LOCAL NEWS
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ALASKA SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Juneau, Alaska
June 19, 195’;
Editor of the None Nurro..:,
At the suggestion of Mr. Jeesen,
cJ the Seward Gateway, I am giv
ing you bcfo'with" a synopsis of the,
~ettnt meeting he;j by the Terr
itorial Board of Education.
The Board met June 13, with
Mrs. A. Hi Nordale, of Fairbanks,
P. C. McMullen, of Stfward. and
H. L. Faulkner, of Juneaai, present.
M. J. Walsh, of Nome and A. H.
Ziegler, of Ketchikan were ab
sent. Mr Faulkner was elected
President and Mrs. Nordale, Vice
President of the Board.
In addition to adopting a set of
SALES
BVKRY MONTH IN THE
YEAR
WALES DATES
1 t 8 8 ,
JULY 22
AUGUST 5^^ .
AUGUST 19
SEPTEMBER 9
SEPTEMBER 23
OCTOBER 7
OCTOBER. 21
NOVEMBER 4
NOVEMBER 18
DECEMBER 9
DECEMBER 23
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Rules and Regulations, the follow
ing actions were taken, some by re
solution and some by regulation.
1. The Thane School was closed
and the pupils will be transported
to the Juneau Schools; the Wacker
School as closed and the pupi'.s.
will be transported to the Ketchi
kan Schools.
2. A new school building was
authorized for Fortuna Ledge, the
cost of which Is not to exceed
$4000.
3. By resolution and by regul*
at ion, the Board decided not to
furnish transportation for pupils in
outlying districts after the 1933*
1934 school year; however, those
districts will be permitted t'6 in
conporate and tax themselves for
the purpose of furnishing trans
portation.
4. By resolution, the Board
decided that, af/ter the school year
1933-193 4, no instruction in high
school su/bjects will be given in
rural schools; however, schools
with adequate enrollmeuts will be
pormitited to incorporate and pay
taxes^for the support of the same.
5 The hoard abolished the
school boards of all rural schools
at. d t.he<- business of such schools
and the selection of teachers was
placed in the hands of the Com- I
miasioher of Education. It is be- i
lieved by the Board, as well as j
many others, that the schools will •
be operated much more efficiently .
and that the Commissioner of Ed- '
ucation will be better able to give
employment to teachers already in j
A>lask a.
The rules and Regulations ad- j
opted by the Board were some- j
what as follows:
Article I covers the organize- j
lion, procedure and duties of the;
BoaTd. ;
Article II has to do with tile
selection and duitiee of the Com
missioner of Education.
Article III classifies 9chool dis- J
tTicts and sets new minimum re- :
quiremeats for the enrollment in
rural school. Hereafter, rural
schools will not be formed until
there are twelve pupils of school
age between six and sixteen years
and between and including grades :
1 to 8, and no building will be
erected unless there are fifteen j
such pupils and the community
considered permanent. Special :
schools will be formed when there !
are not less than six pupils, but
such communities must furnish !
fuel, light and janitor service.
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Article IV provides for citizen
ship night schools.
Article V provides for th£ main
tenance of incorporated districts,
which remains practically the same
as stated in the law. except that
there will be no refund on extra
salaries paid athletic coaches and
not more than $10 per month for
each school will be allowed for
clerical help for the* school board.'
Ar.tele VI provides for the cert-!
iftcatlon of teachers. The require
ments have been raised from that
established by law. elementary tea*
cbers ^must have hed at least
three years normal work and high
school teachers five years of col
lege work. This does hot affect
teachers already in Alaska. A fee
of $2.50 and a medical certificate
will be required of all new appli
cants for certificates.
Article VII is for general reg
ulations. and provides that, in
addition to the regular physical
examinations of school children
provided by law, the superintend
an's must notify parents of the
findings of nurses and doctors.
School hoards will be penalized in
their refunds for not using adopt- j
ed textbooks. Tuition fees re
main the same as they have been
in the past, except that tuition
will not be paid on pupils kept in
homes and institutions supported
by the Territory. Bus drivers are
to be required to have medical
examinations and must have nor
mal heading and eyesight.
The meeting adourned June 27.
Commissioner of Education.
. Anthony E. Karnes.
A young subaltern (in India) got
himself killed by a tiger, and his
parents In England wired to the
Colonel of his regimen-t: Please
send poor James home to us all
expenses paid.
After many months, after an un
reasonable-length Of tittle, a gi
gantic eoffiin arrived, on opening
which they were horriffled to dia
cover a dead tiger
The wired to India: Some mis
take here tiger in coffin not James.
The Colonel . replied: No mistake
whatever tiger in coffln James in
tiger.
•‘What is your husband’s occu
pation. Liza?”
“He ain’t gut Done—he daid.
He done paseed away fourteen years
ago.”replied the negress.
“Then who do all these children
belong to?”
, “Dey’s mine, suh.”
“But I thought you said your
husband was dead.”
“So he is. but Ah ain’t.”
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