Evening star., 1950-03-27
JuniorCo||eges
Are Reviewed at
Roanoke ParIey
Ways Of Developing
Sound System Debated
By 450 Educators
Special Dispatch 10 The S.or

Special Dispoteh 10 The S.or
ROANOKE, Va, Mar. 27.-
Means of developing a sound sys
tenn of Junior colleges were con
sidered here today by $50 edu
Gators from many parts of th'
United States.
The occasion is the 30th annua
convention of the American Asso.
citation of Junior Colleges. a four
day session. On today's program
were Gov. Battle and Dr.. Dougla.
Southall Freeman, historian ane
former Richmond editor.
At a preliminary session yes
terday. the associations Board OF
Directors Endorsed recommended
tions of a committee headed by
Dean Hugh Price of Montgomery
Junior College, Bethesda. Md, for
local control of the institutions.
DIR. House Speaks.
The delegates also heard DR.
Robert B. House, chancellor OF
the University of North Carolina
declare that Junior colleges now
stand where the secondary school
stood 20 years ago-the area for
the Nations next forward step in
education.
The Legislative Com m itte e
headed by Dean Price suggested
that State and local appropria-
tions are the most effective means
of financing new Junior colleges.
Few benefits accrue either tt
the young people in the area OF
the community when the junior
college lacks finances to provide
an adequate program, because the
district is not large enough te
provide taxable resources in suffi-
cient amount, without requiring
excessive tax rates." the report
stated.
THE long-range objective in a
state plan of junior colleges
should be the development of tut
tion-free institutions" it con-
tinued.
Methods Discussed.
Commenting on methods Of
initiating Junior colleges. the re-
port said it was often eXpedient
to associate with existing school
facilities, to require student fees
or to secure endowments or gifts
State supervision of local ad-
min6stration was accepted as prac-
tiok1 by the committee. but ii
reiterated that the community
should determine the shape of its
own junior college.
"The legislation should include
definite provisions for administra-
tive local control of Junior COL
leges," the study declared. "It has
been found that a Junior college
will meet the demands of the local
community when the control is
under local Board of Education
which also administers the other
levels of the public school system
or a special local board for the
community college alone"
To make the school even more
responsive to community needs
the report recommended forma-
ton of an advisory committee COM
posed of representative occupa-
tional and cultural groups.
Five Recommendations Made.
Five recommendation on cur
ricula were made by the commit
tee:
l. Similarity in general educa-
ton for as many full-time stu
dents as possible.
Q. Preparation for the last two
years of college study.
3. Education and training for
vocational, cultural and semi
professional occupations.
4. Specialized education to
meet individual needs and in
terests.
S. Continuing educational op-
portunities of a vocational, cul-
tural and vocational nature for
youths and adults.
At last nights dinner, DIR
House said the education of all
American youth can become a
reality if this institution can be
developed to its ultimate goal BY
public and privately supported
Institutions.
Called peoples College"
"1t has become the people.
college," he declared.
Noting that junior colleges have
been characterized by two point!
of view-as an institution for col.
lege preparation or as an insti.
tuition for vocational or trade ex.
perience - DR.. House continued
there has been developed a syn
thesis of these two ideas"
The new name of communit,
college is being applied in an eff
fort to get away from the twt
PHILOSOPHERS already associated
with the Junior college," he re-
marked. "The community colleg,
is being developed by local com
munities. regions of the State, ant
by private organizations"