The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-12-05
Legislators
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next capital outlay program
visited Longwood in March, the
college requested five l60-stu-
dent domitories to be built in
the period l962-68 The commits
sion recommended that each of
the new domitories have a ca
pacity of 200 students the legis-
latcrs were told.
DR.. Landlord said "Our plans
presented to the Capital Outlay
Commission also included neces-
sary additional classroom and
laboratory space. as well as an
other dining hall and a student
activities building"
The new dining facilities were
requested for the next biennium.
but the commission recon-
mended construction in 1896.
Our present dining hall is filled
absolutely to capacity. We do
not see how this conversion can
be delayed until the biennium
1885, said D. Landlord. The
plan is to convert the existing
recreation room to dining faclli-
ties.
Activities Building
The college requested $1,077.-
POI fo "a student activities build
ing. citing the increased need
for it with the jump in enroll
ment and the conversion of the
present facilities to accommo-
date dining needs. Dr.. Landlord
told the group the commissions
reduction Of that request to
S725 900 was disturbing be-
cause the colleges estimate was
made by j competent architect.
He said e. We doubt very
much that we can build the
building at the cost per square
foot assumed by the Capital
Outlay Commission" ....
In clueing in the new legis-
lators. DR.. Landlord said, Our
recreational facilities are very
limited. Most institutions have
found that increases in enroll
ment must be accompanied by
adequate provisions for student
activities beyond those that take
place in the classroom labora-
toy and library"
General Assembly members
were told the college will reluc-
family go along with the building
of two 20O-student dormitriers
in the next biennium although
the college feels 100 students is
large enough for each dormi-
tory. DR.. Landlord noted how
ever that If we are to add
400 student to uor present en-
rollment we feel that we must
have dining space and a stu
dent activities building in the
same biennium."
Faculty Salaries
Regarding future expansion Of
the college. DR.. Landlord re-
minded the group that additional
faculty is needed as enrollments
increase. He said. 1T is becom-
ing increasingly difficult to find
qualified persons for college
faculties. The competition grows
keener each year
I'VE feel that we NUT keep
the ratio of faculty to students
down to lis in the interest of
good teaching. Currently our
ratio is higher than this" DR..
Landlord said.
I'VE have based our budget
on the assumption that our pres
ent scale will increase $70O for
each of the assistant associate
and full professor ranks and
$500 for the instructor rank
DR.. Landlord said.
The visitors. headed by l.. G.
Hillquist. chief, Bureau OF Engi-
neers and Maintenance, learned
that the faculty salary scale for
state colleges in Virginia equals
the national average. Dr.. Lark
ford told the eight legislators
the increases mentioned will en-
able Longwood to continue to do
that. He said. Certainly, the
Virginia institutions can afford
to do no less than the national
average"