Glendale Junior College - La Reata Yearbook (Glendale, CA)

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GREETINGS FROM PRINCIPAL MOYSE . now completed its the genera] support Our Junior Coll third year. It has n of our community, and the students and faculty have merited that support. We realize that we are a part of a national experiment in popular education. We have not made the mistake of experimenting too largely. We have held on to the past and at the same time we have been feeling out toward the future. We realize that the Junior College while giving two years of college training must, if it is to justify full) itself, do also a specific piece of work in giving definite technical training. We are all the time looking for new lines in which we can offer that training. It is my wish that we shall soon offer more of these technical courses. Then our college will be able to more fully meet the needs of all its students, both those who are planning the full college course and those who wish technical preparation tor numerous occupations. Our institution, then, will fit- tingl} crown our local public schools system. You have had the chance to cooperate with us during this formative period. You have been helpful and loyal. Our Junior College has a splendid future. You will be proud that you have had a part in its development and growth. May I extend to the graduates my hearty congratulations and deep interest in their welfare ! GEORGE MOYSE.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AllTHl-K CAMPBI I I A. W. Tower Dr. H rry V. Brown Vice-President Clerk D § R. Q. MacDonald H. V. Adams 01

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A MESSAGE FROM DEAN NELSON This year has marked an ward in the progress of Glenda Last summer the college by modeled and renovated, and wl registration was complete, -M4 ochal step for Junior College ings were re- the Septembei rolled. The total of 547 students tor the entire year showed the gratifying increase of 52 per ceir over the previous year. The new plant has provided the opportunity to expand in main ' directions. Student self government with faculty cooperation is proving ; success. Activities of all kinds have become more diversified. Students have been encouragei to participate according to their interests ant natural abilities. The faculty has been increased from seven teen to twenty-seven. Several new courses hav been offered, both along vocational and academic lines. Courses in aviation, art, surveying, archi- tecture, social arts, library training, c mmerce, secretarial training have large enrollments. This is a promising beginning, but a greater, better integrated college must be developed so that the two years spent at Junior College will not only give a cultural background, but at the same time better prepare young men and women for some specific life activity, whether it be in the trades, business, or the professions. A wise man has said, The greatest study of man is man. To know himself and to adapt himself to useful, happy living with others is the great task of every student in the Junior College. The sooner individuals cease slavish imitation in education and strive for development of individual capacities and adaptations, the sooner will we have a happy, useful citizenship. A narrow, biased education produces distorted conceptions of true values. Who shall say that the artist or lawyer is more important than the surveyor or bridge builder? Each is necessary for human progress. By believing in the dignity inherent in the task well done — whatever it may be- am! by consciously striving for the ideal education, which shall train each for the work for which he is best fitted, shall we promote true progress and justify the faith expressed by those who have made Glendale Junior College a reality. Charles A. Nelson . k! Ge