Jefferson College - Vikon Yearbook (Hillsboro, MO)

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This committee then set out to obtain the signatures needed for petition from the various school districts, and although only 285 names were required by law, a total of 3,386 signatures were obtained. Three school districts, Fox C-6, Hillsboro R-3, and Jefferson R-7, obtained signatures of more persons than voted in the previous annual school election. Then on October 5, 1962, Chairman Blackwell and Co-Chairman Tynes sent a letter of application including the signatures obtained to the State Board of Education petitioning for a county election. The petition for election was granted, and on April 2, 1963, the citizens of Jefferson County voted a iunior college district into existence. Jefferson College was no longer simply a proposal but was fast becoming a reality. Responsibility for the development of the college was then given to a six-member Board of Trustees elected on April 2, 1963, at large from the county. For six years: Earl R. Blackwell . .. . . . Hillsboro, LeRoy Stovesand . . . . . . High Ridge, For four years: J. Charles Studyvin .... . . . De Soto. Walter W. Walton .... . . Festus. For two years: James Lee Chism ....... .... F estus. Mathew J. Wynn ............. Hillsboro. The Board of Trustees began the search for a president for the new college and on August 5, 1963, announced the appointment of Dr. Charles J. McClain, then Assistant Dean of the College of Education of the University of Missouri. 1-i ' - i ,, - -' The Board then faced three important questions: Cai How many high school seniors would be coming to the iunior college its first year and what would be the growth of the student body over the next ten years? ibl What types of education would the students who come to the iunior college be looking for? ici What kind of master plan for college development would best meet both the present and future needs of the high school graduates of the county? .. ' it 5? , Ss The first college office building, 212 Mill Street, Festus, Missouri. A place to face the important questions.

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.leFterson County, was chosen to act as co-ordinator in forming the necessary committees needed to acquire the signatures to petition the State Board of Education for a county vote of sentiment on the college. On February 16, 1962, Superintendent Hamrick called a meeting of all the school boards of the county to decide on the various steps that should be taken for the promotion of a local iunior college. At this meeting the school board members decided that one man from each school board would represent his particular board at all future meetings. All of the school districts of Jefferson County U4 in totall were represented. Two subsequent meetings were held by the forming committee, and at one of these sessions Fred Davis from the State Department of Education gave advice on the correct procedures for establishing a public iunior college. Superintendent Hamrick and his forming committee then proceeded to collect a large committee of petition made up of professional, business, and educational people who would support the petition for o iunior college. Officers elected for this committee of petition were: Earl R. Blackwell . . . .... Chairman Ralph B. Tynes . .... Co-Chairman Lewis Roop .............. Secretary C 4 Mrs. Lilian Mangelsdorf .... Treasurer R 5 A i -7147 EH JeHerson County School District System Concern for the 77 percent. 7

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IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTORS TWO EARLY LEADERS Francis V. Breeze Clyde S. Hamrick OFFICERS OF THE COMMITTEE OF PETITION Earl R. Blackwell Ralph B. Tynes Lewis W. Roop Lilian Manglesclorf FIRST BOARD OF TRUSTEES 'W Q Earl R. Blackwell LeRoy Stovesand J. Charles Sfudyvin ff' .if . .,.. ' If . i1a'f'f i-QI. :viii . f- ' ,. .f L' . r f ::: -fr ny: awe-ft I ,b?51S1f.,- '. .I 34' .. 4 V :H :f1'1bw. iw : .rw-I Walter W. Walton James L. Chism Mathew J. Wynn PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE ARCHITECTS E ' A A . at i s 1' I II 1. Q 'I rx . vril L gin!! , R i u I V Charles J. McClain David W. Pearce Richard L. Pearce