THE AT.ASKA FISHERMAN
Published the 16th of each month at Ketchikan, Alaska
WILLIAM L. PAUL, ATTORNEY FOR THE
ALASKA NATIVE BROTHERHOOD
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“CASE IS SETTLED
This is the title of the leading editorial of
the Anchorage Daily Times of July 30, 1929, in
which it makes due apologies to Senator Arthur
Frame.
The mistake of the Times was but a natural
one for it relied on the honor and integrity of
Senator “Tony” Dimond who wrote the article for
J. A. Magill.
We have known “Tony” for a long time and
have to say that he is clever like a monkey. It is
for the Times and the people of the Third Divi
sion not to allow “Tony” to use them for the cat’s
paw; for “Tony”’ will get the chestnuts while the
people will get their claws burnt.
The editorial follows:
“Case Is Settled”
The Times desires to announce that the libel
suit instituted against this paper last spring by
Attorney Arthur Frame has been settled and will
be dismissed. This action arose from the publica
tion of an article written by J. A. Magill and pub
lished in The Times under date of October 3, 1908,
as a paid advertisement, and claimed by Mr.
Frame to be a libel upon himself. The Times de
sires to say that it had nothing to do with the
writing or the composition of the article, and that
it is no part of the policy of this paper to permit
its columns to be used for the purpose of defam
ing or degrading the character or the reputation
of any person. Arthur Frame has resided in An
chorage since the founding of the town. His
standards as a public official, as a private citizen,
Slid as an attorney have always been of the high
est, and The Times sincerely regrets if anything
lias been said through its columns, or in the publi
cation of the article complained of, which re
flects upon his good name.—Anchorage Times.
STANDARD SCHOOLS (?)
In connection with our letter addressed to
Mrs. Margaret Keenan Harrais of McCarthy, Alas
ka, in the July Issue of The FISHERMAN, on the
subject of the standard of our public schools un
der the directorship of L. D. Henderson, we now
present a statement from Delegate Sutherland
showing the result of examinations taken by Alas
ka boys for entrance to the Annapolis Naval Acad
emy in this present year of 1929.
The examination papers of the Navy are
marked on a scale ranging from 4 to U; ana in or
der to pass it is necessary to make a mark of 2.5
in each subject.
Below is the result of the examination of four
Alaska high school graduates this year:
1st Boy
Geometry 0.2; Algebra 1.0; English Abandoned
U. S. History, 2.1; Anc Hist; 1.6; Physics, 2,4
2nd Boy:
Geometry, 2.4; Algebra, 1.3; English, 1.2; U o
History, 2.9; Anc. Hist 1,0; Physics 1.1
3rd Boy
..Geometry, 0.0; Algebra. 0.0; English, 2.0; U. S.
Hist, ;1.1 Anc. Hist. 1,8; Phys. 0.9,
4th boy:
Geometry 0.5; Algebra, 0.9; English 2.2; U. S
History, 1.8; Anc. Hist. 1.8; Phys. 1.9.
From the above it is seen that just one boy—
the second boy—passed in one subject, U. S. His
tory, receiving a mark of 2.9. With this excep
tion, the four boys failed hopelessly in all sub
jects.
Mr. Sutherland says that it is very difficult
for a boy to enter Annapolis without a prepara
tory school education in addition to his high
school education, but nevertheless, our Alaska
high schools are accredited at the Naval and Mili
tary Academies. When out of a field of four Alas
ka high school graduates only one bov malres the
grade in but one subject out of six; there is some
thing radically wrong with our scnool system and
it is about time to cease blowing about it, and
adopt means to rectify the system. We are too
much given to accepting the propoganda of school
bureaus, forest bureaus, fish bureaus and all other
agencies of government, whether Federal or Ter
ritorial.
Mr. Henderson’s publication tells one story of
the standard of our public schools. Mr. Suther
land’s figures from the Naval Academy tell anoth
er story—the true one—as proven by facts and
figure,?,.