The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-24
BUNNELL LOOKS
FOR BIC GROWTH,
ALASKA COLLEGE
Says Attendance Next Few
Years Limited Only by
Accommodations Given.

anu SCnOOl OF Mines VIII utNtlOp
to a point in the next five or six
years that it will have an attendance
of from 400 to 500 or coo students,
DIR. Charles +. Bunnell President
ber of Commerce today. He. Coach
W. X Abell and eight students of
the College were guests of the
Chamber at its weekly noon lunch
con today.
President Bunncll declared the
question OF enrolment of students
in the period mentioned would be
governed almost entirely by the
funds which the Territorial Legis-
lature might make available in In ?
greatest present need there was said
to be a dormitory for women stu
dents who are at present accom-
modated in a small temporary build
ing on the campus.
Describes College Plant
DR.. Bunnell gave highly inter
esting talk mainly on the college and
what 1t means 10 Alaska. He emphas-
lied that its greatest advantage was
in the fact that its enrolment was
small and that il was able to offer
personal attention by its faculty to
all students. affordng close
contact and instruction which is not
now possible to be obtained from the
a Il -.
the States
He urged that boys and girls grad
ualng from Alaskan high schools
would receive proportionately great.
er advantages from attending the
Alaska College, particularly for the
first two years. than from the larger
institutions in the States. In addition
to the advantage of receiving in
dlvldnal instruction in their class
rooms. il would give them AN Cd.
portunity to acquire poise. to become
better balanced and find themselves
which was rarely to be found in
schools where the attendance runs
INTO the thousands and class rooms
are so crowded with students il is
impossible for personal contact to
exist between instructors and stu
dents IF we can get them for two
years, we wont worry about the re
naming two years of the college
course. We know they will stay with
us, he asserted frankly.
Hopes for More Funds
DR.. Bunnell said if the Hatch.
Adams and Purnell acts should ba
extended to the Territory that by
1890, the Alaska College would be
receiving $4,000 annually from the
Federal government for agricultural
experiment and farm help work. The
inclusion of the Territory in the pro
| visions of these three laws. he said
| would naturally turn over all the
farm experiment work that is now
being carried on by the Federal Gov.
ernment in Alaska
A bill was prepared by him last
year at the request of the Delegate
TO Congress for Introduction. 1t was
not introduced however. as the Dele
/; gate thought best to take il up with
the Department of Agriculture which
did not seem inclined to favor il
He hoped that Delegate Sutherland
would present the bill OF Congress
at the next session.
Centers on Mining
The principal work of the College
now centers on mining and the min,
ing engineering department is at
tracing attention from many pros
pective students in the States. The
extensive activity of the Fairbanks
Exploration Co, in development of
placer fields in the Fairbanks dis
trict has again revived interest in
placer mining and the College has
| recently received many injuries
from the State regarding it's min
| ing school
The Fairbanks Exploration Co.. HI
said plans an expenditure of SIG
| 100000 before it begins it's dredging
operations in 1928. 1t is constructing
a power plant at cost of $1,000 OOf
at Fairbanks and Is building a ditto,
line between 10 and so miles long