University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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CI laska -a mafiic word not only lo us of the Uni- versity. Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, but a name reflecting to all. a land of snow-cajiped mountains, hearded jiioneer sourdoughs, gold miners, salmon fisher- men, and sealers, as well as eskimos. igloos, dog sleds, totem poles, polar hears and the Midnight Sun. Ever since Seward ' s Folly in 1867, the word Alaska has symbolized eithe rcold grandeur, economit ' exploita- tion or romantic adventure to the average American. The jiresent years, however, call for a new portrayal ol the territory to our north. Alaska is no longer the land of 1867, many months away and far removed from our lives, but is today an integrated part of our economic, political and military thinking. No longer are her flour- ishitig cities the small northern outposts of yesterday. New industries have been born and old ones developed. Her farm lands are tilled, new mineral resources tapped and her economy stabilized. Many misrepresentations and delusions concerning Alaska have been corrected during these eighty years, but many more still remain lo be swept aside before Alaska may be appreciate l for her true assets, both present and potential. in the hoppers of the United Slates (iongress lie bills for the admittance of the Territory of Alaska lo the Union as the Wth stale. The I9S(» ' ' :e is dedicated lo this state of Alaska, lo tier citizens, both |)ast and present, who. as America ' s true Last Krontiersineii, remind us in the i ' acific Northwest of the days of the Oregon ' I ' erri- lory and the pioneer spirit wliich lirought us into the Union as the 42nd state of Washington.

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