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·- trustees Mrs. Charley Mae Clark and Roy Roberts. Not pictured are trustees Jerry Nance, Leo Parker, and Thomas W. Saterfiel," superintendent of public schools here. (Journal' photo by Ann Wood)

Dr. Eddie Smith (second from left) spoke to the Louisville Rotary Club at its · regular meeting last Wednessay. Pictured with Smith are: (from left) Hubba Hudspeth, president of the ECJC Board of Trustees: and

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Education comes first BYANNWOOD StaffWriter stitutions of higher learning in Mississippi have.

construction of 15 buildings at the Decatur campus; renovation of athletic facilities; closed circuit television capability in all classrooms with the library able to feed four channels from videos or network broadcasts at the same time; and a library collection that far exceeds the number of volumes necessary for acceditation. Smith also said the i:CJC com- stitution finances and students records had been copied by two other junior colleges in the state. "We offer the academic courses students need for the first two years in any field of study except ar– chitecture," added Smith. ECJC also offers five programs in technical training, including drafting by computer and computer programming, and nine programs in

"We have a quality institution at East Central and an increasing enrollment," said Smith who related some of the recent changes there. Among the changes and additions are 10 new Vo-Tech programs in– cluding a Vo-Tech program offered at Philadelphia along with adult programs at night; renovation and

East Central Junior College has but one function - education, - according to its president, Dr. Eddie Smith, who spoke to the Louisville Rotary Club earlier this Month.

Dr. Smith contrasted the one function that ECJC has with the three functions - education, service and research - that the eight in- ~--------------------------1111.1ter capability for handling in-

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