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Show BOARD REPORTS ON SURVEY OF JUNIORJCOLLEGE Facts Submitted Will Be Studied to Determine State Recommendations to Be Made to Next Legislature Basis for the establishment of a junior college system in Utah is included in a report to the state board of education Monday by a fact-finding commission appointed ap-pointed a year ago. This report is the result of a request by Governor Gov-ernor George H. Dcrn for a complete com-plete survey prior to the next meeting of the legislature in January. Jan-uary. The committee merely presented pre-sented facts which will be discussed dis-cussed by the board on October 24. Out of this discussion will come recommendations to the governor as to the course to be pursued in the establishment of a junior college system. At the last session of the legislature legis-lature tw-o proposals were made the acquisition of a junior college col-lege in the north and one in the southern part of the state, and the districting of thc state for college purposes. The voluminous report of the fact-finding commission, headed by I. L. Williamson, state hiith school inspector, finds that six districts dis-tricts of the state, not now served by schools of higher learninc. could expect enrollment of at 'Continued on pice 2 BOARD REPORTS ON JUNIOR COLLEGES (Continued from page 1) least 200 students if the junior college system went into effect. These districts are all purely hypothetical hy-pothetical for the sake of a study. The members of the commission, commis-sion, aside from Chairman Williamson, Wil-liamson, are Dr. LeRoy Cowles of the University of Utah, Dr. J. T. Worlton, . assistant . superintendent of Salt Lake schools; Professor A. E. Jacobson of the Utah State agricultural college, and Lofter Bjarnason of Logan. The investigation reveals, according ac-cording to the report, that more revenue will be required to start a junior college system, and the question to be determined is whether whe-ther the state should start it before be-fore the elementary, secondary and high schools are brought up to standard. Junior colleges, according to the report, unless they are very few and very large, will necessitate small classes with additional instruction in-struction costs and will require some duplication of administrative service buildings and equipment. This extra public expense will be accompanied by a personal saving sav-ing to some of the parents who will not be required to send their children from home to be educated. edu-cated. ' Present valuations and levies, however, offer little hope for additional ad-ditional revenue, the commission concludes. The report shows as a summary of the needs for junior colleges in Utah, that enrollment in public schools has been at a standstill for four years, while some of the counties have lost population, according ac-cording to the census. Unless new industries are brought into some communities, the maximum numbed num-bed of children of school age has been reached. An increase in the number of high school graduates over the state has been noted. Parents of the state favor junior colleges, the report goes on, and, to be successful, suc-cessful, they must be taken to the people rather than be placed at points where the students must travel a long distance. |