The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-31
COLLEGE GIRLS ARE.
 MAKING GRAND TOUR
Thirteen Young Ladies Direct From Four Big Eastern Colleges Arrive in Fairbanks Under Chaperonage of Dr. Leeper and Superntendency of Dr. Shattuck
 Express Themselves Greatly Pleased With Trip.

joyed the trip along that portion i of the river immensely"
 l At Dawson the party got to see l the hydraulic operations in the vi cinity and made complete tour i of one of the dredges The young l ladies are disappointed about one i feature of the country-they came to fight mosquitoes, and found no mos l quitoes. Our chief regret. as i party said Dr Leeper "is that we cannot get back into the hills and camp for while. We would ] like to see what the country looks i like on the inside. All the girls de ] clare that they are going to make the trip again in the winter time, for they want to see those hard ships they have read about and they think they must occur in winter for they have certainly found no hardships thus far. I person ally would like to see the mines and the rest of the activities of the Interior, but the shortness of our stay vii not permit Us to take more than a cursory view of the coun- i try"
 l Dr Leeper and several others of the party came up on the electric 1 coach from Cinema, and had met i few acquaintance before the rest of l the party arrived. Among those whom Dr. Leeper met was Dr. Aline | Bradley whose brother is now a l professor at Smith College. where Dr. Leeper herself is an attending physician.
 Purser Bemis, of the Panama, had special welcome for the party
 for his sister is a graduate of Vas sar The party is erroneously called the Nassar girls, for there are mem i blrs of three other Eastern schools ] in the party The schools represent ed are NaSsar, Smith College, We'll ] esley College and Oberln College
 pr, Leeper was formerly physician 1 al Nassar but as stated before is now at Smith College.
 i The party has had a very inter esting trip thus far. They made a ] O Victoria and Vancouver and took ] the boat to Alaska from there. They will go down river on their return l trip and will visit Nome and other points of interest in that part of the country When they reach Seattle the party will break up, some touring the Pacific coast and some returning to the east at once. The young ladies are uncertain as yet as to i the date of their departure, but they intend to see as much of the country as possible during their stay. They are greatly pleased with their ] fnat view of Fairbanks, and say
 it is the finest town they have yet encountered
 My only regret" said Dr Leeper as the reporter was leaving, "is | that we could not have the entire 1 fifty with us that We were reported 1 to have. However, we may return l again, and if We do we will bring the entire fifty, or more" ] rc,,noCjpo no orc l G. B. Shattuck, R. s. Ely, M. E. l Leeper, L. Newell, E. Metcalf, R. Met ali L. Mcdowell, M Abreclt, R.
 McIlvery, M. McIlvery, A. Mcllvery
 E. Sanford, M. Phillips.
 When it was first learned here ] that the college girls were to tour Alaska this summer, taking in Fair banks in their itinerary, and it was understood that all of the girls came from Nassar college, a canvass was made among the ladies of the town. with the idea of providing entertainment for the young ladies when they should arrive here. But
 the canvass developed the fact that
 there is only one Vassar college
 graduate in Fairbanks, Mrs. John
 Knox Brown, and therefore that idea
 was given up.
 The girls are to be entertained 1 however as well as possible dur
 ing their short stay here. For Mrs.
 Brown will undertake to show them
 around and will act as their chap eIone at the tennis club dance
 which is to be held on the courts