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WE WILL SUPPORT
The filings for Territorial and
1 egislative offices have been
completed and this paper will
support the following ticket:
i or Deleg 13 to Congress:
James Wi kersham,
r Territorial Treasurer:
Frank L. Knight, Anchorage.
! or Territorial Auditor:
Cash Cole, Juneau.
_ or Highway Engineer:
Joe Ulmer, Fairbanks.
Legislature:
For Senator First Division:
Will S.eel, Juneau.
For the House:
J. E. Johnson, Ketchikan; Pete
Sommer, Petersburg, William L.
Faul, Ketchikan and Grover
Winn, Juneau. ^
We propose beginning next
week to show our reasons for
supporting this group of men for
. e n to t ip ss fru .3
our reasons for opposing others.
NEED CHANGE OF RULES
The rules governing high
school sports is in sad need of an
upward revision. It is the brain
storm of one coming from the
stone age; it does not meet with
let alone conform to the prac
tices of the high school associa
tions of the States.
Nelson, star player on the Ju
rcau basketball team has enter
ed the pugilistic ring and accept
ed money for his punching ef
forts. Under the rules of the
amateur sports associations, he
will be forever barred from in
terscholaslic or intercoTegiate
sports in the States—if his re
cord follows him. There are oth
l i a.
The matter of vital statistics
is of such importance, that
championships may be lost by
nrotest. Changing school records
cn transfer from one school to
another should be accurately
recorded. That in event of a
conflict of records that the pro
per record shall be established
before participation in any in
terscholastic series of games.
That the system of percentag
es as used in the Seattle secon
dary schools be incorporated in
the rules for Alaska and used to
ascertain the true standing of
each team. Thereby arriving at
the correct standing as against
the haphazard elimination sys
tem whereby all teams do not
meet to test their real strength.
That a system of official refer
eeing be established whereby no
team will be under the ruling oi
a person of the same town.
The ALASKAN offers these re •
commendations with the hope
that the sports shall be on a
standardized amateur basis.
WHY ALASKA’S CAUSE IS
JUST
“Common law is constantly
l
being pushed out of its place by .
the creation of commissions
which directly or by indirect
means are given power of courts
.. and decisions and issue regu
lations.” — Richard Washburn
Child, one-time ambassador.
Going further in his arraign
ment of the nullification of the
common law, Mr. Child says:
“No small danger attendant
on this reaction.. is the growth
cf bureaucracy...”
The second paragraph of the;
Declaration of Independence
points:
“Prudence, indeed will dictate
that governments long estab
lished should not be changed
for-light and transient causes.”
The same document observes
that “mankind are more dispos
ed to suffer, while evils are suf
ferable, than to right themselves
by abolishing the forms to which
they are accustomed.”
Possibly that is why the saf
fron hue overcasts Alaskan poli
ticians, or alleged politicians—
they have so long been accus
tomed to the arrogance of bu
reaucracy that they refrain
from taking up the cudgel in an
effort to strike the shackles
from the Territory.
It will be observed that the
faint cry of Alaska against her
impositions is gradually growing
into a stentorian roar back in
the States (Ed. note: Thanks to
Dan Sutherland.). It appears
the psychological moment for
Alaska to take up the old fight
for home rule and carry it to a
finish with the guarantee that
she will have many minds, like
that of Richard W- ^hburn Child
:o assist her.—Seward Gateway.
KETCHIKAN A KS US TO
MAKE Cv ERECTION
.Kelchilan, Feb. 14, 1030
Mr. LordF. Paul, Editor,
The Alaskan,
Petersburg, Alaska
Dear Sir:
Referring to a news item, cap
tion, “Juneau and Kayhi To
Meet for Championship,” and a
etter from a “Subscriber,” both
if which appear in the February
r/th, 1930, issue of THE ALAS
KAN. and both articles of which
state that the Ketchikan mgn
.School is playing an ineligible
player in basketball this year,
will s' v that these statements
ire not true.
Acccrdirg to our records, sup
ported by a letter of one of the
sisters of the player, and by an
affidavit of another sister cf the
player, he was born on May 1st,
1910.
Referring to the editorial,
“Playing Bail to Win,” in the
same issue, if said article was
meant for us, will say that while
our team was in Petersburg last
month, I received a wire from
our coach stating the objection
to this player. I wired back
that we could only go by our re
cords, and that if at any time in
the future anyone could produce
evidence that he was not elig
ib’e for those games, we would
Jcafeio them.
Trusting that you will correct
the error mentioned, and assur
ing you that the relations be
tween the superintendents, the
coaches, and the players of the
two schools have been very cor
dial and harmonious during
these three years, I am
Very truly yours,
A. E. Karnes,
.Superintendent. ...
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DIFFERENT ANGLES
Ss.pt. C. H. Bowman,
Petersburg, Alaska.
Dear Mr. Bowman:
Our boys have returned from
their trip, and report that they
nad a wonderful time, and that
they were royally entertained
?y your student body. I want to
'.hank you for this wonderful
..reatment, and will assure you
that we will try to reciprocate
when your team comes here this
| week.
I want to say just a word
about Peratrovitch; he enrolled
here last fall and gave the date
of lais birth as May 1, 1910; then
week before last we gave intelli
gence tests, and he gave his
'birth the same on it; when I re
ceived Hathway’s wire last Sat
urday, I went immediately to his
sister who lives here, and she
stated he would be twenty the
first of May; the transcript we
received from the school at Sa
lem did not give his age. So I
really believe he thinks he is 19,
and is probably about as near
correct as the average native is;
I find quite often that they do
not know. However, we want
you to send the boy along that
you kept out of the game last
Saturday night, and we wfil al
low him to play without protest,
and will expect to play Peratro
vitch. I hope this will be satis
factory with you and Mr. War
field.
Your local paper has probab
ly received the word that I have
today filed for the nomination
of Commissioner of Education
on the Democratic ticket. I have
both the A. B. and the M. A. de
grees, with IV2 years of special
post-graduate work in school
administration and allied sub
jects, and have had 17 years ex
perience in school work; in
tmall and large systems, and feel
that I am better qualified than
either of the other two who
have filed, so I am going to do
my best to secure the nomina
tion, and election.
I will no doubt write you more
later.
Thanking you for the splendid
treatment your people gave our
boys, I am
Sincerely yours,
(SIGNED) A. E. Karnes,
Sup.t
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TIIE CHEMAWA ANGLE
Copy of telegram written to the
Supt. Chemawa Indian School,
but which was not sent when Mr.
Schoettler gave us an order on
the cable office for copy of tele
grams he received in response to
his inquiry:
Telegram
Oscar H. Lipps,
Chemawa, Oregon
I Please wire date registration
Roy Peratrovitch Chemawa giv
ing age and birthdate per regis
tration. (Signed) Louis F. Paul.
13K J 12 COLL WU
Salem, Org Jan 25 1930
Schoettler Petersburg Press ....
.. Petersburg
Records this school indicate Roy
Peratrovitch born 1908.
Supt. Lipps
1004AM
(Copy)
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23 KN 19 GOV COLLECT WU . .
Salem ORG JAN 27 1930
Schoettler Petersburg Press
Petersburg
Only record this office indicates
Aubrey Shaquanie was eighteen
years of age when enrolled in
nineteen twenty six.
Supt. Lipps, 416 PM
(Copy)
TO KLAWOCK TO WHICH NO
REPLY WAS RECEIVED
Principal in Charge
Bureau of Education
Klawock, Alaska
Please wire date registration of
Roy Peratrovitch giving birth
date per registration.
Louis F. Paul.
SPORTS AND RECORDS
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. .Open letter to A. E. Karnes,
Supt. Ketchikan Schools,
Ketchikan, Alaska
Dear Sir:
Replying to your letter of the
14th instant.
Your reference to Subscriber’s
comments anent playing of men
who are challenged as disquali
fied under the association rules,
will be brought to his attention.
With reference to my own po
sition in the matter I hold that I
school records govern whether
in the matter of grades, deport
ment or registration and are the
authentic record when made
voluntarily. When school re
gistration records conflict as
to age of a pupil, the first record
stands unless corrected before
any protest.
In the case of Willie Allen of
your city, Mr. Mitchell then su
perintendent wired me for the
! registration record of Allen; I
! gave it as in our school register.
1 In spite of Willie’s father’s as
sertion that the boy was not 21,
Mr. Mitchell stood by the record.
His team played without its best
player and retained the respect
and confidence of all teams and
fans.
In the case of Shaquanie be
ing “permitted to play without
protest” by you did not justify
infraction of the association
rules by Petersburg. We do not
agree that Petersburg should
play in order to justify your us
ing a protested member of your
team whose age is specifically
given in the vital statistics re
cord of the Chemawa Indian
School. j)
I hold that interscholastic con
tests, whether between inter
collegiate or secondary schools
must be held to a standard that
will permit of no question as to
amateur standing or compli
ance with association rulings.
If a player makes of record his
age in a school without the Ter
ritory, that registration stands
for had he played under Ore- j j
gon rules, he most assuredly j
w’ould have been barred from i *
playing this year. I speak from | j
personal knowledge of the Ore- j;;
gon High School Association1 {
rules—particularly of the Wil
lamette Valley. The same ques
iion having been fought out
in Salem High School in 1915
with that school repudiating
claims to the championship be
cause of the disqualificat'on of
one of its team by the age ru’e.
In 1922 Roy played with the
Klawock team against Kake. at
Kake in November. The Kake
team was comprised of Rollo
Shaquame, 22; James Pete, 21; [ :
Ben Kadake. 20; Kelly Brown, j •
23; Kataz, 20, at that time. Roy | ■;
was an outstanding forward in :
that game. Which would be ex
ceptional for a boy of thirteen ;
which he must have been at ;
that time using your records. ‘
In your letter to Mr. Bowman <
you assert that “the transcript I _
we received from the school at j
Salem did not give his age.” Yet j
Chemawa’s reply to Schoettler’s
request for the record was speci
fic as printed on another col
umn. Why Mr. Lipps should be
vague in his telegram to you
and specific in his message to
Sc-hoettler is something I cannot
understand, knowing Mr. Lipps
as I do.
Insofar as the editorial “Play
ing to Win” is concerned, if the
shoe pinches, it must be because
you have attempted to wear it.
We have reference to any per
son who circumvents rules in
order to become a 'member of
a team. Certainly the play is
not to play to lose. Then to win
is the big objective. If that is
all that you or any other spons
or can see or get out of second
ary school athletics, then for the
future good of your pupils you
I should let another handle and
direct their sports for “playing
the game for all that is in the
game” is far more important
than playing to win.
I do not suppose that anyone
will challenge your “winning of
the championship” of the First
Division. However, rest assured
tnat it will be a hollow victory
for in your innermost mind will
recur the thought that clean
playing athletes and lovers of
clean sports do not allow you
any claims to the championship
under the circumstances.
I am very respectfully yours,
Louis F. Paul.
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