Alaska's First Harvard Club Formed
Gov. Gruening Named as Presideat ‘
The northernmost Harvard
' Club in the world was founded
recently in the Anchorage area.
Alaska’s Governor Ernest Gruen
ing was named its first president.
At a breakfast meeting held in
the Officers Club. Elmendorf Air
Force Base, Anchorage citizens,
Army and Air Force personnel,
all former Harvard students,
gathered to form Alaska’s first
Harvard Club, and at the same
time the most northern organiza
tion of its kind. The new group
will call itself the 61st Parallel
Harvard Club in honor of its loca
tion at Anchorage, and indicated
that the club’s first official act
would be to inform James B. Con
ant, President of Harvard Univer
sity, as well as the Director of the
Associated Harvard Clubs of the
new organization.
Governor Gruening, who was
graduated from Harvard in 1907,
was named first president of the
group by acclamation. Other of
ficers elected were Lt. Col. Ste
phen C. Monroe, chief of informa
tion, U. S. Army, Alaska, as vice
president, and Elmer E. Rasmu
son of the National Bank of Alas
y ka as secxetary - treasurer. Col.
Monroe graduated from Harvard
in 1934 and Mr. Rasmuson in 1930.
Major Joseph M. Hartley, II,
former Harvard football player
and now Army special services
officer, was named club poet.
The first order of business for
the new group will be to contact
all Harvard alumni and former
students in the Territory and in
vite them to attend future meet
ings. Governor Gruening issued
a blanket invitation to all those
individuals, citizens and military,
to make their whereabouts known
to Mr. Rasmusson in care of the
National Bank of Alaska.
The club adopted a resolution
favoring statehood for Alaska,
and Governor Gruening indicated
that copies would be sent to Har
vard graduates who are current
ly members of Congress.
Although no definite date was
set for the next meeting it was
agreed that the club would con
vene in the future as required or
desired by the majority of the
* members.
Those who attended the first
meeting included Governor
Gruening, Barrie White of An
chorage, Lt. Col. Charles Kuna,
U. S. Army, Major Hartley, Lt.
Col. James W. Clark, U. S. Air
Force, Mr. Rasmuson, Lt. Col.
Monroe, and Major Frank A.
Gleason, U. S. Army.
MAN
All seeds are blended in mankind:
I am the giant, the elfin mind
That laughs by day, that cries by
night,
Be my skin red, or black or white.
I am the blessing and the curse,
Sum-total of the universe:
And by the power of my soul
I break the world or make it
whole.
By Fania Kruger
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Three VaHey Airmen
Here on First Leave
From Elmendorf AFB
Among young men of the Val
ley who have recently joined the
Armed Forces is Virgil Meehan,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Black.
He was inducted January 5 in the
Air Force and is now at Elmen
dorf Air Force Base assigned to
Headquarters and Headquarters
Squadron, 39th Air Depot Wing.
Virgil has lived most of his
life in the Valley as his family
was one of the original Colonists
who came here in 1935. He at
tended school here and prior to
joining the Air Force was em
ployed by the Alaska Road Com
mission.
Other young men here who also
joined the Air Force on January
5 include John Gore and John
Radcliffe. All three returned to
the Valley last week end on their
first leave since their induction.
They also are assigned to the
same outfit at Elmendorf AFB
and are awaiting orders to go
Outside for basic training. They
hope to go to Lackland AFB at
San Antonio, Texas.
4 Poem
By Robert Klein
Long-time Valley Resident
A good high wind and 40 below
Has made the damn mosquitoes
go.
They got so cold they couldn’t
sing,
I hope they don’t come back till
Spring.
When the skeeters come the ice
worms hide
For they bite big hunks right out
their side.
But now they’re gone, the dratted
pests.
The ice worms now come out tc
nest.
We dearly love this fine, deep
snow.
It helps the little ice worm grow
So purple blue with feeble light
It makes' the snow all blue at
night.
So let the little ice worms glow
They’re happy when the skeeters
go.
Now all is purple, all is bright,
For we can’t stand mosquito bites
The skys are now all clear of
pests,
Now we can see the mountains
best.
So happy now that I would fain
To see the ice worms nest again.
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Paving of Highway 14
Slated to Start Early
Paving of Highway 16, the
Skeena River Highway between
Prince Rupert and Prince George,
B. C., is expected to begin early
in the 1951 working season, the
Alaska Development Board has
been advised. According to the
British Columbia Department of
Public Works, hard - surfacing
crews will work east from Prince
Rupert.
Increases in traffic to and from
Alaska over Highway 16 were re
corded during 1950. It is believed
that paving the road will further
increase traffic and speed de
velopment plans for a car-ferry
service between the Canadian
port and Haines, the Development
Board said.
JAN KOSLOSKY
ON TRIP OUTSIDE
Jan Koslosky left here last
week end on a business trip to
Seattle. Mr. Koslosky made the
trip by plane and will probably
be at Seattle for the next month.
Plans for a winter vacation trip
on to Hawaii were being consid
ered by Mr. Koslosky when he
I left here, and it is very likely
that he will go on to the islands
before returning to the Valley, he
said prior to his departure.
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Cub Scout Hews
The first meeting of Cub Scouts
since before the hcuidays was held
Saturday by Den 3 at the home
of Mrs. Herbert Kopperud. Mrs.
Robert Johns is the new den
mother of the group. The Cub
Scouts are working on their
theme for January which is
“Rivers.” Many plans are being
made for hand craft and skits to
be presented at the monthly Pack
meting to be held January 29 in
the school Gym.
WHEAT OF TOMORROW
Out of the broken, out of the
fallen,
Is shaken the wealth of the heart’s
rich pollen
Conquering grief, transcending
sorrow:
Wheat to be ground for the bread
of tomorrow.
By Fania Kruger
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