Virginia colleges hit capacity as enrollments rise
The State Council of Higher Education reported state colleges and private institutions in Virginia are at or near capacity in the 1957 fall term. Total enrollment is about 38,600 across public and private schools, up 4.8 percent from last year and 24.1 percent since 1951-52.
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Richmond
State Council of Higher Education
Virginia
Paul H. Farrier
Farrier
Virginia State University
Virginia Tech
Citizens conference backs WV school funding and reform
More than 250 attendees at Charleston democratic education conference urge Gov Underwood to include public school problems in 1958 legislation. Committees favor local level incentive plans and a nonpolitical state program, with calls for more money and stronger public relations.
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Charleston
Citizens Conference On Education
Underwood
Virgil Rohrbough
West Virginia
All Committee
Pocahontas Assessor Resigns. Hoff man Replacement Named
Pocahontas Virginia mayor presided at a town council meeting where the resignation of C. G. Hoffman as town assessor was accepted and Butler Hammitt appointed to fill the unexpired term.
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Pocahontas
L. B. Crawford
This Community Christmas Tree Association
C. G. Hoffman
Butler Hammitt
Hoffman
Roman Work Gang Props Up The World
A Roman work gang completes a three year project costing 120000 dollars to shore up an outer mall of the Colosseum. They credit the adage that when Rome falls so does the world, tying the repair to the city’s fate.
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Roman Work Gang
Rome
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