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Show COLLEGE HEADS TAKE PLEA 10 ffllEJOLOi History of Institution and Achievements of Students Listed Among Arguments for Continuance of Dixie Determination to exert every effort possible to insure the continuance con-tinuance of Dixie College is be-ir.g be-ir.g made by prominent citizens of the county, and a delegation left M;onday morning to meet with the legislature relative to the state's taking over the institution. insti-tution. The party consisted of V?. 0. Bentley, president of the St. George stake; Jos. S. Snow, of the chamber of commerce, and David Hirschi, former legislator leg-islator from this county and representative rep-resentative of the Hurricane chamber of commerce. On Tuesday night, Joseph K. Jficholes, president of Dixie college, col-lege, left to spend the remainder of the week or longer, in Salt Lake. City. Dixie's attitude toward the situation, sit-uation, according to President Xicholes, is : First; Dixie is in favor of maintaining the present junior colleges in the state, namley, B. A. C, at Cedar City; Snow College Col-lege at Ephraim; and Weber College at Ogden. Second Dixie wants to be included in-cluded in the list of the state's junior colleges. Third Dixie favors junior colleges col-leges in all important cities of the state as soon as the communities com-munities can present the state wits facilities for the operation . of $uch institutions. It was pointed out that local donations toward the establishment establish-ment of a junior college in St. George have to date amounted to $117,000. Relative to the size of junior colleges, the following data is taken from; the Junior College Journal of January, 1933: The junior college directory of America Am-erica for 1931 lists 469 public ; and private junior colleges in the : United States, with 100,000 stu-i stu-i dents in attendance. , Fifty-two per cent of the private, pri-vate, 50 per' cent of the religious ' and 27 per cent of the public : junior colleges list enrollments of less than 100 students each. Of the 455 junior colleges op-; op-; erating in 1931-32, whose en-i en-i rollment was reported, 81, or 18 Per cent enrolled less than 50 ' students each; 196, or 43 per cent, less than 100 students 1 each ; 271, or 60 per cent, less than 150 students each, and 329, ; or 72 per cent, less than 200 students each. Dixie College has ' enrollment of more than that 1 of 60 per cent of the individual colleges of America. ; Notes from Dixie College hts-' hts-' tory, which are of general interest in-terest are: Dixie College was founded in 1911 as a four-year high school n with 129 students. In 1916 it be-San be-San its career as a normal school, and became a junior col-i col-i lege in 1922-23. The present school term is the 22nd year. Two thousand .eight hundred thirty-eight students have reg- iistered and received instruction from one to eight years each. There have been 831 high school, graduates, 317 college graduates. FiTe hundred four Dixie students have attended 4 5 universities and t0leges in America and Europe. Dixie students are now living in 13 states other' than Utah, a"l tour nations other than the United States. A partial classi-tication classi-tication of Dixie College students : shows: 185 livestock men and '; timers; 153 teachers; 36 professional pro-fessional men, including 7 nurs-Ss nurs-Ss 3 dentists, 4 chemists, 5 en-. Eeerj.. -.7 edical doctors, 4 Rs, eluding one district -Elpn Dixie students are y4 "e h'n public officials, and . febankers. r Jie Jpllege students have ' iflt6S6ntt the United States at Iroatiom Olympics, Utah at tContinted 0n last page) COLLEGE (Continued from page 1) national basketball tournament--, at Chicago, and track and field, and Dixie regularly- at state tournaments. Kvery community in southern Utah and southeastern Nevada has been inspired with Dixie College dramas, operas, oratorios, orator-ios, concerts and recitals. In the annual L. D. S. isted-feds, isted-feds, Dixie College has won first place in vocal, quartet, orchestra and male and ladies' choruses. Dixie men and women who are important leaders in inter-mountain inter-mountain affairs include: Honorable Anthony V. Ivins, member of. the first presidency of the L. D. S. church, president presi-dent of the Utah State agricultural agricul-tural college, and financier. Dr. Clair Snow, M. D., president presi-dent of the Utah University board of regents. Honorable 'Walter Granger, state representative from Iron county and chairman of the Branch agricultural college board. Dr. M. J. Macfarlane, M. D., son of Dixie's first school teacher teach-er and member of the state board of education. Mrs. Franklin S. Harris, wife of President Harris of Brigham Young university, prominent social so-cial leader of Utah. The late Hbnorable Edward It Snow, former chairman of the Utah slate tax commission, banker, bank-er, and a member of Utah's first legislature. John M. Macfarlane, leading stockman of the intermountain territory, president of the Utah Cattle and Horse Growers' association. asso-ciation. John G. McQuarrie. chairman, state insurance commission. 'Dixie College has employed, during its history, a total of 109 teachers, representing the cultural and scientific training of 3 2 colleges in nine American Ameri-can states, and in England and in France. |
