Territory up to a maximum of $30,000 annually to any one school district. Schools outside incorporated cities are supported entirely by appropriations which are disbursed through the governor's office. Financial aid from the Territory to special schools also is disbursed in this way. The communities in which special schools are situated assist in providing school buildings and in the purchase of fuel. Teachers' salaries and cost of equipment and supplies are paid by the Territory. Transportation of pupils who reside beyond walking distance from school is provided by the Territory in a limited number of cases. During the school year 1927-28 nine transportation lines were maintained, varying in length from 3 to 8 miles one way. Seventy-four pupils were carried at a total cost of $6,541.75. Incorporated cities and school districts, which provide for the education of pupils residing outside the corporate limits, are paid by the Territory an annual tuition fee for each pupil. Teachers in the Territorial schools compare favorably in training and experience with those of any State in the Union. With the exception of those who handle vocational subjects, high-school teachers are college or university graduates. Few inexperienced teachers are employed, even in the small schools. Annual salaries of elementary-school teachers range from $1,350 in southeastern Alaska to $1,800 in interior Alaska. The average salary is $1,550. High-school teachers receive an average salary of $1,700, ranging from $1,350 to $2,250. The average annual salary of superintendents and principals is $2,650. The range is from $1,800 to $3,500. During the school year 1927-28 four-year high schools were maintained in Anchorage, Cordova, Douglas, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Nome, Petersburg, Seward, Skagway, Valdez, and Wrangell. Of the foregoing four-year high schools, Anchorage, Cordova, Douglas, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, and Petersburg are fully accredited. Other schools listed in the statistical tables as enrolling high-school students offer from one to three years of high-school work, the amount varying from year to year. Subjects presented in the elementary and high schools do not differ materially from the curriculum of such schools in the States. A number of the larger schools employ physical education teachers for both boys and girls, teachers of vocal and instrumental music, art, and other special subjects. Two schools maintain kindergartens. Home economics and manual training departments are organized in a number of the larger schools, while a limited amount of work in these subjects is presented in many of the smaller schools. Commercial subjects are taught in the larger high schools. SCHOOLS IN INCORPORATED CITIES AND INCORPORATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS There are 16 schools in incorporated cities and one school in an incorporated school district. Following is a statistical report showing the enrollment and cost of these schools: Schools in incorporated cities and incorporated school districts, 1927–28 SCHOOLS IN DISTRICTS OUTSIDE INCORPORATED CITIES, AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS Sixty-six schools were maintained in districts outside incorporated cities, and seven special schools were maintained during the school year 1927-28. The following statistical table contains detailed information regarding the enrollment and cost of these schools: Statistics of schools in districts outside incorporated cities, 1927-28 Teacher's living quarters provided. 1 1,350.00 1 1,800.00 1,710.00 1,800.00 211, 530.00 1, 440. 00 643.97 807.83 2 966. 22 2 1, 408. 70 698.63 1,993. 97 5, 170. 16 2, 893.99 2,819.90 2,869. 52 2,524.04 2, 541.22 1,862. 11 44, 378.70 3,026.30 2, 408.63 405.002, 205.00 620. 28 213,465. 00:21, 102, 48 A part of this expenditure covers rental, repairs, or erection of new school building. 'Special schools. 'An estimate only. Treasurer's report not received. 2,420. 28 NOTE-Special appropriations were made covering erection of new school buildings, or improvement of school buildings, as follows: Gustavus, $2,000; Kenai, $1,500; Kotzebue, $3,500; Mission, $20,000; Unga, $1,500. 4 $4,455.00 $1, 432. 07❘ $5, 887.07 0 12,025. 0022, 709. 91 4, 734.91 1 2,025.00 752.86 2,777.86 2, 194. 20 2,483. 49 2,283.95 800.00 2,790.00 3, 199.00 1 1,575.00 1,710.00 1,800.00 1, 155.00 01 1,485.00 1, 110. 94 921.01 2 821.69 826.63 6, 165.00 221, 771. 19 3,900. 94 4, 120.01 2, 396.69 2,290.25 2, 626. 63 1, 455.62 1,680.29 27,936. 19 855.31 300.62 195. 29 1 1,800.00 1 1,800.00 55.31 549.56 2, 349.56 Statistics of schools in districts outside incorporated cities, 1927–28—Contin›d 1 Teacher's living quarters provided. 2 A part of this expenditure covers rentals, repairs, or erection of a new school building. An estimate only. Treasurer's report not received. CITIZENSHIP NIGHT SCHOOLS Night schools, whose principal purpose is that of preparing foreigners for citizenship, were maintained in seven communities during the school year 1927-28. Two hundred and five students were enrolled. Of this number, 41 were aliens; 105 were declarants, or holders of first papers; 17 were petitioners, or applicants for second papers; and 42 were citizens of the United States. The cost of maintaining these schools was $2,868. The subjects taught were arithmetic, civics, English, United States history, penmanship, reading, and spelling. Thirty-two nationalities were represented in the enrollment, as follows: The following statistical table covers the details of enrollment and cost of each school: 1 2 instructors divided between them the work and salary of 1 instructor. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AND SCHOOL OF MINES During the fiscal year 1927-28 the building program made possible by appropriations for the biennium has been completed. The dormitory for men has accommodations for 61 students and the dormitory for women has 24 single rooms. To provide better protection against fire, a tank house 28 by 30 feet has been constructed. This building is located near the power plant. It contains a tank 23 feet in diameter by 14 feet in height, having a capacity of approximately 40,000 gallons. This water supply is connected directly with the steam fire pump. It is planned to install an auxiliary gasoline fire pump for summer service. The college is accumulating a vast amount of historical material concerning the Territory; its library is constantly receiving additions; the number of bound volumes is now 8,056; museum specimens to the number of several thousand have been received during the past year and remain unpacked for lack of room to display them. A fireproof library and museum building is needed. Mr. Otto William Geist, formerly a short-course mining student at the college, became interested in the work of securing the subject material for a college museum. He proposed to President Bunnell that he would go to the Arctic and give his services to such a project. if his expenses could be paid. President Bunnell advanced $1,000 for this purpose. Mr. Geist, greatly assisted by the Bureau of Education and other governmental agencies, proceeded to St. Lawrence Island and shipped to the college a collection of over 7,000 specimens. The board of trustees reimbursed President Bunnell for the amount advanced by him. Realizing the importance of this work President Bunnell immediately financed Mr. Geist for a 2-year expendition. The Bureau of Education, the Lighthouse Service, and the Revenue Cutter Service have been very helpful in this work. Mr. A. H. McDonald, of Anchorage, donated 25 tons of coal for fuel, and Mr. Geist is now busily engaged collecting museum material on St. Lawrence Island. Residents of the Territory are becoming interested in this work, and considerable museum material has been donated to the college during the past year. Under the provisions of section 3 of chapter 58 of the 1927 session laws the president of the college called for bids for the printing and binding of volume No. 1, Miscellaneous Publication of the Alaska |