A UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA
When the college at Fairbanks
was first started, the Fairbanks
delegation informed the legislature
that the ONLY money the Territory
ever would be called on to pay
would be the FIRST sixty thous
and dollars. They represented that
the college could and would then
foe run on the federal appropria
tions.
It was on this representation
that the money was voted.
Last year, President Charles
Bunnell proposed an extension for
the college and asked for and
received over $198,000. of the tax
money of this Territory. In the
debates 'which occurred in the
House, the President and the Fair
banks delegation assured the legis
lature that this money would be
ample for their needs for all
time.
lhe fight tor this large appro
priation was maneuvered by the
Honorable H. H. Ross in the House
and Senator John Dunn in the
Senate. Mr- Ross was in a parti
cularly fine position to play his
game since he was chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee and
had control or had a large influence
on appropriations and taxes. He
got this favorable position as chair
man on this most important com
mittee in the House in spite of
the bitter opposition of George
Moody, Robert Sheldon and Harry
Watson, all of Fairbanks, and main
ly thru the support of that group
of men whom the Juneau Empire
calls the “Paul faction/’
The opposition to appropriating
the $198,000 was led on the floor
by William L. Paul of the First
Division on the ground that this
was too much money to spend for
the TWENTY SEVEN bona fide
students which attended the college.
Mr. Bunnell, of course, claimed
a larger number of students but
admitted that he had included a
lot of specials who really were
not students.
The position of the opposition
is simply this; we as citizens of
Alaska are in duty bound to pro
vide a good primary system of
education for the children of Alas
ka, but we are not in duty bound
to provide secondary or “higher”
education until we can afford to
do so.
The plan of Charles Bunnell
is quite different for he is about
to announce still greater plans
for the college which will mean
nothing more nor less than a huge
“University of Alaska” requiring
millions of dolili^rg alnnuafly to
keep it up. The time for such
an ambitious plan may come, but
it is not yet here.
He recently announced “I have
no worry about attendance. Our
greatest care is to keep a BUILD
ING PROGRAM sufficiently in the
foreground to meet the demands
that are being made upon the
institution.”
Of course, the Fairbanks dele
gation might be without the aid
of H. H. Ross, who so skilfully
steered thru the last raid on the
public treasury, for we understand
that President Charles tBunntell
aided by Tom Marquam and Jos
eph Ulmer are trying to defeat
Ross who has filed in the Republi
can primaries. It is also stated
that they will oppose John Dunn
for reelection as Senator.
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