Proposal for a Junior College for South Central Tennessee

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Title

Proposal for a Junior College for South Central Tennessee

Subject

Motlow State Community College

Description

Proposal
for a
Junior College
for
South Central Tennessee 
Introduction

Recognizing that a Junior College in South Central Tennessee is an integral part of resource development, the Elk River Development Association and the Upper Duck River Development Association entered into a joint effort to promote its establishment.
It is the philosophy of the area organization that Human Resources are of paramount importance in the promotion of a comprehensive resource development program.
Early in February 1965 the President of the two organizations initiated this effort by appointing two representatives from the counties of Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Marshall, and Moore as a joint committee to work on this project.
The Committee has had the advantage of the counsel and help of TVA’s Public Administration Analyst in the development of pertinent information.
The Committee proceeded with their work in cooperation with the area Legislators, Judges, Mayors, and Civic groups. These efforts have resulted in complete unity of purpose and agreement on location in Moore County.
Todays job demands require an increasingly higher level of education. This has been described as education from three to twenty years of age. An area commuter type multi-purpose Junior College can best meet these needs. The current need for technicians and skilled workers in offices and factories further justifies additional training facilities. The additional high school graduates attending a commuter college and the relief of enrollment pressure on our four year colleges warrants the establishment of the Junior College system.

A Junior College
For
South Central Tennessee
Table of Contents

I. Introduction
II. Maps
Geographical area
Communities
High School

III. The Junior College
Its Multitude of Benefits for
South Central Tennessee

IV. Population Characteristics
Area Population
County Population
Age Groups
Income – Personal, Family

V. County Financial Data
VI. Education Data
Years of School Completed
Enrollment by Grades
1964 Graduates
Attending College (Percent)
VII. Conclusion
VIII. Endorsements – Counties, Cities, Civic Groups and Others
IX. Maps – Counties
Total population, 1950 and 1960 with projections to 1970
Net Total Migration 1950 – 1960
Employment
Total and Per Capita Personal Income 1962
Manufacturing Employment, Payrolls and Average Earnings
Per Worker, 1963
Leading Manufacturing Industries Based on Employment,
1963
High School Enrollment, 1965

X. Mileage from Towns to Lynchburg

Figure A
Transportation Network

Figure B
Communities Which Would Be Served By A Junior College In Moore County



Figure C
Location Of High Schools In Relation To Principle Highways

A Junior College
For
South Central Tennessee

1960 Population 333,000

March 1965

The Junior College and Its Multitude of Benefits

Closing college doors threaten the growing numbers of boys and girls who want higher education. But new hope is coming from the “open door” or two-year colleges, now springing up in communities from coast-to-coast. Cheaper, geared to both terminal technical and professional education and to preparation for transfer to a four-year institution, the public community and private junior colleges are also more accessible. In California now, just to cite one state, 95 percent of all boys and girls have a two-year college within commuting distance of their homes.
The first two-year college was opened in 1892… By 1900, there were eight such colleges, enrolling some 100 students. Today… there are more than 725, with an enrollment of more than 1 million.
Dr. Edmond J. Gleazer, Jr., executive director of the American Association of Junior Colleges, predicts that by 1970, at least 50 percent of all beginning students will start their college years in two-year colleges. Within a few years after that, the “open door” college freshmen will be in the majority.

Terry Ferrer
Educational Editor of the
New York Herald Tribune

A Junior College for South Central Tennessee1

The need for a junior college in south central Tennessee can be readily established. Advances in science and technology are increasing the demand for educated and trained personnel, and the changing pattern of employment is reducing opportunities for the unskilled. The growth and mobility of the national population and the changing geographic distribution of economic activity and incomes are factors to be considered in formulating programs for education, which may be useful to those directly concerned with the question of education beyond the high school in the seven Tennessee counties of Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Marshall, and Moore.
These counties lie in the south central part of the state. They contain 2,916 square miles, which is7 percent of the land area of the state. If the entire territory were a square, each side would measure 54 miles. Physiographically it extends from the Cumberland Plateau in the east, across the Highland Rim, and includes the southern edge of the Nashville Basin.

1. The counties considered in this analysis are Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Marshall, Moore.

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Population
The population of the seven counties was 133,000 in 1960. About 35,000 are on farms, 58,000 are in 23 cities and towns, leaving 41,000 nonfarm residents living outside the cities and towns. Tullahoma, with more than 12,000 population, and Shelbyville, with more than 10,000, are the largest cities. Each of 11 cities and towns have 1,000 or more inhabitants.
The total population remained about constant from 1950 to 1960 and has probably registered a slight increase in the years since 1960. During the decade the farm population dropped 43 percent. The number of persons living in the 11 largest cities and towns gained 28 percent, and other nonfarm residents gained 54 percent. Coffee County has recently had a substantial increase in population. This county had 24 percent more people in 1960 than in 1950. During the decade Coffee County gained 1,200 through migration; whereas, the other six counties had a net loss of 18,000 through migration. The population for 1960 and the changes from 1950 are shown on the following page by counties. The definition of a farm was somewhat more restrictively in 1960 than in 1950, consequently the actual decrease in the farm population may be overstated in the table.



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County Population by Residence, 1960, and Change from 1950
Other
Farm City* Nonfarm Total

Bedford 5,717 10,466 6,967 23,150
Change from 1950 - 3,922 +1,010 +2,435 - 477

Coffee 4,968 16,022 7,613 28,603
Change from 1950. - 3,922 + 6,119 +3,350 +5,554

Franklin 6,389 4,910 14,229 25,528
Change from 1950 - 4,947 + 936 + 4,108 + 97

Grundy 1,286 - 10,226 11,512
Change from 1950. - 2,855 - +1,809 -1,046

Lincoln 9,660 6,804 7,365 23,829
Change from 1950 - 6,446 +1,357 +3,294 + 97

Marshall 4,977 6,338 5,544 16,859
Change from 1950 - 3,101 +1,174 +1,018 - 909

Moore 1,792 - 1,662 3,454
Change from1950 - 1,332 - + 838 - 494

Total 7 counites 34,789 44,540 53,606 132,935
Change from 1950 -26,518 +10,596 +16,852 + 930

*Population of 2,500 or more in 1960.

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Population estimates for 1962 prepared by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee indicate gains in Coffee, Lincoln, and Moore Counties or net 7 -county gain of 829 from 1960.
The average age of the population was two years higher in 1960 than in 1950. The change during the decade is reflected in a drop of 4 percent in the number of children under 10 years of age and again of 16 percent in persons 50 years of age and older.
The 7-county area had 49,380 persons under 18 years of age in 1960. By individual years the number ranged from. 2,442 in the 14th year to 2,976 in the 13th year. These populations figures indicate that an average of at least 2,600 young persons living in the seven counties in 1960 and 1978. Some of these may not be living in the seven counties when they reach college age. In past years a number of young adults have eft the area. In 1950 there were 23,537 persons from 10 through 19 years of age in the seven counties, but ten years later there were only 15,035 persons 20 through 29 years of age. If the percentage drop is the same during the present decade, 9,000 young adults in the area in 1960 will not be here in 1970. The populations by 10-year age groups for the seven counties are compared below for 1950 and 1960.

Population by Age Group, 1950 and 1960

Age group 1950 1960 Increase

Under 10 years 28,805 27,789 -1,016
10 to 19 years 23,537 25,181 1,644
20 to 29 years 19,424 15,035 -4,389
30 to 29 years 17,980 17,039 - 941
40 to 49 years 15,108 16,441 1,333
50 to 59 years 11,477 13,510 2,033
60 years and over 15,674 17,940 2,266

Total 132,005 132,935 930
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Employment

The seven counties had 47,000 employed workers in 1960. Manufacturing and agriculture accounted for 27 percent and 18 percent respectively of all workers. The state ratios were 26 percent in manufacturing and 11 percent in agriculture. From 1950 to 1960 the total number of workers in the seven counties gained 2,500. By major industry groups there was a decrease of 7,800 in agriculture, but there were gains of 4,400 in manufacturing and 5,800 in the trade and service employment advance by more than one-third. Construction remained about constant at 7 percent of the total. Mining employment, important only in Grundy County, was only half as large in 1960 as in 1950.
The occupational shifts from 1950 to 1960 show that the number of craftsman and operative, clerical and sales, and service workers increased from 20,357 in 1950 to 27,891 workers in 1960. Professional, technical, and managerial occupations provided employment for 7,182 workers in 1960 in comparison with 5,042 in 1950. The employment opportunities in these growing occupations may be compared with the 3,383 college graduates, 3,817 with one to three years of college training, and 11,764 high school graduates in the seven counties in 1960.
Manufacturing employment by firms covered by state employment insurance laws was 13,014 in the seven counties in 1963. This was a gain of 27 percent from the number employed by covered firms in 1959.


Income

Personal income in the 7-county area is estimated at $198 million, or $1,483 per capita in 1962.2 In constant dollars this represents increases


2. Estimates prepared by the Bureau of Business and Economics Research, University of Tennessee, May 1964.
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of 12 percent from 1960 and 48 percent from 1950. Wages and salaries and other labor income was 64 percent of the total income in 1962 in comparison with 70 percent in Tennessee. Farm proprietors income was 9 percent of the total in the seven counties but only 4 percent in Tennessee. Nonfarm proprietors income, property income, and transfer payments provided the remainder in about the same proportions for Tennessee and the seven counties.
Payrolls for manufacturing employees of firms covered by employment insurance laws were $44 million in 1963. The gain from 1959 was about 32 percent in dollars of constant purchasing power. The average compensation per employee in covered manufacturing firms was $3,413 in 1963.
The median family income in the seven counties as reported by the 1960 Census was $3,430. Of the 34,910 families 30 percent had 1959 incomes of under $2,000 and 10 percent had over $8,000. A total of 15,000 families had incomes of under $3,000, sometimes referred to as the national poverty limit. The families are divided by income classes below and compared with Tennessee and national distributions.

Family Incomes in 1959
7 South Central Counties
No. of Tennessee United States
Income Class Families Percentage Percent Percent

Under 3,000 15,118 44 38 21
3,00 to 5,999 11,270 33 34 33
6,000and over 7,802 23 28 46

Total 34,190 100 100 100

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The income level tends to be associated with educational attainments. In Tennessee men 25 years old and over with one to three years of college training had a median 1959 income of $5,358. Those with one to three years of high school had median earnings of $3,780. Men with incomes in excess of $10,000 were 13 percent of the former group but only 3 percent of the latter.

Income by Years of School Completed, 1952
(Median Income for Persons with Income)
Years of School Completed Adults 25 Years Old and Over
Men Women
None $ 867 $ 570

Elementary 1-4 1,328 631
“ 5-7 2,153 759
“ 8 2,737 907

High School 1-3 3,780 1,306
“ 4 4,832 1,997

College 1-3 5,358 2,170
“ 4 or more 6,717 3,417

Government
The 7-county area contains 47 units of local government according to the 1962 Census of Governments. In addition to the county governments there are 22 municipalities and 18 special districts. The counties and municipalities have property taxing powers.
As a group these local governments had a total of 2,884 full-time equivalent employees3 in October 1962. Of this number 1,179, or 41 percent,

3. There were 2,651 full-time employees.

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were school teachers. Payrolls for the month of October aggregated $876,000, of which 52 percent went to teachers. The average compensations for the month were $390 for teachers and $245 for other employees.
Total expenditures of local governments in the seven counties were $17 million during the fiscal year 1962. The distribution by major functions were education 50 percent, highways 16 percent, health and hospitals 12 percent, and all others 22 percent.
Local sources consisting of taxes, charges for services, and miscellaneous items provided 45 percent of the funds available for expenditure. State and federal governments supplied the remainder. The percentages of local revenue by sources for 1962 were state 46 percent, federal 9 percent, local property taxes 20 percent, other local taxes 3 percent, and charges and miscellaneous 22 percent.
The outstanding local debt in the seven counties was $26 million. Interest payments were 3 percent of all expenditures. By county area the per capita debt ranged from $96 in Moore to $267 in Bedford.
Per capita revenues and expenditures by county area provide data for more detailed comparisons. The range in total expenditures was from $102 to $104 per capita. By functions the ranges were relatively greater being from $50 to $80 for education, from $17 to $48 from highways, and from less than $1 to $24 for health and hospitals. Property tax revenues by counties varied from $14 to $35. The range in state and federal aid was from $61 to $104.

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Per Capita Local Expenditures and Revenues
Seven Counties and the State of Tennessee, 1962

Expenditures
Health & All
Area Education Highways Hospitals Other Total
Bedford $49.78 $22.74 $20.39 $29.36 $122.27
Coffee 79.66 16.24 13.31 23.78 132.99
Franklin 15.39 16.61 23.82 19.01 124.83
Grundy 52.08 18.12 .48 31.20 101.88
Lincoln 55.45 23.45 23.73 37.51 140.14
Marshall 78.03 20.05 1.39 33.79 133.26
Moore 73.71 48.15 .17 18.15 140.18

State of Tenn.
Median 59.64 20.30 .90 39.97 120.81

Revenues

Other Local Charges State
Local Local and and
Property Tax Taxes Miscellaneous Federal Total
Bedford $28.71 $6.94 $41.68 $97.31 $173.76
Coffee 29.76 4.26 33.35 65.90 133.30
Franklin 20.03 2.76 11.23 61.00 95.04
Grundy 13.66 1.09 10.87 63.79 89.43
Lincoln 27.37 3.20 46.68 66.91 144.17
Marshall 35.33 1.91 15.62 62.66 115.54
Moore 19.47 1.40 14.57 104.54 139.99

State of Tenn.
Median 28.61 2.72 15.67 61.77 113.79
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Education

Persons 25 years of age and over in the seven counties had completed a median of 8.7 of training in 1960. Among these adults 18,964 had completed four years of high school or more. Included were 3,383 college graduates and 3,817 additional persons with one to three years of college work. On the other hand, 26,107 adults, or 36 percent of the total, had seven years or less of school training. Ten years earlier the median school years completed was 8.3. The number of college graduates was 1,830 in 1950. Coffee County added 950 college graduates from 1950 to 1960. Proportions of the adult population with four years of high school training or more in 1960 were 26 percent in the seven counties, 30 percent in Tennessee, and 41 percent in the United States. It would require 2,700 additional high school graduates to reach the state level and over 10,000 to equal the national ratio.
Years of School Completed by Persons
25 Years Old and Over, 1960

Years of School Seven Counties Tennessee United States
Completed__ Number Percentage Percentage Percentage
None 1,821 2.5 2.5 2.3

Elementary 1-4 yrs. 9,048 12.5 12.2 6.1
“ 5-7 yrs. 15,238 21.0 20.0 13.8
“ 8 yrs. 15,412 21.3 18.5 17.5

High School 1-3 yrs. 11,880 16.4 16.3 19.2
“ 4 yrs. 11,764 16.3 18.2 24.6

College 1-3 yrs. 3,817 5.3 6.7 8.8
“ 4 or more 3,383 4.7 5.5 7.7

Total 72,363 100.0 100.0 100.0
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A total of 33,168 students were enrolled in grades 1 through 12 in public schools of the seven counties during the school year 1962-63. Of the total 8,763 were in the four high school grades in comparison with 12,906 in the first four elementary grades. Enrollment was 2,505 in the 10th grade and 1,502 in the 12th. In grades 11 and 12 the 1962-63 enrollment 3,511 in comparison with 5,079 three years earlier in grades 8 and 9, and 5,488 six years earlier in grades 5 and 6. For each 100 students in grades 5 and 6 in 1956-57, only 64 were enrolled in grades 11 and 12 in 1962-63. Although this loss of 36 percent is not a measure of dropouts, it does indicate that a high percentage of students do not complete high school programs. The record is improving. Enrollments in the elementary grades were approximately the same in 1956-57, 1959-60, and in 1962-63, but high school enrollment gained 25 percent during the 6-year period.
The number of 12th grade graduates was 1,497 in 1963, or one third greater than the 1,121 reported in 1957. This increase may be somewhat overstated since the 1963 figure includes 105 equivalency diplomas, classification not mentioned for the earlier year. The 1965 high school enrollment by grades is shown below by counties. Recent gains suggest

___________Number by Grades____________ 1964 Graduates________
7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th Number % Entering
College
Bedford 512 507 435 406 357 346 277 52
Coffee 712 642 604 589 458 443 449 56
Franklin 545 541 481 434 420 363 360 33
Grundy 209 186 229 144 136 125 93 22
Lincoln 533 590 530 425 390 353 282 34
Marshall 354 348 331 288 280 284 199 44
Moore 62 72 73 57 44 50 41 28

that the number of high school graduates in the seven counties may increase 4 or 5 percent a year for the next five years.

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On the basis of 1960 Tennessee ratios for public and private schools, the present 9th and 10th grade enrollment in public schools of the seven counties seems adequate to enter 750 students annually in the first year college class. National experience would raise the number to 850. The state and national percentage of high school graduates entering college would reduce the number for the seven counties to 600. No information is at hand on private school enrollment in the seven counties.
The state of Tennessee had 47 institutions of higher education in 1963-64. Seven of these institutions are public and 40 are private. A total of 72,844 students were enrolled that year for the first time. The first time enrollment was 51 percent larger in 1962 than five years earlier in 1957.

Concluding Comments
The seven counties are not a separate economic area. Educational needs and the general economic and social outlook are influenced by external as well as internal factors. The former predominant position of farming and farm living has been or is being modified and the economy is now oriented to nonfarm industries and services.
The geographic location of the seven counties and the economic changes underway suggest the strategic position of the area. The area lies within a range of 50 to 100 miles of Nashville to the north, Chattanooga to the east, and Huntsville to the south. These nearby metropolitan centers provide job opportunities, markets, and services to supplement those available locally. The manufacturing employment in the three metropolitan areas noted is some seven times as great as in the seven counties, and the average compensation per worker is 50 percent higher.







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Modern methods of producing and distributing goods and services are multiplying national and regional influences in this and other local areas.
The importance of local labor supplies depends on training and skills and are not merely on numbers. Plans and programs of local development, including educational institutions need to be formulated in relation to regional and national patterns and trends. The increasing state and federal support for local areas recognize three inter-relationships and interdependence.
External influences, important as they are, do not lesson local responsibilities in shaping economic life and human welfare. Education along with other essential public services are among the most necessary and productive expenditures citizens can make. Well planned and concerted local action in the field of education beyond high school is likely to build local support and to attract outside attention. It is also an effective means to encourage state and federal financial support as well as to attract private capital and business enterprises. A program designed to bring a junior college into the area may be one of the most constructive activities that regional resource development associations and agencies can undertake.


The Elk River Development Association
The Upper Duck River Development Association

R E S O L U T I O N
Promotion of Junior College

Whereas, the Officers, directors, and membership of the Upper Duck River Development Association and the Elk River Development association recognizing the need of a Junior College in the area comprising Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Marshall, and Moore counties, Tennessee, have established a joint committee to develop a perspectus to show this need.
Whereas, this Joint Committee has developed with the aid of TVA a format for this perspectus and data in support of a Junior College in said area.
Whereas, this undertaking is recognized as an area project and to be fruitful requires unity of effort.
Whereas, counties, cities, and civic groups of the area have a vital interest in this effort.
Therefore, Be it Resolved that the
of , Tennessee pledge their unqualified support to the UDRDA and ERDA in this movement and in the activities they are pursuing toward the establishment of a Junior College.
Be it Further Resolved, that this resolution be incorporated as an integral part of the Junior College perspectus, for distribution to the State Board of Education, State Senators and Representatives, and others.

Signed
Attest:

Date: Date:




Endorsements of Junior College Resolutions

County Courts
1. Bedford County Quarterly Court
2. Coffee County Quarterly Court
3. Franklin County Quarterly Court
4. Grundy County Quarterly Court
5. Lincoln County Quarterly Court
6. Marshall County Quarterly Court
7. Moore County Quarterly Court

City Councils
1. Shelbyville City Council
2. City of Tullahoma
3. City of Winchester
4. Town of Cowan
5. Town of Decherd
6. City of Fayetteville
7. City of Lynchburg
8. Town of Petersburg
9. Town of Monteagle

Civic Clubs
1. Shelbyville Rotary Club
2. Shelbyville Lions Club
3. Shelbyville Kiwanis Club
4. Shelbyville Civitan Club
5. Shelbyville Optimist Club
6. Royal Arch Masons of Shelbyville
7. Shelbyville and Bedford County Chamber of Commerce
8. Shelbyville – Woodmen of the World
9. Tullahoma Civc and Service Council
10. Tullahoma Civitan Club
11. Tullahoma Kiwanis Club
12. Tullahoma Chamber of Commerce
13. A.E.D.C. Womens Club
14. Tullahoma Lady Lions
15. Tullahoma Lions Club
16. Tullahoma Junior Chamber of Commerce
17. Tullahoma Womens Club
18. Tullahoma Business and Professional Womens Club
19. Franklin County Jaycees
20. Winchester Lions Club
21. Cowan Rotary Club
22. Fayetteville Kiwanis Club
23. Fayetteville Jaycees
24. Fayetteville Lions Club
25. Moore County Lions Club
26. Lynchburg Woodmen of the World
27. Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce
28. Lynchburg Rotary Club
29. Petersburg Lions Club
30. Fayetteville – Mother’s Club

Endorsements of Junior College Resolutions

Civic Clubs cont’d
31. Fayetteville Junior Round Dozen Club
32. Woodmen of the World – Camp 315 – Winchester
33. Mountain Lions Club – Monteagle
34. The Elks Lodge – Fayetteville

School Boards
1. Bedford County Board of Education
2. Shelbyville City School Board of Education
3. Tullahoma City School Board
4. Lincoln County Board of Education

Student Body
1. Shelbyville – Central High School Student Body
2. Wartrace High School Student Body
3. Bell Buckle High School Student Body
4. Harris High School Student Body
5. Community High School Student Body
6. Fayetteville – Central High School Student Body
7. Flintville – High School Student Body

Others
1. Bedford County Democratic Executive Committee
2. Bedford County Communiy Improvement Cub Council
3. Bedford County Home Demonstaration Club Council
4. Bedford County Farm Bureau
5. Bedford County – Fifth District Disabled American Veterans
6. Middle Tennessee Field Trials Association ( Bedford )
7. Bedford Coutny Coonhunters Club
8. The Shelbuvielle Times – Gazette
9. Bedford Coutny Methodist Laymen’s Club
10. Tullahoma Home Demonstration Club
11. Windy City Citzen Bank Radio Club
12. Tullahoma Civil Defense
13. Coin Club of AEDC – Middle Tennessee
14. Tullahoma Community Playhouse, Inc.
15. Coffee County Chapter, The American Red Cross
16. American Legion Post #43- Tullahoma
17. Frankiln County Resource Development Association
18. Franklin Commercial Club
19. Maerican Legion, Post #44 – Winchetser
20. Cowan P.T.A.
21. Mary Sharp Elementary School P.T.A. - Winchester
22. American Legion Auxiliary, Towry Post #42 – Fayetteville
23. Cumberland Presbyterian Men’s Fellowship Club
24. Civil Defense – Fayetteville and Lincoln County
25. Lynchburg American Legion Auxiliary
26. Lynchburg American Legion – Post #192
27. Lynchburg – Farris Creek Masonic Lodge #500
28. The Tullahoma News and Guardian
29. Tullahoma Chapter, Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers

















Moore County High School Survey
Tuesday, April 20, 1965

Name

Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior
Under present conditions will you go to college after completion of high school?
Yes No

If a two-year college were available in Moore County, would you go to college after completion of high school? Yes No

CLASS NUMBER PERCENT
Freshman 66 31.4% Of the four classes reporting
Yes Yes 32 48.5% Are going to college.
Yes No 1 1.5% Are going to college not if there is a Junior College.
No Yes 24 36.4% Are not going to college under present conditions but going if there is a Junior College.
No No 9 13.6% Are not going to college.
Yes 57 86.4% Are going to college if there is a Junior College.
Increase 24 72.7% Over those going to college under the present conditions.
Sophomore 54 25.7% Of the four classes reporting
Yes Yes 23 42.6% Are going to college.
Yes No 0 0.0% Are going to college not if there is a Junior College.
CLASS NUMBER PERCENT
No Yes 28 51.9% Are not going to college under present conditions but going if there is a Junior College.
No No 3 5.5% Are not going to college.
Yes 51 94.5% Are going to college if there is a Junior College.
Increase 28 121.7% Over those going to college under the present conditions.
Juniors 44 21.0% Of the for classes reporting.
Yes Yes 26 59.1% Are going to college.
Yes No 1 2.3% Are going to college not if there is a Junior College.
No Yes 10 22.7% Are not going to college under present conditions but going if there is a Junior College.
No No 7 15.9% Are not going to college.
Yes 37 84.1% Are going to college if there is a Junior College.

Increase 10 37.0% Over those going to college under the present conditions.
Seniors 46 21.9% Of the for classes reporting.
Yes Yes 24 52.2% Are going to college
Yes No 0 0.0% Are going to college not if there is a Junior College.

CLASS NUMBER PERCENT
No Yes 13 28.3% Are not going to college under present conditions but going if there is a Junior College.
No No 9 19.5% Are going to college.
Yes 37 80.5% Are going to college if there is a Junior College.
Increase 13 54.2%. Over those going to college under the present conditions.
Combination of the four top grades in Moore County High School.
Total 210 100% Of the four classes reporting.
Yes Yes 105 50.0% Are going to college.
Yes No 2 .9% Are going to college if there is a Junior College.
No Yes 75 35.7% Are not going to college under present conditions but going if there is a Junior College.
No No 28 13.4% Are not going to college.
Yes 182 86.6% Are going to college if there is a Junior College.
Increase 75 70.1% Over those going to college under the present conditions.

Estimated Mileage from Lynchburg

TO MILES
Fayetteville 15
Petersburg 28
Lewisburg 41
Cornersville 49
Chapel Hill 41
Shelbyville 16
Wartrace 25
Bell Buckle 28
Normandy 20
Tullahoma 13
Manchester 25
Estill Springs 21
Decherd 24
Winchester 21
Huntland 33
Cowan 28
Sewanee 34
Tracy City 46
Coalmont 53
Altamont 61




Figure 1
Total Population, 1950 and 1960
With Projections to 1970

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Elk River Development Association and Duck River Development Association

Date

1965

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No restrictions. Open for research.

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English

Type

State Report

Citation

Elk River Development Association and Duck River Development Association, “Proposal for a Junior College for South Central Tennessee,” Motlow State Community College Archives, accessed March 29, 2024, https://msccarchives.omeka.net/items/show/118.

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