Evening star., 1960-12-11
long-Ronge
Plun Unveiled
By Whittier
BY DANA BULLEN
Star Stah Writer

NSAANSO AAO"s
The prediction comes from
School Superintendent C. Tay-
lor Whittier, who will unveil a
new f1ve-year construction pro-
gram tomorrow that repeatedly
will cost SIS million.
While details of the new five
year program have not been
disclosed, officials confirmed
reports it will include the first
of the four additional junior
colleges.
This years budget included
$4,000 for planning the new
facility. which Mr.. Whittier
said should cost about $3.7
million.
The next three junior COL
leges, he said. probably would
cost over 81 million each due
to increasing land and con-
struction costs.
MIR. Whittier said he thought
each junior college-or at least
the first one-should have q
l00-acre campus.
This compares with the 45O-
acre size of the developed por-
ton OF the University of Mary
land campus at College Park.
Smaller Student Bodies
In other comparisons, school
officials noted that Los Angeles
has seven Junior colleges, Chi
cago has four full time units
and Baltimore County has two.
Each of the new junior COL
leges, the Montgomery school
superintendent said, would
probably accommodate from
1000 to 1900 students. This
would be smaller than the pres
ent junior college in Takoma
Park. which now has about
1900 students.
School officials think the
junior colleges will be needed
to accommodate a bumper crop
OF students now progressing
through lower grades.
Mr.. Whittier noted there are
now 10000 pupils in county
senior high schools. BY 1868,
the number will reach $4,000,
an increase of SO per cent. The
total in 1866. he said, is ex-
pected to Surpass 2l,000.
| Statistical Basis
AS q result, the superinten-
dent said. there should be
3,600students in Junior COL
leges five years from now.
And all of this is based" he
said, ION the assumption that
there is not a material increase
in the percentage of students
going to college"
He noted that many stu
dents now feel education be-
yond high school is necessary
to prepare them for later Jobs.
The desire of students to at
tend college. he said, Is par
ticularly strong among parents
and students in Montgomery
County.
Accommodation of these ad-
ditional students - and the
many more who will follow as
the county grows to an esti-
mated 1880 population of $780,
000-will require creation of
the new junior colleges, the
superintendent said.
MIR. Whittier said the popu-
lation growth apparently will
reach the point where private
institutions will not be able to
expand to meet the demand.
1T falls on the public :nsti-
tutionS," he said. THE cheap
est way to meet this is with
Junior colleges"
Alternate Plans
Dean Donald E. Deyo, head
Of the county's present junior
college, said the college offers
two types Of programs. One is
for students who plan to trans
fer to a four-year college. The
second is for students who plan
to work after the two years of
Junior college.
The big question mark about
the county's new junior college
program predictions, it appears,
is whether the land can be
found for the facilities.
officials this year have been
searching for site for the Sec
ond junior college, but report
edly have been unable thus far
to find a suitable one. Mr.. Whit
tier said the additional junior
colleges should be spread over
the county so as to serve popu-
lation centers.
However. these are the very
places where 100-acre school
sites will be most difficult to
find. The county's board of ed
ucation recently was told it
should buy land for 81 new
schools within the next two
years to nail down sites before
development engulfs them.
The suggested program did
not include proposals to buy
land for the junior colleges.