to depend upon others for help.
The natives of Alaska could in
the beginning learn the English
language only through the help
of teachers who spoke our lan
guage natively. They could gain
acquaintance with the ideals of
American government only from
those educated in the States.
They could best acquire knowl
edge of modern sanitary science
and scientific methods of com
batting disease from those v/ho
had been trained in these meth
ods. But it seems to me tlaat
the day has arrived when Alaska
should develop its own leaders.
I want to see Alaska’s children
taught by Alaskan teachers who
have learned to speak their
country’s language, who have
come to understand her ideals,
and love her institutions. It may
be that these young men and
young women will need some
opportunity to study in the
States just as teachers in the
State of Washington or Oregon
or California frequently study in
the Universities of the Eastern
or Middle Western States, and
just as our teacher of French
study in France, and our teach
ers of Spanihs study in Mexico.
But by and by, Washington’s
children are taught by Wash
ington’s teachers trained to
meet the standards of the state
and the same is true in all for
ty-eight states. I hope Alaska
will accept this challenge and
will send forth its able-going
men and women to be trained
as teachers. I also look for the
day when some of these young
men and women will ask for
training as nruses, dentists,
physicians and surgeons that
Alaska may take her place
alongside of the best states in
the Union in standards of health
and sanitation.
So I desire to become ac
quainted with Alaska. I want
to know some more promising
Alaskans. I want to confer with
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those who are really interested
in educational, social and eco
nomic progress in the Terri
tory. That I may accomplish
some of these ends, I expect to
leave Seattle Sunday morning
next on the Steamship Alaska
en route to Seward and thence
to Fairbanks, and I shall stop at
Juneau on return trip for con
lerences with Governor Parks
and local officials in Southeast
ern Alaska. I shall welcome all
constructive suggestions from
officials and private citizens
alike. Due to the hurried na
ture of my visit and the absence
of secretarial help, I shall ap
preciate it if all suggestions are
presented to me in writing that
I may have complete notes for
my office files.
Editor’s note: The Commis
sioner has since come to Alas
ka and returned with much add
ed information).
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