Show A Junior College For The Uintah Basin Is Within Our Grasp When the of the state of George Dewey affixed his signature to House Bill 47 last he made a long-d reamed for junior College for the In announcing his reasons for signing the College Bill for along with the establishing of Weber College at Odgen as a four-year institution and making Carbon College a part of the v of our governor Indicated he wanted a very thorough study made by the newly created Coordinating Council for Higher Education of the three When one t h of the nu for it is that Clyde would want the to Mud then- thrisi- Mir Then han any objection ti having a study made of the nr-d of a college for the in tab Those of us here in the Roosevelt urea who have carried the hull on B. 47 haw indicated our desire to hae a study We will aid the in its We recall our in his imil to the legislature's opening days of the 1959 indicated he was a believer In junior colleges and the need for expanded higher education for We are sure Gov Clyde meant what he said on this and will go along with any consistent recommendations for establishing colleges where and when The Roosevelt of is profoundly grateful to every who aided in getting our bill through the recently adjourned It the persistent and Intelligent efforts of our legislative Rep and Senator dlen M by from our areas and others in the that our law u college was needed in the telephone call und personal contact their effect and di-sere credit for the bill's passage Roosevelt's Chamber of Commerce which was ably assisted by the people of Duchesne and thOM living in Western Uintah is thrilled that they w.-re able to complete this outstanding project They the Job was done without complete support of all the Uintah They know they had opposition from a certain segment of the Basin's who were not ready to concede was the center of the Uintah and as the logical location for a junior college We regret this was the case and as time marches this same group will realize what comes along to help build arill also build all of the Uintah There is only one way our great inland empire can progress and and that is b the joint and unified cooperation of all factions and seg ments of our Those who fought and worked for the passage of 47 in the recent legislature must the job has just It cost B lot of money to lobby for the and it took hours and hours of valuable time of several men in the We have just There is much more to be and more mone time and talents are required if we are ready two years from now to convince the legislature that they are right in appropriating money to build a Junior College in the Roosevelt an a It is hoped that the Federal through the Bureau of Indian can be sold on offering financial assistance in helping to build a college that would offer additional educational opportunities for the Indian children who must have technical and academic training Presently thousands of dollars are being spent from our area to train these youths in vocational Most of this training can be done at home if have the There are also other possibilities for help In view of these there will be delegations Meat to Washington to confer with our congressional leaders and those administering the affairs of these depart As pointed out earlier in this editorial it has cost money to get the job done to date The Chamber of Commerce has spent some of its money to do the job up to this From here it will cost and the only this can be accumulated is by renewed membership in the organization that is devoting its time and funds to push Roosevelt May in concluding this make a strong plea to the people who want a junior college for the Basin to Join the Chamber of Commerce and give us the boost we will need to get the job |