The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-06-07
PLAN IL LAY
CORNERSTONE
FOR COLLEGE
IMPORTANT CEREMONY MAY
BE HELD ON FOURTH
OF JULY.

by the last congress. The site for
the proposed building is to be select
ed at an early date.
While the college buildings can
not be erected until the legislature
Of Alaska appropriates the necessary
funds, it is the plan of Delegate
Wickersham to organize tenta
tive board of regents for the school,
TO select the site. which will be on
the grounds of the experimental
station, and to get the project start
ed in such way that little time
need be lost in getting the buildings
begun as soon as the legislature
appropriates the necessary funds.
The bill establishing the agricul-
tural college and school Of mines at
Fairbanks has been COMPOUNDED with
the bill providing mining expert
mental station in Alaska. The con-
fusion of the two bills caused the
Alaska legislature to lose much good
time in trying to get the agricultural
college established at some other
place than Fairbanks, but this could
not be changed by the legislature.
1t is believed probable that the
mining experimental station, which
has no relationship whatever to the
school of mines, will probably be 10,
Gated at Juneau.
LAND SET ASIDE.
1t is provided in the bill establish
ing the agricultural college at Fair
banks, that the four sections in
Guided in the site of the expert
mental station be turned over to
the Territory of Alaska for all fu-
ture time, provided that the land
be used for a site for the agricul-
tural college and school of mines.
and that the experimental farm con-
tinue as it is now.
The bill authorizing the agricul-
tu1al college to be located here
reads in part as follows:
BE it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the
United States of America in congress
assembled. That when the public
lands Of the Territory of Alaska
are surveyed, under direction of the
government of the United States,
sections numbered sixteen and thirty
six in each township in said Terri
tory shall be, and the same are
hereby, reserved from sale or set
element for the support of common
schools in the Territory Of Alaska;
and section thirtythree in each
township in the Tanana valley be-
tween parallels sixty four and sixty
five north latitude and between the
one hundred and fortyfifth and the
one hundred and fifty-second degrees
Of west longitude (meridian Of
Greenwich) shall be. and the same
is hereby, reserved from sale or
settlement for the support of
Territorial agricultural college and
school OF mines when established
by the Legislature of Alaska upon
the tract granted in section two of
this act:
REVENUE PROVIDES.
That section numbered six, in
township numbered one south of the
Fairbanks base line and range num-
bered one west of the Fairbanks
meridian; section numbered thirty
one. in township numbered one north
OF the Fairbanks base line and
range numbered one west OF the
bered one, in township numbered one
south of the Fairbanks base line
and range numbered two west of
the Fairbanks meridian; and sec
ton numbered thirtysiX. in township
numbered one north of the Fair
banks base line and range numbered
two west of the Fairbanks meridian,
be, and the same are hereby, grant
ed to the Territory of Alaska, but
with the express condition that they
shall be forever reserved and dedi-
Gated to use as site for an agri-
cultural college and school OF mines
This was one OF the last bills
passed by congress, and was APP
proved March of this year. Mr..
Wickersham explains that as soon
as the legislature provides schoo!
buildings, tho school will be entitled,
under a general law of the United
States, to an appropriation of $50,
900 each year for the purpose OF
the school.
UNDERSTANDS PLAN.
Mr. understands plan is to in
terest responsible people in the pro
ject so that they can push it for
ward when the legislature meets.
He feels that with the construction
OF the railroad the population will
increase rapidly and that an insti
tuition OF higher education will be
essential.
When the legislature authorizes
the appropriation for the buildings,
it will make provision for the selec-
ton OF a permanent board OF re-