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                PRESIDENT'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES
                         NOVEMBER 20, 1973


1.   COLLEGE OF EDUCATION OPENS FORMAL OBSERVANCE OF 50TH YEAR
     The College of Education is celebrating its fiftieth year.
     The anniversary dinner was Thursday night, and featured an
address by Dr. Dean Corrigan, dean of the University of Vermont
College of Education. The Paris High School band played, and
President Otis A. Singletary extended greetings. Leonard C. Tay-
lor, Eastern Kentucky University registrar, gave the invocation.
     The observance began in the afternoon with a symposium, which
reviewed the college's first fifty years and provided some forecasts
on future directions of the college.
     Dean George W. Denemark presided over a panel composed of Dr.
Frank Dickey, the University's fifth president, presently executive
director of the National Commission on Accreditation, Washington,
Dr. Lyman V. Ginger, former dean of education, currently state
superintendent of public instruction, and Edward C. Pomeroy, execu-
tive director of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher
Education.
     Dr. Morris B. Cierley is chairman of the anniversary observance.


2.  GOVERNOR BOOSTS NEW WILDCAT HOME WITH STATE FUNDS TO CIVIC CENTER
     Approximately $4 million in state funds will be channeled through
the University to help build Lexington's new civic center complex.
     Gov. Wendell Ford, in making the announcement, said the funds
will help build a 22,600-seat arena that can be used for University
home basketball games, as well as other events. This would provide
11,640 seats to the general public, compared to 4,360 at the present.
     The proposed center, to be built downtown in the urban renewal
area, will cost $36.8 million, and is expected to attract other major
sports events, including the annual state high school basketball
tournament, which has been held in Louisville the last several years.