University of Alaska Fairbanks - Denali Yearbook (Fairbanks, AK)

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FACULTY ELLEN BARR CASHEN Assistant Professor of Modern Language E. F. GEORGE Professor of Physics WILLIAM C. CASHEN Assistant Professor of Civil Engi- neering and Mathematics DOROTHY HOLVERSON Assistant Professor of English CECILIA CUTTS P rofessor of English H. WOODROW JOHANSEN Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering WILLIAM C. FACKLER Assistant Professor of Geology VALBORG KJOSNESS Instructor in Music 15

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STAFF DRUSKA CARR Registrar MARIAN RHOTEN Comptroller DEAN WM. ELMHIRST DUCKERING Dean of the University Professor of Civil Engineering and Mathematics MARION SKIOLVIG Curator of Museum DEAN GEORGE W. GASSER Dean of Men Professor of Agriculture HELEN WILCOX Librarian MARGARET HORN Girls ' Dormitory Hostess and Campus Nurse DEAN HOWARD G. WILCOX Professor of Geology Dean of the School of Mines Supervisor of Mining Ex- tension 14

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of the enviable achievements of the alumni and former students of those and these years, the symbolism had its counterpart in actual- ity. That the students have learned to act with what is at hand is evidenced whether they operate a mine in Alaska or devise vital equipment on Saipan. As the college grew in enrollment the stu- dents essayed new ventures. The first col- lege play was given March 14, 1925. The Busi- ness Administration Club was organized in October of 1927, and a year and a half later the Civil Engineering Society came into ex- istence. Later organizations were the Major A Club for letter men and other clubs for those interested in dramatics, international relations, rifle shooting, sk iing, science and arts and letters. Shortly after the COLLE- GIAN first appeared in newspaper form in September, 1929, a section was edited by the students. In 1934 they ventured to publish their first yearbook, the DENALI, with com- mendable results. About this same time the Associated Students adopted the Alma Mater and Fight Song as their own. Indicative of the work being accomplished by the college was the recognition given the institution from various sources. Especially in the field of science the school gained pres- tige. In 1924 the Bureau of Mines station was transferred to the campus, and the Unit- ed States Bureau of Biological Survey estab- lished a station there two years later. Childs Qf-J School Train by collecting fossil skeletal remains un- earthed by gold dredges. That work has been interrupted only temporarily by the present war. Late in the same year the Rocke- feller Foundation appropriated funds for the study of the aurora borealis. When the Sec- ond International Polar Year chose sites for its research in the atmosphere, terrestrial magnetism, and kindred fields in 1932, the campus became one of the most important. The research was so successful that it was prolonged through a second year. The Coast Frick, of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, arranged for the college and the Fairbanks Exploration Com- pany to carry on palaeontological research Old Men ' s Dormitory and Geodetic Survey and the Carnegie Insti- tution at Washington installed a seismograph in 1935. During the years 1936-38 the Rocke- feller Foundation financed the collection of materials pertinent to the history of Alaska. Three years later the Carnegie Institution built an ionospheric laboratory and observa- tory which still are being operated. On its own initiative the institution has conducted extensive and significant research in anthropology. The first B u n n e 1 1-Geist Archaeological Expedition to St. Lawrence in 1927 was followed by further excavation and the publication of the findings in a report recognized as outstanding in its field. In 1939 the Department of Anthropology ' s discovery of additional artifacts and skeletal remains at Point Hope was given national publicity. In all of these and other scientific pursuits students and alumni have been employed both as responsible directors and in lesser capaci- ties. Because of its peculiar advantages the University is visited by travelers, eminent scientists in a variety of fields, and other dis- tinguished persons. Students here have the unusual opportunity of meeting them. 18