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P?ge 8-B THE MER!DIAN S1'AR Thursday, Februc:ry 25, 1971

~In Attend Cmwention \ ~~.;o:.cKSON .- Fifteen · jun;or l feat~re 27 different forums on \\) 'zollcge presidents from over a wide range of issues and con– ~ t\ , Mississippi are planning to at- ll cerns. Among the topics will be f V tend the annual American Assa- problems of student dissent, ciation of Junior Colleges Con- environmental education, ac– vention Feb. 28-March 5 in lcountability, international devel– Washington, D. C. opment of the community col- George Moody, director of lege ideas, and community the Junior College Division. 1service. State Department of Education, I An educational equipment and who plans to attend the meet- materials exposition will be ing, said the conference will staged at the convention by • open with a discussion of ac- some 160 commercial firms in countability by a panel of con- the educational field. Represen– gressmen, and close with a ad- tatives of various federal pro– dress by Health, Education, and grams and offices will also be Welfare Secretary Elliot Rich- on hand to provide individual ardson. consultations. A highlight of the convention -----------~

for the Mississippi group will be their hosting of a luncheon for Mississippi's congressional delegation March 2. Dr. Garvin Johnston, Mississippi's state superintendent of education, J plans to attend the luncheon as part · of his activities during the More than 2,000 community and junior college officials from over the nation will take part in the convention. State JC Leaders Mississippi junior c o 11 e g e presidents planning to attend arc as follows: Billy Thames, Copiah-Lincoln; Dr. C. V. Wright, East Central; Dr. Earl Stennis, East Mississippi; Dr. J. J. Hayden, Gulf Coast; Dr. Robert Mayo, Hinds; F. B. Branch, Holmes. Terrell Tisdale, Jones; Dr. William Scaggs, Meridian; Harold White, Northeast; ~. D. McLendon, Northwest; Marion White, Pearl River; H. T. Hud– dleston, Southwest; J. J. Hall, Delta; Louis Stokes, Utica; James Miller, Coahoma. Moody said some of the presidents will probably be ac– companied by members of their staff and board members. The convention program will

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