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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY Hi, HU 7.
SCHOOL MATTERS.
All is not harmony with respect to school matters, if we
may judge by complaints registered with this office. The trou
ble which is brewing grows out of the selection of the teaching
staff for the next school term. Those who make complaint ex-,
press the opinion, in no uncertain terms, that the present board
exceeded its authority in employing the teaching staff for the
next term; that the selection should have been left to the'school
board that will be elected dune Id, under the provisions of the
new school bill passed by the Alaska legislature.
The present school board probably acted on the theory
that it is but .just and right that at the end of the present school
term the teaching staff should be informed as to whether or |
not they would be employed for the next term, so that they j
could make their future arrangements accordingly. This pol
icy is one that has recently been adopted by most school boards
of the country. It would be manifestly unjust to leave the
selection of a teaching staff until the near-approach of the j
next term, because of the element of uncertainty that would
rest with the teachers. Those not again selected would lose j
all opportunity for gaining positions in other communities, i
while waiting definite action on the part of a local school board.
As to the legal right of the present board to name a teach
ing staff for the next term, we find no lawful barrier to the
proceeding. If we understand the law aright, the present
school board hold office until their legally elected successors
qualify and relieve them of their duties. Otherwise, there
would be no school board for the period between the expira
tion of the present board’s term and the qualification of the
board to be elected. At the same time, it is a debatable ques
tion. ethically speaking, if the present board could not well
have left the selection of the teaching staff to the next board,
in view of the fact that an early election will be held. In other
words, the school board that is in control of school matters
and that is responsible to the people for the proper conduct of
the school should have the right to select the teaching corps.
We incline to the opinion, therefore, that the present board
should not have taken it upon themselves to name the teach
ing corps for another term, still a long way off. We believe
that the ethics of the case would suggest such a course, aside
from the legyl status of the situation, which we are willing to
concede is a debatable question. We are quite confident that
most persons who would consent to serve on a school board
would feel that if they are to lie responsible for the conduct of
the public schools, they should have the right to name the
teaching staff.
Another thing that the present board has done that we are
not in harmony with, is the proposed importation of teachers,
when there are those perfectly qualified, that have proved their
worth by their service, and that have important property inter
ests in the town and that are concerned in its welfare, where
as, the imported ones, having no personal interests in the com
munity. will draw their pay and when the term ends, depart.
We believe that, all things being equal, bona fide residents of
this town and of Alaska should be’given the preference.
Prom a financial standpoint, the schools should be in a fine
sluice. The territory will provide 75 per cent of the cost of
maintenance, and the remainder will be raised from taxation of
local property. This will not make the burden heavy for local
property owners, and at the same time, first-class schools can
be maintained.
WHY NOT ORGANIZE?
• Anchorage is an up-to-date and progressive community—
the livest wire among Alaska towns, for that matter, and that
is saying something, because Alaska towns are far more pro
gressive than communities of equal size in the states. But we
observe that most other Alaska towns have Boy Scout organ
izations, and we have none. That is tj> say, We have none so
far as the town is concerned. We have been informed that
ihe railway Y. M. ('. A. association has in connection a boy
scout organization, but if we understand it, its membership is
confined to the engineering commission people. That is good
as far as it goes, but it does not go far enough: What we need
in this town is a boy scout organization, to which every box
in the community shall be eligible to membership. We believe
that, under proper leadership, a boy scout organization of a
hundred members could be formed here. And it will do the
boys incalculable good to belong to such an organization. The !
training that they would derive, the wholesome and health- j
giving exercise that would be indulged in—all would be most
beneficial to the growing youth of the community. Why does |
not someone take the initiative in this laudable matter and
organize the Boy Scouts of Anchorage?
The meeting called for the purpose of arousing interest in
the garden contest for the children of the local public schools
was not the success that the occasion demanded, due to the ab
sence of those who should be most concerned—the parents of
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 1(5, 1917.
Vol. 1. No. 257. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA,4th and D
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the pupils. Of the total number present, there were but two
who are parents of children attending school. This is most
discouraging to those taking the initiative in the garden con
test, because if the contest is to prove the success that is plan
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TALKED OF MAKING
TREADWELL DEEPER
In the Portland Oregonian of April
24 appears a dispatch from Seattle to
that paper which states that the man
agement of the Treadwell mine had in
contemplation going below the ole
threatened diggings and opening what
could be called a new mine altogether.
The following is the Oregonian story:
SEATTLE, April 23.—Russell G.
Wayland, general superintendent of!
the T'Oadwell mines, has feared dc
stiuction of the undersea workings.
A tew months ago he suggested that
a series of conciete bulkheads should
be built and the upper workings'
permanently abandoned.
The danger of losing the entire
Treadwell mine was considered so■
great at that time that the joint
management of the mines plans for
abandoning all upper workings and
opening a completely newr mine at a
greater depth.
Diamond drilling had shown the
presence of sufficient ore to war
rant the enormous expenditure en
tailed in this plan.
A central shaft was proposed which
would eventually go to a depth of
1000 feet, from which cross cuts would
extend out under the waters of Gas- j
tineau channel at levels well below the
old workings.
In August, 1916, Livingston Wer
necke, engineer and mine geologist for
the Treadwel group, was detailed to
make accurate measurements to deter
mine the settling that had taken place
in all portions of the grounds and to
forecast, if posible, the future move
ments that Would be likely to occur.
It was found that the foundation
posts under the northwest corner of
the natatorium were leaning to the
northwest. This building has now dis
appeared in the cave.
ANOTHER RESOURCE
ADDED TO ALASKA
That much ivory in the future may
be derived from American elephants
seems at a glance a scarcely credible
statement, but it is made thoroughly
comprehensible by George F. Krunz,
in a recent work upon ivory. In pre
historic ages several species of enor-*
mous elephants ranged North Ameri
ca and Siberia, which were then joined
by a land bridge at Bering Strait.
In the r orth the tusks of these
great anil; .1; ;ave been well preserv
ed by the cold and a large amount of
valuable ivory has been unearthed in
the islands north of Siberia. y
Alaska is a promising field for this
sort of prospecting, which becomes
more profitable as the supply of ivory
from wild modern elephants decreases.
BONAR LAW’S SON
CAPTURED BY TURKS
AMSTERDAM, (Via London), Apr.
26.—According to the Berlin Lokal
Anzeiger, Lieut. C. J. Law, second
son of Andrew Bonar Law, the Brit
ish chancellor of the echequer, was
captured by the Turks in the recent
fighting in Palestine.
A dispatch from London, Wednes
day, said Lieut. Law was reported to
have been wounded in Palestine an<l(|
was missing.
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