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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1957
Page
13
The college provides rooms for students to relax during free periods. The Y room offers a space to relax study and enjoy themselves by playing checkers or idhess and visiting with friends. A smoking room is set aside for students to enjoy cigarettes or study. Both rooms have music piped from the office via the PA system.
Students at Chanute College organize a mock democracy for their council election. Enrollment card numbers split the student body into two parties with signs posters and a formal candidate presentation. Officers include president vice president and secretary treasurer with class presidents and faculty appointed members.
A survey shows 2,947,000 students enrolled in higher education in 1956. The top ten universities by enrollment include Minnesota, California, New York, City College of New York, and Ohio State. Men account for about 1,928,000 of total students. Nevada reports the largest percentage gain at 63 percent. Kansas enrollment rose 6.5 percent to 43,483, while junior colleges grew 12.7 percent. Overall college enrollment up 39.2 percent since 1951 despite crowded campuses.
Katrie Boogert from Holland studied at Chanute Junior College this year sponsored by UNESCO and AAUW with Holland America Institute briefing her. She described her first day from the pupil’s view, noting cultural contrasts, hospitality, and adjustments to life in Chanute while sharing Holland’s customs with fellow students.
In 1936 Chanute Board of Education moved to establish Chanute Junior College amid rising demand and local support. A fire on July 30 damaged the planned building, prompting rapid plans for temporary facilities. The first class opened with 192 students in the 1936 school year.
The college library on the third floor holds about seven thousand volumes with steady growth under Pearl Chapman. More than 300 new volumes were added last year. It subscribes to 50 magazines, and the reference history and literature sections are the most popular and complete areas.
Twenty seven Chanute Junior College faculty members hail from across the nation from Stanford to Columbia and from Iowa to Mexico. The advisers include graduates of Pittsburg State, Emporia State, and the University of Kansas. Faculty hold bachelor and master degrees with several master of arts and science degrees and one MBA represented. Advisors offer personal attention and encourage students to seek outside help despite overcrowded classrooms.
Junior colleges help the state colleges. Many students do not know whether they are capable of completing a college education. They can discover their capabilities and limitations in a junior college at less expense to the people of Kansas. Junior colleges serve as a valuable screening agency for the state colleges.
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