THE SEWARD POLARIS
Peninsula-Chain News
Dedicated to the Building
of the “Kcnai Empire”
Independent
j United Press Service
Published Semi-weekly
by
H. W. and N. M. Hunt
.Seward, Alaska
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MORE RUMORS AGAIN
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Another epidemic of rumors
which telll how the Railroad is
to he removed at once, are on
the street and fill certain resi
dents with the usual pains over
which the patients howl and pass
the word along and listen, with
secret amusement < as we dot to
the same from the new victims
On the MOST RELIABLE AU
THORITY we learn that a high
way will be completed between
Anchorage and Seward by a-year
from this next fall.
I This road will go around the
head of 1 ho Turnagain Arm and
follow the railroad into Anchor
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When this road is completed
and open to travel and in use,
and not before, the railroad as
far as Portage or mile 63, may
| be- discontinued.
j This is the program as it is
laid out at. the present time and
! this plan will be followed unless
j there is such a thing as a "major
disaster" which would be the
collapse or destruction of Mu*
loop or cave-in of a tunnel or
the elimination of any of the
bridges which could not be re
paired or replaced without heavy
cost.
Our informant, who is in posi
tion to know offically what the
cost of rebulding the road from
Seward to Mile 63 would be
stated that, "Congress is not will
ing to spend that kind of monoy.”
He said the estimated cost to
place the road in condition to
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(V hen you go by steamer, you can relax in the luxuri
ous comfort of staterooms, lounges ami decks s.t ■
back and enjoy the scenery as you sail.
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The Alaska Line is famed for the excellence of its
cuisine. You will marvel at the deliciously prepared
L. meals. The cost of all meals is included in th- fare.
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' Sailings Are Frequent
^Sailings alternate FRIDAYS for JUNEAU, KETCH
" TKAN and SEATTLE.
s. Next sailing of the SS BARANOF, FEB. 201
This ship makes a special call both North and
southbound at Petersburg.
Sailings alternate THURSDAYS for VALDEZ. COR
DOVA. JUNEAU, KETCHIKAN and SEATTLE.
Next sailing of the SS ALEUTIAN FEB. 12th.
operate on the same basis as the
Whittier branch would be about
$25,000,000 and would include the
building of a very long tunnel.
Even then the price per ton mile
would be as 12 is to 63 or slightly
more than 5 to 1.
There is no doubt that Ibis
handicap could, in a large meas
ure, be overcome if the operating
costs between Portage and at
Whittier were even a fair* por
tion of what they are now. Taken
over a period of years the cost
for a new and rehabilitated rail
lin<' between Seward and Portage
would show even a greater profit
than that between Whittier and
Portage as the cost of upkeep,
and the undesirability of Whittier
as a place of abode for families
will rapidly mean higher costs
because Whittier is not to be in
any way compared with the year
round port of Seward.
We are certain of our facts
and we feel also that before
very long the operators in Wash
ington of the Alaska Railroad
will realize as we do that only
the continual “lobbying” of a cer
tain group headed by Otto Olson,
former head of the Alaska Rail
road is able to keep the Congress
mi n in a dual-minded state and
prevent them from seeing with
unjaundiced eye the advantages
of one of the 7 best all-the-year
around ports Hie port of Seward
and prevent the expenditure of
25 million on a truly worthy
project.
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THE STORY OF
THE UNIVERSITY of ALASKA
All-University plays.
The International Relations
Club, under the auspices of the
Carnegie Endowment for Inter
national Peace, meets for study
and discussion of international
relations. It is- dedicated to the
education and enlightenment of
public opinion in regard to those
principles of internalonal conduct,
law, and organization essential
to world peace.
Any student who has won an
“A” in a major sport is eligible
to membership in the Major “A"
Club.
The Mining Engineering Society
is a student organization for fos
tering fellowship among students
in the School of Mines.
The Science Club is composed
of students registered in the de
partment of chemistry, general
science, and home economics. The
purpose of the club is to acquaint
its members with ihe various
fields of science and to promote
school activities.
The Ski Club is open to anyone
in the University who is interes
ted. The Club has a ski cabin
and several ski runs near the
cam pus.
The Alaska Steamship Company
cooperating with the Alaska
Railroad, gives all students at
tending the University a round
trip for the price of a one-way
ticket from Alaskan ports of call
through to Fairbanks. The Alaska
Railroad also gives all students
attending the University a round
trip for the price of a one-way
ticket.
To obtain these benefits a stu
dent must request the special
student rate at the time of pm
chasing his first ticket. Upon ar
rival at the University the proper
ticket receipts should be depos
ited with the Registrar for safe
keeping and certification.
Through the generosity of don
ors. loan funds have been created
for the benefit of students need
ing financial assistance. The total
value of the funds is approxima
tely §12.250. No student, should
enroll without sufficient funds to
defray expenses of one entire
academic year.
The first of the funds was es
tablished by the Anchorage Wo
man's Club in 1926. Others are:
The Lawrence C. Phipps Loan
Fund. 1930: the Fairbanks High
School Alumni Association Loan
Fund. 1932: the Shiels-Timson
Loan Fund, 1936: the Leopold F.
Schmidt Loan Fund. 1938; the
Palmer Associated Student Loan
Fund. 1941: Frank Slaven Loan
Fund. 1944: and the First Nat
ional Bank Loan Fund, 1945.
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The rate of interest on all loans
is 4% per annum. Loans are lim
ited in amount to §300 and in
time to one year. Any regularly
enrolled student who has attended
the University one semester is
eligible to apply for aid. Alt
loans require an approved surety
and will be made for university *'
expenses only, such as room and
j board, fees, and books,
i The President, and two other
members of the University Staff
comprise the committee adminis
, tering the Loan Fund,
j All candidates for admission
to the University should first
-make application to the Regis
; trar. Admission generally comes
under the following classifications:
j(l» Full first-year standing upon
presentation of proper creden
tials from secondary schools, (2i
advanced standing by transfer of
satisfactory credit from other ^
universities or colleges, f3) as
special students, <4> with entance
j deficiencies in certain units of
secondary-school work.
| Graduates of high schools or
equivalent secondary schools mar
, register as first-year students re
: gardless of age or entrance de
ficiencies, provided they register
for ten or more cedits. Entrance
deficiencies should he removed
during the first year of residence
if possible. Students will remain
classified as first-year students
untl all deficiencies have been
removed.
j For any further information you
may desire about, tlit* University
of Alaska. write to: Registrar,
University of Alaska. College, j
Alaska. Fairbanks, Alaska.
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