Show Legislators hit back at College issue A report received by the daily press from the Utah Coordinating Council of Higher Education Tuesday concerning the Junior College at Roosevelt as a shock college as well residents of the Uintah THE FACT that the council issued its report to the press before presenting it to the Utah State Legislature stunned both Senator Bennie and Representative Cliff to the extent that it provoked a definite blast on the floor of the Senate Wednesday as well as the House of Each legislator took about ten minutes in each session stressing the fact that the coordinating council had been most unfair in conducting its on-the-spot They emphasized that the council had made no personal contact with either the Duchesne or Uintah County Board of Education offices relative to a discussion the college The ONLY contacts made by the director of the H. Grant was through a questionnaire sent out that took approximately ten or fifteen minutes to As far as the Basin Junior College committee could find tills was the only on-the-spot study that had been made by anyone representing the coordinating council of Higher THE LOCAL legislators further Informed their fellow lawmakers that a number of calls See back page i 9 Legislators from page had been made by the Basin college committee to the council office through council who assured and promised that before members of the council concluded their study on the junior college they would give the Basin college committee an opportunity to meet and talk with The council has completely ignored this Both Senator and Representative challenged the criteria set-up for enrollment by the coordinating council relative to the criteria used throughout the nation where Junior Colleges are or to the criteria recommended by the late E. Allen Bateman of the Utah State Board of The national according to investigation by Senator is set between and the state board of education said the state criteria should be set at On what basis the coordinating council stated that minimum enrollment should be day students no one seems to ALSO READ into the local legislators' reports Wednesday morning were some statistics on the number of students required for initial enrollment In the four Junior Colleges In Utah Weber College at Dixie at St. Snow at Ephriam and Carbon at All began operation way under the criteria and according to an Ogden Weber College started in 1922 with only 15 It was cited that if enrollment depended on students within a radius many colleges would have very few A luncheon meeting with the Coordinating Council and Basin College arranged last week by Senator and was scheduled for at the Ambassador Club in Salt Lake Leaving this morning to attend the meeting were Rowan C. Duchesne County Board of J. C. Uintah County Board of Ruth R. V. Alva C. Mayor Kenneth all of Francis McKinley and Rex representing the Ute Tribal business IN ADDITION to reporting the above information to the stated that he and Senator had met in the office of the Utah State road commission Tuesday night with officials of the Uintah Ouray Indian the Forest the Utah Fish and Game the state road commission and Duchesne County commissioners primarily to discuss the possibility of getting some work done on the Moon Lake land Uintah Canyon which lead into recreation A more detailed report on results of this meeting will be published next There are always those who would run their and church politics Is not any less fierce than other |