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TERRACE — Northwest Com-
munity College is presently

pleased with a general increase —
' by administration is the come-

in enrolment for January.

by Philip Musselman

The current January enroll-
ment totals are up about ten per-
cent from last year’s totals, and
are-evenly distributed amongst
all NWCC campuses. According

_ to NWCC Registrar Brian Lopt-
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venient border. This invitation
resulted in several years of hag-
gling over an American proposal
to mutually consider the boun-
dary. .

Apparently neither side
trusted the other, but in 1895 a

_ treaty to study the border was

finally signed, appointing com-

_ missioners to make a joint

report to both nations. Negotia-
tions were then again delayed

‘ when the U.S. and Britain were

‘on the verge of war over the
Venezuala and British Guiana

boundary dispute.

In 1898 Sir Wilfrid Laurier
was: able to organize a con-
ference between the U.S. and

_Canada to further attempt set-

tlements over the border.
With some. negotiation the
Americans agreed to place tem-

porary boundaries across three

motintain passes in order to help
take “some pressure from the

‘Yukon because of the gold rush.

But‘again Canada made an un-

wise claim of territory, angering

* -the Americans again. The Cana- |. :
dian objective, to get coastalac- —
cess, was again pushed as the ©

- Canadian representatives voiced ;
another theory. The 1825 agree-.----

- ment with the Russians, which -

was written in French, the

" language of. diplomacy, used the

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word ‘‘ocean’’ instead of
‘mer’, making American water
property only that of the ocean
and not as far inward along the
inlets. °

"To this theory the Americans

‘protested bitterly: it was not

- wise in their, minds to have
“several unconnected territories
. instead of a strip of connected
‘land; Later in 1898 serious

_ ‘negotiations began again until in

1899 Canada decided it was wise
to join Britian in the Boer War.
This ‘decision was designed to

" gain British appreciation as well

_as support in the border dispute.
‘However, the participation in

_ the Boer War didn’t bring more

7 -miners in Alaska, U.S. shipping
- of Canadian equipment became

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atid engineers
-porder. Laurier was now forced
:to consider negotiations 1h a

- support, it convinced Britian |

‘that Canada was more indepen-
- dent that it had thought. The ap-
‘preciation was another matter.

. -Britiam was proud of its colony

‘much the same as a mother is
proud of her child.

~ The most important part of .

-the dispute to Canada was the

“ports of Dyea and Skagway,

“which were strategically impor-
“tant to .shipping. In the years
following the Boer War the U.S.

--: began harassing Canada by em-

-phasizing legal rights and
‘disallowing rights to Canadian

unreliable, while American sup-

‘plies were rushed to their

- destination -immediately.

Things became worse for ~
“Canada in 1902 when Theodore

Roosevelt took over the
: presidency of the United States.
“The new president was known
for, his dramatic approaches to
 ptoblems and was reputed to be
a believer in force. He began at

. «nee, sending troops to Alaska

to chisel out a
forced

son, these increases are apparent
in all departments.
The primary change noticed

‘back of a formerly slow trades
program, which is now beginn-
ing to see improvements after
some attendance difficulties in
the past.

According to Loptson the
enrolment increase is partially
due to a renewed interest in

January enrolment up at Northwest C

training that the college offers.

New courses including a Mill-
wright Apprentice program and —
a Heavy Duty Mechanics Ap-
prentice program are also doing
well.

The Trades area, however,
isn’t the only department af-
fected, the general increase has
spanned into other courses
strengthening their numbers as
well. Other new courses which

and the Long Term Care and
Homemaker programs.

According to Loptson, the
January improvements. are
pleasing and are cause for op-
timism for September. ‘‘The
creation of the Information Of-
fice has definitely been a
factor,’ Loptson said, ‘‘and I
think that it is. important that

are also seeing good attendance.
include the Waiter/Waitress, ©

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presentations to students in area”
schools, no matter their ages,be

continued in order to keep the

benefits offered by the college in. oe
-everyone’s mind.”” oe

The current January enrolle >
ments are close to those of last: ..

September, the autumn semester
being the peak part of the year —
for the college. a

rushed position. To either make
an effort do so or observe
border violence were his choices;
of course he chose to avoid the
violence and therefore submitted
to Roosevelt’s ‘speak softly and
carry a big stick’ theory. .
Finally,
agreement to hold a tribunal
discussion was made. Canada
from a forced position agreed to
appoint three representatives,
while the U.S. appointed three
‘impartial representatives”.
Preparations took months,
and finally in September and
October appointments were
decided. The U.S. appointed
three shady representatives
through a brilliant political ac-

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in early 1903 an

tion involving just a touch of
deception. The government,
utilizing a long boring speech by
one of its long-winded represen-
tatives, succeeded in making
several members of the opposi-
tion excuse themselves and ‘then
pushed a list of three supporting
names through legislation. .
Distressed by this -situation
Canada voiced angry protest,
but was still forced to attend the
negotiations. The tribunal
would have been cut off but Bri-

_ tian urged Canada to make the

effort, otherwise Roosevelt
would have forcefully drawn a
border. It was either war or
negotiations. By late September,
just as the talks were beginning,

Britian began to agree with the
U.S. in an effort to retain them
as allies. The British were in the
need of support themselves
because they were in a difficult

position with Japan, Russia, .

France, and Germany.

~ Meanwhile the talks were not
going well for Canada,
arguments and misunderstan-

dings almost meant an end to.

negotiations, but on Sept. 23
Lord Alverston, the man who
would act as a referee for this
event, made a proposal to
Joseph Pope. He wondered if
Canada would be willing to set-
tle for the Portland Canal and a
‘‘sood'’ mountain line. Pope

took. a few days to reply, but .

finally agreed to the offer, say- -

ing that this would be the resolu-
tion of two out of three. conten-

tions. But, on Oct. 17, the day.
of decision, Alverstone again
yielded to American pressure,
giving Canada most of the
canal, except the north shore
and two out of four islands. This —
enraged the Canadian represen-
tatives; the two islands, Sitklan _
and Kannaghunut, were con-

sidered major strategic points

which could mean control of the
mouth of the canal. But on the
last day, Oct, 20, 1903 the deci- .
sion was final. ae

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