Authorization of D.C. Public Liberal Arts and Junior Colleges

Statements-Continued

Mapes, Milton C., Jr., chairman, Subcommittee on Higher Education,
Council of Churches of Greater Washington...

McKee, Robert L., president, Northern Virginia Technical College,
representing American Association of Junior Colleges..
McKenzie, Rev. C. Stewart, representing Washington City Presby-
tery of the United Presbyterian Church__

Megel, Carl, J., Washington Representative, The American Federation

of Teachers.

Muirhead, Hon, Peter C., Associate Commissioner of U.S. Education,

and Director, Bureau of Higher Education..........

Norwood, William K., chairman, Education Committee, Federation
of Citizens' Associations of the District of Columbia....

Peterson, Dr. Gladys T., vice chairman, Citizens Council for the Dis-

trict of Columbia..

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Pinette, Miss Mattie A., president, Washington Branch, American

Association of University Women..

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Pinkett, Flaxie M., president of the District of Columbia Citizens

for Better Public Education, Inc..

Rugh, Dr. Donald, Education Coordinator, United Planning Organi-

Schreiber, Mrs. Daniel, vice president of public affairs, District of

Columbia section, National Council of Jewish Women...

Sister Margaret, S.N.D., president, Trinity College, Washington, D.C.

Sister M. Mildred Dolores, C.S.C., president, Dunbarton College,

Washington, D.C...

Smith, Hon. Margaret Chase, a U.S. Senator from the State of Maine..

Stone, Kathryn H., vice chairman, Committee on Human Resources--

Strout, Mrs. Arthur E., chairman, Education Committee, Americans

for Democratic Action_.

Stults, Mrs. Walter, education chairman, League of Women Voters of

the District of Columbia..

Taylor, Francis X., student, Dunbar High School, Washington, D.C.

Taylor, Miss Tanya, student, Cordoza High School, Washington,

D.C..

Thompson, Miss DeAnna, student, Roosevelt High School, Washing-

ton, D.C.

Tobriner, Hon. Walter N., President, District of Columbia Board of

Commissioners

Turner, J. C., president, Greater Washington Central Labor Council__

Weil, Frank E. G., District of Columbia chapter chairman, American

Yarborough, Hon. Ralph, a U.S. Senator from the State of Texas...

Wormley, Miss Thomasine, student, Eastern High School, Washing-

ton, D.C..

I. WRITTEN STATEMENTS

Baumgart, Merle D., Education Committee, Capitol Hill Community
Council, Inc..

Carr, Paul O., president, District of Columbia Teachers College.
Dunn, Mrs. Libby B., chairman of the Health, Education, and Welfare
Committee, Democratic Central Committee of the District of Columbia
Goodloe, Don B., legislative representative, local 6 of the American
Federation of Teachers, the Teachers Union of Washington, D.C.----

Haworth, Dr. Ellis, chairman, Legislation Committee, District of Columbia

Congress of Parents and Teachers..

Holden, Dr. John B., past president, Adult Education Association of
U.S.Á., and present Director of the Graduate School, Department of
Agriculture, representing Adult Education Association of Greater
Washington___

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Howlett, Carolyn C., legislative chairman, Women's Alliance, All Souls

Church, Washington, D.C

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Inouye, Hon. Daniel K., a U.S. Senator from the State of Hawaii___

Kennedy, Kenneth C., chairman, the Congress of Community Organiza-

tions__

Lee, Frederick B., president, United Planning Organization_-

McGee, Hon. Gale, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming..

Megel, Carl J., Washington representative, the American Federation of

Teachers...

Meyer, Agnes E., member, President's Committee on Public Higher

Education in the District of Columbia....

Muskie, Hon. Edmund S., a U.S. Senator from the State of Maine.
Peterson, Dr. Gladys T., vice chairman, Citizens Council for the District
of Columbia_

Pinkett, Flaxie M., president of District of Columbia Citizens for Better

Education, Inc., with attachments...

Prouty, Hon. Winston A., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont..

Ryan, Mrs. Edward, national vice president, National Congress of Parents

and Teachers__

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Templeman, Miss Sybil, student, Spingarn High School, Washington,

D.C.

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Weil, Frank E. G., District of Columbia chapter chairman, American
Veterans Committee_.

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Williams, Hon. Harrison A., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of New
Jersey--

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II. TEXT OF BILLS

S. 293.

S. 1612_

III. LETTERS, REPORTS, EXHIBITS, MEMORANDUMS

"Abstractions from Educational Specifications for the Vocational-Techni-

cal-Occupational Center, Washington, D.C." Final report 1965 Educa-

tional Planning Consultants, Odell MacConnell Associates-

"American University Meets the Campus Crush Crisis," from the publi-

cation Lodestar__

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American University Park Citizens Association, John T. Collier, president,

letter dated March 1, 1966, to Hon. Alan Bible, endorsing S. 293 and

S. 1612___

"A Report to the President," June 1964, final report of the Committee on

Public Higher Education in the District of Columbia..

Architectural barriers project, Janet W. Fay, chairman, letter dated

March 14, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse, supporting proposed bills for

public higher education in the District of Columbia..

Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, D.C.,
resolution...

Board of Education of the District of Columbia, Wesley S. Williams,

president, letter dated February 18, 1965, to Mr. Chester H. Smith,

staff director, Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, endorsing

S. 293__.

Carbonneau, Eugene F., president, Alumni Association of Southeastern

University, Washington, D.C., letter dated February 23, 1966, to Hon.

Wayne Morse, with attachment_

Church of the Covenant, Rev. H. Barry Keen, minister, letter dated

March 22, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse, supporting proposed legislation

S. 293 and S. 1612..

Cockrell, John S., executive vice president, Restaurant Association of

Metropolitan Washington, Inc., letter dated January 15, 1966, to Hon.

Wayne Morse supporting S. 293--

Columbia University Teachers College, New York, N. Y., Ralph B. Spence,

letter to Hon. Wayne Morse with report entitled "Continuous Learning

Through the Educative Community"

Council of Churches of Greater Washington, report and recommendations

on the need for public institutions of higher education in the District of

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Custis, Mrs. W. Keith, letter dated March 19, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse

supporting bills S. 293 and S. 1612___

335

District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, Walter N. Tobriner, Presi-

dent, report on-

District of Columbia owned properties sufficiently large to accommodate

an institution of higher learning, including pertinent facts concerning

each of them (submitted by Department of General Administration of the

District of Columbia, Administrative Services Office) -

District of Columbia Teachers College, resolution dated January 11, 1966,
endorsing S. 293..

Douglas, Hon. Paul H., a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois, letter

dated March 15, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse, supporting Senate bills

S. 293 and S. 1612__

Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Hyattsville, Md., James L. Ewalt,

minister, letter dated March 23, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse supporting

S. 293 and S. 1612___

Edwards, Rev. Mr. Paul R., senior minister, Wheaton Presbyterian

Church, Wheaton, Md., letter dated March 18, 1966, to Hon. Wayne

Morse supporting pending legislation on establishment of junior college

and 4-year college of liberal arts and sciences in the District of Columbia

Ellenberger, J. S., chairman, District of Co.umbia Library Association

Legislative Committee, telegram dated March 13, 1966, to Hon. Wayne

Morse, endorsing proposal for 2-year public junior college in D.C..

Grant, Dr. Murray, Director of Public Health, District of Columbia,

letter dated March 29, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse, supporting S. 293

and S. 1612_.

Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade, William H. Press, executive

vice president, letter dated March 29, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse sup-

porting proposed legislation for public community college

National Association of the Physically Handicapped, Inc., Delbert Phillips,

chairman, Architectural Barriers Committee, National Capital Chapter,

letter dated March 29, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse, endorsing S. 293

and S. 1612__

National Education Association, John M. Lumley, director, Division of

Federal Relations, letter dated March 29, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse,

supporting S. 293 and S. 1612__

Organizations supporting S. 293, list

Petition signed by citizens of the District of Columbia re:

1. The establishment of a Washington City university.

2. The allocation of all or some part of the acreage on which the

National Training School for Boys is located for the purpose of

developing a public university in and for the District of Columbia..

Policies plan diagram, Northeast Washington---

Shugars, Caroline L.; president, District of Columbia Association of

School Librarians, letter dated March 13, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse,

supporting S. 293 and S. 1612___

Specifics plan, Northeast Washington -

Speech by Senator Wayne Morse to Senate, August 5, 1964, introducing

S. 3081, a bill to establish a public community college and public college

of arts and sciences in the District of Columbia_

Speh, Francis J., president District of Columbia Department, American
Federation of Government Employees, letter dated March 7, 1966,
to Hon. Wayne Morse, supporting S. 293 and S. 1612.

Spratt, Zack, letter dated March 24, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse re com-

munity college legislation__.

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Thrift, Mrs. Irving, letter dated March 29, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse,

supporting S. 293 and S. 1612.

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Waugaman, Paul G., letter dated March 15, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse,
proposing a tuition subsidy program for District of Columbia residents
attending local universities...

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Washington Evening Star article of March 23, 1966, entitled "Prospects

Brighten for Public College in District".

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Washington Highlands Civic Association, Pauline E. Hill, acting president,

letter dated March 22, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse_-

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Weston, Robert M., letter dated March 24, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse,

subject, S. 293__

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Young Women's Christian Association of the National Capital Area,
Miss Frances Scudder, president, District of Columbia branch, letter
dated March 29, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse endorsing S. 293 and S.
1612_

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IV. CHARTS AND TABLES

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare:

Comparison by State of personal income per capita and expenditure

for higher education per capita -

Number and percent of public high school pupils in grade 9 in 1961-62
who graduated in 1964-65, and total first time enrollment in higher
education, fall 1965, by State_

Percentages of 1963 Los Angeles high school graduates enrolled in

higher education analyzed by the median family income of the re-

spective high school.

Percentages of female high school graduates who did not enter college
within 1 year after completing grade 12, by aptitude percentile and
family income..

Percentages of male high school graduates who did not enter college
within 1 year after completing grade 12, by aptitude percentile and
family income.

Number of graduates, number of college enrollees, and percentage of
graduates attending 4-year college, for the senior high schools of the
District of Columbia for the year 1965___

Number of pupils in the 12th grade in October, the number of graduates,

and the percentage of graduates in the District of Columbia public

schools for the academic years 1960-61 to 1964-65-.

Number of 10th- and 12th-grade pupils, number and percentage of gradu-

ates and number and percentage of 4-year college enrollees of selected

senior high schools of the District of Columbia public schools for the years

1961-65-

Percentage of families in the District of Columbia which have annual in-

comes of less than $5,000..