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Show Trade Tech Evening School Classes to Begin on Jan. 4, Register on Jan. 3 How would you like to make a grandfather clock this winter? win-ter? No? Then maybe you'd like to make a fine cabinet for your kitchen ... or fix your snowmobile ... or do welding repair work ... or learn a hidden hid-den fact of Utah history . . . or paint a picture ... or sell real estate ... or even drive a truck. You can learn thes and nearly 100 other skills at adult education classes in the coming com-ing winter quarter evening school of Utah Technical College Col-lege at Provo, according to Roger H. Plothow, director of continuing education and the evening school. Evening classes for the winter win-ter quarter begin Jan. 4 with registration scheduled Jan. 3 from 1 to 8:30 p.m. Inquiry at the college may be made any school day, Mondays through Fridays, from now on except on the holidays. A catalog may be obtained with a full listing of courses. Utah Tech evening adult education ed-ucation classes, open to any one in the community, are attracting at-tracting increasing numbers of of Utah Valley residents who find them a pleasant, profitable way to increase their skills and learning said Director Plothow. The fall quarter just ending attracted over 1,000 people, most of them adults, in over 100 subjects ranging from art to welding. Such facilities are available for winter quarter and can handle even more if necessary. Courses are open to anyone 16 years of age or older. The winter quarter will run for 11 weeks. Tuition is nominal, nom-inal, said Mr. Plothow, and varies with the type and length of class. Most classes meet two nights a week, although some meet only once a week and a few as much as three times. A few of the evening classes class-es continue from the fall quarter, quar-ter, but the greatest majority of them begin fresh for the winter quarter and no one is handicapped by not attending in the fall. Director Plothow stressed the admission policy of Utah Tech: "Open to anyone 16 years of age or older who can benefit from the instruction." The evening school faculty is composed of members of the regular Utah Tech day school, plus individual experts in the community who teach their particular subject and give students stu-dents the benefit of their expertise. ex-pertise. Adults may audit evening school classes without credit if they wish. Or they may gain credit if they desire, which would count toward a Utah Tech associate degree or be transferable to other institutions institu-tions in Utah of higher learning. learn-ing. A minimum of 12 students is necessary to justify a class. Since 1969 the Utah Technical Techni-cal College at Provo has been fully accredited by the Northwest North-west Association of Secondary and Higher Schools the same organization which accredits high schools and other colleges coll-eges and universities in the Intermountain and Western area. |