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ber centered for a time around
a 162-year-old literary effort by
the English poet Samuel Taylor
Coleridge, “The Rhyme of the An
cient Mariner.”
Sen. Seaborn J. Buckalew Jr.,
an opponent of the lottery bill,
brought Coleridge’s poetic efforts
into the debate by warning the
legislature was about to take a
drastic step that would tie “an
albatross around the neck of this
infant state.”
Buckalew’s opposition to the
bill was supported by Sens. John
McNees and Irwin Metcalf of
Seward, who contended it might
open the way to big time gam
bling.
McNees said there were no re
strictions in the bill that would
prevent $1,000 a card bingo games
(or) parimutual dog racing.”
“It would do just what this
body does not want done,” Mc
Nees said.
Senate majority leader Ralph
Moody, who helped write the
committee substitute measure, re
plied:
“Senator McNees and Senator
Buckalew have about plucked the
feathers of this albatross.”
He said the measure would not
tie anything about the necks of
the people, but would “keep the
string tied on controlling what we
have had for 60 years.”
Moody said the bill would per
mit “what we have had in the
past, which we all know is il
legal.”
Moody opposed a suggestion by
McNees that the bill be defeated
and that any new legislation con
tain provisions that portions of
revenue from various lotteries
and raffles be turned into the
state general fund.
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By CONRAD H. POTTER J
Superintendent of Schools j
There are more than 200,000
public schools in the Soviet Union,
with an enrollment of 30 million
children. All children between
the ages of 7 and 16 are obliged
by law to attend school. A school
will be opened wherever there
are children — even though there
may be no more than a half
dozen within the schol district
area.
Schools are to be found in the
most remote parts of Russia. In
the far north, beyond the Arctic
Circle, for example, there are
some 5,000 schools for the chil
dren of the Evenki, Chukchi, Es
kimo, and other peoples. Before
the Revolution of 1917, these
people had no schools at all; nor
did they have a written language.
Study in Native Tongues
There are no national or social
restrictions in the Soviet schools.
Children study in their native
tongues. Textbooks and visual
aids are prepared in 59 of the
languages spoken in Russia.
Schools are supervised by local
boards of education. The curricu
lum is planned by the Ministry of
Public Education of each of the
Soviet Union’s republics. All
schools are part of the single
nationwide system, and are sup
ported by government funds.
About 13 per cent of the entire
national budget is allocated to
education. In 1957 this came to
78.9 billion rubles (approximately
$20-billion).
Since the end of World War II,
new schools have been built at an
extraordinarily rapid rate. From
1946 to 1955, the Soviet govern
ment built 29,555 schools, to ac
commodate 5,006,000 children.
There are three types of schools.
The Primary School covers Grade
1 through 4; the seven-year
school, grades 1 through 7, and
the 10-year school, grades 1
through 10.
Special Schools
In addition to the general
schools, there are special schools
for children gifted in music,
dancing, dramatics, and fine arts,
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Electrical Energy Power
Authority Called for In
^Legislation Before Senate
JUNEAU, Uf) — A state power
authority, empowered to make
studies and recommendations in
the field of electrical energy,
would be created under a bill in
troduced in the Alaska Senate
Wednesay.
The agency would study the
“need for . . . authority to con
struct and otherwise acquire, op
erate and maintain electric gen
eration, transmission and distri
bution facilities. . .
A report based on that study
would be submitted to the Legis
lature at its next session.
A three-man board appointed
by the Governor would adminis
ter the authority. No member
would be permitted to be an
official or employe of a private
utility.
which combine general education
with special training. There are
also schools in Russia for the phys
ically and mentally handicapped.
The curriculum for the first
three years includes Russian lan
guage, arithmetic, drawing, sing
ing, physical culture and manual
training. In the 4th grade, biolo
gy is taught, also geography and
history.
In the middle and upper grades,
the subjects are grouped into the
humanities, foreign language, lit
erature, science and mathematics.
Certain courses are required —
as in the case of mathematics,
which is studied in every grade.
But students may choose optional
practical courses designed to give
them the basic elements of cer-1
tain special knowledge and skills, i
This may be some trade, stenog- !
raphy, typing, or domestic
sciences.
Six Days of School
The school year in Russia begins
on September 1, and ends between
May 20 and June 20, depending
upon the grades. All children go
to school six days a week. A les
son period is 45 minutes. The
school year is divided into four
quarters. Marks are given for
each quarter, on which the final
marks and promotion to the upper
grades are based. Children who
receive unsatisfactory marks are
either left to take the year’s work
over, or given a summer assign
ment to do. At the end of the 7th
and 10th grades, students take
final examinations. There are no
such examinations in the other
grades.
Teachers in the schools of Rus
sia work from lesson plans which
are prepared for each period. Les
son plans are altered as the work
progresses. There is no rigid or
strict plans.
More than 1,800,000 teachers
are employed in the schools of
the Soviet Union. All have had
special training, which they are
continually improving.
Pay Equals Engineers'
The teacher’s salary scale is
equal to that of any skilled en
gineer. Teachers have periodic in
crements. A teacher with 25 years
of service receives, in addition to
his salary, a bonus amounting to
40 per cent of his salary. Teachers
also get two-month paid vacations.
Teaching is a highly respected
vocation in the Soviet. Union.
More than 122,000 teachers are
deputies to the national and re
publican legislatures and the city,
town, and village councils. More
than 270,000 teachers in Russia
have been awarded medals for
meritricious serice or contribu
tions to theory and practice of
teaching.
There is little doubt that Soviet
progress in science, technology
and arts owes much to the scope
and quality of the country’s edu
cational system.
Education cannot be stationary.
It must ever be receptive to the
new thoughts and new approaches
that new times inevitably bring, i
That is the main guiding prin- j
ciple of the Soviet schools.
Legislators Ask
Ford Foundation
Advice on Schools
JUNEAU, UPI — A group of
legislators conferred with a Ford
Foundation representative Wed
nesday in hopes of finding a way
to broaden vocational education
programs in Alaska.
Dr. James C. MacConnell of
Stanford University was the
luncheon guest of a number of
lawmakers. He is in the state in
connection with a planning study
at the University of Alaska.
Legislators told MacConnell
there is a need for vocational edu
cation in Alaska beyond that pro
vided in some high schools and
the Bureau of Indian Affairs
School at Mount Edgecumbe.
MacConnell, who is head of the
Ford Foundation’s Western Re
gional Educational Facilities Lab
oratory, said he didn’t believe
the foundation has funds for such
programs. He recommended that
the state study its needs and seek
funds from other agencies.
“You’ve got a sound story if
you can put it into a package,”
the educator said. “You have to
present a united front when you
seek planning money. The plan
ning dollar is the hardest to get
hold of.”
TROOP 666, BOY SCOUTS, with
John Bandy, Scoutmaster, have
been livng up to Scout rules by
doing a series of gooc^ deeds in
the community. Last week they
all pitched in and shoveled snow
on the sidewalks on Front Street.
This week they visited in a
group, Ann Bashelier, the little
girl from Koyuk who is hospital
ized from dog bites, and brought
her some good cheer gifts.
The troop, reported Ricky
Young, their scribe, marched in
formation to the hospital, getting
in some drill practice on the way.
The boys selected individual gifts
for Ann, who is about their own
age.
Next week, the boys will prac
tice basketball at the School Gym,
which is always a treat.
ATTENDANT DIFFICULTIES
PHILADELPHIA, UR — Myron
Haber was only too happy to al
low an attendant to park his car
in a restaurant lot while he went
in to eat dinner yesterday during
rain and cold.
When he came out the car was
gone. So was the attendant.
Haber went into the restaurant
to inquire.
“Attendant?” employes asked.
“Why, we’ve never had an at
tendant.”
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Public Works Chief
Holds Up Fairbanks Road
Plan as Too Extravagant
JUNEAU — Commissioner of
Public Works, Richard Downing,
said yesterday that as a result of
a public hearing held Feb. 16 in
Fairbanks, he is withholding ap
proval for a proposed road pro
ject between Fairbanks and Eiel
son AFB, until the design stan
dards can be fully investigated.
Downing pointed out that after
Feb. 16, all Federal Aid Highway
projects will be awarded in the
name of the State of Alaska. He
said that the majority of those
present at the hearing felt there
was no immediate need for a road
built to the standards proposed by
a consulting engineering firm.
“We are going to review all pro
posed highway projects to be sure
that we are not spending one dime
more than is justified,” Downing
said.
Nuclear Sub Sargo Is
Headed for Hawaii After
Month Under Ice Cap
WASHINGTON, l/PI—The Sargo
is headed for a sunny homecoming
in Hawaii after being under the
polar ice pack for almost a month
during a trip to the North Pole.
The nuclear submarine sur
faced Wednesday at the southern
edge of the ice cap, near St.
Lawrence Island off the western
coast of Alaska. This is near the
point at which she submerged
Jan. 25 for the polar visit.
On the trip back from the pole,
the Sargo encountered pressure
ridges in the ice pack which ex
tended down as much as 100 feet.
She poked up five times at points
where the ice was thinner.
The atomic submarines Nauti
lus and Skate had made earlier
trips to the Pole.
First Ship Carrying U. S.
Tourists Docks In Russia
MOSCOW, (/PI — A cruise ship
carrying about 500 Americans
docked at the Black Sea port of
Yalta today, the vanguard of
about 20,000 tourists expected in
the Soviet Union this year. The
Greek liner Olympia is the first
of four tourist ships heading for
the Soviet Union. Two of them
will cruise on the Baltic. The
Olympic has already called at
Odessa, another Black Sea port
where the weather now is mild.
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