1954-1972

. ECJC Dedicates New 830,000 Buildings

In Ceremonies May 8

New vocational buildings at ECJC, Decatur, are tangi– ble evidence that the junior college is in the midstream of the present revolution in education. Two handsome structures costing $830,000 (without furnishings or equip– ment) will be used to teach people how to make a living. The junior college is moving responsibly and imaginatively to meet this era by offering terminal education that will send students out equipped to work. Patrons of the. five-count.y district that supports the )lll– ior college (Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott and Winston) on Thursday, May 8, may attend 2 p.m. ceremonies in Huff Memorial Auditorium and tour the Vocational Technical Center and the Agriculture Tectmical Building. Again on Sunday, May 11, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. there will be _open house to permit touring of the centers. Dedication speaker on Thursday will be A,P. Fatherree, state vocational ed– ucation director, of Jackson. 1 r, I r-; / J ff! lj

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SPEAKER for the dedica– tion of the two buildings on ECJC campus in Decatur May 8, 2 p.m., will be Ambrose Prentiss Fatherree, now state director of Vocational Educa– tion and for 30 years state supervisor of Agricultural Education. Fatherree, a na– tive Mississippian, was ed– ucated at University of South– ern Mississippi and taught agriculture prior to his a.d– ministrative positions. He has received many state and national awards such as honorary FFA State and Am– erican Farmer, Mississippi Farmer of the Year, Man of tr-\._ YGar !ii Agricultural Ser– vice, Master Teacher of Vo– cational Agriculture. He has held prominent and respon– sible positions in honorary professional groops, as well as president of Mississippi Fair and Livestock Associa– tion, and in his Methodist · Church, Rotary Club and ca– mellia Society.

PRESIDENT of East Cen– tral Junior College, Decatur, is Dr. Charles V. Wright, who has served in this ca– pacit.y since July 1, 1966. The college has shown continued growth during his term as president, and the complet– ion of these two buildings is evidence of that growth. Dr. Wright went to De– catur from Ellisville, where he was serving as admini– strative assistant at Jones Count.y Junior College. He joined the college faculty in 1958, after serving as Ellis– ville High School sct'ence teacher. He commenced his teaching career in 1947 when he was coach at Louiit High School in Jasper Count.y. He holds the B. A., M. A., and doctorate in education from the University of Southern Mississippi, He is a native of Calhoun Cit.y, Dr. and Mrs. Wright and three children reside on the campus in Decatur,

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