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AT COLLEGE
COLLEGE, Alaska, Sep. 22.—
Out in the Aleutians there is a
saying that behind every tree
there is a girl. Furthermore, the
saying is substantially true—
there are no trees.
On the mainland of Alaska
there are many trees and some
girls but even this section of the
Territory is by no mean.- over
populated by members of the fair
sex, as the Alaskan Department
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GI's will readily admit.
There is a place in Alaska,
however, where pretty girls are
in abundance—the University of
Alaska, located a few miles from
Fairbanks. Here also is located a
small detachment of the Armed
Forces Institute, the armed ser
vices school with a world campus.
The University grades the les
sons as they are received from
military posts in Alaska and a
few GI’s are stationed there to
handle the mailing. A deal? Not
according to the sentiments ex
pressed by some members of the
detachment. You review the sit
uation with one of them and he
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. will squawk his head off like
any other GI.
{ “How about that?” we ques
i tioned a sergeant confidentially.
1 “What’s the story on all this
cheese cake which is on all sides
of us?”
"Oh that!" he comes back with
an excellent example of scorn,
"You wouldn't think so much of
it if you had to look at it all day
long?”
“Wouldn't we?” we inquired
politely but doubtfully.
“It’s like anything else." he ex
plained patently. "Having pret
ty girls around all the time you
get used to it and after a while
you get sort of fed up—”
“Like having loo much spam?"
we suggested.
“Something like that,” he
agreed, “only it don’t get quite
that critical?”
i “Elsewhere in Alaska,” we
po.nted out, “it is not critical at
ail. In fact at some points sol
diers have been known to re
mark at the shortage of girls. By
pulling a few strings you could
get yourself transferred to one
of those places and avoid further
annoyance.”
“Don’t get me wrong,” the ser
geant hastened to assure us, "I'm
not dissatisfied and I’m not
complaining. I like my work and
everything but it’s no soft job
like a person might think. We
really work, keeping track of the
•service men who are signed up
for courses. They move around so
much that in many cases each
lesson has to be mailed to a dif
ferent address.”
This appeared logical but we
had to confess we were unim
pressed by this apparent.. draw
back. Work also occurs elsewhere
in the armed forces. We decided
to dig up a new source of in
formation.
! A corporal was crossing the
campus attended by four girls—
two blondes, a brunette and r
Native girl. We rescued him.
i “What kind of recreation is
available here,” we inquired, ex
pecting him to laugh in our tace.
The corporal pondered, the
question for a moment. “Well.”
he said, “if you like fishing there’..,
! plenty of trout in nearby streams.
Or you can take a hike to the
mountains, a short distance from
! here, and do some hunting if you
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“What else,” we prompted him
J “That’s about all,” he told us.
“We have movies three nights a
i week but most of the films are
' old and it’s better to take a bus
; to Fairbanks if you’re a movie
I fan. It’s only about a 30-minute
' ride and we have class A pass
es.
“If we had such a pass we
would never use it,” we declared.
“We would not even consider ab
senting ourselves from a post
such as this.”
The corporal grinned. “I see
what you mean,” he remarked,
indicating that the thought was
not entirely new to him, “but
after listening to a bunch of girls
chattering day in and day out
you’d be glad to get away and do
some fishing or hunting.”
Our new guide offered to show
us the rooms where the men were
quartered and in this department
we observed luxuries we had not
even dreamed of for a couple of
years. Accommodations at the
University differ somewhat from
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the so-called barracks plan of
housing.
! “How can you sleep on a bed
like that?" we demanded. “Look
how it sinks in when you just
touch it with your hand."
"It's rugged at first," he admit
ted. “but in time you get accus
tomed to a soft bed and then you
sleep as comfortably as you would
on an army cot."
The dining hall was next and
here, we found, the University
had shot the works. White table- j
cloths and napkins were on every
table and the dishes and cups
were the kind you can lift with
one hand.
“This is the life''1 we declared
with enthusiasm.
“It's not too bad.' the corpor
al conceded, “but like everything
else it’s a mixture of advantages
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and handicaps.”
He glanced at his wrist watch.
“Goshf” he exclaimed. “I’d bet
ter hurry or I’ll be late for the
volley ball game.”
“Who’s playing?” we inquired.
“It’s mixed teams. We don’t
have enough fellows to make up
full teams so we have to get some
of the girls to fill in. It’s not so
good but we have to make out
the best we can.”
“That's too bad,” we comment
ed. “You should by all means
have more men assigned to this
station—for instance us.”
Some foods containing calcium
are milk, cottage ceese, dried
beans, eggs, green cabbage, broc
coli, collards, kale and mustard
and turnip greens.
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