Jefferson College - Vikon Yearbook (Hillsboro, MO)

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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.

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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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Meanwhile Dr. McClain received applications for the faculty positions and travelled to universities and colleges interviewing and evaluating graduates. In March, 1964, the appointment of Harold D. McAninch as dean of administration was announced, in April the appointment of Norman E. Turnbough as dean of admissions and guidance. ln May, 1964, Librarian Annie Rae Gray ioined the college nucleus to begin ordering and processing books and pamphlets so that a library would be ready by September. In early summer, Dr. McClain announced that all but one of the faculty posts had been filled. Although applications from students had been arriving since the first announcement in November, 1963 that classes would open the following fall, there remained much to be accomplished that summer. Prospective students were instructed on the procedures of admission, were given tests and counseling, were preregistered and given orientation. On September 10, however, the idea which so many had envisioned, thought over, planned out, labored for, and organized for so many months took a fully-living, dynamic form. The doors of Jefferson County Junior College were opened. Door of opportunity. Freshman Ralph Samples begins his first day of college classes.