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Show 1 governing board impractical, says education council member for," he noted. "A lot of things the public thinks are frills, I think are indispensable necessities," he said. "I think we have got to have coordination," Mr. Clyde said. "I don't think these decisions can be left to individual colleges." The present Coordinating Council is a "watchdog," not an "advocate" for the needs of higher education, Mr. Clyde said, noting that this was due to the "system," not the individuals on the council. The reason the Utah Coordinating Council of Higher Education did not endorse the recommendation of its subcommittee G on governance in favor of a single state board of regents was the recommendation's impracticability, Mr. D. Lawrence McKay, Coordinating Council member, told members of the University's Faculty Council Monday. "Local institutions as they exist should retain their local boards," he said. "Local desires are better met with local boards-which are closer to the problem-representing local feeling," he said. "Local boards," Mr. McKay noted, "also bring public spirited citizens closer to education." Bog Down Governance "We also feel that a single board faced with governance of institutions in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Logan and junior colleges would bog down," Mr. McKay said. Speaking in favor of a single board was Edward W. Clyde, member of the University Board of Regents and the Coordinating Council's subcommittee G. Favoring the single board for primarily monetary reasons, Mr. Clyde said the single board or strengthened Coordinating Council might inspire more public confidence in the needs of institutions of higher education, and hence might obtain a higher financial priority from the state for higher education. "But a two-tiered system (local board of regents and coordinating council) does not work," he stated. A single board should be responsible for making and executing policies, he said, adding that with a strong single board, "I do not see a useful function that regents are going to play." If decisions are made one echelon removed from the regents, it is harder for members of an academic community to affect that decision, Mr. Clyde noted. "A single board would have problems establishing communication with each individual studentbody," Merle E. Allen, director of the Coordinating Council, said in response to a question from University studentbody President Steve Gunn, Faculty Council guest A University faculty member noted there is "no communication whatsoever with a strengthened Coordinating Council." "The state can afford to contribute more assets to higher education," Mr. Clyde said. "In Utah we generally have a better education system than we pay f . '.. . : shy ic cm l x I ItMrr ..'I . - " , -.ii .,r I V ! iu cqH i ake Draft Resistance, provided information and counseling Wer Crockett, center head of the S ' Yt Booth. The Resistance. he,daua,U,,ei ,1 363 W. ,st ' i i wti "'"mm n i ui . ii ) i l inwMw i m |