, according to Dr,
jKoore, v/ill allow a student to com
plete his college education by win
ding the Standard Oil Company of Cal
ifornia award for four consecutive
years. In this way, assuming the
'scholarship v/ill be continued, each
'year four students, who might other
wise have to abandon their studios
(for financial reasons, will be of
jfered the opportunity of completing
rtheir college education. If renewed
leach year as is anticipated, competi
tion for these scholarships at each
level will be open to all applicants
lev or y year.
F( ’' 7 A IC IN SPEC IICM
■ Geroge C. Gasser, Commissioner of
! Agriculture, has been in the Valley
jthis past week from Fairbanks. Mr.
-Gasser has been conferring with
|M. D. Snodgrass on the Valley’s
| Certified Seed Potatoes.
KICKED BY COLT
Betty_Jo Wendt, daughter of Mr, an
Mrs, Robert Wendt, is hospitalize i
on account of a head injury s”s+ain
ed from a kicking o^t, yho oi.it
was a birthday gift to her,
Night Club: A place where the taclee
| are reserved but the guests aren’t.