Pag-e 4 College Station, Texas Thursday, November 21, 1968 THE BATTALION Vocational Education To Need $15 Million For 197(1 A Texas Education Agency of ficial told educators gathered here recently that $15 million will be requested from Texas legis lators for fiscal year 1970 to help support vocational education in Texas schools. J. W. Haynie pointed out “thinking behind this proposal is that the state should assume a larger share of the responsibility.” Haynie, assistant director of vo cational programs development for the Texas Education Agency, substituted for Dr. Bevington K. Reed, commissioner for higher education in Texas. Reed was the second keynoter who did not appear for the open ing session Monday of the 25th Junior College Conference. Sched uled but not appearing was Dr. Grant Venn, U. S. associate com missioner of education. A substi tute, Dr. A1 Reindeau, also wired “apologies” for not appearing. His plane was delayed in San Francisco due to inclement weath- Dr. L. D. Haskew, professor of Junior College Education at the University of Texas, pinch-hit for Reed. Theme for the two-day meeting is “The Challenge of Technician Training.” Conference chairman is Dr. C. H. Ransdell, assistant dean of A&M’s College of Engi neering. Haynie reported the $15 million figure exceeds 1969 requests by $10 million, and added $18 million will be requested for fiscal year 1971. The increased amount, noted Haynie, is the result of a study by the Junior College Advisory Committee to determine a “new student-contact hour cost,” in vo cational education. “In other words,” said Haynie, “it is the cost per hour of the student and teacher in class. He noted it was determined $1.25 is required to train a stu dent in technical education, while the rate is $1 per hour for weld ers and mechanics, and 85 cents for technical agricultural persons. Haynie added that under the proposed formula, all state money received would go “to operating the programs.” Federal and state funds were previously “lumped together,” he added. The proposal provides for federal funds to be used for “con struction of area vocational schools and initial equipment.” He disclosed that “this concept of funding has been endorsed” by the joint board of the Gover nor’s Legislative Office, Legisla tive Budget Board and State Vo cational Advisory Committee. The State Board of Education was reportedly scheduled to -en dorse the student-contact hour concept today. “Our present system of funding is totally inadequate,” he added. He reported there are “students throughout the state ready to re ceive training, but neither local districts nor our agency money to fund them,” SILVER ON DISPLAY FRANKFORT, Ky. UP>-0, of the most beautiful and uniiii; exhibits at the Old State Hots museum of the Kentucky Histo, cal Society here is a set of sta! ing silver. It was given tothek: tleship “Kentucky” in 18981; citizens of Kentucky and return: to the Commonwealth upon t ship’s retirement from servio sm ^£^0050 frMD 0 0 A ftTr<:<» upon TH'S C r - f JV cni nun i ii 100 fre-c GOU? E»HP StwH vW«lM iS’p- - expires: ^0^.11%. mG>8> j I TO Voun RfOULARlY EARNID SaOINO STAMPS Mill •IMSiflSiHEESI J HENTURKftS BAKING HEN5 5tffl£A-TASTB PUCKUN6S SWIFT C? 1 PREMiUNA Avg. I, b, ^ | £>UCtP &ACOH 59! . Fho- WW ROA&J .is.... 49 OYSTER'S 89 CURE 01 RAM* S OQ I MM ^ .H?. P’.pup . . 1 umww-MS 39! H£>RM HAM* NeUHOFF AjQ '/z oi3. _ eg. |£MNie . 39 TO [NATIOM ^V/AP^fiAreD 6 PNAn PLEASE- TALL 6AHS PUMPKIN CAN SAUCE SPRAY AAANZANILLA OUIVE6 TCWI& Aftl STUFFEP^. 'g'jk • • * • JAR O). i/JCH 6ms Per WTZ- t'Cr. — . PKO. /v\l(vJCE MEAT Z9 Nl(9NE 9-Gl- i £300 * ~ /MARSH MAUTVJ CREME p\??oure PT. . . . . JAR salad wesBme yams W2&49 5PiaD PEACHES fO\ U 25t ®rK b S9{ ROLLS W/^LK n. [ \ CAM PEAS u -" E ' jr ' to CAM f RH? MARASCMIMO CHERRIE5 .. - Blll/PELPHIA cr^am CHE^E KRAFT fr-oz. .. . -Pro. MiMdE ^nn PIL3 PAMA tool ... .^IZ-fi AIRA SELZER Reg. 25 Ct. 69*? Btl. Maalox Liquid"™*! 29 ^^*4 4!E FRUIT COCKTAIL gi». .:a39i CAMS ^CDTtTIN PIMNLPv • (WINS.. I1- MIME OF wmas HCMQftl 5/UAFS •esaM WITH PieotY wieows fresh,crisp p^pOJCt.f OCEAN SPRAY CCLERV CALIFORNIA PASCAL • • • SliCX. Cranberries FRESH Coconuts Green Onions 2 Bun 15 5^L. r TH Texas Most mu?Pern, 50 fVRMARXEI ... SERVICE ^ G LMTEEp/ TEMS AVE f COUiOf SIJXTIOH 4eRTAH,TBV«