The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-08

CHAMBER HOST !. TO EDUCATORS
 AT NOON LUNCH
Visiting and Local Educat ors Greeted by Cham
 Der Commerce Today

The faculty of the Juneau Hig; School was today formally wei comed here by the Chamber Q Commerce, when Il members Q the staff were guests of that or ganization at it's weekly meeting Other guests included scientist from two universities and visitor from Ketchikan and Skagway.
 A capacity attendancce greetet the guests. The High School fac ulty welcome was spoken by R. E Robertson, former President of tn. Chamber and member of the loca School Board.
 Chambers Interest Real
 "The Chamber of Commerce has always taken an interest in tn, Juneau school system," MT. Rob ertson said. It feels that tn. community has a splendid sys tenn, and takes pride in sup. porting it on every occasion.
 Through that support and th< work of the instructors it wa, aimed to build up in the pupils in the schools not only conn munity spirit, but an Alaskan spirit, and the spirit of national. ism, he added.
 Since 1917, he pointed out, there has been an average annual in crease in enrolment of 10 per cent ill the local schools, indicating that the school ropulation is raps idly outgrowing the present ade- quacy of the school plants. The opening day enrolment this year was 590. Sixty-three pupils are being brought in from Glacier Highway points, and this will in- crease to about 70 shortly. The school enrolment growth, he said L-ings new problems that the conl- munity and Territory, with the CO., operation of the teachers, must solve.
 Juneau's Reputation Fine
 Juneau has quite a reputation with us at the University of Wash ington, particularly in the Science School, because of the excellence in scholarship of the students coming from here." declared Dr, Thomas o. Thompson, who is at the head of the party aboard the scientific ship Catalyst, and mak- ing their first voyage to the Ter ritory.
 A community, lie added, is judg- ed by the type of school system 1t possesses, and the excellence of the local system was partly &C., counted for by the attitude dis played by the local Chamber of Commerce, he said. Other mem- bers of his party briefly acknow- 1edged introductions.
 Yale Professor, Speaker
 Prof. c. B. Osgood, of Yale Uni versity, making an ethnological study of Interior Indians for the Yale Peabody Institute, spoke briefly of his investigations which consist mainly of reducing to writ ten form of the culture of the h. dians before their contact with the Whites. The problems en- countered are difficulties to be over- come, in spite of the seeming small size of the reward to the ethnologist, were more than com pensated for by compensationsl in non-technical matters, he said. The beauty of the barren grounds in the winter time, the Ustas o1 seascape and mountains from shel- tered harbors, the liberality and open- -heartedness of the people with whom he came into contact more than made up for any lacs of richness in scientific material gathered.
 Juneau, he asserted, is a most beautiful city. And it is also one of the most prosperous he has seen anywhere in the entire country.
 Skagway Preacher Guest
 Rev Warren Griffith, pastor oi the Presbyterian Church of Skag- way, here for a 30-day vacation briefly acknowledged an introduc- tion. w. A. Bates, Ketchikar banker, here on e combined busi- ness and recreation trip, brought greetings from the Ketchikar Chamber. T hope that some day convenient transportation facilitie; will make possible inter-city meet ings. Its a doz-gone shame wt can't get together more often, he said.
 Rev. Henry Cross. new pastor of the Metropolitan Methods Episcopal Church, who recently succeeded Rev. George James. was
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