The Creighton Chronicle . ers found the natives shiveringover wood fires while an inexhaustible supply of fuel protrudedfrom nearby hills. Kotzebue is included in the last district whichcomprises the vast area extending from the bleak and barrenshores of the Arctic to the foothills of the Endicott Barrow, the northernmost point, is used as a whalingstation. For forty days in the depth of the winters severitythe sun is absent from this forsaken station. The Arctic shoresare frequented only by whalers and hunters of fur-bearinganimals. The tales of these expeditions are blood-curdlin
The Creighton Chronicle . ers found the natives shiveringover wood fires while an inexhaustible supply of fuel protrudedfrom nearby hills. Kotzebue is included in the last district whichcomprises the vast area extending from the bleak and barrenshores of the Arctic to the foothills of the Endicott Barrow, the northernmost point, is used as a whalingstation. For forty days in the depth of the winters severitythe sun is absent from this forsaken station. The Arctic shoresare frequented only by whalers and hunters of fur-bearinganimals. The tales of these expeditions are blood-curdling. Alaska is in want of big capital to develop its mineralresources. Rare opportunities are offered those interested inthe industries of mining, fishing and fur-marketing. The ex-ploitation of the mineral wealth will attract a large and stablepopulation and then there may be advantages for our collegemen. Just now that time seems far moved. However, thenorthland will always be entertaining to the sight-seer nw^nnwinnwtmminmirinwinmmmwwivirmwiiitiilLmWnKnnVlfllUVinilllMIWmi^ <*r***L. ^iththe Editors I Reports from the universities and colleges of theWAR. country show that the declaration of war had a dis-quieting effect not unlike that produced on businessgenerally. The vast majority of college men were eager to dowhatever they could for the common weal, but quite naturallywere at a loss to know just how they could best serve. Manystudents enlisted in the regular army or navy or in the NationalGuard as privates, but the sentiment of the majority of studentsand teachers discouraged this plan, at least in the case of thosemen who were eligible for appointment as officers. Several universities appealed to General Wood for adviceand he uniformly urged the students to continue at their scho-lastic tasks until the governments plans had been worked observers called attention to the fact that England andFrance had made the mistake of allowing their college
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