The resignation of Dr. W. P. Harder, clinical director at the State Colony and training School, Pineville, following the appointment of W. E. Kees Jr. as superintendent is a stumbling block for the new training program proposed at the institution.
The state board of institutions appointed Kees superintendent Tuesday at an unannounced meeting in the Heidelberg hotel.
Kees and Dr. Hurder had shared "dual control" at this institution for the mentally retarded.
Appointment of Kees as superintendent raises the following questions:
What qualifications should a superintendent have?
Does Kees meet these qualifications?
A former mayor of Pineville, Kees was appointed by Gov. Robert F. Kennon in July, 1952.
According to civil service records, his formal education ended after one. year of business administration courses at Bowling Green Business university in Bowling Green, Ky.
