September 19, 1963 (16 pages)

. Page 7 .The Nugget,. . September 19, 1963. Page 7. $800 million annually. Since it went through the French treasury in Paris, ithadone beneficient effect: It shored up the franc and offset the threat of inflation. This reporter has a vivid memory of one of the phoniest of the many Big Four.conferences. In Bermuda in late 1953, the heads of government met with their foreign ministersto consider, among other things, the course of the war in Viet-Nam. The French Premier was a large, indolent gentleman named Joseph Laniel who spent most : of histime in bed with a diplomatic illness while Georges Bidault as foreign minister gave the three allies a rosy picture of the war in far off Viet-Nam. Victory was in sight, and with French courage and American dollars the war would soon be won. But the French were losing all vestiges of popular support. By May of the following year the Indo-China conference in Geneva was frantically seeking a way out after the folly of the siege of Dien Bien-Phu had shown once and for all that the war could not be won militarily. A partition rather like that in Korea, with the agricultural South separated from the industrial North was the end result. President de Gaulle is credited with sincere motives in trying to resolve an impossible situation. The French have kept a line to Ho's regime in Hanoi, maintaining a trade mission in the communist capital. It is not clear whether they are encouraging a union of the two Viet-Nams under a neutral government or, far more important, how such a regime could be formed. Laos is a bad precedent. The American record after 1954 is no reason for cheer‘ing. Weseemtohave learned little or nothing from the French experience. Granted that the French installed ~ Dieminthe first instance, nevertheless each day's headlines reflect a growing loss of support and antagonism toward the United States. Confidential reports from high American authority in Saigon say that the war can be won in nine months, They say that the border with North Viet -Nam has been 95 percent closed and the task of sealing the border with Cambodia is proceeding. The Viet-Cong guerrillas are being starved out. Whether these reports are any more authentic than the optimistic forecasts of past years, the outsider cannot judge. With more than 14,000 Americans directly involved, it is to be devoutly hoped they are correct. But even if the war can be won despite the growing discord and the jailing of large and influential groups in Saigon, what such a victory means will be the unanswered question. In Korea the United States had a victory ---ora partial victory -~ at far greater cost. It has meant a quarreling dictatorship supported by large infusions of A merican aid and the presence of American troops. That, too, is an unhappy precedent. (Copyright 1963) ---Marquis Childs SIERRA COLLEGE BOND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS C 1, Is this a State Aid Program? A. No. Sierra College is not eligible for State Aid as are many high schools and elementary schools. Are there any State matching funds available to SiCollege from Proposition 1a passed on the November ballot last year? A. Yes. Sierra College will receive approximately $163,000.00 if it can match the sum ona 3tol basis, or to put it another way, Sierra must raise $489,000.00 on the District level to qualify. Q2. ar Last +, FENRLESS CAT WwILl CATCH A AH -HAK TT Wow wart DO YOU SAY, BIRD !2? Q 3. What is the present bonded indebtedness of the, Sierra College District? 3 A. $2,700, 000.00 What is the current tax rate required to service the present bond debt? : A. 13¢ per $100.00 of assessed valuation. Q 5. Whenthe bonds for the present buildings were passed in 1957, what tax rate was anticipated to service the debt? A. 23¢ per $100.00 of assessed valuation. / De: Q 4. It is often said that if the new issue is passed, the total bond tax rate for retirement of both issues will be less than the 23¢ predicted for the first issue. Is this true? A. Yes, Theincreased assessed valuation of the district and the annexation of Nevada County has dropped the tax rate for retirement of the first ‘issue to 13.cents. The total for both issues will not average more than 20 cents, Q 7. Is Sierra College fully accredited? A. Yes, Sierra College has received the maximum term of accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the same agency that accreditsthe University of California, the State Colleges, and Private Universities. Q 8. Are the credits earned at Sierra College transferable? a A. Yes, Students who graduate from Sierra College can enter the Universities and Colleges as juniors in full standing, provided they follow the course patterns recommended by their advisors. Are all students permitted to enroll at Sierra College? : A, By State Law all high school graduates are permitted to enroll at Sierra College as well as certain able non-graduates. © 10. Are students who do not perform w ell permitted to attend indefinitely? A. No. The Board has adopted a policy that disqualifies students fromthe day program who are more than 10 grade points deficient at the end of the second semester. Q 11. How many students were disqualified at the end of the 1962-63 year? A. 125. ‘ Q 12. Ifa student is disqualified is it possible for him to reenter at a later date? A. Yes. The student may raise his average by at~tending night class or summer school. Q 13. Will Sierra become a four year State College? A. No. California has 72 public junior colleges, none has ever become a four year College. Q 14, How do the Junior College programs differ from the lower division of a four year college? A. They differ in several respects, Most important isthe terminal vocation programs preparing graduates for employment as skilled technicians, office personnel, industrial and merchandising positions, assistants in the professions, etc, Q 15, Can a studentwho is ineligible to attend a four year college upon graduation from high school qualify by attending a Junior College and transfer later? Q6. Q 9. BIRD, ALTHOUGH F A, Yes. A great many students fall into the class we call "the late bloomers”. Q 16. Does Sierra College have a summer school? A. Yes. More than 300 attended during the summer of 1963. + ho © 17. Dostudents from other California counties who attend Sierra pay the full cost of their education? A, Yes. His county of residence pays for his instruction, transportation, and in addition $300. 00 per A.D.A. for the use of the facilities. Last year Out of District Tuition payments amounted to $142,070.12. . © 18. Does Sierra have a qualified staff? A, Yes, all instructors are employed to teach in the area of their subject speciality and because the people of our district have respected the profession, excellent instructors have applied.and remained with the College. Q 19. Does Sierra College have a stadium, swimming pool, lighted fields, etc., often found on other college campuses? / A. No, Sierra has urgent need for classrooms and laboratories and is holding its request to a minimum. Q 20,What buildings and campus improvements will be built? A, 1. A Science Building addition to the present building, doubling its capacity, and: including lecture rooms and laboratories, and a science ’ center. 2. An Engineering Building with 10 classrooms and laboratories. 3, A Lecture-Theatre Building with 3 rooms. The Theatre will be used throughout the day for large lecture classes. 4, A Music Building addition including 2 class~ rooms, oe 5, An Industrial Technology Building including 3 classrooms and laboratories. , 6, AdministrationBuilding. The administration will move into its own. building, returning the space in the Library to its designed use, 7, Landscaping and lighting. LETTER TO THE EDITOR , SPRAY CREW RUINS NATURAL BEAUTY ALONG ROAD To the Editor: Two months ago, Lake Vera Road running due north out of Nevada City, through Selby Flat and on to Lake Vera, was a beautiful drive. The blacktop highway lined with manzanita, small oaks and pines, with its many curves and dips was typical of Northern California undisturbed by man. Then, along came-a county spraying crew, WHY? Those of us who have driven the road daily for years saw no need for it except for application to a few hundred yards of scotch heather or broom. So, today we drive to town between roadsides lined with ugly sered bushes and trees. “Don't throw litter along the roads! Beautify the highways! Don't pick a flower from the roadside!” The "King" (county) can do no wrong-~-even when it comes to destruction of highway beauty, AND setting up a real roadside fire hazard. Very truly yours, William A. Schulte Nevada City P.S, Our District Supervisor, Mr. Hennessy, and Road Commissioner Graham, are urged to take a look, }f You WANT ANYTHING ELSE ,CAT.. WANE HE~ Me ee ee Oy ale

. Page 7 .The Nugget,. . September 19, 1963.. Page 7.. $800 million annually. Since it went through the French treasury in Paris, ithadone beneficient effect: It shored up the franc and offset the threat of inflation. This reporter has a vivid memory of one of the phoniest of the many Big Four.conferences. In Bermuda in late 1953, the heads of government met with their foreign ministersto consider, among other things, the course of the war in Viet-Nam. The French Premier was a large, indolent gentleman named Joseph Laniel who spent most : of histime in bed with a diplomatic illness while Georges Bidault as foreign minister gave the three allies a rosy picture of the war in far off Viet-Nam. Victory was in sight, and with French courage and American dollars the war would soon be won. But the French were losing all vestiges of popular support. By May of the following year the Indo-China conference in Geneva was frantically seeking a way out after the folly of the siege of Dien Bien-Phu had shown once and for all that the war could not be won militarily. A partition rather like that in Korea, with the agricultural South separated from the industrial North was the end result. President de Gaulle is credited with sincere motives in trying to resolve an impossible situation. The French have kept a line to Ho's regime in Hanoi, maintaining a trade mission in the communist capital. It is not clear whether they are encouraging a union of the two Viet-Nams under a neutral government or, far more important, how such a regime could be formed. Laos is a bad precedent. The American record after 1954 is no reason for cheer‘ing. Weseemtohave learned little or nothing from the French experience. Granted that the French installed ~ Dieminthe first instance, nevertheless each day's headlines reflect a growing loss of support and antagonism toward the United States. Confidential reports from high American authority in Saigon say that the war can be won in nine months, They say that the border with North Viet -Nam has been 95 percent closed and the task of sealing the border with Cambodia is proceeding. The Viet-Cong guerrillas are being starved out. Whether these reports are any more authentic than the optimistic forecasts of past years, the outsider cannot judge. With more than 14,000 Americans directly involved, it is to be devoutly hoped they are correct. But even if the war can be won despite the growing discord and the jailing of large and influential groups in Saigon, what such a victory means will be the unanswered question. In Korea the United States had a victory ---ora partial victory -~ at far greater cost. It has meant a quarreling dictatorship supported by large infusions of A merican aid and the presence of American troops. That, too, is an unhappy precedent. (Copyright 1963) ---Marquis Childs SIERRA COLLEGE BOND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS C 1, Is this a State Aid Program? A. No. Sierra College is not eligible for State Aid as are many high schools and elementary schools. Are there any State matching funds available to SiCollege from Proposition 1a passed on the November ballot last year? A. Yes. Sierra College will receive approximately $163,000.00 if it can match the sum ona 3tol basis, or to put it another way, Sierra must raise $489,000.00 on the District level to qualify. Q2. ar Last +, FENRLESS CAT WwILl CATCH A AH -HAK TT Wow wart DO YOU SAY, BIRD !2? Q 3. What is the present bonded indebtedness of the, Sierra College District? 3 A. $2,700, 000.00 What is the current tax rate required to service the present bond debt? : A. 13¢ per $100.00 of assessed valuation. Q 5. Whenthe bonds for the present buildings were passed in 1957, what tax rate was anticipated to service the debt? A. 23¢ per $100.00 of assessed valuation. / De: Q 4. It is often said that if the new issue is passed, the total bond tax rate for retirement of both issues will be less than the 23¢ predicted for the first issue. Is this true? A. Yes, Theincreased assessed valuation of the district and the annexation of Nevada County has dropped the tax rate for retirement of the first ‘issue to 13.cents. The total for both issues will not average more than 20 cents, Q 7. Is Sierra College fully accredited? A. Yes, Sierra College has received the maximum term of accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the same agency that accreditsthe University of California, the State Colleges, and Private Universities. Q 8. Are the credits earned at Sierra College transferable? a A. Yes, Students who graduate from Sierra College can enter the Universities and Colleges as juniors in full standing, provided they follow the course patterns recommended by their advisors. Are all students permitted to enroll at Sierra College? : A, By State Law all high school graduates are permitted to enroll at Sierra College as well as certain able non-graduates.

© 10. Are students who do not perform w ell permitted to attend indefinitely? A. No. The Board has adopted a policy that disqualifies students fromthe day program who are more than 10 grade points deficient at the end of the second semester. Q 11. How many students were disqualified at the end of the 1962-63 year? A. 125. ‘ Q 12. Ifa student is disqualified is it possible for him to reenter at a later date? A. Yes. The student may raise his average by at~tending night class or summer school. Q 13. Will Sierra become a four year State College? A. No. California has 72 public junior colleges, none has ever become a four year College. Q 14, How do the Junior College programs differ from the lower division of a four year college? A. They differ in several respects, Most important isthe terminal vocation programs preparing graduates for employment as skilled technicians, office personnel, industrial and merchandising positions, assistants in the professions, etc, Q 15, Can a studentwho is ineligible to attend a four year college upon graduation from high school qualify by attending a Junior College and transfer later? Q6. Q 9. BIRD, ALTHOUGH F A, Yes. A great many students fall into the class we call "the late bloomers”. Q 16. Does Sierra College have a summer school? A. Yes. More than 300 attended during the summer of 1963. + ho © 17. Dostudents from other California counties who attend Sierra pay the full cost of their education? A, Yes. His county of residence pays for his instruction, transportation, and in addition $300. 00 per A.D.A. for the use of the facilities. Last year Out of District Tuition payments amounted to $142,070.12. . © 18. Does Sierra have a qualified staff? A, Yes, all instructors are employed to teach in the area of their subject speciality and because the people of our district have respected the profession, excellent instructors have applied.and remained with the College. Q 19. Does Sierra College have a stadium, swimming pool, lighted fields, etc., often found on other college campuses? / A. No, Sierra has urgent need for classrooms and laboratories and is holding its request to a minimum. Q 20,What buildings and campus improvements will be built? A, 1. A Science Building addition to the present building, doubling its capacity, and: including lecture rooms and laboratories, and a science ’ center. 2. An Engineering Building with 10 classrooms and laboratories. 3, A Lecture-Theatre Building with 3 rooms. The Theatre will be used throughout the day for large lecture classes. 4, A Music Building addition including 2 class~ rooms, oe 5, An Industrial Technology Building including 3 classrooms and laboratories. , 6, AdministrationBuilding. The administration will move into its own. building, returning the space in the Library to its designed use, 7, Landscaping and lighting. LETTER TO THE EDITOR , SPRAY CREW RUINS NATURAL BEAUTY ALONG ROAD To the Editor: Two months ago, Lake Vera Road running due north out of Nevada City, through Selby Flat and on to Lake Vera, was a beautiful drive. The blacktop highway lined with manzanita, small oaks and pines, with its many curves and dips was typical of Northern California undisturbed by man. Then, along came-a county spraying crew, WHY? Those of us who have driven the road daily for years saw no need for it except for application to a few hundred yards of scotch heather or broom. So, today we drive to town between roadsides lined with ugly sered bushes and trees. “Don't throw litter along the roads! Beautify the highways! Don't pick a flower from the roadside!” The "King" (county) can do no wrong-~-even when it comes to destruction of highway beauty, AND setting up a real roadside fire hazard. Very truly yours, William A. Schulte Nevada City P.S, Our District Supervisor, Mr. Hennessy, and Road Commissioner Graham, are urged to take a look, }f You WANT ANYTHING ELSE ,CAT... WANE HE~ Me ee ee Oy ale