Highland Community College - Trail Blazer Yearbook (Highland, KS)

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Pre- . Twenty-two Barbara Jean Ware fSeveranceJ. Harry Green fWl1ite Cloudj, getting a, close shave. Lois Ragan 1RobinsonJ. A group of Liberal Arts students. The tree of knowledge. Sheldon La Follette CHiawathaJ. Mary Ellen Gilmore fHighlandJ. Gilbert 'Winters CI-Iighlandl. Dor- mitory capers. Bernice Ukena fLeonaJ. Mary Minier fHighlandD. A class room. Neal Ukena fHighlandj and Lloyd Bell fPowhattanJ, Pre-medic students. Business for the future doctors? Anna Mae Kern, Home Economics student.

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IS Tl-II- DQCTQR IN? it NIE-LOOKING brains you have there! No, not crazy-just Hmedical secretaries at work. carving t.heir way through the skull of a frog to inspect his brain. And a very in- teresting brain-as brains go. The zoology lab seems to be our para- mount interest. As soon as any one men- tions medical secretaries, someone else says, Oh! yes-they're dissecting cats now, aren't they? This last semester we have spent our time 'tcutting up f'rogs and cats. There are seven industrious stu- dents-all girls. And they say girls belong to the weaker sex. Several of the girls have been known to feel slightly Hunhap- py after two hours of smelling formalde- hyde Cfor preserving our dear, dead friends-the frogsj. VVith the aid of slides, we have been progressing splendid- ly with our investigations. NVe may find out-what we are. The poor cat has been our victim for the last nine weeks. But the other day they shot us and the cats- with a motion picture camera. I don't know which was the greatest attraction. They took a special picture of the cat. Our ferreting instinct has also made our chemistry lab of great importance. VVe rat.her like t.his part of our course, finding things out for ourselves. But we become quite disheartened when we ac- cidentally spill some acid on a perfectly good pair of silk stockings. Result--a stocking full of holes. Although we do spend most of our time in the laboratory, there is such a va- riety ot' subjects to study that the work never becomes dull-well, hardly ever. Shorthand, typing, business English, chemistry, zoology, speech-a combina- tion of English, commercial, and labora- tory subjects. Right now, we're anticipa- ting the time, next year, when we can go down to the hospital to study and work under Dr. Ray Meidinger. We've had a taste of it-just an appetizer. Each stu- dent spent a halt' a day in charge of the office. Later on there will be more work, advanced lab technic, first-aid, medical stenography, and medical vocabulary-a dictionary in one hand and a sharp pen- cil in the other. This is the first year this course has been offered at H. J. Ct., but next year there will be another group of students sta.rting on their way to become good medical sec- retaries. VVe leave our frogs and eats in their charge, knowing they will take good care of them. We'll miss them. I Twenty-one

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IN Tl-IE CRANNIED WALL N the ancient days when a college was esteemed as a place wherein the learn- ed read together, a degree in Warts was the ultimate in scholarship. Today, branching out from the Liberal Arts course, Highland Junior College offers to interested students a background for the professional divisions of Pre-Medic study designated as Pre-Law, and Home Eco- nomics. Liberal Arts courses provide the fun- damentals for a cultural education. Stu- dents who attend a junior college can se- cure a creditable amount of academic work in two years from the study of the liberal arts. This course forms the basis for specialized fields such as music, art, and business. The Pre-Medic course offers to stu- dents a foundation for four outstanding professions. The doctor, the laboratory technician, the nurse, and the dietitian all begin their training with the pre-medic routines. On the laboratory work of the technician rests the accurate diagnosis of the physician. The nurse is the minister- ing angel to the suffering world. Upon the dietitian depends the supervision of the diets of the patients. Preliminary training for law fPre- Lawj attracts students whose ambition calls them to the field of jurisprudence, both. as lawyers and legal advisers. The Home Economics course is open to girls who are interested in teaching do- mestic science. Also it provides the sub- jects necessary for those interested in specialized work. The fields of work that Highland Junior College offers to students are al- most unlimited. NVith the understanding that this is a two-year college, students in- terested in higher education realize ,the advantages of a smaller school where they can secure personal aid from the instruct- ors and may participate not in just one, but in all of the school activities. There are numerous fields of work that students can enter immediately after leaving here. -Skills acquired in the junior college vo- cational branches prepare them, if they so desire, to work their way through the last two years, or to obtain the maximum val- ues from extra-curricular educational op- portunities in leadership and self-expres- sion. The knowledge secured from Liberal Arts or our other courses is usable in any field of work today. Twenty-three