The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-05

the date of acceptance of survey thereof, the reservation herein made shall not be effective or applicable, but the entire proceeds or income derived by the United States from such sections sixteen and thirtysiX and such section thirtythree in each township in the Panama valley area hereinbefore described, and the minerals therein, together with the entire proceeds or income derived from said reserved lands, are here by appropriated and set apart as separate and permanent funds ill the Territorial treasury. to be in vested and the income from which shall be expended only for the eX- elusive use and benefit of the public schools of Alaska or of the agricul- tural college and school of mines, respectively, in such manner as the legislature of Alaska may by law direct
 If. then, in the survey of the Ne mana coal field. or any coal lands in the Panama valley, a section, or sections 33 shall be found therein, which is altogether probable, the entire income and proceeds derived from any such coal section or sec tions from leasing or sale will go into the fund for the endowment of this college, and in few years this 100000 acre reservation, from rentals and royalties, the sale of timber and minerals, ought to pro vide yearly income sufficient, with that appropriated by the United States, to maintain the agricultural of expense to the people of Alaska.
 Nor is that all. While the duty is imposed upon the people of the tural college and school of mines on this site, which means the erection of the necessary buildings and the organization of the school. the United States has provided two funds to aid in supporting the insti- tuition. The first is contained in that clause in the act of March 4 1915, which provides, that so much of said land as is now used by the government of the United States as an agricultural experiment station may continue to be used for such purpose until abandoned for that use
  United States or by an act of con- gress." Ill other words We are as sured that the United States will continue to maintain the agricul- tural experiment station as part of the agricultural college plan, and that much of the general expense will be saved to the people of the Territory.
 Beginning with the act of July ?, 1862, congress adopted the policy of giving aid to agricultural colleges in each state and territory. It was this general policy which was fol lowed in the passage of the bill es- tablishing our college. Many amend ments to the act of 1862 have been made but the cash endowment amendment found in the act of March 4. 1907 is applicable and particularly important to us. It provides:
 That there shall be. and hereby is, annually appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid as hereinafter provided, to each state and territory for the more complete endowment and maintenance of agri- cultural colleges now established, or which may hereafter be established * and the annual sum to be paid thereafter to each state or territory shall be S5O,O00." And when the legislature of Alaska shall establish the Alaska agricultural col lege authorized by the act of March 4, 1915, it, too, will immediately re- ceive the annual sum of S5O,OO0 from the United States treasury flor the more complete endowment and main tenance" thereof.
 As soon as the legislature shall provide for the leasing of the 2OO,- 900 acres of public land in the Tana- na valley an income will begin to flow from that source, and in ten years that land ought to pay five dollars an acre rental-or $1000,0O0 per annum--for the support and maintenance of this college. If we assume an income of only one dol lar per acre per annum it will at the minimum yield $2O0,00O. With out going into particulars, however, it is apparent that this institution has statutory assurance of lands and cash endoWments second to no new agricultural college in the western states.
 THE COURSE OF STUDIES.
 Given the working college, what is it's limit of usefulness? The acts of congress quoted specifically pro- vide that the annual cash endow ment from the United States trea- sury shall be applied only to in- structions in agriculture, the me chanic arts, the English language and the various branches of mathem atical, physical, natural and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction; * and said colleges may use a portion of this money for pro viding courses for the special prep aration of instructors for teaching the elements of agriculture and the mechanic arts.'
 The act of Aug. 30, 1890, however, provides, That no money shall be paid out under this act to any state or territory for the support or main tenance of a college where dis tinction of race or color is made in the admission of students" This clause guarantees the liberty of the college and gives welcome to all classes and colors; it establishes the broad basis of the brotherhood of man as the fundamental law of the school The act of March 4, 1915, extends the course of study to any reasonable extent in mining in all