The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-09-06
MISS PATRYLO INTERVIEWED
BY MASSACHUSETTS PAPER
lWoonsoeket, Mass. Caln


(WOonsocket, Mass CALI
Few persons who make their
Tres in this vicinity have lat the
opportunity to ecDmn acquainted
with wing conditions il Alaska.
apn' from the limited information
la.blisaed en- the comparatively new
and unknown land, where education
and modern developments are slow
ly but definitely supplanting he
older civilization of the Abomgines.
"A brief visit to this land of sum
mer beauty would hardly be suffiei-
Cit to convey the story OF Alaska
to the visitor .9ne would have to
spend months on the peninsula,
Which is generally believed to be
perpetually covered by ice and
snow, before its true beauty and
rapidly developing civilization
could be observed.
Miss Anna Patrylo, of Blackstone,
whose experiences as a resident and
traveller in Alaska and whose COM
Darison of the customs there with
those in the United States and F.u-
rope are based upon actual ebserva-
lions for the past year, consented,
in an interview, to supply some in
formation concerning the country
as she had observed It,
Miss Patrylo, who has taught
school in WraHged for the past
year, told of the beauty of that
little town. and its setting On an
island in mountain ranges. She also
told of the customs of the islanders
the educational system, and the
general beauty of the territory.
Travelled In Europe
Miss Patrylo's experiences as a
traveller are not limited to the Unit
ed States, or even to brief visit
to Europe. She has Travelled eX-
tensiyely in this country and Eu-
rope.
After completing her studies at
Blackstone High School from which
she was graduated in 1926, she
studied at Mt. St Vincen-on-th-
| d +
year course in 1880. She then con-
| tinued her education at the Eor-
bonnie in France, completing a spe-
cial course in the French LANGUAGE
in 1881, after which she travelled
through several countries of Eu-
rope, where she gave special atten-
ton to the educational systems. at
the same time visiting points of his
| torical interest.
Last September she accepted an
appointment as a teacher in the
| government schools at Wrangell.
Alaska, where, during her leisure
hours, she gave great deal of her
time to the study of the customs,
manners, educational system and in
| i Stries of that country.
Miss Patrylo spoke highly of the
hospitality and kindness of the in
| habltants of the sections she visited
and resided in. She was especially
| lound of ms soahnoora enoV T
loud in her praise of the confidence
: manifested by the Alaskans in
fOASOii AiOAi4 TIC DIcllCo, Iu6 Sill D1iCl-
ty with which they conduct them
selves and the advantages, not yet
commercialized, that await settlers
in the Alaskan territory.
"She referred to Alaska as Our
last frontier of the West; a land of
the unknown and of glamourous en-
terprises; a land not yet COM
mercialized and retaining it's nat
raj beauty; a land still to be de-
veloped and full of opportunities.
Not Land of Ice, Snow
Continuing, she said:
" How tragic to disillusion thou
sands of people who seem to think
that Alaska is a land of perpetual
ice and snow. True, around the pol
ar regions ice most likely exists
all year round, but this is by no
means true of all Alaska.
In the interior the winters are
very severe and long, but along the
coast, or, better still, in the south
eastern section, the climate is mild,