BUREAU OF EDUCATION
Washington, D. C.,—The present
summer season has witnessed the
opening of a new Yukon River
medical service for natives of
Alaska, according to Dr. William
Hamilton, assistant chief of the
Alaska Division in the Bureau of
Education of the Department of
the Interior.
A small river boat, according to
Dr. Hamilton, has been turned over
to the Bureau from the Alaskan
Railroad and is now working under
the direction of Dr. Curtis Welch
and two nurses in extending med
ical relief for persons living in
the scattered communities along the
Yukon. ] - ^
The Federal Government, accord
ing to the Bureau of Education,
has expended approximately $150,
000 for the medical relief of the
natives Alaskans during the past
year.
Dr. Hamilton announced also
that three new school buildings are
being erected in Alaska this season.
These buildings will be opened at
Sitka, Juneau and at Ketchikan
He explained that most of the
constructive work done by the
Bureau must be carried on during
the summer months because of the
severe weather condition of the
country through the winter.
The three buildings being erec
ted this summer are to be four
room structures and will accomodate
the educational needs of children
up to about the sixth grade. The
school at Sitka is expected to have
four teachers and those at Juneau
and Ketchikan probably will have
three teachers each, Dr. Hamilton
said.
The Bureau is establishing an
additional educational center at
Tanana, on the Yukon, where the
army post buildings of Fort Gibbon
have been abandoned for military
purposes. Dr. Hamilton stated that
at Tanana the bureau hopes to
establish a hospital, school and
community center. The hospital will
be directed by Dr. Welch when he
completes his summer work on the
boat. ' ‘ t "3
Reports in the office of the Bur
eau of Education indicate that a
total of 3,912 pupils were enrolled
in the Alaskan public schools dur
ing the year ended Juno 30,1025,
No more recent figures are avail
able. The average daily attendance
for these pupils was 2,632.13, and
an average of 26 children were in
a school room each day of the
school year.
The average number of days
in the school year in Alaska is 137.
32. Six schools are reported as
having been open 180 or more
days throughout the year, or ap
proximately nine months. Thirty
three are reported as having been
open between 140 and 160 days
in the school year.
Expenditures for new buildings
during the year are estimated by
the Bureau at more than $19,300,
and it is estimated that nearly
$12,500 were expended for repairs
on the school building and not
counted as a part of the operation
of the schools.
Mrs. Mandy Washington was a
hard working wash woman in a
mountain village of Tennessee, but
she made up her mind that she
would vote in the last election. She
applied to proper clerk for regis
tration papers.
“What is your name?” asked
the official.
“Mrs. George Washington,” was
the reply. } 1
‘‘Wellf Mrs. Washington, is your
husband the man who cut down the
cherry tree?”
“No. sub, he ain’t done no work
for nigh on to a year.”
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