UNIVERSITY PLANS
SUMMER INSTITUTE
The University of Alaska is
one of 274 colleges and univer
sities to receive grants this year
from the National Science
Foundation for a 1962 Summer
Institute in Science and Mathe
matics for Secondary School
Teachers.
President William R. Wood
announced today that the in
stitute will be from June 18 to
August 10 under the $70 000 i
grant. Prof. William Cashen
who directed the 1960 and 1961 j
institutes, will direct the 1962!
institute.
The total National Science I
Foundation program of sum- j
mar institutes will aid about '
20,500 high school and 2,000 '
college teachers of science,
mathematics and engineering
to return to school for a new
view of the subject matter
they teach. The grants total
approximately $26.4 million
for the support of 475 insti
tutes at the 274 colleges and
universities.
The University of Alaska
grant will allow 50 junior and
senior high school teachers of
science and mathematics to re
ceive stipends of $600 each
plus some travel allowances for
some dependents, Professor
Cashen reported.
Both basic and advanced
courses in mathematics, phy
sics and biology will be offered
this year at the state univer
sity, Professor Cashen added.
The eight week institute
will provide instensive cours
es with lectures, demonstra
tions, discussion sessions, la
boratory work and home
work. Participants are chosen
by the members of the insti- ' 1
lute staff.
Teachers desiring more in- <
formation about applications j s
can contact Professor Cashen j I
by writing to him at Depart- <
ment of Mathematics, Univer- 1
sity of Alaska, College, Alaska, i i
The 1962 institute will be the
sixth summer institute that the [
National Science Foundation
has supported at the Univer
sity of Alaska. In past years
several Palmer school teachers
have participated in these in
stitutes.
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APW Office Closed; Total
Projects Valued at $69 Million
The Department of the In
terior closed its Alaska Public
Works Office in Juneau on De
cember 31, having completed
177 projects valued at $69,204,
000 throughout Alaska for cit
ies, school and utility districts,
and the state, under the public
works program authorized by
Congress in 1949.
Reflecting the very rapid
increase in the school age
population of Alaska, the
federal agency expended
$31,700,000 of the total for
schools. This is seven times
the estimated total need for
schools in Alaska as estab
lished in a 194S-46 survey of
public works needs carried
out preparatory for action by
the Congress which passed
the Alaska Public Works Act
in 1949. The second largest
expenditure was for sewer
Employment
Advertisements
Stopped in U.S.
_ The Attorney General of the
State of New Jersey has ad
vised Governor William A.
Egan that a Newark, New Jer
sey. promoter has given assur
ance he will place no future
advertising concerning pur
aorted employment oppor
unities in Alaska.
^ Similarly, advised Attorney
Jeneral David D. Furman, as- j
urances have been obtained
rom the advertising manager \
)f the New York Mirror that it;
vill carry no such advertising j
11 the future.
Furman's assurance came
in response to protests by
Governor Egan that despite
previous assurances that ad
vertising of the purported i
job opportunities would be
halted, the advertisements
were continuing to appear in
various newspapers and na
tional publications.
The New Jersey official said j
nvestigation by his office’s
lonsumer Frauds Bureau
howed that the advertiser had
ttempted to cancel existing
dvertising commitments but
.•as unable to do so in all casse
ecause of the advance make
P required by the publics-;
ions.
Egan protested the adver
tisements, which heid out the j
lure of plentiful employment
at high salaries, after being
advised that a number of
families had found it neces
sary to appeal to the Salva
tion Army and other welfare
organisations after arriving
in Alaska and finding that |
promised jobs did not exist.
In addition, the Governor has i
vritten to all newspapers, peri-1
tdicals and to radio stations:
vhose use of the advertise- j
nents has been brought to his j
ittention, urging their cooper- I
ition to halt future advertise-1
nents of this nature.
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and water facilities costing
$17,270,000, compared with a
total estimated need in 1946
of less than two and a half
million dollars.
In Palmer, Alaska Public
Works programs included the
installation of the City of Pal
mer water system and the con
struction of the Palmer High
School.
Again, the earlier figures did
not anticipate the requirements
of the existing and new popu
lation and the rapidly expand
ing housing areas requiring
sewer and water services.
In releasing a historical re
view of the Alaska Public
Works program, the Depart
ment of the Interior has com
merited that although it pro
vided almost twice the 36 and
; a half million dollars worth
of facilities contemplated ir
1940. it has not met the increas
ed needs to serve the expanded
population. This is so even
though in addition Alaskan
governmental units have car
ried out substantial program?
of public works with their own
resources and with the help of
other available Federal aid.
Approximately $6,500,000
was expanded at the Univer
sity of Alaska. In its review
the Federal agency points
out that in 1949 the Univer
sity had an enrollment of less
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WILL CROWN SPORTS
QUEEN
By Mary Johnson
Crowning of Palmer High
School’s Sports Queen will be
held during half time of the
Kodiak - Palmer basketball
game Saturday, January 6, in
Central gym.
Tomorrow night, during the
first game of the two-game
series, the 16 candidates, iden
tified by special ribbons, will
take part in the usual game ac
tivities and at half time will be
introduced from the stage
Local adults will judge the
girls on grooming, poise, and
personality. After the game
the judges may talk to the girls
if they wish.
Each girl nominated was re
quired to sell 200 10-cent tick
ets to qualify as a candidate
The raffle prize is a $10 dinner
for two at the Frontier Cafe
or $10 worth of food from the
Frontier.
A dance in honor of the
queen will be held in the high
school cafeteria following the
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I game Saturday night. A stuffed
animal will be given as a door
prize.
Girls chosen as candidates
1 are: Sandy Profit and Terry
! Neimann, senior class; Carol
| Wilson, Janet Johnson, and
Judy Jacobson, junior class;
Susie Marple and Ann Fowler,
sophomore; Nanette Schupp,
Linda LaRose, and Marsha
| Spiekerman, freshman class;
Sheryl Leek, photographers;
j Betty Mauer, Girls Athletic
| Association; Elaine Pinkham,
Future Nurses of America; Car
| mel Mohan. Library Club; Bar
I bara Lentz, Band; and Pamala
Webb, Chorus.
The preliminary game will
| be started at 6:15 p.m. and the
j varsity game at 7:45 p.m. on
1 Saturday to allow time for the
• crowning ceremony during
i half time, and the dance.
The Pep Club is sponsoring
J than 3Q0 and its physical
plant was in most respects
! inadequate for either the en
rollment at the time or the
anticipated growth. Now en
rollment is approaching 1,000
and the physical plant has
been, in most respects, thor
oughly modernized and ex
, panded to meet the needs of
its academic program.
As required by the Alaska
Public Works Act, projects
have been transferred to Al
askan public bodies at pur
chase prices resulting in a re
turn to the United States of ap
proximately 507c of the total j
costs.
Established in Juneau in
November, 1949. the Alaska
: Public Works program in Al
j aska has been under the direc
I tion of the Office of Territor
I les in the Department of the
Interior. In announcing the
completion of its Alaskan pro
gram and the closing of the j
Juneau Office, the Department i
advises that future cominuni- !
cations should continue to be
sent to the Office of Territor-!
ies, Department of the Interior,;
P. O. Box 1181, Juneau, Alaska.
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Sundays: 1 - 5 p.m.
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TESTS SHOW HO IMPROVEMEHTS
FROM HEW SOIL AMEMDMEHT
“Fertidyne”. a trade-named
soil amendinent advocated to
stimulate soil bacteria and
thus enhance crop yields, has
been evaluated in Alaska, ac
cording to Dr. Allan H. Mick,
director of the Alaska Agricul
tural Experiment Station.
A series of controlled and
observational tests were con
ducted by the Experiment Sta
tion. These included field plots, I
greenhouse studies, and co- j
operative tests with farmers in i
several parts of the Matanuska
Valley. Performance recoid..
were collected during three
crop seasons—-1957, 1958, and
1959, Dr. Mick said.
In no test did “Fertidyne”
improve either yields or qual
ity, Dr. Mick stated. Green
beans and cabbage yielded noi
more where “Fertidyne" was!
added to the soil. Yields of let- i
tuce grown in a controlled
greenhouse environment were i
reduced when “Fertidyne" was;
added to the soil, he pointed'
out. “For these reasons, “Fer- j
tidyne' is not recommended as'
•i soil amendment in Ala kn,”
j Dr. Mick stated.
I
Early promotional campaigns
claimed that “Fertidyne” pro
motes the release of soil and
fertilizer nutrients. Evidence
cited was largely testimonial
in character, Dr. Mick said.
“While this material may he
useful in lower latitudes, no
similar benefits have been not
ed in Alaska,” he concluded.
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