Jefferson College - Vikon Yearbook (Hillsboro, MO)

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. , ,..,,..., ,......,,.. The site is obtained The setting is accessible quiet and pastoral The Board of Trustees considered many factors in picking a site forthe new campus including general accessibility to all residents of the county, possible distractions, suitability of the terrain for development, cost of land, and size of plot lwhich was not to be less than one hundred acres.l The center ot the county was charted and found to be two miles east and slightly south of Highway 21 on Highway A. Various sites were proposed: the Da Pron tract, the De Soto Public School tract, the FitzGibbon-Norris tract, the Golman tract, the Mapaville tract, the Meyer tract, the Molasky-Lubin tract, andthe Olympian tract The Board of Trustees toured these plots, compiled charts of evaluation, called in qualified specialists to otter advice, and finally decided to accept the Molasky-Lubin tract.

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-A:,2-,fs c -ff---f .s,..,,.3t me f ,Wy - , , ,..-' LL --'5'f f-', Qiwiitsfiii-ff.fs , .t 1' sf37 11 J1w2g5,gv ' fr i A ,rl aff , r. McClain, Mr. Walton, Mr. Blackwell, Mr. Study- n, Mr. Chism, and Mr. Wynn. Not pictured: Mr. ovesand. Proiected Enrollment of Jefferson College Growth is the key word. l Enrollment Tota The tour types of programs were: lat a two-year academic curriculum transferable to a university or four-year college as the first two years of work towards a bachelor's degree, Cbl engineering and technological training both terminal and transferable, lc! business programs concentrating in such areas as administration, business education, and distributive education, either terminal or transferable, and fdt vocational programs with work in the liberal arts as well as in the development of technical skills, designed as a terminal program. However, before presenting his recommendations for curriculum tothe Board of Trustees, President McClain inspected the course ofterings at Crowder Junior College lNewton Countyb, at Flat River Junior College lSt. Francois Countyl, and at Normandy Junior College lSt. Louis Countyt, and reviewed the curriculum structures of the University of Missouri and the schools in the state. He then recommended that the junior college in Jefferson County otter work in thirteen course areas the first year: art, botany, business administration, business education, chemistry, distributive education, English, foreign language, history, mathematics, music, physics, and zoology. :1 1'. l 964-65 l 969-70 i 974-75 l 979-80 Years

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2 1 3 The faculty is chosen. Board Chairman Sludyvin is ioined by The faculty aT The opening assembly. 1 UIQ' We The bookstore and library are stocked. Professors Haun and Schlarb help unpack boxes of books and supplies. The conTrolling desire of The Board of TrusTees in planning The developmenT of The campus was To provide Tacilifies ThaT would noT only serve all of The needs of The presenT college buT ThaT would be flexible enough To allow fuTure expansion. They wanTed buildings ThaT from The sTarT were permanenT sTrucTures. They wanTed a building design ThaT would be disTincTive and special buT noT eccenTric, ThaT would be aTTracTive, dignified, quieT, and conducive To sTudy, On November 15, 1963, The Board of TrusTees voted To open classes in SepTember 1964. Classes Tor The firsT academic year would be held in The Hillbroro High School buildings from 3:30 p.m. To 9:30 p.m. Monday Through Friday. The Board of TrusTees decided ThaT The T1rsT college buildings To be consTrucTed should be a classroom building, a sTudenT cenTer and a library building. So ThaT consTrucTion could begin immediaTely, They helped conducT a vigorous campaign in The counTy To acquire a bond issue of S1,985,000.00. On February 4, 1964, ciTizens of The counTy approved The bond issue by a Three To one voTe.