The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-31
By George Herring.

All afternoon We waited for the Fauana to whistle and every time We heard the slightest sound the whole office for made a hundred yard dash in the general direction of the A-Y N dock The whole town was with Us every time-that is, all those who did not go to Ne mana.
 Strangers wondered who could be the cause of such interest in mere boat arrival. and thought perhaps nual tour of the territory How ever something more momentous than the tour of a mere governor was the cause of the interest. for We can see governor every year some years-but we only get 70 set real honest-to-goodness college girl once in a lifetime. There lay the magic cause of the excitement, the Nassar girls were to arrive.
 For two long months the town has talked of nothing but the arrival of the assar girls, and yesterday they arrived. When the boat ar Gf tie Nas&ar girls and yesterday afternoon every male inhabitant of the town was on hand to greet it. but they were not there to meet any old friends or to see the ordinary run of tourists. They had no eyes
 for anyone until long string of girls escorted by a tall man clad
 m sourdough fashion (Stetson hat and puttees) filed off the boat Then the hitherto suppressed excitement
 broke loose.
 The reporter did not wait to take any notes of the comments of his fellow citizens. for he had a mo- mentoua mission to perform. When the editor gave the assignment to interview the Vassar girls. the re- porter sot up in surprise for he had expected the editor to cover that scoop himself but when duty calls a nowspaperman always answers, and the reporter sped away.
 First of all the writer encountered
 Dr. Shattuck, the official head of the party and the only member of the sterner sex who came along Dr. Shattuck regretted that an in numorable number of grips and such
 trifles must be accounted for. but perhaps the chaperone would be kind enough to give a few words fer publication.
 That was the time when the report
 ar felt like fleeing, for he has had some little experience with chape- rones, and looks on them with fear
 and trembling. However, he was caught for the chaperone was right on hand, so the interview proceeded. It had been reported that the Vas
 sar girls would not deign to look upon a mere sourdough, before the boat got in, but let it be here stated that if the young ladies come up to the average of the chaperone. they will leave the country with
 the nome of genuine humans instead of being classified as mere tourists. How have yiu enjoyed the trip?'
 was asked of Dr. Leeper, the off cial chaperone. ''We have never
 encountered anything like it." was
 the reply. The scenery, the in habitants, the treatment afforded us by the steamboat employees, in fact, the whole country. simply
 ed us by the employees was par. ticular surprise to us. for it was far better than what We were used to back east"
 What part of the trip particular | ly impressed the young ladies ?'' was then asked At once the reply was made. "The view of Mt Me
 Kinley which we had last night Oldtimers told us that it was the finest view they had ever seen, so
 you can imagine how we newcomers | appreciated it. The girls had heard
 of the Yukon Flats, but had no idea
 of their magnitude, and so we en.