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"\HERE have been four
very distinct turning
points in my life.
Each one has marked

a new phase. If l had decided
differently at any one of these
crossroads. the remainder of my
career would have been COM
pletely changed.
Of course, l have been ex-
ceedingly lucky. because all
through my life l have been
doing exactly what I wanted to
do. From the time that I can
remember anything wanted to
be an explorer - wanted it so in
tensely that there never was any
decision to make. Many young
men i might say most of
them even at the time they
graduate from college have no
interest which is definite enough
to make them know beyond a
doubt the work in which they
can be perfectly happy and
contented.
My only problem was to find
out how l was going to become
an explorer. l did know that the
best way was to get connected
with a natural history museum
which sent out expeditions. But
how to do it? I was born in the
little college town of Reloit.
Wisconsin. near Chicago. So |
wrote the Director of the Field
Museum of Natural History in
Chicago asking for a job; l also
wrote the Carnegie Museum of
Pittsburgh and The American
Museum of Natural History in
New York. All of them replied
that they had no jobs available.
Then came the first great
turning point in my life. l had
about SlOO, which l had made
mounting birds and animals for
sportsmen. Should l be satisfied
with the discouraging replies of
the Museums and direct the cur
rent of my life into some of the
conventional business openings
of a small town. Or should l
invest my slender capital in a
trip to Chicago, Pittsburgh and
New York and try to sell myself
to one of the great museums
which had already refused me by
letter. If l went east and got no
job in a museum my money
would be gone and ! would be
on my own to sink or swim in the
whirlpool of a great city.
- 1t really did not take me long
to decide. l couldn't give up
what / wanted to do so pas
sionately without a real struggle.
/ never had been further away
from home than the ninety miles
to Chicago. II ever there was an
unsophisticated country boy, l w
am an adventurer by nature, and
it was to be a real adventure, goil
and almost penniless into the VIC
cities.
The first of July I started wi
several days packed in a shoe DO,
Museum at Chicago netted no res
did the Carnegie Museum at P
was received kindly at both plac
was all. Only The American
Natural History was left.
Preached New York in the ever
across the river on the 23rd s
Never shall l forget my thrill a
lights of the great city. In spite
couragement of my previous inter
the friendliness of New York. / {
of the ruthlessness too that \
Evening star., 1935-07-28

should have been sent to get it
was away. There was no one
except Jimmie Clark and me
to 60.
My chief interest in natural
history up to that time had been
birds. 1t shifted suddenly to
whales by the time we had fin
ished with that specimen. For
eight years ! collected, studied
and wrote about whales, and the
work carried me twice around
the world.
Although having my interests
diverted from birds to whales
was most important, the second
really great turning point in my
life came when had been in the
Museum two and a half years.
| had been asked to join an
expedition to the Arctic. Because
of financial difficulties the at
tempt was postponed. l was
waiting impatiently for the start.
Then one day the Director of
the Museum called me to his
office.
Would you like to 60 to
Borneo and the Dutch East
Indies?" he asked.
Just like that. Would l like
to 60 to Borneo?
Can a duck SWIM" said |.
Probably | did not use ex-
actly those words. but whatever
| did say got my idea across
emphatically.
| did not realize it, but in that
moment my whole life was
changed. | was young, without
care or responsibility in the
world, and keen for exploration.
"A bird in the hand is worth two
in the bush," thought |. The
Arctic trip was to be in six
months. | could start for Borneo
next week. So | went.
I was away nearly two years.
Half of the time was spent ex-
ploring the little known islands
of the East Indies; the re-
mainder, studying whales along
the coast of Japan. But most
important was the fact that it
turned my career definitely to
Asia. Had I gone to the north I
would inevitably have become
an Arctic or an Antarctic ex-
plorer. The frozen wastes of ice
and snow have always fascinated
me. Once in it l never would
have given it up.
Instead, the subtle lure of the
Orient filled my blood. l had
learned the customs and the
language of the Far East in those
two years. l had only to look at
the map to see vast areas of un-
known land awaiting the ex-
decision to 60 to the Orient rather
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tional ''moving-up" exercises will be
held, with each class formally stepping
into the place of the class it succeeds.
At the same time, awards day will
be held and students with outstanding
records for scholarship. leadership and
value to the college will receive prizes,
honors and awards.
Finnan to Speak.
C. Marshall Finnan, director Of Ma
tional Capital Parks, will be the prin-
cipal speaker DR.. z. c. Higbie. pres
ident, will extend greetings and the
Faculty Committee in charge will de-
liver the honors. Members of the
committee are Miss Alma Ebeling,
chairman; Miss Selma Kause. DR..
Ralph B. Kennard and DR.. @. H.
White.
In the afternoon President and Mrs.
Higbie will be hosts to the seniors on
visit to Rippon Lodge, about 80 miles
south of Washington. The lodge was
built in 1725 on a grant of land made
by the King of England to the Black
burn family, 1t is now owned by Wade
H. Ellis, a descendant Of the original
holders.
Tuesday morning the seniors will
present their own convocation, in
which sketches Of college life and of
the faculty will be presented. That
afternoon the Alumni Association will
entertain the graduates at a tea dance
at the Hay-Adams House. Miss Kath-
crime Scrivener is president of the as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16
West Joins A. u. Faculty.

CHARLES WEST, administrative as
~ sistant to the governor Of the
Farm Credit Administration, who Is
President Roosevelt's contact man"
on Capitol Hill, will be one of q dis
tinguished faculty which will discuss
various phases of THE New Deal
After Two Years" at the second Sum-
mer Institute of the School of Public
Affairs Of American University, to be
held from July to August 16.
This was announced jointly by
Chancellor Joseph M. M. Gray of the
university and Arthur S. Fleming, d.
rector of the school, in making public
the faculty and courses to be offered.
Mr.. West will offer a course on
New Deal Current Problems" at the
downtown graduate school at 1901 F
street. Other faculty members and
their courses on the program after
pm. at the downtown school will be
Howard s. Piquet of the United
States Tariff Commission. who is on
leave from New York University,
Economics of the New Deal" and
Cyril B. A. Upham, special assistant
to the Secretary of the Treasury,
Banking and Currency Under the
New Deal"
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ISOLATION and the committee In charge
is composed of Miss Mary Marshall,
Miss Dorothy Russell and Miss Flea
nor Robson.
DR.. BalIOu to Deliver Address.
At the graduation exercises, DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent of
schools, will deliver the principal ad-
dress, and the degrees will be con-
ferred by DR.. Hayden johnson. presi-
dent of the Board of Education. DR.
Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant SUI
perintendent Of schools, will preside.
William H. jenkins is president OF
the graduating class. The other Of
GERS are: Miss Anne Chambers, vice
| president; Miss Mary Margaret MUIR
| ply, secretary, and Ralph w. Don
nelly, treasurer.
The Faculty Committee, in charge
of commencement week. is composed
of DR.. c. M. Huber, chairman; Mrs
Bernice Angelica. Miss Agnes Garrels
Miss Dorothy Kalb, Miss August Krie-
ner and Miss Alberta Walker.
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SCHOOLS TO OPEN
Girl Scouts to Give Instruction
in Recreational Work.

Summer training for women inter-
ested in recreational leadership will
be offered by three Girl Scout schools
in Pennsylvania and Virginia, it was
announced yesterday by Mrs. Stuart
MCGUIRE. vice president of the Girl
Scouts
These three schools are a part Of
the chain of IS training camps in
which the Girl Scouts are preparing
women to play a part in he growing
profession of recreational direction,
Mrs. MCGUIRE said. The camps are
Camp May Father, near Mount Scion,
Va. in the George Washington Ma
tional Forest: one near Barree in the
mounts:ns of Central Pennsylvania,
and one is Camp Riamo. near Farm
ington, Pa, in the Allegheny Noun
tains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16
WILSON COLLEGE
PROGRAM STARTS
BaCCaIaureate Address to
Open Commencement
Week Activities.

Wilson Teachers College will launch
its annual commencement week this
afternoon at o'clock, when DR.. Oscar
Fisher Blackwelder, the pastor, will
deliver the baccalaureate address in
the new Lutheran Church of the
Reformation, on East Capitol street,
opposite the Folger Shakespearean
Library.
The program will be climaxed
Wednesday evening. when 81 grad
yates receive the degree of bachelor
of science in the auditorium of Roose-
welt High School.
Meanwhile, q full week of activities
has been planned. Tomorrow at II
am. in the College Auditorium, Elev-
enth and Harvard streets. the tradi-
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Summer Law Glasses,

THE Summer session of Washing
ton College of Law will begin next
Monday, June "a, and will continue
until Saturday. August 3. The course
is planned for beginners as well as
for the midyear and advanced stu
dents. and the work is arranged so
that classes may be taken in the early
morning or in the afternoon.
Beta Chapter. Phi Delta Delta
Women's Legal Fraternity, announced
the following pledges yesterday: Edith
E. Spaulding, Dorothy G. Dorian. Sal
lie S. Wade and Fife c. Carlson. =.
Epsilon Chapter. Kappa Beta Pi
Legal Sorority, also announced the
pledging of the following: Mildred e
Gooden, z. Nina Brown, Marie z
Lietz and Jessie G. Cronemeyer.
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Schools and Colleges
George Washington Law Review Editorial Staff to
Entertain Members of Legal
Profession.

ginia went to Alonso Allison, Falls
Church: Elizabeth Carr, Leesburg:
Sudie wager, Madison; Benjamin
Long. Luray; Arthur c. Higgs, New
Market. and Mary Tyler King. Co
lonial Beach. Mary Currell Pattie of
Manassas and Bill Gaines Of War
renton had identical scores on the
test given for Fauquier, Prince Will
liam and Stafford Counties and will
divide the award between them.
Victorious seniors in other Mary
land areas include Roberta Miller,
Boonsboro; Julia Bistline, Cumber-
land, and Kitty Cochrane. La Plata.
Class Graduates Tuesday.
PAUL J. LEvERoNE, principal of
l. Columbia Technical Institute of
Washington, has announced that
James M. Moudy Of the aeronautical
engineering class has been chosen as
valedictorian for the 1885 graduates.
The annual commencement exer-
cises will be held at the Washington
Hotel Tuesday evening. This years
graduation class numbers over 200
and is one of the largest in the his
tory Of the school.
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CHORAL GROUP PLANNED
Louis Potter to Form New So
ciety, Using Old Name.

Louis Potter, director of the recently
disbanded Washington Choral Society,
announced today he plans to organize
q new choral group in the near fu-
ture. The new organization will as
sumo the same name as the old one.
Potter said further details would be
announced later and requested in the
meantime that members Of the dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16
Graduation Set for June "a.

THE washington School for Secre-
= taries has chosen June 20 for the
annual graduation exercises. which
will be held In the auditorium of the
National Press Club. DR.. Richard T.
Ely, president of the school, will pre-
sent the diplomas.
1t was also announced that the
Summer session will begin July for
those beginning the regular secre-
tarial courses and the special six
week course in shorthand and type
writing only.
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r es pecti vely.
John j. Donnelly,
.ir., of st. Johns
was awarded the
scholarship given
annually to the
parochial hig h
schools. In the
Virginia area ad-
jacent to Wash
ington r o b e r t
G ng and
Margaret Brinck-
m an, b OF h Of
Alexandria, tied
for first place In
the examination
oiuafa for AlaY.
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is Scholarships Awarded.

WINNERS Of Is scholarships Of
w fered by Strayer College to high
school seniors of the class of 1885
were announced by the college last
week and the certificates have been
forwarded to the various schools to be
presented during the commencement
programs.
Dorothy Whittlesey of Silver Spring
and Betty S. Young Of Hyattsville
won the scholarships offered in Mont
gomerY and Prince GEORGES Counties.
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as announced
yes t e ay by
Dean j o h n r.
Fitzpatrick of the
Law School.
For the first
time in the his
tory of the insti-
tuition the honor
has b e en- con-
ferred on a
woman. Miss Love
receives q schol-
arship for post
graduate work.
Miss Love Is
engaged in sec
rakartal mnrk IN
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faculty. For three Summers DR.. Bail
was visiting lecturer in the College
Of Education at Iowa.
A native of Bonneville, Mo. he
graduated as a bachelor of arts from
Missouri Valley College in 1920. In
1928 he took his masters degree at
Iowa and three years later received
his Phi. D. at the same institution. He
is widely known among the young
educators Of the country.
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ton. He will as
sumo office on
August l.
DR.. Bail has
b e e n supervisor
of the secondary
schools at Hib-
bling since 1881.
Prior to that time
he was principal
of the State Uni
versity of Iowa
High School, and
at the same time
an instructor in
m e t h DDS of
physics on the
State university
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100000 for Cathedral.

Construction of a permanent Angli-
can Cathedral in Augland. New Zea-
land, is assured by the bequest of
about $780, provided in the will of
Miss Nina Horton.
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M RS. FREDERIC ERNE s T
HU FARRING TON and the
wv Board Of Overseers of Chevy
A ' Il Chase Junior College have
announced the appointment
Of DR.. Philip Milo Bail Of Hibbing.
MINI To be president of that Institu-
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Coed Wins High Honor.

THE highest academic honor con-
ferred upon students of Column
bus University School of Law has been
awarded to Miss Naomi Love, a men,
Der Of this years graduating class. 1t
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the Army Signal Corps at the War
Department. She Is graduate OF
Business High School. She lives at
1855 H eetsnortheast.
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sndria and Arlington County and
will share the scholarship equally.
Other scholarships awarded in Vir-
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-11-15

QUART PERMANENT WAVE, com plete with shampoo, fingerwave and haircut, $5 Licensed operat- or Effie May Brownson, Room 8, Vreatt Apts.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-11-15

e & D KNITTED DRESSES and suits, latest styles, made to mea- sure; lingerie, hose, foundation garments. Mrs. Oscar Carlson.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-11-15

Larry Gregorieff, a pioneer na- tive of Valdez, died at his home there from intestinal flu. Larry had been ill for some time but was not thought seriously ill. He will be buried at Ellamar as soon as his son Paul, who is down sound with Capt. Day, returns to town.
 Ed Wood, veteran councilman and pioneer transfer man of the Valdez section, is still quite ill at his home, and appears to be get ting no better. MT. Wood was a member of the first council in Val deg, thirty or more years ago, and has been a member of every sub seauent council in which he cared to act. In the early days he was chief scout and wrangler for
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-11-15
JOEL WING OPENS EXPRESS
 OFFICE IN PIONEER BLDG.

Joel Wing this week was made Wrangell agent for the American Cypress Company. taking the place of Mrs. T. J. Mcbride, who resigned several weeks ago.
 Mr. Wing has opened an office in the Pioneer building. He is having aards printed for distribution the first of the week, showing the say Ing in express transportation over parcels post.
 As the work connected with the express will not keep him occupied all of the time, he plans to carry on other services He has bought the p. F. Grigwire Magazine Sub scription Service, which Mir. Orig wire gave up when, through i'll health, he was compelled to go to the Pioneers Home at Sitka. and has other objectiyes in mind.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-11-15
"SOAPY SMITH TACTICS BRING KETCHIKAN JAIL SENTENCE

A warning against trying Soapy Smith gang tricks" in Ketchikan was sounded this week by Judge Van Glider, municipal magistrate, in passing sentence in a case.
 A sentence of five days on the chain gang and a fine of S100 was given Erwin L. Bulger on convic- tion of a charge of assault and bat tery which the court found to be a result of a complainant's refusal to comply with demands of a group against whom police assertedly have been active.
 David Joseph, visiting rug ped dler, had complained to police that he had been robbed of $35 by en- trusting his money to a barkeeper when he was on a drunk and when he tried to collect it later, was re- fused. Insistence on collecting the money resulted in his receiving a beating, he claimed.
 Bulger was arrested and convict ed of this, two other men who as- sertedly took part in the fracas hAAiNiA ONNui Cu III lllG 6uGTdl UdI on Mission street remaining at lib- erty. BuIger emphatically insists that he had no part in assaulting Joseph. In fact he had never spok- en to the man, Bulger claims. Po- lice investigation of the case by interviewing witnesses at the fra cas supported their contention, however.
 In passing sentence, Judge Van Glider stated, q feel that you're guilty and that you or others with you have been trying to run things around here with your own little gang.
 Let this be a lesson to you and others. I sentence you to spend five days on the chain gang and to pay a fine of $10O. When there's any running things to do around here we'll see that it's done and warn you and others to stand clear
 Its time-honored custom around here for bartenders to take money from men who come in from camps and to keep it for them just in case they get too many drinks But it is and will continue to be a custom that will be re- garded as a sacred trust"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-11-15

Ketchikan, with a payroll of ap- proximately $247,000 this year for total of 45,O00 man days at an average wage of $5.5O per day.
 The ferryboat Teddy, in opera tion between Juneau and Douglas for Is years, discontinued service with the noon trip November 1. Operation is no longer necessary as hourly bus service has been placed over the bridge.
 The words "ulna and radius cost M. E. Fowler of Ketchikan $40 and considerable time. Why in heck" he asked couldn't officials have said foreleg and let it go at that instead of tying up trappers with a lot of technical phrases. ' Fowler killed two wolves. He brought in the hides and forepaws but left the leg bones with the car cass The man said he did not know what the ulna and radius were, so left them. He made out an affidavit and sent it to the trea- surer who remitted the sum due. Trappers should remember and leave the left forearm attached to the pelt, the radius and ulna be- ing the leg bones.
 In a campaign to protect does and lawns in the First division the game warden boat Grizzly Bear made it's first patrol. Six men were arrested in the Lisianski section for illegal deer shooting. Capt Frank Wilson of the seine boat Frisco was found with a female deer carcass and fined $25; Jim Mckinley, John Marks, Leslie John son, George Martin and Pete Dun kin were given 30 days in jail for killing does and lawns. A foot Of snow and 12 degrees above zero brought the deer down to the edge of the water where they were cas- fly killed Several offenders were caught shooting deer from motor boats.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-11-15

FOR SALE-Float house, rooms, bath, tile tub and drainboard, completely furnished, reasonable; ; Can sealer and 200 lids, cans Nos. 2, 21a and 3, $6; 21-jewel Burlington watch, $22.50; Nash sedan, $50. See John Kohl.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-11-15

PIANOS, New and Rebuilt = Rent or sale. Expert piano tuning. An derson Piano Shoppe, Juneau.