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at«lt;*lt;»'4Xfirst- permanent. coh-this morning at Scottsdale Community College with k a groundbreaking200persons-. . . v ■ ' V’-kthe honors were^f-from the Mancopa Junior College^ District, Mayor Bud Tims,untress and Edmund Manuel,-'.s.:;yiairman of the Pitna-icopa Tribal Council. ‘ round was broken for a ence building, which was en priority because the ege at present has no ^fflboratory facilities. Otherfl^ildings in the fipt phase ofconstruction are a library,center, .technology..building, gymnasium and physical plant bmlding.Kitchell Contractors* Inc., has the $5,57^727 contract,wWch was ^arded from fun,ds voted in^bond election in October of 1968. .‘Y • i • • . %The Ceremony this morning included remarks by a number Of pepple associated in ' the nnihg-of-thecollegei—— Dr. Marion Donaldson,tf’executive dean of the embryo college, termed it 4‘a? tremendous moment. In time, this College will grow to be pne of the- truly $ine community colleges in the United States.”• * He jokgdthat .gamblers in Scott^dafaftad been taking 8 to 1 odds that the ftollfge would not havejhore than 500 students/•-/• ..rc\***... . . • - •. I‘I'. 1 - *. ' ► *-4 -V.'. 'MP* - f O. • i • * ;rinonewskIf’lt;*•'iC‘‘i’1: ■By United Press International 3i rAAits first year, while the actual figure is 978. ,Dr. Robert Easley; a formerstudent of Donaldson's and now,chairman of the Governing Board of MCJCD, commented that . the beginning of construction at SCC marked the end of the firstplase of planning for the district There now -ar-e—approximately—27^000students in the district .yith’ 50,000 projected by the end of -this decade.Both Mayor Tims and Mayor Huntress praised the college as an asset to their communities.Tribal Chairman Edmund►' Manuel also praised the college and told the crowd “welcome to Indian land.” The ^college is located on property leased from the Pima-Maricopa Indians.Dr. John Prince, president of the junior college . district,,. commented that he sensed the j pioneering spirit at the college, i„ now just a group of portable 4 classrooms adjacent t to a permanent parking lot.“I refuse to call these adverse9conditions,” he said. “I think, they’re excellent.”Dr. Donaldson reported last . week that the college was moving along “in fine style” although the road to it. still is unpaved and only bottled water is available1 for^drinking at present; Paving of the road is', expected to bfcgin Nov. 1.
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Scottsdale Progress
Scottsdale, Arizona, US
Mon, Sep 28, 1970
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