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Classroom Space

Mr. Sh noted that a differentiation
between undergraduate and graduate classroom
space had to be taken into account by the
Council in establishing its guidelines. The
Council's guidelines, based on undergraduate
needs alone, allow approximately 133 net
square feet per student while studies of the
university systems in New York and California
allow 150 or 160 net square feet per student.

He asked that private gifts for buildings
not be counted in space allocations because this
would discourage private giving.

The final administrator to speak at the
morning session was Lorin A. Thompson,
Chancellor of George Mason College of the
University, which is located in Fairfax. Mr.
Thompson noted that by 1980 there will be
some 60,000 high school graduates in the
Northern Virginia area who will want to attend
college.

George Mason, Mr. Thompson said, must
grow to 15,000 by that time to accommodate
that need. At present there are some 2,500
students at George Mason, which offers Masters
degrees in several subjects. Mr. Thompson
wants to add "cluster colleges" of 2,500
students each to the current college in
operation.

"There is far more for us to do at this time
than we can possibly do," he said. He added
that he wished there was some way to speed up
the time from when a building was planned to
when it was available for use.

Members of the Council expressed
agreement with the University administrators on
nearly every topic.

The Council advises the Governor and the
legislature on educational matters. They
continued their meeting yesterday afternoon in
Alderman Library at a meeting closed to the
press and University officials.