The Alaska daily empire., 1922-05-18
COLLEGE IS FOR
ALL OF alaska;
SUPPORT URGED
Head of First Alaska College
Tells Business Men of
Its Purposes.

After outlining the general work
to be undertaken by that institution,
President Charles E. Bunnen of the
Alaska Agricultural College and
School of Mines. speaking to local
business men today at the meeting
Of the Juneau Commercial Associa-
ton, declared that it was one thing
that belonged wholly and entirely to
all of the Territory and was deserv-
ing OF the support from all sections
CT Alaska 1t is not local and does
not belong to the Tanana Valley sec
ton just because it happens to be To-
Gated there, he asserted
Il had thought that if there were
any opposition to the institution it
would be found in Ketchikan or Ju-
neau or in the parts nearer to similar
institutions in the States. | have
Just come from Ketchikan. where
great interest is being displayed and
deep pride taken in the callege and
am meeting the same kind of senti-
mems here in Juneau" he asserted
Outlines Extension Work
The speaker gave briefly the plan
of organization of the school for TAX
ing care Of regularly enrolled stud
ents. He went more fully into the
proposed extension work. One OF
the main duties of the college will
be to solve the mining and agri-
cultural problems as they arise in
the various sections of the Territory,
he said. This can only be accomp-
lished by short courses given on the
ground In meeting them, he said,
he had in mind and would so recon-
mend to the Board of Trustees that
representatives of the school be sent
out to various towns for possible 16-
week or four months periods giving
short courses in mining or other in
dustries. 1t would be possible, he
added, to put on such courses at
Ketchikan, Juneau. Cordova and 9th
err towns centrally located Such a
work would entail some expense and
cannot be carried out without funds,
he declared.
Have much In Common
Mr.. Bunnell declared that he did
not agree with the proposition that
the Territory is so large that the
Interior districts have nothing in
common with the coastal sections.
There is much in common between
them. THE Alaska Railroad has
the whole economic map of
Alaska" he declared. Anything that
tends to develop the Interior tends
to add to the development of all OF
the Territory and increased travel
ard traffic to the Interior should and
must result in cheapening transporta
ton for all of Alaska, he said.
There is everything to gain in
pulling together Cooperation is the
means of our entire existence. 1t
means success for the Agricultural
College and School of Mines and |
here all of the people of the Terri
tory will be able to agree on and
support the institution he declared.
1t is his intention, he added, to keep
all Alaskans fully informed ON the
school and it's policies and plans
No opposition of friction will develop
any misunderstanding re-
garding the institution, he added.
Forrest Praises Interior
G. f. Forrest, who has just return
ed from a trip to Fairbanks, the
first he has made into the Interior,
spoke warmly in praise of the entire
district and its possibilities. No one
knows Alaska until he has seen
this part of it, he declared. He was
impressed with the coal
mines on Healy River. where he said
LOO cars were mined in April The
coal, he declared, has been found to