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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
on Tuesday. April 5th, 1927, the an
I nual election of City officers and
member of the School Board, for the
' City of Seward, Alaska, will be held.
| The polls for said election will be
I situated in the City Hall of said
I City. The polls will be open from
! 8 o’clock A. M. on the morning of
j Tuesday, April 5th, 1927, until 7
'o’clock P. M. on the evening of said
day:
Qualification of voters: Every per
son twenty one years of age who is
a citizen of the United States and
who has resided in the Territory of
Alaska continuously for one year
next proceeding the election and
within the limits of the City of Sew
ard for six months proceeding the
election shall be qualified to vote.
All voters are requested to register.
The following officers are to be
elected at the annual election on
Tuesday, April, 5th, 1927.
MAYOR
THREE MEMBERS OF THE COM
MON COUNCIL,
ONE MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL
BOARD.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, this 7th
day of March, 1527.
J. P. HANNON
Municipal Clerk of the City of
Seward, Alaska.
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SCHOOL ESTIMATES
FOH192/ BUDGET
TOTALS $778,900
SLIGHT INCREASE ASKED FOR
NEXT BIENNIUM — GROWTH
NOTED BY HENDERSON
.Students enrolled in Alaska Terri
torial schools of all kinds in 1925-26
numbered 4,353, an increase of 188
over the previous year when the en
rollment totaled 4,165, according to
the biennial report of L. D. Hender
son, Commissioner of Education,
made public in the Empire. Enroll
ment for schools in incorporated
towns was 2,988 as compared to 2,862
and in schools outside of incorporat
ed towms, 1,365 and 1.303 for the re
spective years given above.
The Commissioner also submitted
a budget for the next biennium car
rying a total of $778,900 which is
$12,680 in excess of the appropriation
made in 1925.
Two Years Of Progress
In his report Commissioner Hen,,
derson said the past two years “pre
sent a gratifying story of growth and
improvment in the Territorial
schools. Growth has not been con
fined to any one particular phase of
the work. There has been an in
crease in the number of schools, is
school enrollment, in the number of
teachers employed, in the activities
undertaken, and, as to be expected
in view of the foregoing, in the cost
of operation. These matters will be
dealt with more specifically and fully
in succeeding pages,” he said. “How
ever, a brief summary of certain
more concrete items is presented in
the following table:
1923-24 1925-26
No. of teachers__ 192 211
No. of schools__ 77 80
Total enrollment.. 3,975 4,353
H. S. enrollment.... 464 581
Elem. S. enrollment. 3,511 3,771
School costs. $441,391.37 $493,659.24
Appropriations Adequate
“It probably cannot be said,” the
report commented, “that interest in
schools on the part of the public has
increased since Alaskans have for
many years taken a highly gratifying
interest in education. Appropriations
by the legislature have been ade
quate, school boards have rendered
efficient service, parent-teacher as
sociations have been active for the
good of the schools and free from
internal dissension ^nd bickering
which sometimes impair the value of
such organizations, newspapers have
been generous in their allotment of
space to school activities and news,
and the public generally has exercis
ed that attitude toward things edu
cational "which is essential to real
growth and progress.
“An encouraging feature of school
development,” said the Commissioner,
“is the increasing attention given to
extra-curricular activities as repre
sented by school orchestras, bands,
glee clubs, newspapers and maga
zines, and various dubs and organi
zations, together with enlargment
and improvement of the physical ed
ucation program in many schools.
Vocational education and training as
represented in home economics, man
ual training, commercial education
courses and the like have made en
courageing progress. Inter-school
competition in athletics, debate and
other lines of activity is increasing
Birfdings Are Needed
There is some need Tor more ade
quate buildings in some of the towns
, ' ■ / ■ - '
I
Mr. Henderson said In this connec
tion the report added:
“While the years covered in this
report have been characterized by
general progress there are specific
lines along which marked improve
ment has not taken place. But one
city, Cordova, has replaced its inade
quate school building by a modern
structure. At least two or three
other cities should have taken simi
lar action. Their buildings are crowd
ed and afford small opportunity for
the conduct of many essential school
activities. In addition, the facilities
provided for high school students are
far below the standards of any other
commonwealth. When one considers
the generous apportionment of ter
ritorial moneys for the maintainance
of schools in Alaska cities, the con
tinuance of the present policy with
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