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<strong>Gerald</strong> W. <strong>Smith</strong> 246(I) Four County Study. A study of the feasibiWtyof a college to hclude Willlamson, Jacksonand portions of Franklin and Pew Counties.(m) Six County Study. A study of an wea betweenBelleville and Carbondale Including Monroe,Randolph and por4Aons of St. Clair, Washington,Perry and Jackson Counties.(n) Ha~risbvrg. A study is just getting undemwconcerning the feasibility of expansion ofsoutheast Junior College at Harrisburg.The studies referred to above are at varying stages ofdevelopment. Some are well advanced and some are justgetting underway.The Executive Secretauyls offfce is In corrYnunication withthe leaders of each of the studies referred to above.5. Application for Class I are on file *om:Black Hawk College, Moline, Rock Valley College,Rockford, Mton College and District 301, Palatine.6. Applications for a pant of $100,000 from Black HawkCollege is on file. The Executive Secretary was instructedto process thfs request and arrange for thepayment when the application is in proper form.(End of excerpts from IJCB meet- on October 1, 1965)At this meting the Board appointed Mr. Lamer as hearing officer for themeeting at Wage, and then they dissolved their standing cormittees whichthey had created at the first meeting. Again, upon my recamendation, itwas n'y feelin@; that ather than an occasional Ad Hoc cormittee, comtteebusiness should be taken care of by the Board as a cormittee of the whole.With a cormittee of that size I felt that it would be inefficient andwastef'ul of time to do that. The Board concurred and they did that, Weannounced at this met- that we had acquired Roan 606 in the Stat$Q. Now where was the location of your former office?A. l'@ offlce had been in the Illinois Fducation Association build3J-g onEdwards Street, just across Porn the Centennfal bbuiding. I had beenworkkg the first couple of weeks there, Likewise, the Board approvedthe recamendation of Mrs. Germaine Aikman to whom I will hereafter referto as Gemy Ailmm. She had already gone to work on Septeder 23rd as asecret= for our office. At that Board meetlng I pointed out that besidesGem$ Ailanan, Ken Lerrnner and ~self as the staff, there were two otherII
1people who were working wfth me a great deal of the time. One wasDr. Eldon L. Lichty, a professor nT Fducational Administration at thIllinois State University, who at that tlme was on about a 75% leave ofabsence to work fop W. Ray Page, Superintendent of Public fnstructi ,as his junior college liaison man. Mr. Robert Birkhlmr, who had be nperforming that role under MY. WllkZns prim to Mr. Page and withMr. Page you will recall, had left Illinois and gone to Iowa the f"ir$tof July. I might pout out right here that Mr. Page made Eldon Lich'ayavailable to owl office with almst unlimited time. He spent much mretime with us in those four mths, he actually was amst a staff memberbut he was operat* fkom his role with Mr. Page. Another man, MP. SamBishop, of the Illinois Association of School Boards staff had taken a@?eat interest in the development of the Junior College Act and its lmplicationsand with the total support of Mr. Robert Cole, the ExecutiveDFt4ector for the School Board Association, he gave us almost wllirnitedthe in those early days when I was the only staff member. So, I wasable to report to the Board on October 1st that we had this cluster ofpeople at work.Q. Boy, what a help that must of been.A. Yes, the Board at that meeting also authorized employment of an additionalsecretary. We weed that I would submit to the Board a budgetfor the remainder of the biennium, because we only had a one line apropriation,with no breakdown in it whatsoever. Then there was the matte^of procedure with regard to the area studies for the formation of districtsas is shown by the mter4al that I have already entered into the reaord.There were comnunlties all over the State, already at work or mtlr-ag togo to work. And the questlon was, what kind of studies were to be doneunder the law and at was to be the organization of them. The Boardmed that day, I think by concensus, that the policy would be that thec&ty leaders arod the State would be encouraged to initiate prelh3mrystudies, utilizing local personnel and local finances. There waslanguage in the Act that would seem to indicate that the Board could financethose studies, but the appropriation that was made available wouldn'thave covered more than two or three of them. This was policy that wasadopted, and I might say the one that has continued without change. Theorganization of the districts has been under the leadership of commimityleaders, with the local organization and with counsel and advice f"Wn theState Board.Q. It seems to me that's an ideal arrmgment.A, It satd the Executive Secretary wlllmintain active cormmicat onsand within reasonable limits offer consultant and advfsory services f tothe districts. The Boasd on that semnd meet-, the October 1st deting,as a mtter of policy also took action ~5th regard to pollcy under 'theuniversity civil swvfce law. The Act stipulated that the staff membersof the State Board were within the university civil service propam andthey did that at the October 1st meet-.
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Page 71 and 72: Q. That's an unbelievable record.A.
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Page 77 and 78: At the far south, a junlor college
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Gerald W. Smith 9opportunity to org
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Gerald W. Wth 30 1of Cook County is
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Gerald W. Wth 30 5who actually, as
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Gerald W. Smith 30 7Their feasibili
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Gerald W.Wth309There were two quota
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Gerald W, Smith. -The referendum fo
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Gerald W. Smith 31 3In the Galesbur
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Gerald W.Smith315Q. This is perhaps
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Gerald W. Smith 317proposal - just
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Gerald W. Smith 319I would poht out
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They enunciated a pollcy that was n
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Gerald FI, Wth325A. I have never se
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Gerald W. Wth 32 7A. Yes, the count
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Gemld W. Smith 329A. Well, yes, I a
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Gerald W. Smith 333were workin@; to
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Gerald W. Smith 335perhaps to take
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Gerald W. Smith 339A. Speaking now
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Gerald W. Smith 341A. Well they are
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Gerald W. Smith 343opportunity to d
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