HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
TOUR U. OF A. CAMPUS
MARCH 11
Scores of Alaska high school
students attending the Western
Alaska High School Tournament
at Fairbanks toured the Univer
sity of Alaska campus and were
luncheon guests March 11.
Their attendance followed an
invitation Dr. Ernest N. Patty,
University president, extended
to 200 of the students and school
officials at a breakfast in Fair
banks March 10.
He explained the University’s
construction plans when they
flocked to the campus Thursday.
“The Food Service and 12-unit
apartment buildings soon will be
going up, and the University
hopes to pave the roadways and
install mercury vapor street
lights next summer,’’ Dr. Patty
said. “We expect a large enroll
ment this fall, and I urge pros
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MEETING IN B.C.
Dr. Alexander Baird, General
Manager of the Alaska Develop
ment Board, returned to Juneau
recently from a four day meet
pective students to make dormi
tory reservations as soon as pos
sible.
Earl N. Beistline, dean of the
School of Mines, introduced sev
eral other speakers to the stu
dents.
ing of the Seventh BrltUh Col
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March 20
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WHAT ESSAY WINNERS WROTE
ABOUT ALASKA'S SALMON INDUSTRY
Alaska’s boys and girls are well aware of the salmon industry’s vital role in
the growth and development of the Territory. Here as excerpts from winning
essays submitted in the Alaska Salmon Institute’s second annual $1,200 Stu
dent Essay Contest:
Sally O'Neill, Anchorage Junior
High, $300 first prize,
elementary school division:
‘•Food to people all over the
world Is furnished by the
Alaska salmon Industry which
Is also the Territory's chief
source of tax revenue . .. One
of the most important things
furnish employment to thousands of people, In the
cannery and on fishing vessels.”
Carol Ludwigsen, Ketchikan High
School, $300 first prize,
high school division:
"What the citrus fruit is to
California, the salmon is to
Alaska. The Territory sup
plies more canned salmon to
the people of the world than
any other state or country....
Salmon is a good source of
protein, the body- and brain
building rood; iodine, the pre
ventative for goiter; calcium and phosphorus, which
give the body heat and energy; Vitamin A and mem
bers of the Vitamin B complex....”
Ranald Evtnson, Fairbanks,
$100 second priia,
elementary school division:
"We Alaskans especially
should eat salmon because It
Is good lood for us as growing
children and also because by
using this good Alaskan prod
uct, we will all help Alaska
grow.”
Frankie larnrelter, Petersburg,
$100 second prise,
high school division:
"This valuable (salmon) in
dustry has had much to do
with the development of Alas
ka .. . the Alaska salmon in
dustry is a benefit to all Alas
kans, adding much to the de
velopment of the Territory."
Elizabeth lopez, Clarks Point,
$J0 third prize,
elementary school division:
"... other Americans should
be proud of the Alaska salmon
industry, just as we Alaskans
are.”
Lillian Pietila, Polmtr,
S50 third priie,
high school division:
"Besides furnishing work and
a means of Income, the fish
ing industry has brought peo
ple to live in Alaska...,"
Alaska Salmon Institute
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