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Show leport Indicates 120 Seniors Plan 1, Continue School, Says Senator 1 ! Wallace F. Bennett has that 71 per cent of i-1, dents graduating from S no high school this jrin'j' t0 attend college. !l; Spares to a state aver- 5JP percent. , of the students were PlafH in a questionnaire re- " f ent by Sen. Bennett to duating high school stu-2 stu-2 l in the state, in coopera-E- 'n the principals of the v schools. the 170 students at Sv . .ille High answering the questionnaxre, 120 indicated that they plan to continue then-education. then-education. Fields in which they plan to major are: physical sciences, 26; social sciences 2-medical 2-medical science, 12; fine arts' 5; education, 11; physical education, edu-cation, 4; business, 17- and other fields, 9. of the 'group 33 are undecided as to their major. Of those who said they do not intend to go to college, only 6 said the reason is financial. finan-cial. Of those who do plan to attend college, 105 expect to be able, with their parents' help, to support themselves while in school. Sen. Bennett said that the purpose of the questionnaire was to determine to what extent ex-tent financial considerations are preventing potential college students in Utah from continuing continu-ing their education. Sen. Bennett said that of the 5,395 students in the state who plan to continue their education educa-tion 4,451 expect to be able to support themselves while in school. "As a result of this study, I am convinced that a $3 billion scholarship program, such as advocated by some members of Congress, is unnecessary," he said. "If aid is needed for soma students, I believe it should be limited to those few who really need it, and I be-: be-: lieve it should be in the form ; of loans rather than 'handouts.' More than two-thirds of the students in the state indicated ; they would be willing to repay such a loan, over a period of years following graduation. Thus, we could solve the problem prob-lem of the relatively few who need help with virtually no cost to the government." Sen. Bennett said he plans to introduce a bill for such a loan program in the near future,, fu-ture,, as an alternative to the proposed program of Federal grants. |