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title	:	Farthest North College President; : Charles E. Bunnell and the Early History of the University of Alaska
author	:	Cashen, William R.
publisher	:	University of Alaska Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0912006102
print isbn13	:	9780912006109
ebook isbn13	:	9780585186238
language	:	English
subject	Bunnell, Charles Ernest,--1878-1956, University of Alaska (College)--History.
publication date	:	1972
lcc	:	LD91.A4867 1921.C37eb
ddc	:	378.1/12/0924
subject	:	Bunnell, Charles Ernest,--1878-1956, University of Alaska (College)--History.

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Page iii Farthest North College President Charles E. Bunnell and the early history of the University of Alaska by William R. Cashen UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA PRESS FAIRBANKS, ALASKA 99701

Page iv 1972 by The University of Alaska Press All rights reserved Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 72-91700 ISBN: 0-912006-10-2 Printed in the United States of America by Wheelwright Lithographing Co.

Page v To my wife, Ellen, and my daughters, Ellen and Phyllis.

Page vi Photographs courtesy of University of Alaska Archives

Page vii Contents Foreword ix Preface xi Chapter 1. Boyhood and Bucknell 3 Chapter 2. Schoolmaster to Lawyer 15 Chapter 3. The Wickersham-Bunnell Contest 39 Chapter 4. Judge of the District Court 61 Chapter 5. The Dempsey Case 81 Chapter 6. Wickersham's Charges 93 Chapter 7. A Hill and a Cornerstone 1915-1921 105 Chapter 8. Election of a College President 129 Chapter 9. President Bunnell Takes Charge 139 Chapter 10. The First Year, 1922-1923 153 Chapter 11. The Mid-Twenties 167 Chapter 12. The Late Twenties 197 Chapter 13. Depression Spreads to Alaska 213 Chapter 14. The Early Thirties 229 Chapter 15. From College to University 249 Chapter 16. A Fresh Start 269 Chapter 17. The War Years 285 Chapter 18. Post-War Adjustment 307 Chapter 19. The End of An Era 325 Chapter 20. Emeritus Day, July 1, 1949 347 Chapter 21. The Emeritus Years 1950-1956 361 Epilogue 379 Appendix 383

Page ix Foreword Who better to write the story of the "Farthest North College President" than the former student editor of the Farthest North Collegian, early day publication of the University of Alaska. When Board President William A. O'Neill suggested that a history of the University and its first President be compiled, the idea was enthusiastically endorsed by all members of the Board of Regents with the understanding that William R. Cashen, Marshal of the University, Alaskan born alumnus, and thirty-year member of the faculty, be invited to undertake the writing assignment. Bill accepted with no apparent reluctance and in eighteen months produced the extraordinary life story of Dr. Charles E. Bunnell and the pioneer college he founded. To understand the man and the institution he created, it is necessary to understand the time and place, Alaska, especially the great Interior of that vast land, from 1900 until 1950 and beyond. In the following pages the age comes alive. The politicians, lawyers, and judges; the gold seekers, school teachers, and merchants; the pioneer housewives and the "Ladies of Fortune;" all are here, especially the frontier editors who wrote with vehemence and vigor on all that transpired. They are best characterized perhaps by the masthead of the

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