Show State School officials inspect Basin Junior College locations STUDY COLLEGE LOCATIONS This Is a part of a. delegation that made a study of proposed sites for the junior college that will be built in the Roosevelt area by the Left to right they Glen R. director of Utah State Building R. V. State E. Allen J. C. Uintah School Ruth Uintah County School Board Leland Uintah and Duchesne Four sites were Unity is urged Another important phase of the legislative-approved Junior College for the Roosevelt area was considered last April when officials from the state board of education and building board visited the area and were shown several suggested Heading the delegation from Capitol Hill in Salt Lake City was E. Allen Superintendent of Public Instruction for and Glen R. director of Utah State Building J. assistant to and Glen draftsman and planner for the building were also in the Four Sites Visited The state group were met in Roosevelt by men and women from Duchesne and Uintah who represented various county and school as well as Representative Bennie Duchesne and Leland Uintah In the local who toured the sites with the state were members of the Ute Indian Tribe and the Uintah and Ouray Indian The four sites visited by the combined delegations included property south of Union High which is owned by the Union High board of The second visit was to the which is located on the Mesa southwest of which was acquired by the church a few years ago as a potential temple The Roosevelt Junior High School campus was another possibility the delegation and the fourth property ia tribal-owned and is situated south of the Todd seven miles east of After visiting me various proposed the delegation See COLLEGE Back Page LOOK OVER PROPERTY Parts of the large of men and women who viewed four proposed sites for the Basin Junior College to he built near Roosevelt were snapped by the Standard photographer as state school board officials visited Roosevelt April College From Pace met at the Frontier Grill Cafe for at which time views of many on the tour were who acted as director of the also conducted the luncheon He explained what had been done to and introduced the R. V. Chamber of Commerce Junior College committee assured the state officials the community would get behind the project and push hard to see the job Bateman reviewed the bill that had been successfully passed by the legislature and pointed out the state had no as to do any actual physical He reminded the group that it would be the responsibility of the community to supply the land on which the college will be and 50 acres was the minimum the state would want when actual construction to the new college is being it must needs be a Basin-wide Let's talk about all the Basin when we say anything about the college that will be built in the Roosevelt The City of Roosevelt was the choice for the because it is the center cf the supporting high school Bateman told the A Beautiful Campus Swenson said his department was thrilled at the possibility of beginning from scratch to build a new college will be our first completely new campus to others have been existing schools where we have gone and re-designed what was already Swenson The director told the group his office and the state must have factual information to sell the legislature on will want to have a look at the curriculum In the early and would suggest the local committee name one or a small who will have the authority to speak for the entire group when we begin our Swenson J. C. Haws of Uintah district felt it would take some but was sure Vernal would support a Basin He predicted a student body at Uintah High in the next 10 Others who spoke briefly and offered encouragement and help toward the successful con- elusion of the college project were Darrell Uintah-and Ouray Indian Reservation Jason chairman of the Ute Indian Tribal and Ruth member of the Uintah county school To Get Organized Under the direction of the Chamber of Commerce college and a more complete organization will be set to begin working toward having the college ready to accept vocational students in the fall of and offer full academic courses for the school The Chamber of Commerce was host to the luncheon honoring the four state It is expected information will be forthcoming from the state offices in the near future which will help the local committee to effectively begin working on They must be certain land will be available when they select the final |