Sheldon Jackson College

Today, our guest is former senator and speaker of the Alaska State House, Jim Duncan.

He had moved to Sitka to attend Sheldon Jackson College, where he earned his associate's degree in 1962.

After earning his bachelor's degree from Illinois State University, he returned to Alaska as a school teacher.

He first got involved in politics by serving on the Juneau Assembly.

So it was a pretty rough life.

But I went to college for one semester at Northern Illinois University.

My brother Paul was teaching at Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka.

He and his wife were both in Sitka.

The Sitka of today has a number of fine churches and a large missionary school.

There is an Episcopal church built of stone with the residence of the Bishop of Alaska behind it, and there are the half-dozen large buildings of the Sheldon Jackson School belonging to the Presbyterians.

These buildings include industrial departments and dormitories for both Indian boys and girls.

The children are clean and well-dressed, and the school has done a great work with its practical educational methods.