UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ
CHANCELLOR'S MEMO
A NEWSLETTER FOR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS
October, 1968
WHAT PROPOSITION THREE MEANS TO SANTA CRUZ
On October 1, 1968, the first day to apply for admission for Fall Quarter, 1969, 3,160
applications were mailed--the first of some 6,000 to be distributed to students competing for the estimated 800 new student places at Santa Cruz next year. (Requests for
applications are running 357. ahead of last year). Some 400 of these new students will
be in College Five, already under construction in the west campus area.
UCSC's planned growth is by the addition of 500-700 undergraduate students each year
with the doubling of the current enrollment (2,450 students) expected by 1971. However, whether the 1969 increase will be the last for a while will be determined by the
voters on November 5. The passage of Proposition 3 will make possible continued
orderly growth. Defeat of Proposition 3 could deal a serious, crippling blow to Santa
Cruz' University.
Essentially, Proposition 3 is a $250,000,000 bond issue to provide funds for construction and equipment at the University of California, State Colleges, and urban schools.
Fourteen thousand new students enroll each year in UC's nine campuses and the California State Colleges alone.
UCSC's share of the Proposition 3 bond funds will be $5 million plus. However, other
funds dependent on this "seed money" (Federal loans and grants, private gifts, state
"pay-as-you-go" funds) may bring the total of construction projects for Santa Cruz to
over $30 million during 1969-71.
Bond funds and related monies will provide the following on the UCSC campus in 1969-71:
Social Science Unit I (construction and equipment)
Academic Areas of College 6 (construction and equipment)
Academic Areas, College 7 (working drawings and construction)
University Library, Unit II (working drawings and construction)
Natural Sciences, Unit III (working drawings and equipment)
Academic Areas, College 8 (working drawings)
Performing Arts Building (equipment)
Classroom, Unit I (equipment)
Academic Areas, College 5 (equipment)
Engineering, Unit I (equipment)
Multipurpose Unit I, West (working drawings and construction)
Outdoor Physical Education Facilities (construction)
California has one of the finest systems of higher education in the country. Its
resources draw industry worth billions of dollars to the State and provide California
with a like amount in technology, research, and services—a good return on a relatively
small investment.
I ask you to explain the merits of Proposition 3 to other voters and especially to
tell them its impact on the future of the Santa Cruz campus.
[Signed: DE McHenry]
University of California, Santa Cruz. McHenry Library, Special Collections. 1156 High Street. Santa Cruz, CA, 95064. (831) 459-2547. speccoll@library.ucsc.edu
University of California, Santa Cruz. McHenry Library, Special Collections. 1156 High Street. Santa Cruz, CA, 95064. (831) 459-2547. speccoll@library.ucsc.edu
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ
CHANCELLOR'S MEMO
A NEWSLETTER FOR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS
October, 1968
WHAT PROPOSITION THREE MEANS TO SANTA CRUZ
On October 1, 1968, the first day to apply for admission for Fall Quarter, 1969, 3,160
applications were mailed--the first of some 6,000 to be distributed to students competing for the estimated 800 new student places at Santa Cruz next year. (Requests for
applications are running 357. ahead of last year). Some 400 of these new students will
be in College Five, already under construction in the west campus area.
UCSC's planned growth is by the addition of 500-700 undergraduate students each year
with the doubling of the current enrollment (2,450 students) expected by 1971. However, whether the 1969 increase will be the last for a while will be determined by the
voters on November 5. The passage of Proposition 3 will make possible continued
orderly growth. Defeat of Proposition 3 could deal a serious, crippling blow to Santa
Cruz' University.
Essentially, Proposition 3 is a $250,000,000 bond issue to provide funds for construction and equipment at the University of California, State Colleges, and urban schools.
Fourteen thousand new students enroll each year in UC's nine campuses and the California State Colleges alone.
UCSC's share of the Proposition 3 bond funds will be $5 million plus. However, other
funds dependent on this "seed money" (Federal loans and grants, private gifts, state
"pay-as-you-go" funds) may bring the total of construction projects for Santa Cruz to
over $30 million during 1969-71.
Bond funds and related monies will provide the following on the UCSC campus in 1969-71:
Social Science Unit I (construction and equipment)
Academic Areas of College 6 (construction and equipment)
Academic Areas, College 7 (working drawings and construction)
University Library, Unit II (working drawings and construction)
Natural Sciences, Unit III (working drawings and equipment)
Academic Areas, College 8 (working drawings)
Performing Arts Building (equipment)
Classroom, Unit I (equipment)
Academic Areas, College 5 (equipment)
Engineering, Unit I (equipment)
Multipurpose Unit I, West (working drawings and construction)
Outdoor Physical Education Facilities (construction)
California has one of the finest systems of higher education in the country. Its
resources draw industry worth billions of dollars to the State and provide California
with a like amount in technology, research, and services—a good return on a relatively
small investment.
I ask you to explain the merits of Proposition 3 to other voters and especially to
tell them its impact on the future of the Santa Cruz campus.
[Signed: DE McHenry]
