| OCR Text |
Show 13 R LJ. tV + J ; n ( Co n vee ni/o f1 IX- Speech by Joyce Co Frisby President, Utah Federation QVI Irisham Ct ty. Utah Spe . Cbairmall Distinguished Quests, and Fellow BN Hem Madame (0 \1&y evening 26:. 1965 Ju. y W6,.<;,h/1+""') ti.c CONTINUING EDUCATION w (J.. in , rSe. May I invite 7 to isit UtahQwhere the scen1 is beautiful and where And as you d:tiv.e $t from Salt it is $0 1arse it basnOt become too clutterad ,eto Tooele is a. cOl'lllDUrtity ·of approximately c Lake City. you might like to visit Tooeleo the located 15 ,000 people southern. tip of the Great Salt Lake9 about an houI:°a along drive from Balt Lake CitYo Specialized services for _dical, bi&her educationS) aDd are facilities usually. obained in Salt Lake Cit.yo l l shoppiftl , 110 Q 1964, .the Tooele Business 4: Professional Warne s Club recognized the Witb Mrs Olp No iateaee need for continuing education proarams in the cODIDunit1o as Chairman, the club spearbeaded an effort to estebU.sb 11 community .rgardza InlBl'aden lOlu tiOD to provide leadership and directlo11 for the development of an adult educatiOD In ... . progJ:'aaDo Business, inoustries; fraternalD civic, labor aed religious orpnizatioas; cODIIIUDity officials; city, county,.. state and federal offices and ill8ullatioDS _G informed of the proposal, and requested to appoint. represeo.t:ativ8a to belp orsanize an Adul t Education Council to promote a program that would offer res1d.ent8 an oppor tunity to complete their education aDd increase techDical and professional Bkil1so The c<mIDlttee Bought and l"ece1ved guidance fran the State Board of Education, local Board of Ec1ucation, the University of UtabOs Continuing Education DivisioD, Mountain Plaios Adult Education Cou.il. and the Mule Education Council of Metropolitan Denver 0 In Hay 1964. the Tooele Adult Education Council was organized f) bylaws officers adopte,. elected. and chaill1Jieb appointed to promOte its o'bjactive8o Three BPW members servins OD the orisinal committee were elected or appointed to p08itioaa of responsibility with Mrs Baden being elected as President, In June 11.964:1 the CO\mCU. with the assistance of kftOwledgeable per SODS of cOIIIDUIlity and the school system, conducted and subtDitted a study of c011IDUDity needs aud resourees to the Utah Coordlaatins Council for Sigber EducatioDo the As a resul e , in August. Tooele was named a "pilot community" in their pl:ogram of exteadlaa educational opport\Ullties to outlying communities through coordiuatiag the resources of tbe state universities and obtaining their asreement to grant ecipo rocal credit to the unlve:t:&1.tl' of the 8tudentG s ebolceo This year, the council obtained reaffirmatioD of the pilot community status for anotber yearo In October, the Tooele Rip 'School Completion Program was launched with an enrollment of more than 120 adults aDd hiSb school dropoutso Regular hiab school students also attended courses witb the permission of their principal to obtain credits Deeded to graduate tt11th their clasaese In May, SO of the enr·oUees were graduated-esome baving waited more thaD 3S years'to ate8io this 80410 It is iaterest ing to note that oneobalf of the graduates _t:e wome1'lo progressive step forward 10 recoaniziDI the need to establish four seneral pogram$uothe Basic EducatioD aDd Naturalization Program, the VocaUonal Education Prosram. tbe High School Completion Program, and the COQtinuing and Cultural Education ProgramtJ Chairmen bave discussed In Janua1., 1965. the Council took another and foauulatec1 procedures for actioll» and the constitution is being revisedo |
