Seward daily gateway., 1925-08-28
ADDED CONSTRUCTION
 TIE ALASKA COLLEGE
 NEARING COMPLETION
MANY NEW IMPROVEMENTS IS FEATURE OF COMING
 COLLEGE TERM.
Dormitory 'Neverything Now
Vast Proportioning of College Makes Way for Comfort and Better
 Training of Students.


 Just four months ago President Bunnell of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, at Fair banks sent the following wire from Juneau:
 "Moody's Bill, carrying hund-
 red sixty-three thousand three
 hundred sixty dollars just passed
 Senate by Unanimous vote. Am
 leaving Tuesday on Northwest
 ern."
 The message quoted meant that the Territorial appropriation for the bi- ennium 1925-1927 had finally passed the Senate and that the building program recommended to the Board of Trustees by the President of the College was provided for in the amount appropriated. The message meant even more for upon checking up with the Press dispatches from Juneau during the session of the Legislature it meant that twenty of the twenty-four members of the Leg islature in both Houses had support ed the appropriation bill and that every member from the Third DiVi- sion and the Fourth Division had registered for the College. Only four Representatives opposed the bill: Paul and Ferguson from the First Division and Elliott and Nylan from the Second Division.
 President Bunnell at the request of the Legislature had been in Jul lege to joint session of both the Houses for two hours one day; a 1 few days later he talked more Col | lege for another two hours to the l Committee on Education They lis | tened, questioned, doubted, wonder ed, waited and finally voted but when | they voted they voted right. Later they scolded a little, not seriously, i just in a good-natured way; said it was lot of money but that it was for good purpose and that they 1 were satisfied
 There was a showing made to the l Territorial Legislature that must |! have presented to all members a strong appeal. This is the showing: The College prior to the appropria- 1 tion for the 1925-1927 biennium had 1 received from the Territory appro- l priations amounting to a total of | S197,000 and it's assets amounted to $200,430S5. The members were con 1 vinced that under the direction of the Board of Trustees of the College l all expenditures were carefully made l and that the Territory was receiving a dollars worth of service for every dollar expended
 The growth of this institution has i been remarkable, some say pheno- i menal, but that is most too strong a 1 term. The enrolment tells part of i the story, sixty-two in 1922, eighty l four in 1923 and one hundred and 1 thirty-three in 1924. In 1923 the East | Wing, a structure as large as the 1 main building, was added during the summer of 1924 a mine shop building and an agricultural shop 1 building were constructed and now during the summer of 1925 they 1 are building the West Wing, a power 1 house, 36x36 feet and a dormitory with three floors 32x86 feet. From a few hundred volumes the Library l has grown to over six thousand vol | umes, and from a few thousand dol | lars invested in scientific equipment 1 the amount has been increased to the sum of approximately sixty thous- and dollars. The faculty consisted of seven members in 1922 and this year there will be fourteen members.
 The foregoing are some of the facts | that show the growth of this Far thest North" College. The scope of its activities is widening and it is 1 safe to say that from now on it is going to enjoy the status of being | a firmly established territorial insti- tuition. The way to appreciate it the most is to make use of it as much as possible.