Word: alaska
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...picture of German student life. His observations are pointed and keen; indeed, such ones as, "The German is perpetually hungry," and, "Akademische Freiheit is the Veritas of the German University," are almost epigrammatic. There is also novelty in Mr. Lockwood's chronicle of his semi-scientific hunting trip in Alaska, though his account suffers somewhat from lack of detailed description and incident. The series of articles on customs in different colleges is represented by one this month on Massachusetts Agricultural College and we are inclined to agree with the author when he suggests that the most distinctive thing about such...
...active part in the proceedings of a large number of the geological and geographical associations of the country and is a writer of international reputation. Besides works on the physical geography of various regions, he has made a special study of the resources of the Alaskan peninsula and Southwestern Alaska. His work on the interpretation of topographical maps is also well known...
...today is toward the condition which ex-President Roosevelt calls "Partial collectivism." Mr. Walling quoted from the New York Times to show that the subjects to be discussed by the next congress are collectivistic in nature. Some of these questions are "Government Ownership of a Government-built Railroad in Alaska," "Government Ownership of Telephones", "Government Ownership of Mines and Oil Refineries for the Navy," "Federal Regulations for Dealing in Cotton Futures." The agitation over industrial interstate commerce laws, and over the Panama Canal regulations, whether carried on by Roosevelt, Bryan, or Wilson, show the tendency towards "partial collectivism" which, however...
Considering the question of mine ownership and control, Mr. Holmes favored the present attitude of the Federal Government in refusing to sell for a nominal price the coal lands in Alaska which it still owns. While the United States Bureau of Mines does not have police power over these lands, the speaker argued that if the lands were entrusted to the supervision of the states alone, corrupt political influence could soon place the mines entirely within the control of private corporations...
...Wash., April 26, 1910, manned by Captain Koren and three other white men, who were later reinforced by two Eskimos. The expedition was for the purpose of gathering zoological, botanical, and natural history specimens in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. It visited the islands off the coast of Alaska, the Behring Sea, and the Arctic Ocean. No lives were lost in the wreck...