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THE MOTION PICTURE
MARTIN LUTHER
has been used of the Lord to encourage Christians,
and to also speak to needy souls.
And though this world, with devils filled.
Should threaten to undo us.
We will not fear, for God hath willed
His truth to triumph through us.
The prince of darkness grim
We tremble not for him;
His rage we can endure.
For lo! his doom is sure.
One little word shall fell him.
Monday, 7:30 p.m. — Church of The Nazarene
Final Plans Made
For Constitution
Signing on Feb. 5
FAIRBANKS, 0P>—F i n a 1 ar
rangements for the official sign
ing of the proposed Alaska State
Constitution were approved Fri
day afternoon by the delegates to
the Constitutional Convention.
Gov. B. Frank Heintzleman and
William Egan, president of the
convention, will be the speakers
at the signing, scheduled for 2
p.m., Sunday, Feb. 5, in the gym
nasium at the University of Alas
ka here.
Six printed documents and one
handwritten, multi-sheath scroll
will be signed by the 55 framers
of the proposed constitution.
Only the last page of the hand
written document will be avail
able for signing. The scribing of
the scroll will be done in Los
Altos, Calif., by Warren W. Fer
ris, former chief designer and cal
ligrapher of the Government
Printing Office.
The scroll copy will be of fold
ed parchment 12 x 18 inches.
Parchment will be used also for
the printed documents, of which
100 copies are being made. The
text will be printed in double -col
umns. Each delegate to the con
vention will receive a copy.
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ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
The question of life on Venus
depends largely upon the length
of the planet’s rotation period.
This is still uncertain since no
surface markings can be found on
the planet by which the period of
its rotation can be determined.
So dense is the atmosphere of
Venus that its surface is, appar
ently, always hidden from view
beneath a canopy of clouds. It is
the more general belief that
Venus, and also Mercury, rotates
on its axis once during a revolu
tion around the sun.
If that is true, then the same
side of the planet is always turn
ed toward the sun. The result»is
that the surface is divided into
two hemispheres. One of these
has perpetual day and the other
has perpetual night.
Venus is the bright evening star
visible from 4 o’clock until 7
o’clock in the southwestern sky.
They Laughed When He Took Off
His Robe — He Forgot His Pants
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., W> — The
house shook with laughter when
Curtis Schoon, Sioux Falls fea
therweight, took off his robe for
his Golden Gloves boxing match
last night.
Schoon had forgotten to wear
his boxing trunks into the ring.
The match was held up while
Schoon returned to the dressing
room.
He lost the bout but won the
sportsmanship trophy.
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College Enrollment
In Alaska Scores
Highest Pctg. Jump
By ROBERT SMITH
WASHINGTON—A 1 a s k a en
joyed the highest percentage jump
in university enrollment this year
of any state or territory in the
nation.
Enrollment figures show that it
was up 174 percent over 1954, ac
cording to the U.S. Office of Edu
cation. The national average was
an increase of 8.8 percent.
The highest increases outside
Alaska were registered in Arizona
and the Canal Zone, each with 23
percent.
Figures compiled by the Office
of Education show that enroll- *
ment in the University of Alaska
hit 1,122 this scholastic year, com
pared with 409 in 1954. This en
rollment pulled Alaska up almost
abreast with Nevada, which had
1,851 students enrolled this year—
lowest number of the 48 states.
Alaska led also in the category
of students enrolled in college for
the first time, showing an increase
of 209 percent. The Office of Edu
cation said that 449 students en
rolled this year were first-timers,
compared with 145 last year.
With a national trend of more
and more students going to col
lege, Samuel M. Brownell, com
missioner of education, said the
to.ai enrollment this year will
pass the 3,000,000 mark for the
first time. The national enroll
ment has been rising for the past
four year, Brownell said.
Enrollment figures show in
creases in all tout two states—
Maine (down 4.4 percent) and
Minnesota (down 8 percent).
Among individual institutions,
the top 10 is enrollment were:
U. of California, 39,594; State
U. of New York, 33,623; New
York U., 31,867; City College of
New York, 26,426; Columbia U.,
25,887; U. of Illinois, 24,129; U. of
Michigan, 23,765; U. of Minnesota,
23,393; Ohio State, 21,744; and
U. of Wisconsin, 20,119.
The number of men enrolled
this year is nearly the number of
women.
Japanese Fishing Boat
Seized Off Red Island
TOKYO, OP)—Seven Russian
fishing craft seized a Japanese
fishing boat Saturday off Etorofu
Island, the largest of the Red-held
southern Kuriles, the Maritime
Safety Board reported.
The 44-ton vessel with a crew
of 14 sent an emergency radio
message that it was being towed
to Etorofu.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
iNoiue Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
George Bayer, Pres.
Joe Kroriinger, Sec.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
DR. FRED M. LANGSAM, Pres.
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. I
Order of Eastern Star
Meets 1st & 3rd Monday of each month
Betty Edwards
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Harry A. Lewi*, W.M,
Norvln W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month