Show JUNIOR COLLEGES TO CONTINUE AS PART OF educational EDU SYSTEM the branch agricultural college weber snow and dixie junior colleges are to td cont continue nuo as a part of the states educational system tile the state legislature has decreed ampro pi tor for all af of them will be drastic ly cut but they willbe maintained at state slate expense lor for the next biennium unless Ga vernor blood alito vho has been given broad powers over state expenditures decides otherwise ha d ali apar made for the B A C by the appropriations committee but it did specify that at least of 0 the for or the utah state agricultural college for the two year period commencing july 1 must be spent at the branch college snow college at ephraim which was taken over last year by the state will receive 30 u arbr the biennium as against ap appropriated by the last legislature tor for the current year A eber will the appropriations committee included nothing tor for dixie which has ben maintained by the church iiii it tins this year rear but both the hoube and add the senate schale have passed the miles bill introduced by arthur miles allies of 0 st george lor for the state to take over this school au an ap of 0 is being asit asa ed for on a showing that the church will continue to give some sup support luring during the biennium in with the miles allies bill Seii senator ator vil torl day who represents A and iron counties an aai the el elev eveith eiith senatorial district created quite a sen tation whon when he explained his vote against the bill stating elating that he was waa that tue tile senate would add 6 to the states financial burdens at a time line the present by adding dixie college toa to tae state school system Ortia arlly he said a state senator ought to feer eer happy to get gel two junior colleges in his bis district I 1 was approached in regard to this early tit in the session by my friends und and neighbors and constituents in ill washington county I 1 told them thein then that I 1 would not under any condition support a movement 10 0 o make dixie a junior college I 1 told them I 1 did not consider it consistent J si blent or reasonable for or the state elate 10 lo le a and tu to bup buppert lort two junior colleges tit in adjoining counties and just d few miles apart on a main traveled highway open the year round I 1 1 I could not conceive that they the senate would put a college oa the ho payroll of the state stale in such a plate place far down on oil the bolder of 0 the be state where it t can help only one email county and only part of 0 that 1 I 1 owe oae it to this athla body he con to say that I 1 do not think it la is good business bubl ness for the state of u utah to expand at this time especially when its action interferes with u junior college that has been in lor for thirty five years but the bc natora talk had no of ct feet on the votes and the bill p piece wee with only a few ew negative votes vo ei PT |