San Jose State College - La Torre Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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To help students maintain Their highest level of efficiency, The college provides the Student Health Services. Services include health examinations, health counsel- ing, immunizafions, X-rays, physical Therapy and laboratory work. The Audio-Visual cen- Ter provides filmstrips, films, projectors, re- corders, and all other audio-visual equip- menf for both students and faculty. ' 15

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the college . . . Paradoxically, San Jose STaTe College fosTers boTh uniformiTy and individualiTy. The college fosTers a desirable uniformiTy in seTTing up a sTandard criTerion in educaTion, a criTerion which requires ThaT each sTudenT, regardless of his maior field of sTudy, saTisfy cerTain basic requiremenTs judged To be necessary in The TormaTion of liberally educaTed men and women. BuT iT is equally significanh ThaT The college provides The sTudenT wiTh opporTuniTies for individual growTh and developmenT - noT only inTellecTual, buT also psychological and social. The sTudenT musT Take The iniTiaTive. He musT uTilize'The ser- vices and faciliTies which The college offers him. He musT recognize ThaT his ulTimaTe growTh and developmenT hinges upon his Taking advanTage of services which The college makes available To him. Two of The mosT imporTanT services are rendered by The College WriTing Clinic, which provides a pracTice lab for sTudenTs deficienT in wriTTen English skills, and by The Coun- seling and Guidance CenTer, where psychologisTs advise sTudenTs wiTh serious menTal and emoTional problems. THE COLLEGE lIBRARY IS AN OPEN ACCESS llBRARY, ITS USERS HAVING FREE ACCESS TO All BOOK STACKS. i4

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16 San Jose State College maintains a centralized job placement service in cooperation with the various deparments of the college and as part of the student personnel program. Under the guidance of Placement Officer E. W. Clements, the Placement Service carries out its function of providing business, educational, industrial, and part-time student placement services. The office provides inlormationmc the employment opportUnities and practices of schools, businesses, industries, and various government and private agencies; arranges for effective contacts with employers; and seeks to promote positive relations between employers and students and alumni. It also offers a counseling service to students interested in knowing what vocational opportunities are open to them. alumni Maintaining current address records on all graduates of the college is the function of the Alumni Association. The association sends a monthly alumni newsletter giving the latest information on college happenings to all members. The association arranges .Annual Fall Homecoming Activities for alumni and Spring Alumni Week, which is held during the first week of May. Library privileges at the college are granted to members of the Alumni Association. Mem- bership dues are $5.00 per year. Governed by a Board of Directors elected by the gen- eral alumni members, the association meets once each month during the school year. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, KEN ROED, AND SECRETARY MRS. MELBA HOOK, ASSIST IN COORDINATINGN ALUMNI AFFAIRS. 54C.-